New & Noteworthy
I was trying to picture where the newest establishment from Jody Williams and Rita Sodi was on Grove Street. The website notes that it is located “across the street from the couple’s other beloved restaurants,Via Carota, I Sodi, and Buvette.” The other day, I was in a taxi lurching through the traffic lights on Seventh Avenue South when I saw the name, large and almost glittering (I think it was glistening from the rain). It is right on the corner and while it is small, like Buvette and I Sodi, it exudes something bigger. It definitely had the personality of a corner restaurant!
This week, I am moving Jiang Diner and Maison Yaki which was recently reviewed in the New Yorker, and adding Ayada, a popular Thai restaurant in Elmhust, which opened up a second location in Chelsea Market. I have missed the hole-in-the-wall Chelsea Thai which was there for 21 years before closing due to rent increases. I would forge through the throngs of tourists the next time I am in the Meatpacking District for some tasty Thai.
New & Noteworthy (week of June 24)
Ayada Opened late-June
- Critically Acclaimed Queens Thai Hit Opens in Chelsea Market Today
- Queens’ Best Thai Restaurant Will Expand to Manhattan
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
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
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
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
Pastis Opened early-June
- Inside the New Pastis, the Romantic NYC Legend Reopening Tonight
- Hello, Old Friend: Pastis Reopens Its Doors
Rezdora Opened mid-May