Picnicking is an easy socially distant gathering for lunch or dinner. Versa, a rooftop bar and restaurant atop the Renaissance New York Midtown hotel, has assembled picnic baskets that can be ordered for delivery on Saturdays or Sundays to eight Manhattan parks, including Bryant Park, the Sheep Meadow and the Mall in Central Park and Hudson River Park. The basic $35 menu consists of a lobster roll from the Lobster Place in Chelsea Market, a bottle of Evian, a face mask and a bottle of Hampton Water, a pale, floral French rosé developed by Jesse Bongiovi and his father, Jon Bon Jovi, in partnership with the winemaker Gérard Bertrand. For $85, you also get an antipasto platter of charcuterie, cheeses, fruit, flatbread and smoked salmon, and some hand sanitizer. At $135, there are two lobster rolls and two bottles of wine and water, a tote bag and a picnic blanket, along with the other items. Versa and Hampton Water are donating to Black Lives Matter and other charities. Delivery is included. Orders must be placed by 5 p.m. Fridays.
Versa Hampton Picnic, hampton-picnic.com.
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