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Casa Dani
The Spanish chef Dani García once had a presence in New York, at Manzanilla on Park Avenue South. It lasted a year. Now, Mr. García, whose restaurant, Dani García in Marbella, Spain, held three Michelin stars before it closed last year, is coming back to Manhattan. His latest effort, Casa Dani, will be one of two fine-dining destinations at Citizens, a 40,000-square-foot space being designed by David Rockwell in the Manhattan West complex by Brookfield Properties and scheduled to open around the end of the year. (The fine-dining restaurant is Katsuya, from the Los Angeles-based sushi chef Katsuya Uechi.) In addition, Mr. Garcia will open a fast-casual restaurant, Minük, in a food hall component of Citizens. The Citizens project’s formal and casual restaurants are all owned by C3, a subsidiary of SBE, a global hospitality company founded by Sam Nazarian. C3’s other brands include Umami Burger, Krispy Rice, Sam’s Crispy Chicken and Plant Nation.
5 Manhattan West, 10th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets.
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PDA
At this new restaurant from Robert Guimond — who worked at Jean Georges, Roberta’s and Speedy Romeo — the name of the game is wood-fired pizzas made with slow-fermented sourdough, and a colorful array of vegetable dishes. Mr. Guimond was in the midst of a soft opening when the lockdown began, and has continued to offer food to go. Now he’s ready, as soon as outdoor dining is approved, to welcome customers with socially distant seating for 20 on the patio. His partner in this is Emi Guimond, his sister, who was director of operations at Speedy Romeo. In addition to pizzas and vegetable dishes, there are lamb and beef meatballs and confit chicken wings. The interior has an open kitchen. And the initials stand for Public Display of Affection.
669 Union Street (Fourth Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-635-1678, pdapizza.com.
Tamam
Simon Oren, an owner of Nice Matin, 5 Napkin Burger and others, is opening this nook for falafel and other Middle Eastern fare for takeout and delivery. Eventually, it will have 12 stools at an indoor counter. Tuvia Feldman, the owner of Bustan, will be Mr. Oren’s partner, and Eli Buliskeria, who also works at Bustan, is the chef.
1108 Lexington Avenue (77th Street), tamamfalafel.com.
Sullivan Street Bakery
Along with some breads and pastries in his Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea stores, Jim Lahey is also reintroducing pizzas at an incarnation of Co. inside his Chelsea location. Spinach, margherita and pizza rossa are the varieties to pick up or have delivered, Tuesdays through Saturdays.
236 Ninth Avenue (24th Street), 212-929-5900, sullivanstreetbakery.com.
Miznon Shop
The Israeli chef Eyal Shani has added this outpost for take-away and delivery of large, family-style dishes at his Upper West Side spot. Choices include a roast chicken dinner with salads, side dishes and dessert; a vegetarian dinner; and a fish dinner, all serving four to five, $160 and $180. Dinners for two are $85 and $95. A falafel kit with enough for four people is $41, and the whole roasted cauliflower is $9.50. Available to order Saturdays through Wednesdays only.
161 West 72nd Street, miznonnyc.com.
Baldor Kitchens
Early in the pandemic, Baldor Specialty Foods, a wholesaler of mostly fresh ingredients to restaurants, began delivering to retail customers. Now, it has expanded its platform by offering meal kits with recipes and Baldor ingredients to cook at home. The choices are hanger steak with chimichurri and potatoes, chicken piccata with cauliflorini, cavatelli with chicken sausage and broccoli rabe pesto, and wild mushroom risotto. Each serves four and costs $42 to $48.
Carbone Hamptons
Major Food Group’s wise guys-style restaurant in Greenwich Village has opened a pop-up selling its popular Caesar alla ZZ salad, spicy rigatoni with vodka sauce, meatballs, jumbo shrimp scampi and veal Parm, along with elaborate whole cakes, all for pickup. This à la carte menu contrasts the one they introduced in early May, a monthly subscription service offering two meals for four each week, $500 a week, minimum four weeks.
Carbone Hamptons, 230 Elm Street (Pulaski Street), Southampton, N.Y., carbonehamptons.com.
HelpMainStreet.com
This nonprofit website, listing more than 121,000 restaurants across the country for direct ordering and gift cards, was started in March. Last week, in response to widespread protests, the website created a separate category for black-owned restaurants. A founder and partner, Nabeel Alamgir, a former Bareburger busboy who became that company’s head of marketing, said, “We only had one at first, but now there are several hundred.” All restaurants on the website can be searched according to ZIP code. Orders can be placed directly with the restaurants, bypassing third-party delivery platforms.
