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The Best Restaurants Open on Monday in New York City

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by Melissa McCart Updated Feb 10, 2025, 4:35pm EST

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by Melissa McCart Updated Feb 10, 2025, 4:35pm EST

Monday is one of the best nights of the week for dining out. The chaotic Thursday-through-Sunday crowds have died down and grabbing a walk-in seat at popular restaurants is usually easier to swing, even at peak dining times. While many restaurants tend to be closed Mondays, plenty of businesses keep their doors open for their peers in the hospitality industry, who might have the day off, and regulars in the neighborhood looking for a bite to eat. Here are some of our favorite places to eat on a Monday right now.

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Hoexters

This Upper East Side revival comes from Alexandra Shapiro who has reopened the restaurant her father originally helped open in the 1970s. Look for dishes like gorgonzola garlic bread, chopped salad, a smash burger, and splurges like caviar and potato chips. The room is retro with details like a black-and-white penny tile floor and tartan wallpaper, with pine, burgundy, and midnight accents.

174 East 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028

A strip steak on a plate with dressing. — Strip steak at Hoexters.

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Sky Pavilion NYC 川云涧

The restaurant is helmed by chef Zhong Qing Wang, who got his start in cooking school in Sichuan’s capital, under several Sichuan master chefs. Wang opened his first Manhattan restaurant, La Vie en Szechuan, around 2008, later earned rave reviews from the New York Times, and closed during the pandemic. At this new spot, prepare to be wowed over dishes like century eggs with fresh green chiles or a green peppercorn fish stew.

325 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036

Chunks of light meat with green and red chiles. — A dish from Sky Pavilion.

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Ci Siamo

Chef Hillary Sterling, a James Beard nominee, has turned this restaurant opposite Hudson Yards into a destination. The star feature is the wood-burning oven, which makes everything from bread to proteins like a whole trout and 45-ounce porterhouse. Don’t miss the buffalo butter tagliatelle, either.

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440 West 33rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10001

The interior of the restaurant with tangerine bar seats, wood finishes, and light blue walls.

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SEA

Located a stone’s throw from Penn Station, Sea comes from Jungsik Yim, the Korean chef with Michelin-starred credentials who has followed up his namesake restaurant with a more casual sibling, serving Southeast Asian dishes with fine-dining flair. Go here for Thai sausages, lacy prawn rolls, and pork noodle soup, though there are zero misses on this menu.

151 West 30th Street, New York, New York 10001

Pork on a square plate. — Sea specializes in upscale takes on Southeast Asian cuisine.

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Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum from Vincent Lin — behind Midtown’s Hunan-focused Blue Willow— feels like a movie set with its 1930s backdrop. Located in a stretch of Jackson Avenue thronged with new high-rises and boasting a giant dining room and bar, the menu here focuses on traditional Sichuan and Hunan, while the cocktail bar features mixed drinks made with baijiu.

28-03 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101

A bar with 20 or so stools, very dark, with lit signs above for various forms of alcohol. — The bar at Red Sorghum.

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Zaab Zaab

The original location for what’s becoming a mini-empire, Zaab Zaab offers compelling Thai cuisine from chef Kannika Moi Kittipinyovath: Don’t miss dishes like larb ped udon that boasts not only minced duck, but also tidbits of skin and liver, making the dish multi-textured and delightfully rich and spicy, spiked with a healthy dose of chiles. There’s also a papaya salad with pickled black crab, which adds crunch and a funky flavor.

7604 Woodside Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373

A duck salad with lots of herbs. — A duck salad from Zaab Zaab.

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Chama Mama

Georgian stalwart Chama Mama can get slammed on the weekends, but Monday diners are rewarded with shorter wait times and faster access to tangy pickled vegetables, plates of hefty, broth-filled khinkali, and the fan-favorite blistered cheese vessels known as adjaruli khachapuri.

149 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011

An oblong bread with handles has a gooey fried egg in a lake of molten cheese. — Khachapuri from Chama Mama.

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The Noortwyck

Excellent neighborhood restaurant the Noortwyck from chef Andy Quinn and sommelier Cedric Nicaise — who met while working at Eleven Madison Park — features a standout wine list and a bistro menu for a range of appetites. Consider the Parker House rolls and the crudo as well as a lively chicory salad with stracciatella and pomelo. In a nice surprise the entrees might outshine the starters from the Duroc pork chop to the bucatini with crab and ‘nduja. There’s also the roast chicken for two with classic tarragon in an Albufera sauce.

289 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014

A blue awning and tables spilling out onto the sidewalk.

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Zimmi's

Maxime Pradié cooks family renditions of rustic Provençal-leaning fare. Start with an excellent citrus salad, artichoke soup with foie gras, or pate, then move on to entrees like lamb stew or pork collar or a bowl of pasta with pesto and beans. It’s a tough seat to score, but you might have better luck Mondays than the rest of the week. Take note it’s tight quarters and can get loud.

72 Bedford Street, New York, New York 10014

Outside Zimmi’s with green and white awnings.

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Claud

One of the city’s more ambitious French wine bars right now is Claud. Hidden downstairs in a commercial strip on 10th Street in the East Village, the food is so good it nearly overshadows the wine. Glasses of wine, half of them French, are in the $13 to $32 range and change periodically, boasting a cellar of up to 1000 bottles. Look for dishes like salt cod croquettes, tilefish with razor clams, and the famous devil’s food cake for two.

90 E 10th St (btw 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY 10003

A marble countertop is loaded with chicken, beans, shrimp in a cast iron skillet, and other dishes in smaller portions. — A spread of dishes from Claud.

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Lord’s

One of Eater’s best new restaurants in America in 2023 is open on Mondays. Lord’s, from Dame’s Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski is the owners’ second restaurant of three. It’s serving the type of food that coursed its way through New York’s gastronomic zeitgeist more than a decade years ago that’s seeing a revival: hay-smoked trout, pig head terrine, monkfish, and sweetbreads.

506 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012

A wide plate layered with black lentils, an orange egg yolk, and a skewer of mushrooms laid over top. — Lentils with egg and mushrooms at Lord’s.

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Superiority Burger

Restaurant workers with Mondays off can hit up Superiority Burger, known for its meatless sandwiches made with collard greens, tofu skin, and more. The restaurant has a front dining room and more seats at a counter in the back. If there’s a wait: Head to the back bar, where you can order beers and shots, or eat homemade salty snacks dispensed from an old-school gumball machine. You can now eat at the back bar, too.

119 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

A hand holds a sandwich made from a slice of focaccia overflowing with collard greens. — The collard green sandwich at Superiority Burger.

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Ayat

Ayat has multiple locations: Each of them faithfully performs the duties of a Monday night restaurant. The vibe is lively, the portions are large and reasonably priced, and most important, there are tables available tonight. There’s no alcohol on the menu, but there’s lots of tea and the restaurant is BYOB.

107 Avenue C, New York, New York 10009

Two shawarma stations — The shawarma spits at Ayat.

Mắm

Mam is home to some of the city’s “most exciting Vietnamese food” which includes flavorful pho and fried chicken tendon that you’ll eat in a decidedly low-frills dining room. Don’t be dissuaded by the website, which allows patrons to order in advance: It’s possible to walk in here without a reservation and order in person.

70 Forsyth Street, New York, New York 10002

A platter with green plates and bowls of food. — A spread of Vietnamese dishes at Mắm.

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Taiwan Pork Chop House

Most fans of Taiwan Pork Chop House seem to sit down for one of the two specialties of the house, offered with abundant quantities of rice and pickled mustard greens: The epic, thin-cut pork chops with a sweet glaze, or the oversized chicken leg, briny and delicious. Both are equally good.

3 Doyers St (btwn Bowery & Chatham Sq), New York, NY 10013

A pile of pork chops on rice in a round black plastic container. — A dish from Taiwan Pork Chop House.

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Place des Fêtes

This French-sounding bar specializes in Spanish wines and seafood in a cozy subterranean Clinton Hill dining room from the owners of the Michelin-starred restaurant Oxalis (closed for the moment). Look for small plates from sardine toasts to fancy ham or a Castelfranco salad with hazelnuts. Wines by the glass start at around $15 to $17.

212 Greene Ave (at Grand Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11238

An L-shaped bar with light wood and an open kitchen visible in the background. — The bar at Place des Fêtes.

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Red Hook Tavern

The five-year-old Red Hook restaurant still draws a crowd for its popular burger, now served with cottage fries instead of wedges. It stays open on Mondays with a portion of its dining room set aside for walk-ins.

329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Dry-aged burger with American cheese, onions, and wedge fries at Red Hook Tavern. — Red Hook’s most famous burger is served on Mondays.

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Hoexters

174 East 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028

This Upper East Side revival comes from Alexandra Shapiro who has reopened the restaurant her father originally helped open in the 1970s. Look for dishes like gorgonzola garlic bread, chopped salad, a smash burger, and splurges like caviar and potato chips. The room is retro with details like a black-and-white penny tile floor and tartan wallpaper, with pine, burgundy, and midnight accents.

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174 East 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028

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A strip steak on a plate with dressing. — Strip steak at Hoexters.

Sky Pavilion NYC 川云涧

325 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036

The restaurant is helmed by chef Zhong Qing Wang, who got his start in cooking school in Sichuan’s capital, under several Sichuan master chefs. Wang opened his first Manhattan restaurant, La Vie en Szechuan, around 2008, later earned rave reviews from the New York Times, and closed during the pandemic. At this new spot, prepare to be wowed over dishes like century eggs with fresh green chiles or a green peppercorn fish stew.

325 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036

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Chunks of light meat with green and red chiles. — A dish from Sky Pavilion.

Ci Siamo

440 West 33rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10001

Chef Hillary Sterling, a James Beard nominee, has turned this restaurant opposite Hudson Yards into a destination. The star feature is the wood-burning oven, which makes everything from bread to proteins like a whole trout and 45-ounce porterhouse. Don’t miss the buffalo butter tagliatelle, either.

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440 West 33rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10001

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The interior of the restaurant with tangerine bar seats, wood finishes, and light blue walls.

SEA

151 West 30th Street, New York, New York 10001

Located a stone’s throw from Penn Station, Sea comes from Jungsik Yim, the Korean chef with Michelin-starred credentials who has followed up his namesake restaurant with a more casual sibling, serving Southeast Asian dishes with fine-dining flair. Go here for Thai sausages, lacy prawn rolls, and pork noodle soup, though there are zero misses on this menu.

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151 West 30th Street, New York, New York 10001

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Pork on a square plate. — Sea specializes in upscale takes on Southeast Asian cuisine.

Red Sorghum

28-03 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101

Red Sorghum from Vincent Lin — behind Midtown’s Hunan-focused Blue Willow— feels like a movie set with its 1930s backdrop. Located in a stretch of Jackson Avenue thronged with new high-rises and boasting a giant dining room and bar, the menu here focuses on traditional Sichuan and Hunan, while the cocktail bar features mixed drinks made with baijiu.

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28-03 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101

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A bar with 20 or so stools, very dark, with lit signs above for various forms of alcohol. — The bar at Red Sorghum.

Zaab Zaab

7604 Woodside Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373

The original location for what’s becoming a mini-empire, Zaab Zaab offers compelling Thai cuisine from chef Kannika Moi Kittipinyovath: Don’t miss dishes like larb ped udon that boasts not only minced duck, but also tidbits of skin and liver, making the dish multi-textured and delightfully rich and spicy, spiked with a healthy dose of chiles. There’s also a papaya salad with pickled black crab, which adds crunch and a funky flavor.

7604 Woodside Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373

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A duck salad with lots of herbs. — A duck salad from Zaab Zaab.

Chama Mama

149 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011

Georgian stalwart Chama Mama can get slammed on the weekends, but Monday diners are rewarded with shorter wait times and faster access to tangy pickled vegetables, plates of hefty, broth-filled khinkali, and the fan-favorite blistered cheese vessels known as adjaruli khachapuri.

149 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011

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An oblong bread with handles has a gooey fried egg in a lake of molten cheese. — Khachapuri from Chama Mama.

The Noortwyck

289 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014

Excellent neighborhood restaurant the Noortwyck from chef Andy Quinn and sommelier Cedric Nicaise — who met while working at Eleven Madison Park — features a standout wine list and a bistro menu for a range of appetites. Consider the Parker House rolls and the crudo as well as a lively chicory salad with stracciatella and pomelo. In a nice surprise the entrees might outshine the starters from the Duroc pork chop to the bucatini with crab and ‘nduja. There’s also the roast chicken for two with classic tarragon in an Albufera sauce.

289 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014

Visit Website

A blue awning and tables spilling out onto the sidewalk.

Zimmi's

72 Bedford Street, New York, New York 10014

Maxime Pradié cooks family renditions of rustic Provençal-leaning fare. Start with an excellent citrus salad, artichoke soup with foie gras, or pate, then move on to entrees like lamb stew or pork collar or a bowl of pasta with pesto and beans. It’s a tough seat to score, but you might have better luck Mondays than the rest of the week. Take note it’s tight quarters and can get loud.

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72 Bedford Street, New York, New York 10014

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Outside Zimmi’s with green and white awnings.

Claud

90 E 10th St (btw 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY 10003

One of the city’s more ambitious French wine bars right now is Claud. Hidden downstairs in a commercial strip on 10th Street in the East Village, the food is so good it nearly overshadows the wine. Glasses of wine, half of them French, are in the $13 to $32 range and change periodically, boasting a cellar of up to 1000 bottles. Look for dishes like salt cod croquettes, tilefish with razor clams, and the famous devil’s food cake for two.

90 E 10th St (btw 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY 10003

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A marble countertop is loaded with chicken, beans, shrimp in a cast iron skillet, and other dishes in smaller portions. — A spread of dishes from Claud.

Lord’s

506 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012

One of Eater’s best new restaurants in America in 2023 is open on Mondays. Lord’s, from Dame’s Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski is the owners’ second restaurant of three. It’s serving the type of food that coursed its way through New York’s gastronomic zeitgeist more than a decade years ago that’s seeing a revival: hay-smoked trout, pig head terrine, monkfish, and sweetbreads.

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506 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012

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A wide plate layered with black lentils, an orange egg yolk, and a skewer of mushrooms laid over top. — Lentils with egg and mushrooms at Lord’s.

Superiority Burger

119 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

Restaurant workers with Mondays off can hit up Superiority Burger, known for its meatless sandwiches made with collard greens, tofu skin, and more. The restaurant has a front dining room and more seats at a counter in the back. If there’s a wait: Head to the back bar, where you can order beers and shots, or eat homemade salty snacks dispensed from an old-school gumball machine. You can now eat at the back bar, too.

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119 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

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A hand holds a sandwich made from a slice of focaccia overflowing with collard greens. — The collard green sandwich at Superiority Burger.

Ayat

107 Avenue C, New York, New York 10009

Ayat has multiple locations: Each of them faithfully performs the duties of a Monday night restaurant. The vibe is lively, the portions are large and reasonably priced, and most important, there are tables available tonight. There’s no alcohol on the menu, but there’s lots of tea and the restaurant is BYOB.

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107 Avenue C, New York, New York 10009

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Two shawarma stations — The shawarma spits at Ayat.

Mắm

70 Forsyth Street, New York, New York 10002

Mam is home to some of the city’s “most exciting Vietnamese food” which includes flavorful pho and fried chicken tendon that you’ll eat in a decidedly low-frills dining room. Don’t be dissuaded by the website, which allows patrons to order in advance: It’s possible to walk in here without a reservation and order in person.

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70 Forsyth Street, New York, New York 10002

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A platter with green plates and bowls of food. — A spread of Vietnamese dishes at Mắm.

Taiwan Pork Chop House

3 Doyers St (btwn Bowery & Chatham Sq), New York, NY 10013

Most fans of Taiwan Pork Chop House seem to sit down for one of the two specialties of the house, offered with abundant quantities of rice and pickled mustard greens: The epic, thin-cut pork chops with a sweet glaze, or the oversized chicken leg, briny and delicious. Both are equally good.

3 Doyers St (btwn Bowery & Chatham Sq), New York, NY 10013

Visit Website

A pile of pork chops on rice in a round black plastic container. — A dish from Taiwan Pork Chop House.

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Place des Fêtes

212 Greene Ave (at Grand Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11238

This French-sounding bar specializes in Spanish wines and seafood in a cozy subterranean Clinton Hill dining room from the owners of the Michelin-starred restaurant Oxalis (closed for the moment). Look for small plates from sardine toasts to fancy ham or a Castelfranco salad with hazelnuts. Wines by the glass start at around $15 to $17.

212 Greene Ave (at Grand Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11238

Visit Website

An L-shaped bar with light wood and an open kitchen visible in the background. — The bar at Place des Fêtes.

Red Hook Tavern

329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The five-year-old Red Hook restaurant still draws a crowd for its popular burger, now served with cottage fries instead of wedges. It stays open on Mondays with a portion of its dining room set aside for walk-ins.

329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Visit Website

Dry-aged burger with American cheese, onions, and wedge fries at Red Hook Tavern. — Red Hook’s most famous burger is served on Mondays.

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