Dine Around Downtown food festival

NYC foodie alert: Dine Around Downtown is back for 2016 with local restaurants offering tastes from their menu favorites plus specials for this outdoor food festival. Plates are $3 to $7.

It’s Wednesday, June 8, 11AM to 3PM, at 28 Liberty Plaza, with music by the Harlem All-Stars, from the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Reminder that Taste of Times Square is tonight, with local restaurants serving up their best, plus music from top Broadway shows.

Post a photo of your plate on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #DownIsWhatsUp for a chance to win a two-day stay at W Hotel in Lower Manhattan.

Remember that Lower Manhattan has a FREE bus linking downtown museums, shopping and more.

Cross Streets: between William and Nassau Streets. Subways: Wall St (2/3/4/5); Fulton St (2/3/4/5). Buses: Water St./Pine St.

Adrienne’s Pizzabar Amada ATRIO Wine Bar | Restaurant The Bailey Pub & Brasserie Barbalu Bavaria Bier Haus Beckett’s Bar & Grill Bill’s Bar & Burger Bobby Van’s Steakhouse The Capital Grille Cowgirl Sea-Horse deliveryonly.nyc Delmonico’s Restaurant Dorlan’s Tavern & Oyster Bar The Dubliner EATALY Felice 15 Gold Street Fresh Salt The Growler Bites & Brews Harry’s Cafe & Steak Harry’s Italian Haru Sushi Jersey Mike’s Subs The Ketch Brewhouse Le District Mad Dog & Beans Mexican Cantina The Malt House FiDi MarkJoseph Steakhouse Morton’s The Steakhouse Nelson Blue Num Pang Sandwich Shop OBAO Water Street The Open Door Gastropub Pier A Harbor House Route 66 Smokehouse Stone Street Tavern Stout NYC FiDi SUteiShi Trinity Place Ulysses’ Folk House Vintry Wine & Whiskey Wei West