New & Noteworthy
This week, I add another two restaurants to the N&N list, Anton’s and Café Kitsuné. As the end of the year draws close, the holidays usually draw out the ‘old New York’ nostalgia and it looks like Anton’s menu fits the bill. Chef Nick Anderer hails from Maialiano, Marta and Martina so the retro-but-updated pasta dishes will no doubt be solid. As for Café Kitsuné, the cafe-bistro is serving up a menu created by chef Yuji Tani that puts a Japanese twist on French classics and includes coffee, pastries, salads, sandwiches, and natural wines.
New & Noteworthy (week of Nov 18)
Anton’s Opened mid-November
- Anton’s Is Nick Anderer’s Ode to Old New York
- Former Union Square Hospitality Star Chef Debuts a Throwback European Restaurant
Būmu Opened early-October
- Būmu, Lively Izakaya-Style Restaurant, Opens in NYC
- Joaquin Baca’s Teo Is Reborn (Sort of) in Greenwich Village
Café Kitsuné Opened mid-November
- Kitsuné Is Serving Up Parisian Cool at a New West Village Café
- Maison Kitsuné Brings Its Cafe To New York
- Maison Kitsuné brings Parisian luxury and Japanese minimalism to their first NYC café
- Maison Kitsuné’s Masaya Kuroki Pays Close Attention to the Menu “You’ve got to focus.”
Daymoves Opened mid-September
- James Murphy’s Café and Bar, Daymoves, Opens This Week
- James Murphy’s new Williamsburg cafe, Daymoves, opens this week
- James Murphy Has Got the Daymoves
Golden Diner Dinner service early-September
Gotham Reopened early-September
- Iconic Gotham Bar & Grill Reopens Tonight With a New Chef In Pursuit of a Younger Crowd
- Here’s Gotham Bar & Grill’s Brand-new Menu
Il Fiorista Opened mid-September
- Everyone Fantasizes of Opening Their Dream Restaurant. This Couple Actually Did It.
- GET TO IL FIORISTA TO EXPERIENCE NYC’S FLORAL MOVEMENT
- How to Cook a Meal (Almost) Entirely Out of Flowers
Jean-Georges Revamped Tasting Menus early-September
- A Vivid New Menu Debuts at Jean-Georges
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Columbus Circle Fine Dining Jewel Makes a Big Menu Pivot
- Jean-Gorges Wants His Third Michelin Star Back. Here’s How He Plans to Get It
The Jones Opened late-August
- An Iconic Noho Space Starts New Life Today as a Light and Bright Seafood Cafe: Great Jones Cafe has been revived by Gabriel Stulman as the Jones, a casual cafe aimed at locals
- The Jones Is Gabriel Stulman’s Loving Revamp of the Great Jones Cafe
Kochi Opened early-November
- Former Neta Chef Opens an Elegant Korean Skewer Restaurant Tonight
- Kochi Arrives With a Focus on Korean Royal Cuisine
- High Dining Chef Opens Hell’s Kitchen Tasting Menu Spot
Llama-San Opened early-September
- Daily Dish Llama San Review: Observations from My First Visit
- After a Long Delay, Llama-San is Finally Ready to Start Cooking
Nami Nori Opened early-October
- Masa Vets Are Opening a Playful Sushi Hand Roll Restaurant in the West Village
- The Owners of a New Sushi Spot Want to ‘Bring Back the Dynamite Roll’
- Temaki Hand Rolls With a Twist in the West Village
- Nami Nori, a West Village Restaurant by the Former Masa Chefs, Does Not Do Fusion
Xu’s Public House Opened early-November
This weekly list is not comprehensive of every new place but a short alphabetized list of new places that I think are notable. Restaurants that have been opened for more than three months will not be included.