Where To Find Great Food at the NYC Marathon
Running or Watching, Here Are Some of NYC's Great Eats
Oct 16, 2009
Back then there were only a mere one hundred or so spectators and a tiny promotion budget of $1,000.
Gary Muhrcke won the race that year but perhaps he had a beginner’s advantage - only 55 runners of the original 127 runners even managed to cross the finish line that year!
But that was just the beginning. As more and more runners learned about this new marathon in the Big Apple, the number of applications sky rocketed. Finally in 1976 Fred Lebow changed the course to include all five boroughs of New York City.
This year the estimated number of runners is projected to be over 40,000. It should come as no surprise to anyone then that the New York City Marathon has become the largest marathon run anywhere in the world.
Over two million spectators will line the course this year as the runners thread their way through the five different neighborhoods that make up the amazing boroughs of New York City.
NBC Sports (which will also cover the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada) will broadcast two hours of same-day race activities Sunday, November 1st from 2:00 to 4:00pm EST.
NBC Sports executives estimate that over 315 million viewers around the world will be tuning in to follow this year’s history making marathon.
When you stop to think about it, that amount of media coverage will require a lot of staffing from camera men to on-site journalists. Why?
Well, the marathon starts on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge then proceeds to Brooklyn and Queens. Runners next cross over the Queens borough Bridge into the Bronx and finally finish in Manhattan. That's a lot of ground to cover - 26.2 miles to be exact!
As both spectators and broadcasters will be making a day of it, food will be important. Here are just some of the famous restaurants in each of the race boroughs:
Staten Island-Ralph's Italian Ices (Best Italian Ices outside of Italy! Fantastico!)
Brooklyn-Peter Luger Steakhouse(Famous for over 100 years, Peter Lugar’s has been voted the number one steak house in New York for 24 years in a row).
Queens -London Lennie's (THE fish-n’-chips shop in Queens. They select their seafood fresh each day at the world-famous Fulton Fish Market).
Bronx -Ann &ny's Restaurant (Since 1927, this restaurant has defined Italian family-style cuisine in New York City. Everyone raves and returns).
Manhattan - Tavern on the Green (Last, but not least, one of the great restaurant s in New York City. So close to the finish line - cocktails anyone?)
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