ALL THE NEW RESTAURANTS THAT OPENED THIS WEEK

Consider this your guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes, that have opened recently. Here’s a roundup of the restaurants and bars that opened in September 2024. This list will be updated weekly. If there’s an opening in your neighborhood that we’ve missed, let us know at [email protected].

September 19

Cobble Hill: Basque-leaning corner bar and restaurant Méson has opened, serving items like garlicky tomato toast, octopus with white beans, and grilled sardines with lemon olive oil. The 30-seat restaurant comes from childhood friends Mason Grassfield (Morimoto, Food Network) and Ian Martinez (Houseman, Littleneck, Lincoln). 144 Union Street, at Hicks Street — Andrea Strong

Crown Heights: Word of Mouth is the latest combination cafe and bookstore this year. 942 Bergen Street, at Franklin Avenue

Dumbo: Elephant District highlights street foods of Bangkok near the Brooklyn Bridge. The new spot comes from the team behind Thai-Japanese speakeasy 11 Tigers and nearby Dumbo Vietnamese restaurant Em. 9 Old Fulton Street, near Water Street

Elmhurst: Grub Street reported on a new Bangladeshi restaurant called Mezban House that opened recently with standout beef jhura. 90-19 Corona Avenue, near 90th Street

Flatiron: Australian cafe Hole in the Wall has opened Wallflower, a ’70s-inspired bar. 37 W. 24th Street, near Sixth Avenue

Harlem: The Senegalese-born Elhadji Cisse, the chef and owner behind Harlem’s 10-year-old Ponty Bistro, Renaissance Harlem, and Harlem Cafe serving French and African cuisine, has opened the 4,500 square-foot PB Brasserie. 60 W. 125th Street, near Malcolm X Boulevard

Lower East Side: Yong Chuan combines Sichuan and Ningbo flavors at this new restaurant. 90 Clinton Street, near Delancey Street

Meatpacking District: La Victoria, is a new nightclub that aims to evoke a feeling of traveling to Europe with Art Deco flair. A fusion menu of gyoza, Caprese salad, and empanadas are offered. It’s located inside the Dream Hotel downtown, a Hyatt-backed offshoot. 357 W. 16th Street, near Ninth Avenue

Meatpacking District: Le Coin, a new downtown French restaurant has opened with a chef who has worked at Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris. It sits beside the Gansevoort Hotel. 18 Ninth Avenue, at Little West 12th Street

Midtown East: Le Bar Penelope, a new cocktail lounge, is doubling down on caviar including on pizza. 14 E. 60th Street, near Madison Avenue

Midtown West: Sopo opened this week, a Korean fast-casual bowl spot, located near Penn Station. 463 Seventh Avenue, near West 35th Street

Upper East Side: Lungi is a flip of a restaurant called Imli, now with a Sri Lankan focus. It reopened on September 18. 1136 First Avenue, between 62nd and 63rd streets

Upper East Side: Rafael, a new Manhattan restaurant from Park Slope brunch spot, Miriam, is now open. 917 Lexington Avenue, at East 71st Street

September 12

Bed-Stuy: Corto, an Italian coffee bar first opened on Halsey Street in 2019; then it relocated to the storefront next door. Now, its original location has debuted as Corto After Hours, a nighttime counterpart with free aperitivi snacks served with drinks. The coffee shop and bar both share a backyard. 262 Halsey Street, at Tompkins Avenue

Carroll Gardens: Atelier Ariana opened this month from Ariana Barkin. The pastry chef and owner started her pop-up pâtisserie outside her nearby apartment during the pandemic, showcasing items like croissants, pain au chocolat, and blood orange cake, using techniques she learned in her six years in Paris. In her new location, a limited menu is available on Wednesday and Thursday with more extensive options on weekends. 478 Smith Street, at Ninth Street

Carroll Gardens: After opening first on Atlantic Avenue, Nate’s Detroit Pizza debuted a second outpost in Brooklyn this week nestled near competitors F&F Pizzeria and Baby Luc’s. 451 Court Street, at Fourth Place

Chelsea: Souraji West, a sibling to an East Village counterpart that opened this year, is a 90-minute all-you-can-eat (and drink) omakase. 177 Ninth Avenue, between West 20th and 21st streets

Chelsea: The fast-casual Greek restaurant Tziki has opened from Harry Nicolau and chef Alexandros Gkoutsi. Look for homemade pita and pork, beef, chicken, or mushroom are the sliced or on skewers. 209 Seventh Avenue at 22nd Street

Chinatown: Sake Bar Asoko, from Shintaro Cho and Yuri Itakura, former managers at East Village izakaya Sake Bar Decibel, has debuted in Chinatown. The new spot “aims to merge nostalgic analog culture of the early Heisei period (early 90’s to mid 2000’s) with a modern flair,” a spokesperson told Eater earlier this year. A brief menu is to start featuring tofu with dashi, quail egg with marinated soy sauce, and cold sesame udon — more dishes will join the menu soon. 127 East Broadway, near Pike Street

Crown Heights: Silvia Barban, a Top Chef competitor who owns Larina, an Italian restaurant in Fort Greene, has opened something new. Briscola Trattoria debuts this week, replacing what had been another Italian spot called Aita. 798a Franklin Avenue, at Eastern Parkway

Crown Heights: Caribbean Asian fusion restaurant Greyz Bistro has opened with items like a jerk chicken sandwich on brioche and oxtail fried rice. 1171 Saint John’s Place, at Howard Avenue

East Village: A storefront that has had many restaurants over the years, is now American bistro Cecilia 97. A menu lists patty melts, vinegar chicken, and a banana split for dessert. 97 St. Marks Place, near First Avenue

East Village: The tiny East Village Ho Foods from Richard Ho — serving some of the city’s best beef noodle soup, along with chile wontons, sesame noodles, radish cakes, and breakfast — has expanded to take over the next-door storefront. Even with its previously small footprint, Ho Foods packed a flavor punch, making it one of the area’s best breakfast options. Now there’s more room to spread out, and as such, the restaurant has added more hours of operation. 110 E. Seventh Street, at First Avenue

East Williamsburg: Katabaru, a sleek new Japanese restaurant with cocktails opened in Brooklyn. The Walter’s team originally opened Apollonia, a Mediterranean restaurant in the space, before flipping it into a bar. This appears to be from a new team. 128 Meserole Street, at Manhattan Avenue

Flatiron: Following its New York shutter in 2016, Experimental Cocktail Club is back in New York. The bar originally started in Paris in 2007 (expanded to London and Venice) is opening beneath La Compagnie Flatiron. Nathalie Durrieu is head bartender; from chef Eric Bolyard. 6 W. 24th Street, at Fifth Avenue

Flatiron: Los Angeles import Sushi by Scratch has opened, a sushi speakeasy with a $225 omakase from chef Phillip Frankland Lee and his wife and pastry chef, Margarita Kallas-Lee. It’s one of a handful across the country. Frankland Lee says his “dream” has been to open a restaurant in New York. “New York is the most important city in the country for food. I have wanted this for my whole career, ” he told Eater. 922 Broadway, at East 21st Street

Flatiron: Tall Poppy, a new bakery has opened specializing in croissants of all sorts: classic, chocolate, pistachio, as well as novel combinations like goat cheese, hot honey, and pecan; as well as lemon curd, meringue, and poppy seed. 156 W. 20th Street, at Seventh Avenue

Fidi: Wildacre Rotisserie specializing in chicken rotisserie in various forms (bowls, wraps, and sandwiches), first opened in Connecticut and now has expanded to Manhattan. 101 Maiden Lane, at Pearl Street

Fort Greene: Cali Faulkner — former line cook at Crown Shy, Oxalis, and Eleven Madison Park; and sous chef at Verjus in Paris — has opened Third Falcon with a “Northern French cuisine with a twist,” a spokesperson shares. Think chicken with crab butter, French wines, and more. 360 Myrtle Avenue, at Adelphi Street

Greenpoint: Coffee Check is both a coffee shop and video production space. 65A Green Street, at West Street

Greenpoint: Another area combination space Owlee Café & Studio, a coffee shop and art studio, also opened in North Brooklyn. 211 Franklin Street, at Freeman Street

Long Island City: Bar Enzo has opened from Joe Schinco and the team behind Greats of Craft. The Italian American leaning bar has 36 seats with drinks that lean into Negronis and spritzes. 10-15 43rd Avenue, at 11th Street

Lower East Side: Cha & is a stylish new tea shop that opened recently. 51 Essex Street, at Grand Street

Lower East Side: Wabi Nori is the latest hand-roll spot to open in Manhattan. 115 Essex Street, near Rivington Street

Midtown: Fidi kosher steakhouse Reserve Cut opens uptown. 109 E. 56th Street, at Park Avenue

Midtown: Uptaco, which has sold its breakfast tacos to Joe Coffee, Jack’s Stir Brew, and Marathon Coffee in Manhattan, is getting a space of its own. For the next six months, it will operate inside the lobby level atrium of the office building in Midtown, according to a spokesperson. 550 Madison Avenue, at East 55th Street

Noho: Small plates and natural wine spot Elvis opened in what had been Jolene, and before that the Jones, both from Gabriel Stulman (a revival of the space that was previously the Great Jones Cafe with its 35-year run). The restaurant comes from Golden Age Hospitality, behind hot spots like the Nines, Le Dive, and Deux Chats in partnership with Paradise Projects, behind bars like Mister Paradise. The 30-seat restaurant has a menu of pate, rillettes, and tartare, among other dishes. 54 Great Jones Street, near the Bowery

Prospect Heights: After opening Maison Yaki, Greg Baxtrom flipped the storefront to become Petite Patate, before closing it in 2023 with the announcement that he’d be relocating the French bistro to Illinois. Now, the address is in the hands of a new operator, Dave Patry, who got his start working at his family’s restaurant in Maine. He has opened Dilly Dally, a neighborhood restaurant with “whimsy” serving comfort food like squash ravioli, Bolognese lasagna, trout, shrimp cocktail, and more, per a spokesperson. 626 Vanderbilt Avenue, near Prospect Place

Soho: The Corner Store replaces Dos Caminos, with a comforting menu of disco steak frites, everything-bagel Caesar salad, and tableside martinis. The 130-seat restaurant comes from a big-money team. 75 West Broadway at Houston Street

Times Square: St. Marks Place Sichuan stunner Szechuan Mountain House has opened uptown sibling Mountain House near Times Square. 353 W. 46 Street, near Ninth Avenue

Upper East Side: Glace, the viral ice cream from the team behind Noglu, a gluten-free bakery from the Zabar’s family, has relocated on the same street to a revamped storefront. 1268 Madison Avenue, between East 90th and 91st streets

Upper East Side: Morelia Gourmet Paletas, which has locations in New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Virginia, has debuted its first outpost in New York. 1435 First Avenue, at East 75th Street

Upper West Side: Canto opened its first location in the West Village in 2021; now it has a second location uptown serving dinner. The Italian restaurant is known for its frozen espresso martini. 2014 Broadway, at West 69th Street

Upper West Side: Gnocchi on 9th, which in just a few months, has gone viral for its $10 takeout pasta, and expanded from an initial East Village outpost to one on the Lower East Side, is already adding a third. Now, Gnocchi on 9th has opened uptown. 228 Columbus Avenue, near West 70th Street

West Village: Cops, a doughnut shop that first opened in Toronto in 2018, has come to New York, taking over a storefront that was the longtime home of the Doughnut Project. 10 Morton Street, near Bleecker Street

Williamsburg: Quarter Club, a modern take on the sports bar, with knick-knacks and television screens, is now open. The North Brooklyn bar comes from a team that brings experience from Bushwick’s Boobie Trap bar, known for its board games, local Mexican chain Calexico, and Greenpoint’s Lake Street, beloved for its Jell-O shots. Quarter Club serves wings, burgers, fries, and more. 312 Grand Street, at Havemeyer Street

September 5

Bed-Stuy: Sara Elise, who was a part of launching Harvest and Revel, a catering company, has opened Again Vintage, selling home goods and sustainable goods, Sixteen Mill baked goods, Good Batch cookies, coffee, and other beverages. 377 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, at Jefferson Avenue

East Village: The Boiler Room opened in its new location; the LGBTQ bar closed after 30 years in its original spot on East Fourth Street due to back rent and a dispute with the landlord. “Amazingly,” EVGrieve says, “the space looks pretty much the same without that 30 year-old bar aroma.” 45 Second Avenue, between Second Street and Third streets

Gowanus: Luna La Mer, a catering company from Lawrence Mash and Brittany Melhado, has planted down roots with a cafe and marketplace. 468 Fourth Avenue, at 10th Street, in Gowanus

Greenpoint: Chris Reyes and chef Gerardo Alcaraz have opened Taqueria El Chato, a fast-casual spot inspired by Central Mexican fare with five options on the menu and open late night. 620 Manhattan Avenue, near Nassau Avenue

Koreatown: Joo Ok, a Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant, closed and relocated to a 16th-floor spot in Koreatown serving sustainable, high-end seasonal dishes from chef Chang-ho Shin. 22 West 32nd Street, between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, on the 16th floor

Midtown: A gigantic 400-seat French restaurant called Grand Brasserie has opened in what had been the Great Northern Food Hall in Grand Central, from a newly established restaurant company called Vizz Group. 89 East 42nd Street, at Park Avenue

Times Square: Serendipity 3 opened on the Upper East Side in 1954 and soon became a mid-century hangout for the likes of Andy Warhol (who used to barter for meals with his drawings) and Marilyn Monroe (where she would come and study scripts). Over time, Serendipity built out its menu: To this day, the trademarked Frrrozen Hot Chocolate dessert remains its calling card, a recipe so beloved Jackie Kennedy Onassis once tried to buy it for a White House party. (Oprah later got it.) As the restaurant approaches its 70th anniversary, the brand is expanding in New York for the first time: A second Manhattan location has opened inside the OYO Times Square Hotel. 157 West 47th Street, near Seventh Avenue

Williamsburg: Brewing craft beers, The Test Brewery has opened in the former Strangeways space. Billing itself as a test-brewing kitchen, most of its product comes in cans. 302 Metropolitan Avenue, at Roebling Street

West Village: Candy shop Lil Sweet Treat opened this week filling the void of the 2020 closure of Sockerbit, which supplied Scandinavian licorice and other sweets in the West Village. Operating with the pick-and-mix format, Lil Sweet Treat will feature candies from all over the world, including Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and Spain. This fall, owner Elly Ross will also offer chocolates from Hawaii and Germany. 184 Seventh Avenue South, near West 11th Street

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