NYC - top new restaurants

Where are you eating tonight? Luckily for you and your taste buds, New York is constantly welcoming new restaurants to its food scene, with buzzy upstarts joining the impeccable landmarks that never disappoint. 

# 1.    ABC Kitchen

While plenty of New York restaurants have lately made the environment a priority—sourcing their ingredients locally and crafting dining rooms from salvaged materials—none have done so with quite as much visual and gastronomic panache as chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new ABC Kitchen. Though the restaurant’s sustainable ethos is outlined on the back of the menu like an Al Gore polemic, the cooking, based on the most gorgeous ingredients from up and down the East Coast, delivers one message above all: Food that’s good for the planet needn’t be any less opulent, flavorful or stunning to look at. It’s haute green cuisine.

Address:                  ABC Carpet & Home, 35 E 18th St  New York  10003

Cross street:            Between Broadway and Park Ave South

Opening hours:        Mon-Wed noon–3pm, 5:30–10:30pm; Thu noon–3pm, 5:30–11pm; Fri noon–3pm, 5:30–11:30pm; Sat 11am–3pm, 5:30–11:30; Sun 11am–3pm, 5:30–10pm

Transport:                Subway: L, N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St–Union Sq

Price:                       Average main course: $25. AmEx, Disc, MC, V

# 2. Pig and Khao

Former Top Chef contestant Leah Cohen’s newish pork-themed restaurant, Pig and Khao, is an Asian Hipster destination of a much more familiar kind. Cohen has sprinkled her modestly priced, userfriendly menu with a variety of Changstyle pork dishes (curry rice salad with minced pork, grilled pork jowls, crispy “pata” pork leg), and during the warm months of the year, you’ll be able to enjoy your pork dinner outside with bottles of Asian beer (such as San Miguel from the Philippines) in a little garden space.

Address:               68 Clinton St  New York  10002

Cross street:         Between Rivington and Stanton Sts

Opening hours:     Tue–Sun 6pm–midnight

Transport:            Subway: F to Delancey St

Price:                   Average main course: $15. AmEx, Disc, MC, V

# 3.   French Louie

Buttermilk Channel, that Beyoncé-baiting farm-to-table restaurant, is unabashedly taken with New York, from the Caputo's pasta tossed with chestnut ragout right down to its name (referring to the strait between Brooklyn and Governors Island). For their follow-up venture, owner Doug Crowell and chef Ryan Angulo look beyond the Empire State to locales slightly more exotic: Francophilic enclaves like New Orleans and Montreal.

Address:              320 Atlantic Ave , Brooklyn , 11207

Cross street:        Between Hoyt and Smith Sts

Opening hours:    Daily 5–11pm

Transport:           Subway: A, C, G to Hoyt–Schermerhorn

Price:                  Average main course: $18. AmEx, Disc, MC, V

# 4.    Hanjan

Hanjan, looks like its Hell’s Kitchen precursor, with Edison bulbs, communal seating, and a menu split down the middle into “modern” and “traditional” halves. Beyond the cosmetic parallels, an update on the old traveler’s taverns—joomaks, they’re called—popular across South Korea in the 1960s and ’70s.

Address:             36 W 26th St , NY , 10010

Cross street:       between Broadway and Sixth Aves

Opening hours:   Mon-Sat 5:30pm–1am

Transport:          Subway: N, R to 28th St

Price:                Average small plate: $14. AmEx, Disc, MC, V

# 5.    Khe-Yo

Crunching on grilled pig snouts at a Thai restaurant in Brooklyn. At (Khe-Yo), Executive Chef Soulayphet Schwader has partnered with Marc Forgione to bring Laotian-inspired Southeast Asian cuisine to TriBeCa in a warm, comfortable setting. Showcasing the best ingredients through Laotian techniques and flavors, the menu is designed for sharing and encourages guests to explore and taste a wide variety of dishes.

Address:                 157 Duane St, NY , 10013

Cross street:           Between Hudson St and West Broadway

Opening hours:        Mon–Sat 5:30–11pm

Transport:              Subway: A, C, 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St

Price:                    Average dish: $20. AmEx, MC, V

# 6. LITTLE PARK

Little Park is a seasonal restaurant highlighting the excellent ingredients from Chef and owner Andrew Carmellini’slongtime partnerships with local farmers, anglers, vintners, ranchers and foragers. His menu of small and mid-sized plates encourages a shared and variable dining experience that is meant to be comfortable and elegant. Peak ingredients like organic vegetables, free-range poultry, grass-fed meats, line-caught fish and heirloom grains are sourced for their level of quality, sustainability and nutrition. Little Park also offers breakfast and lunch service daily and weekend brunch.

Address:            85 West Broadway , NY , 10007

Cross street:      At Chambers St

Opening hours:  Mon–Fri 7am–3pm, 5:30-11pm; Sat, Sun 8am–3pm, 5:30–11pm

Transport:        Subway: A, C, 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St

Price:               Average main dish: $18. AmEx, Disc, MC, V.

         

# 7.  Noreetuh

Noreetuh, a recent addition to the East Village, highlights the Hawaiian-inspired cuisine of chef Chung Chow, previously a sous chef at Per Se. Chow is a Chinese-American from Hawaii who lived for a time in Japan, which means his particular homage to the Proustian tastes of his youth is more convoluted than most. Hawaiian cuisine takes elements from Polynesia (roast pig), its immigrant culture (Japan in particular), and the good old USA (yes, the islanders love their Spam), and this odd grab bag of tastes and influences is sprinkled throughout the deceptively ambitious fusion menu at Noreetuh.

  

Address:                   128 First Ave , New York , 10009

Cross street:             Between 7th and 8th Sts

Opening hours:         Daily 5pm–midnight

Transport:                Subway: L to First Ave

Price:                      Average entrée: $18. AmEx, Disc, MC, V.

# 8.  Sessanta

John McDonald, Steven Eckler and Mercer Street Hospitality present Sessanta, a Sicilian inspired Italian restaurant located in the heart of SoHo on Thompson Street.Designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, Sessanta takes inspiration from mid-century Italy, combining the avant-garde aesthetic of Giò Ponti with the glamour of Federico Fellini to transport diners to the post-war heyday of Italian culture. 

Address:                 Sixty Soho, 60 Thompson St , NY , 10012

Cross street:           Between Broome and Spring Sts

Opening hours:       Mon–Thu, Sun 6pm–midnight; Fri, Sat 6pm–2am

Transport:              Subway: C, E to Spring St; N, R to Prince St

Price:                    Average main course: $18. AmEx, MC, V.

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