The 2026 US Open has five full-service restaurants, seventy stands and seventy-eight carts. The useful choice is still manageable: plan around five clearly differentiated options — Cosme, Miznon, Salt Hank's, Kimbop and Coqodaq — before the first match, not during a changeover.
The tournament runs from August 30 to September 13 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows. Forbes and QNS both report the same three notable additions to this year's food programme. More recent reporting from Yahoo Travel and Fine Dining Lovers confirms two more additions — Kimbop and Coqodaq — which makes the choice broader and easier to plan before finals weekend.
What is new to eat at the 2026 US Open?
Cosme brings Enrique Olvera's cooking into the grounds with duck carnitas. Choose it when that specific dish is the draw; the name alone is not a reason to abandon a match already under way.
Miznon, from Eyal Shani, takes the Mediterranean street-food route. The format distinguishes it from Cosme's duck carnitas and from the sandwich at Salt Hank's.
Salt Hank's arrives with the French dip that built its following online. It is the most straightforward of the three propositions: rich, portable and better suited to one decisive stop than an extended lunch.
Kimbop, from Simon Kim, adds a Korean gimbap counter in the South Plaza. It is the fastest-format option among the most discussed additions.
Coqodaq returns with its caviar-topped nuggets format, positioned as the splurge stop rather than an everyday between-match meal.
These are not five versions of the same tournament food. Cosme is the duck-carnitas choice, Miznon the Mediterranean one, Salt Hank's the sandwich, Kimbop the quick Korean format, Coqodaq the luxury nugget play. That distinction is more useful than a ranked list.
According to Fine Dining Lovers, published prices this season include a $32 French dip at Salt Hank's, a $100 six-piece caviar nugget order at Coqodaq, and a $23 Honey Deuce cocktail. The same report also cites 738,459 Honey Deuce cocktails sold in 2025. These figures are useful for budgeting, but they come from one source and should be read as reported figures, not as independently audited totals.
How should you choose between matches?
Let the tennis decide. Check the day's order of play before crossing the grounds for any one name. Do not surrender an hour of good play simply because the food stop is new.
The scale of the food programme also means there is no need to force the decision. With five full-service restaurants and more than a hundred stands and carts combined, the grounds are not short of fallback options. The mistake is crossing the site for a famous name without checking the court schedule first.
A simple order works:
- Mark the matches that are non-negotiable.
- Find the longest real break, including the walk between courts.
- Choose the dish first: Cosme's duck carnitas, Miznon's Mediterranean street food, Salt Hank's French dip, Kimbop's gimbap or Coqodaq's caviar nuggets.
What should you skip?
Skip any recommendation presented as a 2026 player haunt unless it is actually dated to this tournament. Several search results recycle a restaurant anecdote from the 2025 US Open and even disagree on the restaurant's name. It is not a basis for planning this year's day.
The better move is to eat where the tennis already has you. Flushing Meadows now has enough serious food inside the gates that leaving the grounds between sessions creates more logistics than pleasure. Save the Manhattan reservation for a day without a night match.
At the 2026 US Open, the food decision is finally specific enough to be simple: Cosme when there is time, Miznon when there is not, Salt Hank's when the sandwich is the plan, Kimbop when speed matters most, and Coqodaq when the splurge is the point.
— Beesy
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