New & Noteworthy

Thanksgiving is this week and we have about six more weeks until we start a new decade. Yes, feels like time is running short. In the last week, I visited two more spots on my list– The Jones and Kochi. I am in the process of writing up The Jones but you can read my observations about my first visit to Kochi.

This week, I add Lekka Burger, a vegan fast-casual place in Tribeca from Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen. The menu looks tasty and I can’t wait to try her take on a plant-based burger. I will no doubt be indulging in the coming weeks so that at a broccolini caesar may be calling my name.

New & Noteworthy (week of Nov 25)

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
• Think of Bumu, a New West Village Restaurant, as the Comeback Kid

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

• Golden Diner Updates the Greasy-Spoon Tradition
• Torrisi Vet Sam Yoo’s Golden Diner Debuts Dinner

Gotham    Reopened early-September

• Newly Revamped Gotham Bar Still Feels Like Your Uncle’s Favorite Old Hangout

• Changing Chefs, Gotham Bar and Grill Starts a New Era
• Here’s Gotham Bar & Grill’s Brand-new Menu

Il Fiorista  Opened mid-September

• Time Out Review 
• Everyone Fantasizes of Opening Their Dream Restaurant. This Couple Actually Did It.
• 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

• Daily Dish Kochi review: Observations from My First Visit 
• 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

Lekka Burger Opened mid-November

• Dirt Candy’s Trailblazing Chef Opens a Fast-Casual Veggie Burger Spot Today
• Veggie God Amanda Cohen Enters the Plant-Based Burger Wars
• Lekka Burger from Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen is opening in NYC

Llama-San Opened early-September

• Daily Dish Llama San Review: Observations from My First Visit 

• Llama San Is Not a Typical Postcard From Peru
• Ají Panca Meets Ponzu at the Inventive New Llama-San The Peruvian-Japanese fusion cooking contains multitudes
• The Cross-Cultural Cuisine of Llama San

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

• NYC’s Luxury Chinese Dining Scene Gains Its Most Compelling Newcomer Yet at Xu’s

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.