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Buzzy New Openings in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Lower East Side
Mili — the roving pop-up settles down
123 Ludlow St · opened Nov 4 · market-driven “New York Creative” cooking · Wed–Sun 5–11 PM · reservations via Resy
- Midtown
One Bryant Park — “New Japanese” on 42nd
135 W 42nd St · opened Oct 15 · a contemporary take on Japanese cuisine, culinary director Tadaaki Ishizaki · reservations via Resy
- LES
iara — The Amazon, Open Kitchen
205 Allen St · chef Vitor Mendes cooks comforting Brazilian food around Amazonian ingredients · Tue–Sat 5–11 PM, Resy
- Flatiron
El Califa de León — The Michelin Taco Stand
20 W 23rd St · Mexico City’s famed taquería — the first taco stand ever Michelin-starred — opens its first NY brick-and-mortar. Gaonera tacos off a scorching plancha.
- SoHo
Floradora — Old New York, New Again
205 Thompson St · The Libertine/Capitaine team in a two-story carriage house: oxtail lasagna, Tiffany lamps, Bananas Foster sundae
- W. Village
Hommali — Thai, Technique-Driven
28 7th Ave S · Three Bangkok friends; chef via Eleven Madison Park · jasmine rice always on the house
- Hamilton Hts
ia Georgian Kitchen — Khachapuri Uptown
1618 Amsterdam Ave · Cheese boats, khinkali & orange wine from the Lucille’s team
- K-Town
Tender Bar — Cocktails Inside Joo Ok
22 W 32nd St, 16th fl · Uyeda-trained bartending meets two-Michelin Korean anju — the new room above the room
- SoHo
Romy — Little Prince, All Grown Up
199 Prince St · the Little Prince team turns their own room into a fine-dining steakhouse — caviar service, crispy lasagna with black truffle, a $195 ribeye with ambitions
- W. Village
Calabash — Bakery by Day, Tasting Menu by Night
183 Christopher St · Raf’s former pastry chef goes Afro-Caribbean: counter pastries till afternoon, a five-course $175 prix fixe after dark
- W’burg
Mythily — The Pop-Up Goes Permanent
129 Havemeyer St · the Top Chef alum’s South Indian lands a home — benne dosa with jimmy nardello chutney
- Flatiron
Norte — Cuerno’s Live-Fire Sibling
39 W 19th St · casual Mexican steakhouse: carne asada, trompo tacos — two blocks from El Califa, the neighborhood is suddenly a taco district
- UES
Kaló — Wood-Fired Greek on Lex
1007 Lexington Ave · 50 seats from the Water & Wheat team
- Astoria
Ghungroo — Pan-Indian in Astoria
31-19 Newtown Ave · from the Lungi co-partners — worth the N train
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