NEW YORK, NY (June 3, 2026) – Lincoln Center today announced the lineup for the Festival Food Truck and The Spotlight Bar as part of the fifth annual Summer for the City.

 

The Festival Food Truck offers a wide range of options throughout the season, with a rotating lineup that reflects the culinary traditions of the cultures celebrated across the festival. Menus highlight international cuisines tied to specific events, with a focus on local restaurateurs who bring traditional techniques, small-batch preparation, and artisanal approaches.

 

A brand new complement to the experience is The Spotlight Bar, featuring a rotating cast of iconic New York City establishments, with weekly takeovers showcasing their signature offerings.

 

The Festival Food Truck and The Spotlight Bar are presented by Chase in collaboration with The Infatuation, a restaurant discovery platform.

 

“We are thrilled to be collaborating with local chefs, restaurants, and iconic bars as part of this year’s Summer for the City—not only to showcase food as an art form, but also to celebrate the trailblazing people behind these cultural hubs that have shaped our neighborhoods,” said Shanta Thake, Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. “All summer long, New Yorkers will be able to explore an incredible array of flavors and experience the rich culinary traditions that make our city unique.”

 

On opening week, the Festival Food Truck features Drive Change, Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, and Café Joyeux; and the famed Stonewall Inn is the bar of the week for The Spotlight Bar.

 

 

  

And additional featured bars include:

Las’ Lap • Maison Premiere • Sunken Harbor Club •

Toñita’s (Caribbean Social Club) • Yaya Tea

 

All food offerings will be available nightly, Wed - Sun, for the duration of the festival (June 10 - August 8), opening an hour before showtime and closing once the show is over.

 

Chase would like to offer all Chase credit and debit cardholders $5 off orders of $25 or more at the Festival Food Truck and all outdoor bars.

 

The concession stands on The Dance Floor will host additional snack and beverage options from Wed - Sun, including a signature cocktail—the Summer Mule presented by Chase—a fresh twist on the classic mule, with tequila, pomegranate, lime, and ginger, with a mocktail version as well. Chase credit and debit cardholders can enjoy a complimentary Summer for the City commemorative cup for orders of the Summer Mule presented by Chase, while supplies last. Lincoln Center’s permanent on-campus dining options will also be open all summer.

 

Summer for the City has become a quintessential New York summer destination, welcoming more than 1.6 million visitors since launching in 2022. Now in its fifth year, the festival reaffirms Lincoln Center’s commitment to the arts as a vital force for inspiration, connection, and thriving communities. A dynamic lineup of dance, music, and multidisciplinary performances spotlights extraordinary artists from around the world and around the corner, with hundreds of free and Choose-What-You-Pay events across three months. Additional info is here.

 

Imagery can be found here.

 

More info at SummerfortheCity.org/Food.

 

 

**In-person press opportunities for Summer for the City must be arranged in advance with the Lincoln Center Press Office, [email protected]**

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About Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center is a premier performing arts center and iconic civic cultural campus. A beacon for the arts in New York City and around the world, Lincoln Center believes the arts are fundamental to our humanity and should be accessible to all — connecting us to one another, expanding our individual and collective imaginations, and elevating our spirit. Opened in 1962, the 16-acre campus is home to eleven resident arts organizations dedicated to uplifting the role of art and artists in our society, providing a destination for global artistic voices, training the next generation of great artists, and creating unforgettable experiences for all New Yorkers: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Film at Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and School of American Ballet. Lincoln Center welcomes millions of people for thousands of performances each year, anchoring New York City’s legendary creative life and greatly impacting its civic and economic wellbeing.

 

About Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring the Lincoln Center campus is a destination that welcomes all — where every visitor, whether a native New Yorker or New Yorker for a day, can find inspiration, artistic innovation, and community in the creative achievements realized on campus. Year-round, we offer robust seasons of programming, representing a broad spectrum of performing arts disciplines and complementing the artistic and educational activities of the 10 fellow resident arts organizations with whom we share a home. LCPA presents hundreds of programs each year, offered primarily for free and Choose-What-You-Pay, helping ensure that the arts are at the center of civic life for all.

 

About JPMorganChase

For 225 years, JPMorganChase has called New York City home. The bank is proud to be part of the fabric of the city—its people, businesses, and neighborhoods—and committed to helping power economic growth by improving housing affordability, building trust in underbanked communities, leading the way on careers and skills development, and providing resources for small businesses across the five boroughs. JPMorganChase is one of New York City’s largest private sector employers, with more than 24,000 employees. Across the city, the firm has more than 290 branches, serves more than 4.2 million consumer and small business clients, and has invested more than $103 million in New York City non-profits since 2019.

 

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Festival Food Trucks are presented by Chase in collaboration with The Infatuation

 

Lead support for Summer for the City Community Programming is provided by the

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

 

Major support for Summer for the City is provided by Chase

 

NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

 

Contemporary Dance is made possible by the Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance - Lynne and Richard Pasculano, Founding Donors

  

United Airlines is the Supporting Airline of Lincoln Center Presents

 

Steinway & Sons is the Preferred Piano Partner of Lincoln Center

  

Major support for Lincoln Center Presents and Summer for the City is provided by the Shubert Foundation, MOVADO Group Foundation, and Howard Gilman Foundation

 

BAAND Together Dance Festival is made possible by CHANEL

 

Additional support is provided by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Park Lane New York, and Lyft

 

Endowment support is provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation Fund for Dance, The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation, Oak Foundation, and PepsiCo Foundation 

   

We are grateful to our Board of Directors for their leadership and generous support in making our work possible 

  

Operation of Lincoln Center’s public plazas is supported in part with public funds provided by the City of New York   

  

Programs are made possible, in part, with public funds provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor, Mayor of the City of New York, the New York State Legislature and the New York City Council

 

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For more information, please contact:

Isabel Sinistore
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 212-671-4195
 

Jenni Klauder
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