[Photograph: Max Falkowitz]

We're taking the day off today to get some fresh air and enjoy the last great day of summer. Here are a few ways to spend your day off in the city while eating very, very well.

• Have a picnic in a park; check out our guide to great eats nearby.
• Take a food aventure: a fancy lunch deal, a better breakfast, or seek out that happy hour you keep meaning to try.
• Go on a food crawl of Red Hook, Chinatown, Soho, Flushing, or Sunset Park, Jackson Heights.