All the New Restaurants That Opened This Week

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 October 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].

October 31

Dumbo: El Gallo Taqueria, which has several locations in New York City, has debuted with a Downtown Brooklyn outpost. 117 Adams, at Pearl Street

Lower East Side: Elbow Bread, from the celebrated baker Zoë Kanan, in partnership with the Court Street Grocers team, debuted in the former Mel the Bakery space. There are bialys, sesame challah twists, palmier, soft pretzels, and sandwiches. 1 Ludlow Street, at Canal Street

Nolita: Chef Flynn McGarry has expanded the Gem name with Gem Home. It’s the latest hybrid space: It sells custom products designed in collaboration with his team, like soap dispensers, alongside vintage items sourced through his travels. There’s a mini-grocery with produce and flowers, as well as Gem-branded pickled goods. It also acts as a cafe that serves baked goods and sandwiches, made in-house. There are long tables at the back, good for hanging around for parsnip cake and a coffee. 181 Mott Street, near Kenmare Street

Ridgewood: Taqueria Al Pastor, considered one of Bushwick’s essential taco spots, has opened its latest outpost in Ridgewood. 55-30 Myrtle Avenue, at Putnam Avenue

Soho: Manuela is named for Manuela Wirth, who, with her husband Iwan, co-founded Artfarm in Somerset, England (the restaurant is conveniently near their gallery, Hauser & Wirth, down the street and no doubt be spillover for art world client dinners). Inside, the restaurant is defined by works from multiple artists, incorporated into aspects of the bar and dining room. The menu leans seasonal — squash and stracciatella or pork collar with pickled long beans — with some items prepared in the wood-fired oven. Sean Froedtert runs the kitchen; the gallerists gravitated toward the chef for his experience at Buvette. 130 Prince Street, at Wooster Street

Tribeca: Quarters is a fancy, stylish home-goods shop, tucked away on the second floor, that also doubles as a cafe and wine bar in partnership with the Raf’s and Musket Room team. 383 Broadway, at White Street

Upper East Side: Italian-leaning Casa Tua, the celebrity scenester spot from Miky and Leticia Grendene, first debuted in Miami Beach in 2001. Following an expansion to Aspen and Paris, it’s opened a new location at the Surrey Hotel. 20 E. 76th Street, at Madison Avenue

October 24

Astoria: Bushwick birria favorite Nene’s Taqueria has expanded again — this time to Queens. 37-07 Broadway, at 37th Street

Chelsea: Yohei Ishida, an Ippudo disciple, who opened Ramen Ishida in 2017 on the Lower East Side, has added an outpost of the ramen restaurant further uptown. 104 Eighth Avenue, near West 15th Street

Chinatown: The team behind Chinese Tuxedo has flipped their South Soho Bar into Soso’s, a bar with an expanded restaurant. 191 Centre Street, at Hester Street

Clinton Hill: Neno’s Gourmet Mexican Street Food debuted on Myrtle Avenue, beginning its life as a Rochester, New York food truck. 499 Myrtle Avenue, at Ryerson Street

Dumbo: Kinjo is a 13-seat omakase counter with an attached bar priced at $95 for 11 courses. Its chefs came to the restaurant by way of Masa and Momofuku. 11 Adams Street, near Plymouth Street

Gramercy: Go Chin Khao Man Gai is the latest Thai chicken and rice spot to open in Manhattan. 347 First Avenue, at East 20th Street

Greenpoint: Chrissy’s Pizza, once one of New York’s most elusive pies, formerly in residence during late nights at Superiority Burger, has finally opened a storefront of its own. Note: whole pies only. 142 Nassau Avenue, at McGuinness Boulevard

Lower East Side: Anna Bazhenova, behind South Street Seaport’s the Little Shop, a combination snack shop and bar, has opened Apartment 5. This new Lower East Side cocktail bar is meant to reflect a “mysterious godmother’s fabulous apartment,” per a release; a library area features hand-selected books from the Strand. 157 Ludlow Street, near Stanton Street

Lower East Side: Everyone likes sandwiches. That’s what the simple premise of the Sandwich Board is betting on. In the morning various breakfast sandwiches are served, and then, by lunch, there are sandwiches like salmon banh mi. 115 Eldridge Street A, at Broome Street

Lower East Side: Le Jardin Bistro, a French spot on Cleveland Place for 27 years, has relocated to the LES. 95 Delancey Street, near Ludlow Street

Flatiron: Time and Tide is the first restaurant from the recently renamed Kent Hospitality to open in the wake of Saga and Crown Shy restaurateur Jamal James Kent’s untimely death in June. Using the steakhouse format, Time and Tide is what they’re calling a fish house: Dishes like sardine toasts, adult Goldfish, and oyster pan roast round out the menu. 360 Park Avenue South, at East 26th Street

Midtown: Quality Branded — behind Don Angie, San Sabino, Bad Roman, Quality Bistro, and more — has opened the 140-seat Twin Tails, a Southeast Asian restaurant that riffs on “retro-futuristic” ’80s design. The new spot at the Time Warner Center, near Bad Roman, offers a menu of dishes that pull from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. 10 Columbus Circle, at West 58th Street

Soho: Ariel Arce — behind Tokyo Record Bar and Roscioli — has opened Heroes, a restaurant, attached to its upstairs retro cocktail bar Pearl Box. Both spaces go heavy on design. 357 West Broadway, at Broome Street

Sunnyside: Masa Madre, related to De Mole, a nearby Mexican restaurant, opened in October. The daytime bakery highlights Mexican pastries like concha. 47-55 46th Street, at 48th Avenue

Upper East Side: The team behind several Upper East Side bars, like speakeasy Keys & Heels, has debuted Nightly’s, also uptown. There’s a full dinner menu including bistro items like salads, appetizers like grilled prawn with butter sauce, and burgers. 1496 Second Avenue, East 78th Street

Upper East Side: New Guatemalan restaurant Tikal has made its debut uptown. A menu lists pupusas, garnachas, cow feet soup, and a dish with turkey and pumpkin seeds. 1393 Second Avenue, near East 73rd Street

Upper West Side: The long-anticipated reopening of Mermaid Inn is here, from Danny Abrams and Cindy Smith. The duo has three other oyster bars that have become local favorites in Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Times Square. The uptown venue was due to open a year ago but had been held up by delayed construction due to a malfunctioning sprinkler. 335 Columbus Avenue, at West 76th Street

October 17

Clinton Hill: Sebastian Perez and Sebastian Bangsgaard first opened Smør, a Scandinavian all-day cafe, in the East Village in a tiny storefront before expanding with a neighboring bakery during the pandemic. Five years later, the team has opened a full-service restaurant version of Smør in Brooklyn. By day, there’s a bakery counter, with pastries like cardamom buns. It will also offer a full-service daytime menu with egg sandwiches, pickled herring open-faced sandwiches, and Danish pancakes with lemon zest. By night, it’s a full-on restaurant and wine bar, serving shrimp salad on sourdough, sesame-crusted schnitzel, and hot dogs with curry ketchup. Rice pudding is for dessert. 26 Putnam Avenue, at Downing Street

Financial District: The Bedford in Williamsburg has been sort of a run-of-the-mill standard brunch fare option since first opening a decade ago. But now the team has opened a spot that’s a departure from Brooklyn, focusing on Mexican spirits, alongside a partner of the Dead Rabbit. It’s primed to be one of the more interesting cocktail options for the after-work crowd of the Financial District. 55 Stone Street, at William Street

Greenwich Village: Acru is former Atomix sous chef Daniel Garwood’s first restaurant, a partnership with the hospitality group of his former employer. The 47-seat restaurant features a tasting menu (carrot with monkfish liver, lamb with turnips) and a la carte selection only available at the bar (potato cakes with sea urchin, red shrimp with lardo) referencing Australian, Korean, and Scandinavian flavors, according to a spokesperson. 79 MacDougal Street, near Bleecker Street

Hell’s Kitchen: The adventurer and journalist Nellie Bly is the point of reference for the name of Miss Nellie’s, a new Manhattan restaurant. Chef David Coleman, a Tocqueville alum, has crafted a menu of oyster shooters, spaetzle, a dry-aged burger with oxtail marmalade, and fried chicken with pimento cheese. 325 W. 44th Street, near Eighth Avenue

Lower East Side: Cuts & Slices, which began in Brooklyn, before adding a location in Queens, is now onto its first Manhattan location. 321 E. Houston Street, between Attorney and Ridge streets

Lower East Side: DupBopBro, a new fast-casual Korean bowl spot, has debuted. 309 E. Houston Street, near Attorney Street

Midtown East: Though there are plenty of vegetarian-friendly Chinese restaurants across the city, Bodai hopes to bring that ethos to fine dining: A meat-free tasting menu is priced at $99. 135 E. 50th Street, near Lexington Avenue

Ridgewood: Queens has a hot new wine bar called Ask Alita. 817 Onderdonk Avenue, at Cornelia Street

West Village: After opening on the Upper West Side last month, Salt and Straw has already opened its second New York location. 540 Hudson Street, at Charles Street

West Village: Sho Tse is a new Ukrainian takeout counter in lower Manhattan. 120 Christopher Street, at Bedford Street

Windsor Terrace: Zoller’s, a new sandwich spot, has opened in South Brooklyn. Soups and salads are also for sale. 248 Prospect Park West, at Prospect Avenue

October 10

Bushwick: Vantage Point Hospitality. which operates bars like Vacations and Dolly’s (a nod to the country singer Dolly Parton), has opened their latest nightlife venture called Hank’s Bar that’s going for a well-worn tavern feeling. Dogs are allowed, according to Google. 613 Bushwick Avenue, near Jefferson Street

Downtown Brooklyn: A Hainan chicken spot inside Manhattan’s Urban Hawker Food Hall, Hainan Jones, has added a second location in the Dekalb Market in Brooklyn. After years in the works, Urban Hawker opened in 2022 highlighting Singaporean street food, from K.F. Seetoh, a travel writer and Anthony Bourdain pal (Bourdain was involved with the early stages of its development before his death.) The Hainan Jones food stall is often cited as one of Urban Hawker’s must-tries. Raymond Kiang, whose father had a hand in creating one of Singapore’s most famous dishes, consulted on the first stall. Kiang has since opened his own spot: Lou Yau Kee, near Union Square. Hainan Jones joins other new spots in the Dekalb Market like Ecuadorian stand Okey NYC and Caribbean stall Fat Fowl. 445 Albee Square West, at Fulton Street

Gowanus: Grand Army, the Boerum Hill oyster bar, has taken over as the indefinite food vendor at Threes Brewing in Gowanus, replacing an outpost of Super Burrito. 333 Douglass Street, at Fourth Avenue

Flatiron: Clemente Bar opened this week attached to Daniel Humm’s three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park, named after artist Francesco Clemente. Beverage director Sebastian Tollius and Humm have given the bar-within-the-restaurant its own interior design but continue with the vegan mandate EMP took on during the pandemic. There’s a bar area with a la carte as well as an eight-seat tasting counter with three seatings priced at $225 per person. 11 Madison Avenue, at East 24th Street

Hell’s Kitchen: The owners of Greenpoint’s Sama Street bar, have opened Monkey Thief, in Manhattan. Their new bar pulls from travels to China, Vietnam, Thailand, and India, with cocktails featuring fish sauce, cardamon, and an interpretation of duck sauce. Thai tea cheesecake and Sichuan-spiced fried chicken are also available. 401 W. 47th Street, at Ninth Avenue

Hell’s Kitchen: Open since 2005, Cuban fun spot Guantanamera known for its live music and late-night operations, now has a sibling called Moonlight, from owner Mario Zarate, manager Evelina Klopocka, and chef Marcos Bidart, W42ndSt.NYC reports. Look for updates of classic dishes at the new location, with items like tuna tartare, crackling shrimp, and jambalaya paella. No word yet on whether it will have similar late-night hours. 772 Ninth Avenue, at West 51st Street

Midtown: Midtown office workers have a new spot for meetings at Ánimo!, a Mexican breakfast spot. There are breakfast tacos, huevos rancheros, and pan dulce like homemade concha. 1004 Second Avenue, at East 53rd Street

Williamsburg: The team behind Egg Shop, which has locations in Nolita and Williamsburg, has expanded with Gus and Marty’s, a Brooklyn take on homestyle Greek cooking, right off McCarren Park. Chef Kenny Cuomo (formerly at Per Se) has been brought on to help develop a menu that includes taramasalata with caviar, moussaka, grilled fish, and more. 232 N. 12th Street, at Union Avenue

October 3

Bay Ridge: Burmese Harp joins New York’s growing Burmese boom. 8510 Fourth Avenue, 85th Street

Brooklyn: Residents of Brooklyn Heights were curious about what would replace the charming storefront where Fifty Henry Wine Bar sat for 15 years before its closure in December 2023. Now, it has been revealed: Jules Pizza, from the same operators (who also run Henry’s End), has debuted in Brooklyn Heights. “Jules will offer an approachable wine program and retain the commitment to kindhearted, welcoming service that customers came to love over the last 15 years,” co-owner Hallie Lahm tells Eater. “The addition of a pizza oven and improvements to the kitchen space will allow us to make better food.” 50 Henry Street, at Cranberry Street

Chinatown: No Gem, a shop spotlighting products and home goods from South Korea and Japan serves lunch until 3 p.m. daily. It opened in September. 51 Canal Street, at Orchard Street

Cobble Hill: Saturn Road, a new coffee shop by day, and wine bar by night, is now open in Brooklyn across from Cobble Hill Cinema. 276 Court Street, between Kane and Degraw streets

Dumbo: Eyal Shani, who also owns HaSalon, has debuted another location of his kosher restaurant Malka. 56 Adams Street, at Front Street

East Village: Ishq, a new Indian restaurant specializing in slow-cooked goat, comes from the owner of Gazab on the Lower East Side. 202 Avenue A, at East 13th Street

Long Island City: Ace’s Pizza, a Detroit-style spot, has opened a third location in New York, inside JACX & co food hall building. 28-17 Jackson Avenue, at 28th Street

Noho: Yawning Cobra is a new cocktail bar set below street-level with a serpent-shaped door knob, per EV Grieve. 356 Bowery, between Bond and Great Jones streets

Nomad: After all these years, what is it that pulls serial Brooklyn restaurateur, Andrew Tarlow, across the river? It turns out it’s the stunning, 2,400 square-foot space with a wood-fired oven where I Trulli resided since 1994. Rustic Italian newcomer Borgo opened there recently in its place. 124 E. 27th Street, at Park Avenue South

Prospect Heights: The team behind Ciao. Gloria, a local bakery, has opened Pasta Night across the street. The restaurant is order-at-the-counter with several pastas, starters, desserts, and cocktails. There’s a backyard outside and alimentari section of canned fish and olive oil. 575 Vanderbilt Avenue, near Pacific Street

Upper East Side: “Simple seasonal Italian fare” is on the menu at new restaurant Adria, serving lobster paccheri, liguine with clams, and swordfish with an olive sauce. 1556 Second Avenue, at East 81st Street

Upper East Side: The team behind East Harlem’s Alison Restaurant has opened Bar Vivant: a wine bar with bouqeurones, prawns, and other tapas. 164 E. 88th Street, near Lexington Avenue

Upper East Side: Cafe August comes from the owners of the now-closed New American restaurant August, also uptown. A menu lists casual daytime items like strawberry waffles, croissants, but also lobster salad. 145 E. 62nd Street, between Lexington and Third avenues