New & Noteworthy (week of Feb. 24)

While there are plenty of new restaurant openings, I have nothing to add to the list this week. I will say that I finally visited Suzanne Cupps’ 232 Bleecker and was really impressed. I am in midst of writing my observations which I hope to post soon. Let’s just say I haven’t been surprised about a PB&J iteration since I visited Alinea. In the meantime, the current list offers a range of cuisines and dining experiences. Happy dining (and enjoy Leap Day)!

232 Bleeker 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

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 NoriOpened 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 

Thai Diner Opened mid-February

• Inside Thai Diner, the Highly Anticipated New Restaurant From the Hit Uncle Boons Team
• The Per Se vets behind Thai stunner (and Michelin-starred restaurant) Uncle Boons has followed-up with this more casual, diner-like restaurant with a playful Thai-American menu

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.