New & Noteworthy (week of Feb. 10)

I have a weakness for really good roast chicken so while I appreciated Suzanne Cupps’ work at Untitled, I didn’t rush to add 232 Bleecker, the new sit-down restaurant from Dig (the Danny Meyers-backed group that owns the chain, Dig Inn).  Then this article from Eater’s Ryan Sutton lauding the roast chicken dish with hot sauce and sweet potatoes caught my attention.  As we saw with Jonathan Waxman’s Barbuto, a great roast chicken with a nice glass of wine is worth the trek. I need to find my way over to Bleecker and Carmine soon.

232 Bleecker Opened mid-December

• Dig’s Finer Dining Debut Serves a Knockout Roast Chicken
• More New Restaurants Are Roasting Oysters, And They Are G-O-O-D
• Inside Suzanne Cupps New Vegetable-Focused, Wood-Fired Restaurant

The Banty Rooster Opened mid-December

• Southwestern Flavors Take Center Stage at Celebrated Restaurateur’s First NYC Spot
• Banty Rooster Opens In W Village With Southwestern Flavors

Da Toscano Opened early-February

• Seasoned Regional Italian Cooking Vets Return to NYC With Da Toscano
• Da Toscano Opens, From the Former Chef of Perla
• Michael Toscano’s Da Toscano Opens Next Week in Former Perla Space

Ernesto’s Opened early-January

• Ernesto’s Is a Modern Tribute to the Food of Spain
• Fine Dining Vet Brings Basque Cuisine to Two Bridges

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 Chef’s New Veggie Burger Spot Is the Cutting Edge of Junk Food
• Veggie God Amanda Cohen Enters the Plant-Based Burger Wars

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

Piggyback NYC Opened mid-January

• Pig and Khao Chef Unveils Her Latest in Chelsea
• A Seasoned Team’s Irreverent New Pan-Asian Restaurant Opens Tonight Near Penn Station
• The Chef of Pig & Khao Brings Hainan Duck and Curry Puffs to Midtown

Sampotei Opened late-January

• It’s Mabo Tofu Ramen Time at Sanpoutei
• Sanpoutei Gyoza & Ramen debuts this evening on 2nd Avenue
• Off the Menu – Openings 

Verōnika Opened early-January

• Stephen Starr’s Latest Is a Grand European-Style Brasserie in a Sleek New Museum
• Restaurant Verōnika at Fotografiska Museum opens from Stephen Starr
• Roman and Williams imbues an impressionistic glow on Verōnika at Fotografiska

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 open for more than four months will not be included.