New & Noteworthy
In a recent post, I grumbled about my satisfaction with new/hot lists for NYC restaurants. As I was pondering about my ideal list, I recalled one that I used to refer to a lot was the “new“ list that used to be on the New York Magazine food area. It was simple: restaurant name and one-liner and if memory serves me, it was listed in order of recency. Like a few spots on nymag.com back-in-the-day, the feed or whatever was populating that list started to deprecate and over time, it was completely useless until it just disappeared. But I liked it because was not overly editorially random nor injected with manufactured drama of up- and down-movements week over week.
The prototype of my new weekly list will not be a subjective ranked list cloaked as “trendy” or “buzzy” but simply a short alphabetized list of new places. The unsexy working name is “New & Noteworthy” and restaurants that have been opened for more than three months will not be included. I realized that whenever I recommend a new place to a friend, I would always include the website and links to a few reviews, which is what I will do here as well.
New & Noteworthy (week of June 3)
Bar Pisellino Opened mid-May
- Inside Bar Pisellino, the Gorgeously Appointed New Italian Hangout From Via Carota
- Via Carota’s long-awaited sister spot, Bar Pisellino, soft-opens this week
Crown Shy Opened mid-March
- An Eleven Madison Park Alum Sets a New Tone at Crown Shy
- Crown Shy Opens With Fine Dining From a Former Eleven Madison Park Chef
Essex Market Opened mid-May
- New Essex Street Market Opens With A Bang
- Inside Essex Market’s Sprawling, Stunning New Lower East Side Home
HaSalon Opened mid-April
- Celebrity chef Eyal Shani, the guy behind Miznon, is putting on a theatrical dinner party with extravagant dishes
- At the New Restaurant HaSalon, the Food Carries ‘the Energy of Happiness’
- One of the World’s Great Party Restaurants Comes to New York
Kāwi Opened mid-March
- Momofuku Weaves Luxury Into Korean Traditions at Kawi, a Hudson Yards Gem
- Kawi, From Momofuku, Takes Korean Food Head On
Le Jardinier Opened late-May
- After 21 Years, a Joël Robuchon Protégé Gets His Own Luxurious Stage in Midtown East
- Vegetables Become Vehicles for Luxury at Le Jardinier
Maison Yaki Opened late-April
- Greg Baxtrom’s New Restaurant Will Be a Chiller, Easier Place to Go — He Hopes
- Inside Maison Yaki, the New Restaurant From Team Olmsted
The Fulton Opened mid-May
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Ode to Seafood Debuts on the Water Tonight
- At the Fulton, Jean-Georges Vongerichten Sells Seafood By the Seaport
Van Da Opened mid-March