Brooklyn Museum

The Norm

Saul Bolton, one of Brooklyn’s star chefs, runs this art-filled dining room with a contemporary American menu. But for the duration of the museum’s Pierre Cardin show, through Jan. 5, haute couture takes over with décor to suggest the Paris restaurant Maxim’s, owned by Mr. Cardin. The food is French. Open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, noon to 9 p.m. Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays (reservations, no museum admission). 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn; 718-230-0897, thenormbkm.com.

El Museo del Barrio

Side Park Café

Mexican street food, done with some refinement, is the order of the day. Vibrantly spiced tacos, enchiladas suizas, rotisserie chicken, quesadillas, wraps and breakfast items like huevos rancheros (served all day) are among the options. The restaurant can also whip up a mean frozen margarita and pour some demanding mezcals. There’s an efficient counter for ordering but management should browse the museum’s storeroom for something bright to enliven the dining room walls. Open from 8 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, until 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Tuesdays (no reservations, no museum admission). 1230 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; 212-831-7272, elmuseo.org.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Wright and Cafe 3

A colorful abstraction by the painter Sarah Crowner beribbons the curving white walls of the Wright restaurant, where seasonal fare like spaghetti squash pancakes and pumpkin gnocchi share the menu with a beef-and-mushroom burger and a quinoa bowl. Upstairs at Cafe 3, a simpler menu has sandwiches, salads and pastries. Open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., opens at 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, with extended hours during the holidays (reservations, no museum admission for the Wright). The cafe is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays. 1071 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; 212-427-5690, guggenheim.org.

Jewish Museum

Russ & Daughters Cafe

Here the Lower East Side meets Museum Mile. Smoked fish, bagels, knishes, herring, lox and eggs and borscht — the items that New Yorkers call appetizing — are served and also sold to take away in a downstairs cafe. Everything is kosher (pareve) and comes from a company that has been in business for more than 100 years. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Sundays; takeout is also available daily except Wednesdays and Saturdays (reservations on Saturday only, no museum admission). 1109 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org.