New & Noteworthy
Seeing a snowflake in the forecast this week, a brasserie with leather banquettes and an ode-to-Barbuto chicken with Balthazar-inspired fries on the menu seems like just the creature comfort that the doctor would order. You can find all this at Le Crocodile at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, which opened last week. At the helm are chefs Jake Leiber and Aidan O’Neal of Chez Ma Tante, and restaurateur Jon Neidich of Golden Age Hospitality (Acme, The Happiest Hour).
Also, Nami Nori gets reviewed by Pete Wells so I’ve added that review. I passed by it yesterday afternoon and see that it is now open for lunch (M-F, 11:30-2:30pm). Kampai!
New & Noteworthy (week of Dec 9)
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
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
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
Le Crocodile Opened early-December
- Chez Ma Tante Chefs Open Le Crocodile at the Wythe Hotel
- Wythe Hotel’s Le Crocodile opens in Williamsburg with French fare
- What Do People Want From Hospitality and Nightlife Today? Jon Neidich hopes his new restaurant Le Crocodile, opening in Brooklyn’s Wythe hotel today, checks all the boxes.
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
- 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
- Nami Nori Gets Hand Rolls Right, and Other Details Too
- 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’
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.