This is Eater’s guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes that have opened this week in October 2026. Throughout the month, we’ll update the list weekly (see: September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January). When we’ve been
to a place, we will then include a few openings on our heatmaps (Manhattan,Brooklyn,Queens, cocktail bars) to let you know the ones we like. If there’s an opening in your neighborhood that we’ve missed, let us know at ny@eater.com.
October 14
Spotlight
Midtown: One Bryant Park — an approximately 10,000-square-foot Japanese culinary destination opening inside the Bank of America Tower — brings three dining experiences under one roof in what had beenAureole. And the four chefs behind them have helped lead prior spots to Michelin stars. The flagship is the namesake 150-seat Japanese fine-dining restaurant led by chefs Tadaaki Ishizaki and Shuji Furukawa, offering both a la carte and a tasting menu that threads French techniques by way of Japanese ingredients. Ishizaki had been the culinary director for two-Michelin-starred Odo; Furukawa led the Michelin-starred Restaurant Yuu. Two counters tuck into the space beyond the flagship: One is Kumiko Room, a 14-seat omakase sushi bar from master Edomae sushi chefYoshihiko Kousaka, whose restaurants (Jewel Bako, Kosaka) have also landed Michelin stars. Both are opening on Thursday, October 15. The drink list will include more than 500 sake and French wine selections, Japanese whisky, and refined cocktails. The third space involves the relocation ofKappo Sono, a 10-seat kaiseki experience led by chef Chikara Sono (formerly of Michelin-starred Kyo Ya). That restaurant will open in mid-November. 135 W. 42nd Street, at Sixth Avenue
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Bay Ridge:A new Egyptian restaurant entered the Brooklyn chat last month. Sofra, which means “table” in Arabic, comes from co-owner Mohamed Elbhery and chef Mohamed Shaaban — two childhood friends who grew up together in Cairo before reuniting in the U.S. Highlights include koshari, Egypt’s national dish of rice, lentils, pasta, and chickpeas; Alexandrian-style hawawshi; and macarona bechamel. The Koftaco combines seasoned kofta beef with crisp salad, crumbled feta, and pickled onions in an Egyptian-inspired smash taco. Balady (a traditional Egyptian flatbread) and fino bread use a sourdough starter that Shaaban and his wife began during the pandemic. Desserts include a semolina cake soaked in fragrant syrup and topped with toasted almonds, a chocolate-tahini cake, and banana-date cookies. The spacious dining room is decked out in elegant wallpapers, paintings, and furnishings reminiscent of Cairo. 8915 Fifth Avenue, at 90th Street
Chelsea: Colombian cuisine is having a major moment in NYC, and the latest spot to enter the fold isGuayara. The months-long residency inside Kimpton Hotel Eventi, debuting Thursday, October 15, takes over the upstairs speakeasy lounge Back Bar. Chief creative officer Andres Soler (a Colombian-born hospitality vet who’s worked at places like Keen’s Steakhouse, Bowery Meat Company, and Zuma) explores Colombian cuisine and cocktails synonymous with the country’s five distinct regions. At the bar, Colombian aguardientes and rums join ingredients like lulo, cacao, panela, chontaduro, and coffee. Modern spins on Colombian dishes include empanadas, morcilla croquetas, arepa de ceniza, and chicharrón de barriga, all served in a 35-seat space dressed up with Colombian-made art and ceramics. Look for the jaguar on the black door. 851 Sixth Avenue, at West 30th Street
East Village: Japanese restaurant Kotobuki is back after a long wait, having opened its newest location on Tuesday, September 29. The restaurant has had an on-and-off relationship with the neighborhood. It first opened on Third Avenue in 2012, closed in 2014, and returned in 2016. The restaurant closed again in 2023 following changes to the building it was in, and the company promised that the restaurant would move to a new location. The chain, which serves sushi and sashimi alongside cooked dishes, also has three locations on Long Island. 8 Stuyvesant Street, at East Ninth Street
Flatiron: San Francisco staple Bun Mee opened its first location outside of California on Thursday, October 8. Denise Tran started the company, which has five locations in San Francisco, in 2011, but its New York City location (and the two planned follow-ups) will be operated by John McClave, who works in real estate; his wife, Nam Hoang; their son, Egan; and Hoang’s brother, Huy. It serves banh mi in addition to salad, noodle, or rice bowls, plus sides including fries and chicken wings. 115 E. 23rd Street, between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue
Greenwich Village: The latest entrant to the city’s continued fro-yo boom is Sworl, which opened on Saturday, October 10, promising macros-focused protein froyo. It claims to have more protein, more fiber, and less sugar than its competitors, and comes in flavors such as whipped vanilla and coconut-ube. Unlike many new fro-yo shops around the city, it charges not by weight but by cup size, with toppings (such as coconut chips and protein cereal) available for $1.50 each. 192 Bleecker Street, near MacDougal Street
Lower East Side: Crybaby brings Alpine wines, food, and lots of Chartreuse to the Lower East Side on Thursday, October 15. Chef Jay Rodriguez of pop-up dinner seriesHera leans into the Alps with everything from dessert-course cheeses to a French dip with a teacup of au jus. The bar comes from co-owners Jeffrey Rogers (founder of Seattle bars likeJupiter), Amber Strickland, and sommelier Cameron Philip (formerCoqodaq sommelier andCote manager). 153 Bowery, at Broome Street
Midtown: Sakasama, a new hand roll and temaki restaurant and sake bar, opened on Tuesday, October 13, from chef Georgie Castillo, an alum of Atoboy and Le Coucou. The format of the meal differs depending on where diners sit: The sushi counter offers hand rolls, while the same fillings are used for temaki for diners at tables. Sets range between $22 and $40. The restaurant will also serve seafood-topped toasts on Japanese milk bread. 344 W. 46th Street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues
Nomad: Teo Nomad, a Korean cafe and restaurant with a knack for hot teas and green matchas by day that are spiked with alcohol at night, opened on Tuesday, October 6. Founder Shine Shin sources 100-percent organic malcha (which means “matcha” in Korean) from Hadong, a historic region with over 1,200 years of tea time. The sleek white space also features a private Korean tea room, a plant-centric menu full of sweets and small plates built around seasonal vegetables and seafood, and a house-brewed makgeolli program. 135 W. 29th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues
Park Slope: New Orleans-styled Voodoo Queen brought gumbo, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, smoked ribs, and other Southern comfort foods to Brooklyn on Tuesday, October 6, with Big Easy cocktails in the mix, too. Co-owners George Constantinou and Farid Ali run Mil Gustos Hospitality Group (Bogota Latin Bistro, Miti Miti, and Medusa the Greek). 147 Fifth Avenue, between St Johns and Lincoln Place
Prospect Heights: SSRP — a Japanese ramen house and izakaya that stands for “slurp, sip, repeat” — opened up in a Brooklyn brownstone on Saturday, October 11. The star of the show is bowls of tonkotsu ramen built with slow-simmered broth, slow-cooked pork chashu, and house-made noodles. The industrial-styled corner setup sports a slurping black cat as its logo and lit-up verbiage spelled out in caps lock. 565 Vanderbilt Avenue, at Pacific Street
Soho: Good Company, a new restaurant from the team behind Yesterday’s, opened on Thursday, October 8, with chef Robert Sieber, an alum of Jungsik and Montauk’s The Surf Lodge, running the kitchen. The menu includes focaccia toast with pimento goat cheese and pickled celery, wagyu French dip sliders, burgers, and a build-your-own banana split. The cocktail menu will include riffs on classic drinks, like an espresso martini with labneh foam. 343 West Broadway, between Broome and Grand streets
Washington Heights: Delmonico’s Hospitality Group, the parent company of Fidi steakhouse institution Delmonico’s, debuts a new all-day bakery and bistro based on bread on Thursday, October 15. Boogie Bakery & Bistro centers around focaccia, sandwiches, and sourdough pasta, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner service six days a week. Sourdough made daily by hand from flour, water, and salt in the open kitchen is backed by a patented process; Boogie Bakery & Bistro marks the U.S. restaurant debut ofBoogie Lab, a popular European sourdough brand. 4015 Broadway, at West 169th Street
West Village: Daniel Humm’s highly anticipated Humm opened on Saturday, October 10. Predictably, reservations for this more casual follow-up to Eleven Madison Park went fast. Unlike the fine-dining restaurant where the full tasting runs $385 per person, Humm’s menu is entirely a la carte, with larger proteins between $48 and $125 (the latter is intended for two). Humm’s caviar-filled bagel has quickly gotten attention online. The space previously housed longtime Japanese restaurant En Brasserie, which closed in December; Caper reported that the hand-off was contentious. 435 Hudson Street, between Leroy and Morton streets
Williamsburg: Modern Mediterranean restaurant Naked Tomato opens on Wednesday, October 14, along the East River in Brooklyn. Chef Eyal Shani, who leads the kitchen at Greenwich Village’s Michelin-starred Shmoné, maintains a massive restaurant portfolio in other cities like Tel Aviv, Paris, Melbourne, London, and Miami (where the original Naked Tomato was born). This obviously red dining room sends out a meze menu full of dishes like Real Naked Tomato; bagged green beans perfumed with lemon-garlic vinaigrette; and a trio of chicken skewers. The chef’s tasting table at the open kitchen — a first for Shani — spotlights dishes like the North Abraxas burger meant to be eaten in “three bites only” and baguette bruschetta anchovies. 476 Kent Avenue, near South 11th Street
Williamsburg: The city’s new wave of Georgian establishments continued with the opening of Tbili, a Georgian cafe with homey decor, on Sunday, October 4. In addition to coffee and pastries, it serves Georgian specialties such as khachapuri, shoti bread (which will also be used to make the cafe’s sandwiches), and ajapsandali, a spicy eggplant stew. 442 Lorimer Street, near Maujer Street
October 7
Spotlight
Lincoln Center: Prolific French chef Daniel Boulud returns across from NYC’s cultural hub in a big way on Thursday, October 8, with the opening of Brasserie Boulud — a consolidation of his closed Upper West Side restaurants (Bar Boulud,Boulud Sud, and Épicerie Boulud) into one massive, 10,000-square-foot flagship. The classically French-leaning Brasserie Boulud features the greatest hits from each dearly missed restaurant in one combined menu. Expect seafood towers, French onion soup, steak frites, lobster souffle, and boudin blanc, along with the return of Boulud’s cult-favorite DB Burger. 1900 Broadway, at Lincoln Plaza
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Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn’s charming new Georgian restaurant Bebo, open since late September, pays homage to grandmas everywhere with comfort foods like khachapuri, vibrant dips, and crockets of soup in a cozy space surrounded by fringed lampshades, cottage curtains, and antique plateware. 145 Atlantic Avenue, between Henry and Clinton streets
Bronx: After 14 years, neighborhood sports bar Triona’s closed its original location after the Chicago Bears game on Monday, September 28, but reopened next door on Friday, October 2, as Triona’s Vintage Sporting Club. The landmarked Scheffel Hall building dating back to the late-1800s was a German beer hall and restaurant and later housed the German-American Athletic Club and Fat Tuesday’s jazz club. Vintage sports memorabilia joins more than 20 screens and an updated Irish-leaning pub menu, with a continued love for the Bears and Michigan Wolverines. 190 Third Avenue, at East 17th Street
Chelsea: A chic taste of Verona landed in New York on Thursday, October 1, with the arrival of Italian wine bar and bistro Bar Lento. Lento, the Italian word for “slow,” features a brick-framed backdrop with a secret garden inside. The warm setup showcases a wine list of whites, bubbles, and pét-nats from Sardinia to Veneto to go along with seasonal plates like bruschetta and fluke ceviche in a citrus tomato vinaigrette. 158 Eighth Avenue, near West 18th Street
Chinatown: Something Smells Fishy, a casual Japanese seafood counter that accepts walk-ins only, specializes in customizable kaisendon rice bowls topped with the likes of raw tuna, salmon, fluke, and uni. 95A Elizabeth Street, near Grand Street
Crown Heights: Brooklyn Surf & Soul, a new takeout spot serving seafood and soul food, opened on Saturday, October 3. It’ll offer shrimp po’ boy sandwiches, whiting sandwiches, shrimp and grits, seafood boils, fried chicken, and more. 602 Nostrand Avenue, near Pacific Street
East Village: Table Mercato, Boston’s cult-favorite Italian sandwich shop that specializes in crispy chicken cutlets shoved between freshly baked focaccia, added its first NYC location in late September. Chef Jen Royle’s popular Sicilian and spicy vodka Parm sandwiches, priced in the mid-$20s a pop, commanded immediate long lines out front (open 11 a.m. until sell-out). There are also house-made chips, onion dip, and rainbow cookies. 214 E. 10th Street, between First and Second avenues
Financial District: Nationwide ramen bar Kyuramen debuted a trio of fast-casual spots on one 9-to-5 strip in NY on Thursday, October 1. Kyuramen Express slings ramen, udon, rice bowls, sushi, onigiri, and appetizers; Bao Dumpling is a Chinese takeout with a knack for dumplings; and Aokō Matcha offers specialty green drinks and desserts. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for dine-in, takeout, and delivery. 40 Gold Street, near Fulton Street
Lower East Side: Australia’s popular and prolific Gelato Messina has made its American debut, with the opening of Softville on Thursday, October 1. Continuing the city’s fancy soft serve moment, Softville will offer it, made using dairy from Ronnybrook Farm in the Hudson Valley, alongside an extensive and rotating menu of sauces and toppings. It also offers loaded sundaes, such as a birthday cake sundae featuring fior di latte soft serve, butter cake, strawberry pudding, “birthday crumble,” strawberry and white chocolate sauce, cream cheese chantilly cream, and sprinkles. A collaboration with Studio Jeremyville, the shop is described as an “art-led concept store,” in which Studio Jeremyville sculptures and other art will be on display. The art studio has worked with Messina since its early days, creating murals for its stores. 137 Orchard Street, between Rivington and Delancey streets
Lower East Side: Brazilian restaurant Iara opened on Friday, October 2, from chef Vitor Mendes, who previously worked at Brooklyn hot spot Theodora. Mendes cites a trip to his home country of Brazil following his father’s death as inspiration for the restaurant. Before it, he told Eater NY, “I thought that my own culture was rice, beans, and barbecue, as a lot of people might think.” At Iara, he’ll employ cassava in many ways: in the crispy cubes of tapioca served with yellowfin tuna and smoked biquinho peppers, in the vinaigrette paired with his hiramasi ceviche, in the fries that accompany his picanha, and more. 205 Allen Street, at East Houston Street
Park Slope: After shuttering his 120-year-old family bakery in Carroll Gardens earlier this spring, James Caputo is back in the baking business with Caputo Bagels, which opened Monday, October 5. The new bagel shop, a collaboration with Miriamowner Rafi Hasid next door, is all about hand-rolled sourdough bagels, open-face and breakfast sandwiches, as well as a familiar take on the bake shop’s famed lard bread. 81 Fifth Avenue, near Prospect Place
Red Hook: All-day diner and bar Vals debuted in Brooklyn at the beginning of October with a menu full of waffles, Denver omelets, blue-plate specials like spaghetti and meatballs, funnel cakes, and milkshakes. Located in the revived Fort Defiance, Vals’ name nods to the nearby Valentino Pier. Nicely priced drinks at the newly expanded bar include draft cocktails, well drinks, beer-shot combos, Negronis, martinis, and more. The new hangout comes from Victoria Viscusi, chef Allie Gassaway, and Laine Pelka, the latter two of which previously worked in the same space before. 347 Van Brunt Street, at Wolcott Street
Theater District: Diner 24, the Gramercy greasy spoon known for its giant shakes, hot dogs, and burgers served by singing waiters, added a flagship corner location in the heart of Times Square on Wednesday, October 6. Located right under the historical Lambs clubhouse, the new 235-seat Diner 24 that’s open around the clock also hosts hourly performances from actors with Broadway backgrounds from a dedicated 20-foot stage upstairs. “Mamma Mia” and milkshakes, anyone? 1674 Broadway, at 52nd Street
Times Square: Southern food chain Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, which started in Dallas in 2020, opened its first location in New York City. The restaurant, which is the chain’s largest, will serve dishes such as Cajun crab cakes, fried seafood and chicken, smothered steak, jerk lamb chops, and shrimp and grits. The opening continues the restaurant’s national expansion. It also has locations in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., and will soon be opening in Boston and New Orleans. 7 Times Square, at Seventh Avenue and West 41st Street
West Village: Camari Mick’s long-awaited Calabash, billed as an Afro-Caribbean bakery and brasserie, opened for daytime service on Friday, October 2. Running from Thursday to Sunday, daytime service will feature Mick’s acclaimed baked goods, including sticky buns, coconut canelés, and beef patty croissants, plus cornbread pancakes with salted maple sabayon. Dinner service begins on Friday, October 9 and will be available for a single 6:30 p.m. seating on Friday and Saturday nights via prepaid bookings. It will offer dishes including suya steak frites using plantain fries and asun pasta with goat ragu and pappardelle. There’s no alcohol here, but there are fermented drinks and nonalcoholic cocktails. 183 Christopher Street, near Weehawken Street
West Village: The team behindZimmi’s expands next door on Wednesday, October 7, with the debut of a tiny 15-seat wine bar and cafe called Bar à Part. Look for small plates, an extensive wine list, as well as savory and sweet pastries from acclaimed pastry chef Clodagh Manning – the Ireland native who previously worked at London’s now-closed Lyle’s. 72 Bedford Street, at Commerce Street
Williamsburg: A new steakhouse landed in the neighborhood with the opening of Booth’s Extra Fine on Tuesday, October 6. The restaurant comes from the team behind Nobody Told Me; it gets its name from chef Nick Pfannersteil’s grandfather, Booth, a Milwaukee car salesman with a penchant for steak and martinis. The menu will feature the requisite steaks and martinis, plus horseradish burgers, truffle ravioli, pork chops, rum cherry sundaes, and more. A nightly Martini Hour from 4 to 6 p.m. will offer $12 martinis, $5 mini hot dogs, $2 oysters, and half-priced caviar. The location previously housed Mighty Quinn’s BBQ. 62 South Second Street, near Wythe Avenue
Upper East Side: Prolific Southern chicken chain Zaxbys made its Manhattan debut on Wednesday, September 30. Along with its breaded chicken “fingerz” and a dozen sauces, the menu includes Buffalo wings and a salad section it calls “zalads.” Atlanta-based Zaxbys, founded in 1990, has more than 1,000 locations across 24 states. Its only other NYC storefront sits in the Bronx. 1267 First Avenue, between 68th and 69th streets
Upper East Side: NoMad cocktail lounge Obvio – home to the New York Times’ Martini of the Year — starts a semi-permanent residency at its Upper East Side sibling Casa Cruz on Thursday, October 1. Every Thursday to Saturday night, the second floor of the Beaux-Arts mansion — redesigned with Obvio’s giraffe-patterned calling card — imports Obvio favorites like the Tamarind Mezcalito along with pisco-centric drink debuts like a Marmalade martini from beverage director Amy Racine. Chef John Fraser’s popular tartare tacos and burger join new caviar cones stuffed with toro tuna. 36 E. 61st Street, between Park and Madison avenues
