Headliner
The Fulton
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s first seafood restaurant anchors two floors, with terraces and sweeping views, at Pier 17 in the seaport district. There’s lots of gray, with banquettes upholstered in sea-foam green by Yabu Pushelberg. The various dining areas have hand-painted murals of sea life and hanging lights that resemble buoys. On the ground floor, there are booths and tables, a semi-open kitchen and a bright prep counter. Upstairs is a marble oyster bar and more booths and tables. The menu is lengthy and divided into raw bar items, crudos, appetizers, seafood main dishes and vegetables, with a few pastas and meat dishes, like a burger and beef carpaccio. “I wanted to keep it simple and use as much local seafood as I could,” Mr. Vongerichten said. Locally harvested oysters, clams, fluke, mackerel, monkfish, sea scallops, lobsters and black sea bass share the menu with more far-flung catches, like Santa Barbara sea urchin, sardines, Dover sole, Icelandic cod and geoduck. Inventive sauces and garnishes, like rhubarb for sea scallops, are used throughout. The name refers to the wholesale fish market, now relocated to Hunts Point in the Bronx, where Mr. Vongerichten shopped as a young chef in the 1980s. (Opens the week of May 13)
Pier 17, 89 South Street (John Street), 212-838-1200, thefulton.nyc.
Opening
Bourke Street Bakery
Started in 2004 by Paul Allam and David McGuinness, this group of Australian bakeries focused on sourdough bread and laminated pastries is opening a location in NoMad. Mr. Allam will be in the kitchen, which will be turning out handmade sourdough breads, as well as pastries like a chocolate poppy-seed twist. Salads, sandwiches and sausage rolls, including a lamb and harissa option, are among the lunch offerings. Natural wines, beer and cider are also available.
15 East 28th Street (Madison Avenue), 917-514-4033, bourkestreetbakery.com.au.
Stilettos Slice Shop
Speedy Romeo, the Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, pizzeria in a former auto-parts shop, is now selling slices next door to its Lower East Side location. The slices range in price from $3 to $6, and feature unconventional toppings like beef gyro and cucumber yogurt, or truffle ranch. A few nod to Missouri: Two slices feature Provel cheese, and the G.B.M. (George Brett’s Mullet), a slice topped with barbecued chicken, is named for the former Kansas City Royals third baseman.
63 Clinton Street (Rivington Street), 212-529-6300, speedyromeo.com.
Sushi by Bae
Sushi bars tucked into odd corners continue to proliferate. Sushi by Bae is a six-seat place next door to a sports bar, Sidebar, but with its own entrance. Wielding the knife for 90-minute, $110 omakases, is Oona Tempest, who started out sharing space with Sushi by Bou, then went on to do other pop-ups before opening Sushi by Bae. Ms. Tempest worked at Sushi Ginza Onodera and Shoji; here, she is partners with Michael Sinensky and Erika London of Simple Venue, a hospitality company. (Wednesday)
118 East 15th Street (Fourth Avenue), sushibybae.com.
Coast and Valley
This wine bar entirely dedicated to California is a collaboration between Stephanie Watanabe and Eric Hsu. They’re starting with 50 wines, all available by the taste, the glass and the bottle, and eventually expect to double the inventory. Small plates like ricotta with fruit and herbs are served. (Wednesday)
587 Manhattan Avenue (Nassau Avenue), Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 917-838-7559, coastandvalleywine.com.
Desert Hideaway
This food truck will be stationed on the patio of the Springs, a restaurant and lounge that pays homage to Palm Springs, Calif., and its heyday in the 1950s. It will offer comfort food like fried pimento cheese, fried chicken, grilled cheese with bacon jam, and shrimp tacos. (Saturday)
224 Franklin Street (Green Street), Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 347-227-7114, thesprings-bk.com.
Looking Ahead
Electric Lemon
This spot, managed by Stephen Starr’s restaurant group, will open in the Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards on June 18. It will have ingredient-driven fare from the executive chef Kyle Knall, emphasizing foods that supposedly provide energy, as befitting an establishment tied to a health club. There will be an 8,000-square-foot terrace overlooking the Hudson River. Mr. Starr’s company will also handle room service for the hotel.
Equinox Hotel, Hudson Yards.
