A JAPANESE FAVORITE NOODLE SPOT OPENS IN MIDTOWN — AND MORE NEW RESTAURANTS THIS MONTH

Summer is here but the openings keep coming. Consider this your guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes, that have opened recently. Here’s a roundup of the restaurants and bars that opened in July 2024. This list will be updated weekly. If there’s an opening in your neighborhood that we’ve missed, let us know at [email protected].

July 25

Astoria: As New York’s Thai scene heats up, a new name has entered the ring: Krob Kreung Krob Ros is now open in Queens. 33-10 28th Avenue, near 33rd Street

Chinatown: Pho Ga Vang, a Vietnamese restaurant with locations in Falls Church, Virginia, as well as Philadelphia and Atlanta, is throwing its hat in the New York ring. The chef and owner opened in Chinatown — the same block as Golden Diner and Vietnamese American bakery, Bánh by Lauren. The Virginia location made Washingtonian’s 100 best restaurants for 2024 list. 30 Market Street, at Henry Street

East Village: Crepe City is now open in the East Village. It opened earlier this month, according to EV Grieve. 199 Avenue A, between 12th and 13th streets

East Village: New cake shop, Cakes by Klein, specializing in custom orders for celebratory occasions like weddings, debuted according to EV Grieve. 102 St. Marks Place, between Avenue A and First Avenue

Fort Greene: Ikigai, a new tasting menu spot ($165 per person), operates as a non-profit with funds going back to Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, a food rescue organization. Chef Rafal Maslankiewicz (a Masa and Eleven Madison Park alum) leads the kitchen. 87 Lafayette Avenue, at South Portland Avenue

Greenpoint: Coffee shop Eleva Cafe has reportedly rebranded to Bell Slip Social, a cafe by day, cocktail bar by night. It’s an evolution of a nighttime pop-up, according to Greenpointers. Now, in charge, is an investor of Claudia’s, a Guatemalan restaurant at 39 Bushwick Avenue. 7 Bell Slip, at Commercial Street

Greenpoint: Falu House, which calls itself a Scandinavian deli, is now open. 34 Norman Avenue, near Dobbin Street

Harlem: Chef Jimmy Thomas opened Lavitta’s Creole (named after his mother) this week. Thomas is an alum of Michelin-starred Blackbird in Chicago (now closed). Previously, he was a semifinalist in a Carla Hall-backed food competition and he has appeared on Food Network’s Supermarket Stakeout show. 218 Malcolm X Boulevard and West 121 Street

Lower East Side: The tasting menu restaurant, Contra, announced last fall that it would be closing after a decade; the owners Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske Valtierra kept the space. On July 23, they debuted a reimagined version of the space as Bar Contra, adding cocktail expert and longtime friend Dave Arnold, known for experimental Existing Conditions, and Booker and Dax, as an owner. 138 Orchard Street, near Rivington Street

Midtown: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, as part of an initiative with the Parks Department, added a new concession stand on July 19: Oasis Jimma Juice Bar. Abdi Abajebel, the owner, will serve smoothies as well as Ethiopian items like sambusa. He first opened an outpost of Oasis Jimma Juice Bar in Harlem back in 2012, according to a spokesperson. Abajebel was once the subject of a Bon Appetit profile. E. 47th Street, between First and Second avenues

Midtown: Beloved Japanese spot Raku has opened a fourth location (following outposts in East Village, the West Village, and one in Toronto). Owner Norihiro Ishizuka’s latest is further uptown, in Midtown. A spacious dining room with checkerboard walls is attached to Patisserie Fouet, at the front. 776 Ninth Avenue, at West 52nd Street

Murray Hill: Guksu Jip opened this season in Queens specializing in the cold Korean noodle Naengmyeon, including reportedly one with watermelon. 160-28 Northern Boulevard, near 161 Street

Murray Hill: Vintage Green has opened, a rooftop at the Shelburne Sonesta Hotel with several different bars and seating options. Christopher D’Ambrosio, formerly of Bouley, runs the kitchen with a menu that points to a picnic in the park, with chili-lime popcorn, dips, croquettes, salads, pizza, and sandwiches. 303 Lexington Avenue, at 37th Street

Nomad: Miami’s fancy wrap and smoothie chain opened in Nomad. Pura Vida is an upscale fast-casual spot that goes all-in on what they’re saying are natural and local foods, with a menu that highlights “carefully curated ingredient choices” with lots of vegetables as well as vegan and gluten-free items. Eater Miami crowns it “one of South Florida’s most successful local restaurant chains.” (The New York Times even recommended it during Miami Art Week.) Owners Omer and Jennifer Horev plan to open at least 10 New York locations by 2026. 151 Broadway at West 26th Street

Union Square: The team behind pizza spot Ribalta Restaurant in Union Square has opened a “heaven for seafood lovers.” Nearby Ribalta, Amo, an Italian seafood spot, opened on July 18. 15 E. 12th Street, near University Place

Union Square: Uptown Peruvian restaurant Mission Ceviche opened another place on July 24. A spokesperson shares the menu in Union Square is larger than at the original and will showcase “the international influences that have shaped Modern Peruvian cuisine, with a particular focus on Nikkei.” Mission Ceviche was first born as a food hall stand; owner José Luis Chávez went on to open it as a sit-down Upper East Side restaurant in 2019. That year, it received a one-star review from Pete Wells in the New York Times. 7 E. 17th Street, near Fifth Avenue

West Village: Realmuto Alta Pasticceria, a 5,000-square-foot all-day Italian cafe and pastry shop soft opened this week in the former longtime home of the West Village Gourmet Garage supermarket. Giuseppe Zito is leading the bakery — a decorated pastry chef who has been a world champion for his panettone. On the sweet side expect bomboloni, cannoli, and more. There’s a full-service lunch and dinner component by Mauro Campanale, who relocated to New York for the role. By night, there will eventually be apertivi options as well. Expect a Penn Station location soon. 117 Seventh Ave South, at West 10th Street

Williamsburg: Modern Mexican spot Tabú opens in a space formerly occupied by Ten Hope. Kevin Boluarte, former sous chef at Oxomoco, will serve dishes like various aguachiles. The restaurant is in collaboration with Artesano Group, who own a Peruvian restaurant of the same name. 10 Hope Street, at Roebling Street

July 18

Bed-Stuy: Textbook, a Fort Greene cafe known for its tahini-coffee shakes, has opened a second location in Bed-Stuy that’s a bakery doubling as a bar called Understudy. 874 Hancock Street, at Howard Avenue

Cobble Hill: Julie Reiner, one of the top names in New York’s cocktail world, has added another spot to her roster. Reiner, a co-owner in Leyenda, Milady’s, and Clover Club, opened the Saloon at Clover Club. Meant to “evoke a 21st-century rendition of a saloon,” the new Cobble Hill bar will start as a private events space. In August, the space will open to the public on weekends from August 8 to 10, August 15 to 17, and August 22 to 24. More public hours and ticketed events are to follow in the fall, per a spokesperson. 208 Smith Street near Baltic Street

East Village: New owners are at the helm of the former Le Burger space. Grillify serves tacos and quesadillas, according to EV Grieve. 540 E. Fifth Street, between Avenue A and Avenue B

East Village: Red Beard Coffee & Bakery, a sibling to another area coffee shop, the Lazy Llama, is now open. 194 First Avenue, between 11th and 12th streets

East Hampton: Sartiano’s opened its second location at East Hampton’s Hedges Inn. Instead of opening an outpost of Zero Bond, which the community vociferously pushed back on, Scott Sartiano’s Bond Hospitality (behind Darling, Rose Lane, Broken Coconut, and SubMercer) deferred to a more tailored sit-down spot, with chefs Alfred Portale and Chris Lewnes overseeing the food menu, according to a spokesperson. 4 James Lane, at Hook Pond Lane

Fidi: Gai, a Thai chicken and rice spot, is now open in Downtown Manhattan. 118 Fulton Street, near Nassau Street

Greenpoint: 40-year-old dive bar, Irene’s, is now in the hands of bar, Idle Mind Tavern, Greenpointers reports. 623 Manhattan Avenue, at Nassau Avenue

Greenwich Village: Chloe Coscarelli, the celebrity chef behind the vegan chain, By Chloe, is making a comeback after she was forced out of the company. This week, Coscarelli opened a vegan all-day cafe called Chloe at the very location where her brand first began. 185 Bleecker Street and MacDougal Street

Greenwich Village: A second location of Parcelle wine bar opened, a handoff of the former Babs space. The promise is that this outpost is more of a restaurant than its sibling in Chinatown, bolstered by a new team that includes the culinary director for both locations, Kate Telfeyan, a Mission Chinese alum known for running the eclectic Porcelain restaurant in Ridgewood, now closed. She’s joined by consulting executive chef Mark Ladner, former head chef of Del Posto who previously ran Pasta Flyer. 72 MacDougal Street, near West Houston Street

Midtown: Roberta’s has opened R Slice near Penn Station — its second location of the slice shop, which opened this spring in Bushwick. Now, its upstairs restaurant is also open. Pennsylvania Plaza, between 33rd and 34th streets

Midtown: Sendo, a sushi counter now open, comes from Sushi Nakazawa and Sushi Ginza Onodera alum, chef Kevin Ngo. 876 Sixth Avenue and West 31st Street

Soho: For a decade, chef César Ramirez was synonymous with the three-Michelin-starred Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, and before that, Bouley, from the late David Bouley, where he built his reputation in New York. Yet following a dramatic split between the chef and owner at Chef’s Table that has resulted in lawsuits, Ramirez has opened César, his very own tasting menu spot. 333 Hudson Street, at Charlton Street

Soho: Lucky’s started in Montecito, California, before expanding to Malibu in 2021. Now, the team has opened its first New York outpost in Soho. Sarah Meyer Simon, the daughter of one of the original partners in Lucky’s, and founding partner at Butcher’s Daughter, is opening the location in Manhattan with a team that includes Amanda Geller, an alum of Pasquale Jones, and a former Cote somm. 224 Lafayette Street, near Spring Street

Upper East Side: Longtime uptown bistro, Le Veau d’Or, first opened in 1937. This week, it relaunched under new owners: Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, the duo behind Frenchette and Le Rock. It’s prix-fixe at $125 per person. 129 E. 60th Street, at Lexington Avenue

Williamsburg: What began in 2021 as a Kingston, New York drive-thru, expanded upstate with locations in New Paltz and Poughkeepsie. This month, Brooklyn gained its first Moonburger — an all-red-clad space with a cosmic light fixture. The brand has several factors that differentiate it from others like it — and not just because it calls food insiders like cookbook author Alison Roman, a collaborator. Stop in for an excellent vegetarian burger (there’s also a vegan option). Leave room for the oat milk-based milkshakes. 126 Bedford Avenue, at North 10th Street

Williamsburg: Set near Domino Park, Greek seafood spot Psaraki is now open with waterfront views. 420 Kent Avenue, near South Eighth Street

July 11

Astoria: Since opening in Dearborn, Michigan back in 2017, Qahwah House has expanded across the country. In the last couple of years, the Yemeni coffee chain added several in New York with locations in Williamsburg and the West Village. Now, the first Queens outpost has opened in Astoria. 2237 31st Street, near 23rd Avenue

Bed-Stuy: Mediterranean spot Dar 525, which has outposts in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, added one in Bed-Stuy. 231 Malcolm X Boulevard, at Hancock Street

Bensonhurst: Increasingly, New York has become a hub for Hong Kong cafes, known as cha chaan tengs, with Mabu Café, Kong Sihk Tong, M. Star, and, this season, a pop-up by Wilson Tang. The latest is Chun Hong Kong Cafe, which opened recently at the border of Bensonhurst and Mapleton. 6419 18th Avenue, and 65th Street

Brooklyn Heights: Kiwami is a new omakase inside Brooklyn Bridge Park. 141 Bridge Park Drive, near Pier 6

Chelsea: Bar Whimsy is stationed inside Olly Olly Market where the team also runs Ddobar, behind the currently closed Joomak Banjum). 601 W. 26th Street, at Olly Olly Market

Crown Heights: At the border of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, an area that is due for a breakout slice shop, a new name has entered the ring: La Flor. Owner Giancarlo Villa spent time working at Roberta’s and then was part of the original team at Upside Pizza, eventually helping the company grow from Midtown to locations in Greenpoint and Nolita. His takeout counter is now open — not far from the Brooklyn Museum or Prospect Park. There are plain slices, as well as pepperoni, jalapeño, ranch; bruschetta; and stromboli. 766 Classon Avenue, near Sterling Place

Chinatown: Dumpling Story, a dim sum spot, is now open. 250 Grand Street, at Chrystie Street

Chinatown: Gangnam Hotpot BBQ is an AYCE addition to Chinatown; it also serves sushi. 125 Division Street, at Orchard Street

East Village: SourAji opened with a $98 omakase set accomplished in 90 minutes or less, per its Resy page. 23 Avenue B, between Second and Third streets

East Village: Chili, a restaurant helmed by ex-Cafe China workers, has opened a cocktail bar called Wonderland. Expect snacks like Sichuan beef jerky, spicy chicken sliders, and an eel club with pork and wasabi mayonnaise. 96 Second Avenue, near East Sixth Street

Flatbush: Miss Barb’s is a Little Caribbean coffee shop with a wine bar, hosting its grand opening in August. 1038 Nostrand Avenue, at Sterling Street

Flatiron: Ninepin Cafe, an all-day cafe with sandwiches, is one of several projects the Wildair team has consulted on at the Evelyn Hotel. 7 E. 27th Street, near Fifth Avenue

Flushing: Lee & Bai Chinese Buns Shop is a modern Chengdu-style breakfast option that also serves soymilk. 3809 Union Street suite 1, at 38th Avenue

Gramercy: A third spot from Angel’s Share alum Takuma Watanabe, and his team, also behind Martiny’s and L’Americana, is now open in the neighborhood: A jazz bar called Midnight Blue. 106 E. 19th Street, near Park Avenue South

Greenpoint: Gramercy ice cream shop Caffe Panna is now open in Brooklyn. The scoop shop, known for its decadent flavors and rotating menu, opened a 4,700-square-foot location on Thursday, July 11. Hallie Meyer, daughter of Shake Shack’s Danny Meyer, debuted the original Caffe Panna in 2019, where she became known for her ice cream inspired by Italian gelato. 16 Norman Avenue and Banker Street

Jackson Heights: Elements Pizza, a sourdough pizzeria, opened this month from Sami Velasquez, who also owns Parva Bakeshop, a cafe attached to Queens laundromat Aquarelo. Velasquez grew up in the restaurant business, working at his family’s neighborhood bakery Seba Seba next door. 83-01 Northern Boulevard, at 83rd Street

Koreatown: Barbam is open with a snacks menu that includes patatas bravas with gochujang butter; Korean fried chicken; and chestnut bread pudding. 32 W. 33rd Street, near Broadway

Park Slope: The grilled meat pros at Peppa’s Jerk Chicken have expanded to Park Slope. The restaurant with a handful of locations in the city has replaced Aunt Butchie’s Cafe, the offshoot of a decades-old Staten Island deli. Similar to the other Peppa’s, the restaurant serves escovitch fish, curry goat, oxtail, and its popular jerk chicken. 383 Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street

Penn Station: Roberta’s has opened in Manhattan, starting with the ground floor, R Slice — its second location of the slice shop, which opened this spring in Bushwick. The slice shop sells New York and Neapolitan styles, the former $4 to $6 for a slice, and up to $42 for a whole pie, with toppings like onion and chive, cheese, and clam. An upstairs restaurant is opening later this month. 1 Pennsylvania Plaza, between 33rd and 34th streets

Prospect Park: The Prospect Park Boathouse has added a cafe, run by the Oberon Group, the same team behind Brooklyn wine bars, June, Rucola, Rhodora, and Anaïs, as well as Clara in the New York Historical Society. It’s called Purslane Cafe, named after the hospitality group’s catering arm of the same name, and also emphasizes food waste reduction, a spokesperson says. There will be coffee, scones, brownies, and sandwiches like fig and prosciutto, or chicken curry. It’s one of the only food options inside the park, joining Daniel Eddy’s Winner in the Park at the Prospect Park Picnic House. Prospect Park, near Ocean Avenue

Red Hook: Cafe Kestrel opened at the end of June with an American bistro menu “with Southern European flourishes.” The new spot comes from chef Dennis Spina (Roebling Tea Room, River Styx, Metrograph). The opening menu lists a steak tartare, fried squash blossoms, skate wing with fava bean and preserved lemon, and a leg of lamb with mint sauce. A backyard patio will eventually open. Wiley Needham, formerly of Frenchette, consulted on the beverage side. 293 Van Brunt, at Pioneer Street

Sunnyside: Curley’s Bagels opened this week — with bagel sandwiches that include toppings like Taylor ham, mortadella, and caviar. The new Sunnyside spot comes from Mark Curley and Bridget Kane, who worked in film and television and decided to take a chance on a bagel shop during the SAG-AFTRA strikes. They’ve teamed up with Anne Muldoon and Killian Hunt, behind the Lowery Bar & Kitchen, also in Sunnyside. 43-04 47th Avenue, 43rd Street

Sunset Park: The new cocktail bar Sunset Stoop debuted at the end of June advertising a large patio and live music. 4114 Fifth Avenue, near 42nd Street

Soho: A sibling to the Greenwich Village restaurant of the same name, Il Mulino Prime Steakhouse, is now open. The New York Times reports the restaurant offers a three-course $58 menu that includes items like pork chop Milanese. 331 West Broadway, at Grand Street

Times Square: Din Tai Fung, the Taiwan-based restaurant chain, opened its first New York location today, set to be the company’s biggest in the world. The sprawling underground restaurant, which was last home to Mars 2112, can seat over 450 diners at capacity. The company estimates as many as 3,000 to 5,000 people will pass through its doors each day for its most popular dish, xiaolongbao (soup dumplings). 1633 Broadway, at West 51 Street

Union Square: Originally slated to be adjoined to LES Japanese spot BBF, Kappo Sono, from chef Chikara Sono — who earned a past three-star New York Times review — has reopened near Union Square. Located inside a sixth-floor building, a nine-course menu, plus dessert runs $350 per person. 39 E. 13th Street, at University Place

Union Square: Nomé, serving Nikkei cuisine, with French techniques, opened this week, from Santiago Chiuz, hailing from a Miami restaurant group. The menu includes dishes such as tuna crudo with tiger’s milk and avocado mousse. The restaurant is certified kosher. 127 Fourth Avenue, near 13th Street

Upper East Side: Papaya King’s building was set to be demolished, but the hot dog institution was saved from extinction with reports of a new location underway. After years of awaiting a reopening nearby, the day has arrived: Papaya King finally debuted at its new home. 206 East 86th Street, near Third Avenue

Williamsburg: Boonnum Thongngoen, the chef of several Thai restaurants in New York, has opened AM-Thai in Williamsburg. The name builds off the restaurant AM Thai Bistro in South Brooklyn she also operates. 225 South First Street, at Roebling Street

2024-07-11T21:50:32Z