This is Eater’s guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes that have opened this week in September 2026. Throughout the month, we’ll update the list weekly (see: 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.
September 9
Spotlight
Flatiron: Amphora, a tasting room boasting one of the city’s biggest wine collections, opens on Wednesday, September 9, in the long-closed home of oenophile favorite Veritas. Executive chef Jack Logue (formerly of now-closed the Lambs Club and Betony) sends out three- and four-course menus, with a la carte options at the bar. Named for the ancient vessel used to transport wine across civilizations, Amphora is stocked with over 2,500 labels — making it one of NYC’s largest wine cellars. Wine director Chris Miller, a fellow Lambs Club alum, spotlights regions like Burgundy, Northern Rhone, Piedmont, and Champagne from top producers that include Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Coche-Dury, Raveneau, and Rousseau. 43 E. 20th Street, at Rutherford Place
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Bed-Stuy: Mexican restaurantOlmo doubles down on the block with a collaborative new all-day taqueria and cafe called Peral. The team-up with Mexico City cafe and barCicatriz opened right next door to Olmo on Wednesday, September 2. Peral’s menu leans more casual than Olmo (see: tacos, many of which are guisados) with an affinity towards vegetarian and vegan options. 105 Saratoga Avenue, near Decatur Street
Chelsea: Vegan cinnamon roll bar Cinnaholic opened its first physical location in Chelsea over Labor Day weekend, inviting customers to jazz up gooey rolls with customizable toppings like fresh fruit, cookie dough, and chocolate drizzle. Coffee Project New York supplies the caffeine on-site. 228 Eighth Avenue, at West 22nd Street
Crown Heights: Brooklyn’s acclaimed Haitian patty pop-up Bon Pâtés debuted its first physical storefront over Labor Day weekend. Walk-up hours for its freshly baked patties are Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and catering and nationwide shipping are also still available. 637 Nostrand Avenue, at St Marks Avenue
Greenpoint: The owners of Wasabi, the Brooklyn sushi staple that closed this summer after a 26-year run, are back in the game with a new Japanese spot down the street. Ayune, which opened on Monday, September 7, specializes in hand rolls filled with the likes of tuna, salmon, shiitake mushrooms, or Japanese pumpkin, available in sets of three, four, five, or six ($19 to $38). Ayune takes over the former home of Botbar — a robot-run cafe with vegan food from Wasabi. At Ayune, expect a pared-down selection of Wasabi’s familiar favorites, owners Robby and Cristin Wijaya tell Greenpointers. While a beer and wine license awaits, Ayune serves nonalcoholic options like spicy mango coolers, yuzu shiso fizzes, lemonade, and teas. 664 Manhattan Avenue, between Norman and Nassau avenues
Long Island City: At Rewind — a 9,000-square-foot underground restaurant, cocktail bar, and karaoke lounge, which debuted on Wednesday, September 9 — diners enter by pressing a “rewind” button on an ’80s-style boombox that opens onto the bar. That’s where beverage director Ken Chen, formerly of Taipei’s Indulge Experimental Bistro, builds cocktails on tea, the Chinese zodiac, and the five elements. Partner Alexander Lee’s menu includes truffle mushroom congee, Taiwanese fried chicken, and wagyu donburi. Beyond the restaurant are eight private karaoke rooms inspired by Hong Kong cinema, vintage recording studios, and other retro references. Rewind will also host a monthly guest bartender series featuring bartenders from New York spots like Stone & Soil, Yawning Cobra, and Red Sorghum. Rewind is co-founded by AYS Hospitality (behind NYC’s Mr. Moto’s collection of restaurants). 45-57 Davis Street, between Jackson and Skillman avenues
Lower East Side: Billed as “NYC’s most interesting sandwich shop,” ironically named Boring Sandwich opened inside a bodega on Saturday, September 5, with a globe-trotting assortment of gourmet sandwiches from chef Michael Brafman. The Shok-Shoe-Ka piles North African stewed tomato on an Aleppo bagel from Curly’s in Queens; a towering steak-and-egg Chivito pays homage to Uruguay’s national dish; and a New Orleans-styled muffuletta (a pressed Italian hero) also makes an appearance in the hidden dining destination that stays open until 10 p.m. Other orders include a tempura roll sandwich; chopped cheese riff; and another with Spam, tomato, crispy onion, and mala sauce. 97 Stanton Street, between Orchard and Ludlow streets
Soho: A new shop dedicated to single-source cacao with a bakery and cafe components, ÓOL, opened on Wednesday, September 9. Founder Ilana Gutierrez, who is from Mexico City, is showcasing single-origin cacao from Ecuador, Colombia, and Belize; it’s used for drinks with milks and/or water, along with spiced syrups like chile or ginger. ÓOL is partnering with NYC chain Breads Bakery for pastries made with that cacao, like a cacao swirl, cacao chop cookie, and a cacao croissant. In the near future, the two-story space will host tastings and workshops. 178 Spring Street, near Thomson Street
Tribeca: Keith McNally’s son, George, opened his first restaurant, Faux, on Thursday, September 3. McNally (the son) knows the restaurant life well, having worked at his father’s spots like Balthazar and the D.C. location of Minetta Tavern. Faux’s chef Kristina Ramos (who worked at Minetta in D.C.) is cooking up a coastal French menu, with highlights including broiled oysters and steak frites. The ground-floor restaurant includes a downstairs bar, Prevz, with late-night food and a bouncer.Book restaurant reservations on OpenTable. 277 Church Street, between White and Franklin streets
Tribeca: Evento, the nearly decade-old Italian hospitality company known for its cooking classes, culinary workshops, pasta-making dance parties, and big-ticket corporate events from Italian-born chefAndrea Belfiore and co-founder Sam Akiba, opened its first permanent home on Friday, September 4. The Manhattan flagship, housed inside the historic three-story Bogardus Mansion, is split up into three sections: a ground-floor cooking studio fit for pizza and pasta parties and workshops; a private dining room on the second floor dressed in Italian decor; and a forthcoming restaurant on the lower level. 75 Murray Street, between West Broadway and Greenwich Street
Upper East Side: Soba noodle houseKuriya, from the neighborhood team behind Japanese rice bowl restaurant Suki Desu, debuted on Sunday, September 6. Noodles presented on a tatami mat can be dipped in gyudon or topped with raw seafood, notes Infatuation. 219 E. 85th Street, between Second and Third avenues
Upper East Side: Bronx-born New York native, chef Lana Lagomarsini —a semifinalist on Top Chef season 22 and Gramercy Tavern alum — opens a supper clubby tasting menu spot centered on the Black culinary diaspora, on Wednesday, September 9.Creola, named after her grandmother, prepares courses like potlikker consomme (a nod to her grandmother’s collard greens) and oxtail pate en croute that riffs on the French pastry-wrapped meat dish. The $125 tasting menu is joined by $65 wine pairings. 1261 Park Avenue, between East 97th and 98th streets
Upper West Side: Derek Wu, the former manager of Lower East Side Chinese restaurantWu’s Wonton King, heads across Central Park with the debut of Wu’s Dynasty on Thursday, September 3. As first reported by West Side Rag, the Cantonese newcomer is huge — it takes up 8,000 square feet — and does dim sum daily (with roving carts rolling around from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). The parade of plates includes pan-fried Chinese chive and shrimp dumplings, pan-fried noodles with beef, cheong fun (steamed rice rolls), and custard lava buns. Live seafood and huge crustaceans like king crab greet customers upon entry inside tanks, and there’s Beijing duck, too. A bar serves cocktails, whiskeys, and wines. Hours run until 10 p.m. daily. 208 West 70th Street, between West End and Amsterdam avenues
Washington Heights: Eventually hoping to also be a bistro and bar, the ambitious new Boogie Lab opens as just an artisan bakery stocked with to-go loaves to start. “But this is just step one,” notes the team. Coming soon: food, drinks, music, and “an inviting space that shifts its rhythm from day to night.” 4015 Broadway, at West 169th Street
September 2
Spotlight
Midtown: After a revamp, iDen’s Beijing Duck House reopened on Tuesday, September 1, in its former La Grenouille space. The updated high-end duck restaurant originally opened in NYC last year, after its sibling location in Vancouver which had opened six years ago. The chef, Matt Chen, had run the kitchen of Le Palais in Taipei — apparently the first restaurant in Taiwan to receive three Michelin stars — retooled the menu, now featuring a $200 tasting menu as well as a la carte options like a duck-egg yolk roll; surf clam and okra salad; venison with Sichuan-pickled vegetables; and the Beijing duck, which starts at $128. 3 E. 52nd Street, between Fifth and Madison avenues
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Chelsea: Showy clubstaurant STK Steakhouse has expanded its presence in the city, opening a spacious second location in Chelsea in mid-August. Diners — the space can fit 200 of them — will find the same steaks, seafood, cocktails, and “DJ-driven dining” (per a press release) that have kept the Midtown location going for nearly two decades. The restaurant will launch a seasonal pumpkin-focused menu beginning Wednesday, September 9, which includes offerings such as crab-stuffed shrimp in pumpkin cream sauce and pumpkin spice margaritas. The space was previously home to another flashy den of meat: Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse, which closed in 2024. 412 W. 15th Street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues
Chinatown: The team behind Essex Street’s old-timey photo booth Retrography unveiled a secret new cafe called Behind The Booth in the back on Wednesday, August 26. The slim-and-stylish setup specializes in an “unexpected” wine list and “ice cream you wouldn’t have ordered anywhere else,” per an opening message. 15 Essex Street, between Canal and Hester streets
Greenpoint: Acclaimed Lone Star pitmasters Jonny White and Chuck Charnichart brought Brooklyn a legit Texas barbecue joint on Sunday, August 30, with the opening of Kirbee’s. Their respective restaurants — Goldee’s in Fort Worth and Barbs B Q in Lockhart — are some of the best barbecue joints in the country over the last several years, with Michelin nods, James Beard nominations, and more. Charnichart’s barbecue plate features her South Texan and Mexican takes on barbecue: pork ribs with lime zest, brisket with Mexican spices, charro beans, and the iconic green spaghetti. White’s is more modern, with brisket, ribs, turkey, potato salad, and coleslaw. Each will include pickles and bread. Kirbee’s works like a true Texas barbecue: People line up outside the black-and-red storefront and place their orders at the first window; their orders will be cut up and plated inside; and then they’ll pick up their trays at the second window; after which they can either find a table in the 24-seat dining room. 55 McGuinness Boulevard South, between Engert Avenue and Newton Street
Greenpoint: Cozy corner coffee shop Loco Cafe opened in the small 500-square-foot space that was previously home to short-lived Viva La Pizza and Pizza Prince on Saturday, August 29, and the minimalist replacement inside has a winking cup of Joe logo. 626 Manhattan Avenue, at Nassau Avenue
Greenwich Village: The swanky martini destination Chateau Royale has been flipped into the more neighborhood-y Floradora, which opened on Thursday, August 27. The new menu features snacks such as mozzarella sticks and pigs in a blanket, alongside French dip sandwiches, burgers, disco fries, chicken paillard, two-layer oxtail lasagna, and more. (The drinks menu, meanwhile, leans into tiny ’tinis and other “sorta-’tinis.”) As owners Cody Pruitt and Jacob Cohen have told Eater NY, the flip was motivated by a desire to make the restaurant “more accessible, price-wise, as well as cuisine-wise, and vibe-wise, so we can see our neighbors more often;” diners at Chateau Royale tended to order the burger over the pricier Dover sole. It’s the second flip this summer for Pruitt and Cohen, who transitioned Libertine in the West Village into the “seafood tavern” Capitaine in June. 205 Thompson Street, at Bleecker Street
Upper East Side: Bright-orange Italian restaurant and pizzeria La Collina opened on Tuesday, August 18, for lunch, dinner, and brunch. Red and white pies join a namesake mozzarella salad and mains like Mediterranean sea bass with celery root puree or sirloin steak surrounded by roasted potatoes, plus a coconut Negroni or limoncello elixirs at the bar. A $34 two-course lunch option during the week features thinly sliced eggplant followed by tonnarelli cacio e pepe or tagliatelle Bolognese. 1431 First Avenue, at East 74th Street
West Village: NYC’s summer of Thai food continues on Wednesday, September 2, with the debut of Hommali from a trio of friends from Bangkok. The contemporary new spot rooted in Thailand’s beloved jasmine rice also offers a tom yum seafood cocktail; dry-aged duck breast served with fermented chile sauce; and penang curry with beef cheeks. A bar with a knack for fermentation and infusions slings drinks like the Tomato — a take on the michelada and a spritz, which includes a Singaporean rice wine made with jasmine and sticky rice. 28 Seventh Avenue South, near Leroy Street
Williamsburg: Small Change, a new bar from the team behind the Last Resort in the East Village and One Trick Pony in the West Village, opened in June in the former location of Lady Jay’s (which occupied the space for almost 15 years). The large backyard remains ready for group hangs, now with an awning of plants. Happy hour runs from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring draft beers and well drinks for $5, plus other drink specials. The beer-and-shot combo runs $8 all day. 633 Grand Street, near Leonard Street
Williamsburg: Finally, Ugly Baby has returned, having opened its new location on Thursday, August 27, in the corner spot that once housed Emmy Square Pizza. The restaurant first opened in Carroll Gardens in 2017 and quickly picked up a fervent following, who praised the restaurant’s intensely spicy dishes and its commitment to southern Thai dishes that were, at the time, less commonly found in the city. The popular and beloved restaurant closed in the final days of 2024, citing that chef Sirichai Sreparplarn was “tired and just needs a long break.” Sreparplarn is still behind the new version of Ugly Baby, which will have double the capacity of the original location and will feature a wider range of dishes. In Ugly Baby’s absence, some of its former employees went on to open Hungry Thirsty in the same location; it also welcomed a Manhattan sibling last month, the fiery Hungry Spicy. 364 Grand Street, between Havemeyer Street and Marcy Avenue
Update, 4:09 p.m.: This article, originally published at 10:55 a.m., has been updated to correctly reflect iDen’s Beijing Duck House’s reopening status.
