THE restaurant preview
Our tip sheet on New York’s most notable new restaurant openings, people, flavors and markets.
By The New York Times
The chef Jimmy Ly will open a barbecue spinoff of Madame Vo.CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times
On Florence Fabricant’s must-try list: new projects from the chefs John Fraser and Jonathan Benno, speakeasy-style nooks wedged over, under and around existing restaurants — and maybe that catch-your-own-dinner place Manhattan has been waiting for.
The chef Nicolas Houlbert, a veteran of Daniel Boulud’s restaurants, at Bluebird London in the Time Warner Center.CreditNicole Craine for The New York Times At Teranga, the chef Pierre Thiam will be serving the vibrant flavors of West Africa, like chicken yassa, grilled okra salad and fufu.CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times
With Teranga in the Africa Center in Harlem, the Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam will have his first new restaurant in the United States since he closed Le Grand Dakar in Brooklyn in 2011.
If all goes well, the chef expects to serve about 500 portions of pasta a day on weekends at Misi.CreditNicole Craine for The New York Times
The Lilia chef will open a new restaurant, Misi, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with an open kitchen and a glassed-in room where pasta makers will be on view, mixing, rolling, extruding, twisting and filling.
The chef John Fraser, left, with the hotelier Ian Schrager.CreditJohn Taggart for The New York Times
Ian Schrager is opening the Times Square Edition hotel with John Fraser providing the food. “I think it will be a game-changer, bringing a top chef to Times Square: There are not a lot of great chefs in the Times Square area,” Mr. Schrager said.
Billy Durney, the founder of Hometown Bar-B-Que.CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times
Now that Billy Durney’s relentless inquisitiveness about barbecue has paid off, he is turning that attention to some other crowd favorites, like fried chicken.
The kale Caesar at Village Den.CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times
Antoni Porowski, the food expert on the reboot of the makeover TV show, brings a nutritious bent to the casual food he’ll offer at a West Village diner. And no, avocados will not be the center of attention.
The chef JJ Johnson, who built a following at the Cecil in Harlem.CreditDaniel Krieger for The New York Times
At FieldTrip, the chef JJ Johnson’s new Harlem restaurant, the menu is built around five pedigreed strains of the grain.
Paulie Gee’s plans to offer something new: pizza by the slice.CreditDaniel Krieger for The New York Times
With the L train shutdown set to starve Williamsburg of subway commuters, Greenpoint — its neighbor to the north — is expecting a surge. Restaurateurs are at the ready, bringing stylish pho, wood-fired Mexican food and offshoots of Paulie Gee’s and Ovenly. Oh, the Palace (beloved by locals as the “heavy metal bar”) is reopening, too, without the Black Sabbath, and with 100 percent more classic cocktails.
The chef Adam Leonti, whose new restaurant will go into the former Dovetail space.CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times Beef noodle soup at the Tang.CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times
Young, savvy Chinese-Americans are leaning into the regional dishes of their heritage, and building restaurant empires that leverage the country’s diverse noodle canon.
Oliver Zabar in the space that will become Devon.
Oliver Zabar, a son of Eli Zabar (whose restaurants and wine bars blanket the Upper East Side), is stepping out and away, with a new restaurant and cocktail bar on the Lower East Side.
Some of the new drinks served at Recreation.CreditMoya McAllister for The New York Times Beer fans have a few reasons to celebrate this season.CreditCole Wilson for The New York Times Anne Saxelby will double her space when her business moves across Delancey Street.CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times
The Essex Street Market moves to a larger space across Delancey Street, Hill Country sets up a grazing hall in Downtown Brooklyn, and more reasons to go out to eat.
Read Florence Fabricant on the Essex Market and Hill Country Food Court.
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