#You can help save these classic NYC restaurants

Lockdowns and draconian rules are killing Gotham’s restaurants. So it’s up to us, New Yorkers who can still afford it, to save these embattled restaurants from extinction. Government loans won’t be enough. Neither will hopeful waiting on 50 per­cent capacity while Gov. Cuomo twiddles his thumbs.

They need our business — now. Here are a few salvation picks from me. Some are “iconic,” some merely charming and some sweetly warm as only family-run businesses can be. They’re all in Manhattan, because its restaurant scene has suffered more than in the other boroughs, due to quiet office and entertainment districts and the migration of some big spenders to the suburbs.

Go to these places. Spend big. Pray they’ll still be with us when the nightmare ends.

Shun Lee Palace

(155 East 55th St.) The grand dame of Manhattan “luxury” Chinese restaurants, nearly a half-century old, is doing only takeout/delivery right now. The sidewalk’s too narrow for outdoor dining, and management wasn’t willing to operate indoors on 25 percent capacity. The elegant eatery founded by Michael Tong, whose family still owns it, introduced Hunan cuisine and orange chicken to New York. It deserves 50 more years.

Westside Restaurant

(2020 Broadway at 69th Street) and Red Flame Diner (67 West 44th Street): The pandemic has killed off many classic Big Apple diners and coffee shops, but both of these Greek American-family-managed places soldier on with indoor and outdoor seating. The Westside’s landlord lists it as available, though the owner denies he’s closing. The Red Flame lost much of its clientele to the Midtown “ghost town.” Show them love — and cash.

Harry’s

(One Hanover Square) This classic steakhouse, owned by the Poulakakos family, had a $1 million redesign a few years ago, but it has all the spirit of the 1972 original. Its warm, clubby confines and top-grade beef have always drawn Wall Street dealmakers and tourists, as well as the neighborhood’s more recent influx of families and singles who call FiDi home. But nearby offices are mostly empty, and tourists scarce.

Chez Napoleon

(365 West 50th St.) and Pergola Des Artistes (252 West 46th St.). These atmospheric, family-owned bistros date back to the early 1960s, when French sailors still came ashore from the Hudson River piers. Like their neighbors, they’re hurt by the Broadway-theater shutdowns and a paucity of tourists. Their cozy dining rooms and warm service make you forget the desolation outside.

Blvd. Bistro

(2149 Frederick Douglass Boulevard), for chef Carlos Swepson’s “crafted American soul.” and Lolo’s Seafood Shack, “where the Caribbean meets Cape Cod,” are Harlem favorites that would love to have you. Thanks to wide media exposure, both places normally draw tourists and metro-area foodies as well as locals — but not now.

Margon

(136 West 46th St.) This Dominican family-owned Cuban spot has the city’s best Cuban sandwich, among dozens of popular proletarian dishes. The cafeteria-style eatery feels like a late 1940s luncheonette in a black-and-white movie, with friendly staff behind steam tables and customers gulping inexpensive dishes at tiny tables. It’s always been more popular with Midtown office workers than with tourists. But most of the offices in the tall skyscrapers around it are still empty, so Margon can use every new mouth it can get.

Redeye Grill

(890 Seventh Ave.), and The Russian Tea Room (150 West 57th St.) Both longtime New York institutions drew on customers headed for or leaving Carnegie Hall, which is almost on their doorsteps. But Carnegie Hall is dark until some time next year. The Tea Room is 92 years old, the Redeye a mere toddler at 25. Both have seen the passage of history, and a cavalcade of celebrities, through their doors. Redeye serves indoors and on a gracious patio overlooking the sidewalk, the Tea Room indoors only. The more of us who go, the better the chances they will emerge from this harrowing season stronger and better than before.