Union Square Cafe is an American restaurant featuring New American cuisine with Italian influences,[citation needed] located at 101 E 19th St (between Park Avenue South and Irving Place), in the Union Square neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.

[1] In October 1985, Danny Meyer opened Union Square Cafe with chef Ali Barker.

[citation needed] In December 2015, The restaurant's lease at 21 E 16th Street ended.

[2] In December 2016, Union Square Cafe reopened at Hotel on Rivington, 101 East 19th Street.

[9] The 2016 novel Sweetbitter features a protagonist who works as a waitress in a fictionalized version of the restaurant; Vanity Fair referred to the novel as a "love letter" to Union Square Cafe.