Headliner
Kuxé
In redoing one of his Toloache locations, the chef and restaurateur Julian Medina and his business partner, Louis Skibar, have given culinary voice to their staff. The menu features a snapshot of home cooking from about 10 cooks, many from the Puebla, Mexico, area, with dishes like tacos de birria, tostadas, various moles, and steamed cod in banana leaf. The cooks offer personal background: Victor Lopez said his enfrijoladas and sopa de fideos with angel hair pasta remind him of his mother, and Yuliani Palafox recalled her mother and grandmother frying spices and nuts for mole poblano. As for drinks, in addition to tequilas and mezcals, there will be raicilla and sotol, a spirit from northern Mexico. It’s combined with aperol, prickly pear, lime and agave in a cocktail called La Dasy. The restaurant, in neutral tones brightened with Mexican art, is on two levels with 44 seats at 35 percent capacity. Seven heated cabanas outdoors accommodate up to 28. (Opens Wednesday)
205 Thompson Street (Bleecker Street), 212-420-0600, kuxenyc.com.
Opening
Chinah
This financial district branch of a Jersey City counter-service restaurant serves Chinese takeout dishes, like kung pao chicken, as well as items like a dish of meatballs with tomato, egg and black forbidden rice called Grandma’s Favorite. It’s the work of four partners: Hegel Hei, Henry Meng, Joe Song and the chef Kam Lam. (Wednesday)
100 Maiden Lane (Liberty Street), chinah.kitchen.
The Gallery
This space next to the chef Hiroki Odo’s o.d.o restaurant won’t serve food for now, but rather showcase work by local artists and craftspeople, as well as some artisans from Japan. The inaugural exhibit is “Botanicals,” minimalist photography by Cody Rasmussen of New York. Mr. Odo expects to use the site for dinners come summer. (Thursday)
17 West 20th Street, odogallery.nyc.
City Acres Market
This well-stocked 13,000-square-foot entry in Queens is the latest addition to this chain, with locations in the financial district and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
JACX, 29-18 Queens Plaza South, Long Island City, Queens, cityacresmarket.com.