This is Eater’s guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes that have opened this week in July 2026. Throughout the month, we’ll update the list weekly (see: 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.
July 15
Spotlight
West Village: Lauded Argentinian restaurateur Pablo Rivero of Michelin-starred Buenos Aires spots Don Julio and El Preferido debuted his first American restaurant this summer in New York City. Argentine tavern Graciela opened on Tuesday, July 14.
Named after Rivero’s mother, the restaurant highlights live-fire cooking using over ten feet of cooking surfaces of a parrilla (grill) and Spanish Josper oven, flamed by Argentine quebracho blanco charcoal. Dishes include empanadas with ossobuco; fainá (a chickpea tart); grilled branzino with lemon; roasted mushrooms with hazelnuts; and flan. And then steaks range from the ojo de bife (center-cut rib-eye steak from Argentina) to bife angosto (New York strip), served with a regular chimichurri and a 30-day aged one. Wines lean low-intervention and biodynamic; cocktails use a lot of aperitivi and vermouths; and look for rare Fernets.
The team includes chef de cuisine Victoria DeGiorgio, who had been the head chef of El Preferido; sous chef and grill master Nicolas Stadnitchi, who had been the chef de cuisine of Don Julio; and culinary director Jason Pfeifer, previously of Per Se, Gramercy Tavern, and Maialino, as well as the former culinary director of Mattos Hospitality. Some front-of-house staffers relocated from Buenos Aires, too. This expansion is a partnership between brothers Alex Saper and Adam Saper (known for Eataly’s expansion and L’Industrie Pizza).
The space features wood, hand-laid plaster, natural stone, and tile details. It’ll open a downstairs space later this year. 81 Greenwich Avenue, at Bank Street
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Battery Park City: Taking tips from old-world Parisian glamour, complete with emerald walls, crystal chandeliers, a dress code, and membership access via a gold key, Euro-chic Maison Madison opened on Friday, July 10. Two vets from Midtown’s Ophelia lead the kitchen and bar. Executive chef Antelmo Ambrosio sends out French onion sliders, escargots, and potato pave to go along with martinis and Cognac cocktails from beverage director Amir Babayoff. Madison Maison comes from hospitality entrepreneurs Abraham Merchant and James Belakh. 301 S. End Avenue, at Albany Street
Bed-Stuy: Saison, a Brooklyn bakery and catering business that got its start during the pandemic in its founder Sammy Rees’ apartment, now has a standalone location to call its own. The elegant corner cafe opened on Saturday, July 11, with drip coffee, cold brew, teas, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, seasonal baked goods like stone fruit-almond frangipane tarts, and a retail section of vintage home decor and flowers. 434 Hancock Street, at Marcus Garvey Boulevard
Chelsea: Billed as an all-night, “modern Mexican social tequilera,” Casa Felix debuted on Monday, July 13, marking the latest NYC hospitality venture also from Merchants (Ophelia,Philippe Chow,Industry Kitchen, andArt Bar). Chef Rey Martinez and beverage director Steven Restrepo send out regional Mexican dishes meant for sharing and a collection of agave cocktails, respectively. The setup includes a lively main dining room, bar, lounge, and private entertaining areas. 190 Seventh Avenue, at West 21st Street
East Village: Yet another new bar rises on Second Avenue: Bar Monto, an Irish bar that gets its name from a former red-light district in Dublin, opened on Tuesday, July 7. The bar takes the space of the longstanding Gray Mare, which closed in March, and comes from the same owners. Co-owner Conor Myers cited the recent “chang[ing] of the guard of Irish pubs in NY where everything’s getting a lot more elevated” as an influence. Accordingly, the bar will feature Irish spirits in addition to a seafood-leaning food menu. 61 Second Avenue, between East Third and Fourth streets
East Village: FKA (Formerly Known As) opened on Tuesday, July 7, in the previous home of Tex-Mex restaurant Wayne & Sons (which moved across the river to Williamsburg earlier this year). The bar is described as having a “distinctly high-low philosophy,” with $6 beers, $15 cocktails, and a food menu that includes $1 oysters, hot dogs, burgers, and Frito pies, plus nostalgic bomb pops. It also offers arcade games and pinball. 221 Second Avenue, between East 13th and 14th streets
Flushing: Late-night skewers spot Man Fire Yakitori opened in late June with a wide swath of charcoal-grilled chicken, beef, seafood, and veggie options at the ready until 2 a.m. Some of the more interesting skewers, notes Infatuation, include rib-eyes, duck tongues, and flounder heads. 36-17 Prince Street, near 36th Road
Forest Hills: A family-run pie project called Masani Pizza opens Wednesday, July 15, in the former home of Lillian Pizza. Broccoli pinwheels, calzones, chicken rolls, and other revived Lillian classics pay homage to its Queens predecessor that opened here in 1972. The new ownership — Mike Chau and Alexandra Chau, the couple behind the Food Baby Instagram account — tapped the chef from Flushing’s roving Happy Bull Pizza to develop recipes in the space that got a complete gut refresh. Playful orders include any salad on a white slice, plus cacio e pepe pasta (and pizza), grandma-style pies, and rainbow ice. Starting on opening day, 500 mini-pints fromCaffe Pannain two custom flavors go up for sale. 96-01 69th Avenue, near Harrow Street
Gramercy: Following a big expansion boom in its Boston birthplace and the D.C. region, with around 50 cafes so far, Tatte Bakery finally enters the Manhattan market on Wednesday, July 8. The new fast-casual bakery and cafe founded by Israeli-born Tzurit Or is known for its Mediterranean brunch menus, piles of pastries, and pistachio cold foam lattes, all served in a bright-white setting that spells out its particular neighborhood across tiles. 315 Park Avenue South, at East 24th Street
Greenpoint: Vietnam’s Japanese-inflected pizza chain Pizza 4P’s opened its first location in the United States on Saturday, July 4. The chain, which was founded in Saigon in 2011, boasts more than 30 locations across Asia and has gained a following with its boundary-blurring dishes, which include spaghetti with oysters and seaweed; burrata ice cream; and pizzas topped with lotus root, pork sausage, and hummus, or scallops and sweet miso gratin. The chain is also known for its farm-to-table approach, house-made cheeses, and emphasis on sourcing. The restaurant joins the Japanese marketplace and dining complex that includes Cafe O’Te and Dashi Okume. 38 Norman Avenue, near Dobbin Street
Long Island City: Hana Gelateria opened on Saturday, July 4, serving tea-infused gelato and soft serve in flavors such as matcha, longjing (a kind of green tea), oolong, and jasmine. In addition to frozen treats, the shop will serve coffee, iced tea, and matcha drinks, including frappes. It joins a handful of tea-related openings across the city in recent months, including the new Upper East Side Teabar from Heytea and the Chinatown tea house Soft Hours. 27-20 42nd Road, near Hunter Street
Midtown: The Granola Bar closed its first (and only) NYC store on the Upper West Side back in January after two years, but now it’s back in Manhattan in a big way: opening both a new flagship and takeout spot around the corner on Thursday, July 9. The 2,500-square-foot space near Grand Central Station, lined with leather banquettes, brass, and botanical wallpaper, serves a familiar lineup of all-day brunch favorites like house-made granola bars, lattes, and sweet potato pancakes. Debut dinner service includes steak frites, pull-apart challah bread, and truffled deviled eggs, plus a full bar centered around classic cocktails. The nearby carryout focuses on sandwiches and salads. The female-owned brand, founded in Connecticut in 2010, maintains 10 locations across the tri-state area. 330 Madison Avenue, near East 43rd Street
Nolita: Frenchette Bakery, from the high-profile restaurateurs behind Frenchette, Le Rock, and Le Veau d’Or, Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, opens its third location on Tuesday, July 14. Unlike Frenchette Bakery’s first two locations — one in the former Arcade Bakery space in Tribeca and the other in the lobby of the Whitney Museum — the newest bakery of the bunch is impossible to miss because of how exposed it is from buzzy Mott Street. The third edition also boasts its first-ever bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. 370 Broome Street, at Mott Street
Park Slope: Marbré, a bakery focused on madeleines, the shell-shaped French cakes of Proustian fame, opened on Saturday, June 27, after two years of pop-ups. Founder Hafsa Koita, who grew up in France, started Marbré in her apartment kitchen, sold her madeleines at markets like Smorgasburg, and gained visibility through partnerships with major brands including L’Oréal. In addition to madeleines flavored like vanilla, lemon poppy seed, chocolate, and rose, Marbré offers financiers and larger loaf cakes. 186 Fifth Avenue, at Sackett Street
Park Slope: Mash Inn Beer Counter debuted in a former corner laundromat on Friday, July 10, complete with its original “Wash” sign flipped upside down to spell out “Mash” on its stone facade. Nods to its Brooklyn sibling, Gold Star Beer Counter, include a walk-up beer stand and a vast assortment of records spinning inside a light wood-lined space filled with plants, plus leather banquettes upon entry, notes Park Slope Living. An ever-rotating draft list shows love for Hill Farmstead, Maine Beer Co., and Fox Farm. The opening liquid lineup also includes a collab with Primitive Beer and ciders always on tap, plus growlers available to-go. Food like sandwiches and charcuterie boards will soon join the fold. It’s run by Josh Van Horn, his wife, Maria, and partner Morgan Einig. 1215 Eighth Avenue, at 13th Street
Park Slope: Yellow Pear, a cafe serving pineapple buns, savory scallion buns, shaken Ovaltine, and more, opened in early July in the space that, until May, housed Vietnamese coffee shop Larry’s Cà Phê. The concept started as a pop-up when Larry’s Cà Phê hosted its first event. According to Park Slope Living, Yellow Pear’s menu mostly draws inspiration from Hong Kong, though it’ll include the beloved “ice green” from Larry’s, as well as its egg custard coffee. 384 Seventh Avenue, near 12th Street
Red Hook: After more than 20 years of baking for restaurants and retailers, Red Hook opens its own standalone spot in Brooklyn dedicated to small-batch, freshly baked breads shaped by hand. The country-style carbs counter called Red Hook Focacceria, only open on weekends from 9 a.m. to sellout, returns “to the roots of real bread,” circa 1870, by relying on a custom blend of 100-percent Italian semolina flour, long fermentation period, water, and sea salt. Quarter, half, or whole trays of focaccia come stuffed with various ingredients (burrata, dark chocolate, Italian sausage), joined by sesame-studded Italian hearth bread and brioche buns and loaves. 421 Van Brunt Street, at Beard Street
Williamsburg: Not one, but two Cuban kitchens are now open in Brooklyn, notes Greenpointers. Amanda Wright’s El Punto Cubano got its start as a stall inside DeKalb Market. After outgrowing that space, she just debuted its first standalone location (El Punto Cubano Express) in the space that formerly housed Japanese restaurant Okozushi. Cuban sandwiches are the focus, and fillings like slow-braised oxtail nod to her Jamaican heritage and her family’s Cuban restaurant of the same name. Dishes include ropa vieja and pork mofongo, too. El Punto Cubano also added a ghost kitchen for takeout and delivery orders nearby on Devoe Street. 376 Graham Avenue, at Skillman Avenue
Williamsburg: Kinda Nice, the diner-inspired cocktail bar from Grand Army alums, opened its downstairs component, Shenanigans, on Friday, July 10. Kinda Nice previously housed the Mexican restaurant Ensenada, which closed in October, while the Shenanigans space was home to the popular basement club Black Flamingo. In keeping with that history, Shenanigans will be a “dive bar and dance den,” per the press release, and it’s described as Kinda Nice’s “slightly chaotic younger sibling,” with “cold beers, creative highballs, boilermakers, rotating DJs and more.” 168 Borinquen Place, at Keap Street
July 8
Spotlight
Nomad: Mūje, a new restaurant from chef Jungsik Yim of the three-Michelin-starred Jungsik, opened on Thursday, July 2, taking the space of the chef’s Southeast Asian-leaning restaurant, Sea, which closed in May. The restaurant, which is pronounced “moo-jeh” and means “untitled,” is described as “fusing influences across the Asian continent.” It offers a $150 eight-course tasting menu, which, at opening, includes dishes such as salmon with red curry and razor clam and short rib served with four different “Asian wraps,” like scallion pancakes and shiso leaves; a la carte will be available at the bar. (It will be more casual than Jungsik, where the tasting menu runs $335.) 151 W. 30th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues
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Bed-Stuy: The team behind neighborhood natty wine bar Frog doubled down on the same Brooklyn neighborhood with the opening of stylish lounge Only Child on Friday, June 26, with a continued focus on natural wines and cocktails like martinis, plus promising bar snacks that include clam dip, Basque-style nachos, and popcorn. The minimalist setup features big black-and-white portraits of single children. 567 Jefferson Avenue, at Lewis Avenue
East Village: Prosciutto, a 20-seat, walk-in-only Italian restaurant, opened on Monday, June 15. The namesake cured meat appears in dishes including Sardinian gnocchi with ragu or atop the crispy veal cutlet with Parmigiano Reggiano, but there’s more to the menu, such as ravioli filled with truffle and ricotta and onion soup with potato foam and guanciale. 435 E. Ninth Street, near Avenue A
Greenpoint: Luxe Maine lobster roll pop-up Sailor & Siren settled down in Brooklyn as a bona fide restaurant on Friday, July 3, per Greenpointers. The woman-owned business tops Maine lobster rolls and Prospect Butcher Co. hot dogs with everything from caviar to wild blueberry mustard, plus playful uni or caviar bumps and house-made chocolate cream pie for dessert. Oh, and cool merch, too. 817 Manhattan Avenue, at Calyer Street
Jersey City: Jimmy Rizvi — the restaurateur behind some of Manhattan’s most recognized Indian hot spots (Gramercy’s GupShup and East Village’s Bungalow) — brings his Jersey City community the Indian restaurant it’s been missing with the opening of Punjab Meet House on Friday, July 3. Street food and chaat open the menu, and on the tandoor side, there’s whole masala-marinated chicken and marinated lamb chops with raw papaya, followed by a selection of curries. Cocktails include the clarified chaas Sheesh Mahal shaken with vodka, black salt, and roasted cumin. 25 Christopher Columbus Drive, at Greene Street and Exchange Place
Lower East Side: The New Museum capped off its massive recent expansion on Tuesday, July 7, with the debut of its first full-service restaurant, Oberon. The Oberon Group, which is behind NYC wine bars like Rhodora, June, and Rucola, tapped chef and artist Julia Sherman and Ali Ghriskey as co-executive chefs. Oberon’s modern American menu, which sources from the Hudson Valley, stars lots of composed salads. Entrees include a dry-aged beef burger with Gruyere and chanterelles and pea pasta. 235 Bowery, near Stanton Street
Lower East Side: After a few unexpected setbacks (read: flooding), anticipated cocktail bar Present Momentzofficially (re)opened Tuesday, July 7, with a small rotating list of classics done well. The 4 The Homies, for instance, is a compilation of amaro lucano, sherry blend, and lemon. The underground bar is all about “good drinks, sandwiches, and bringing people together,” per the team. 96 Orchard Street, between Delancey and Broome streets
Park Slope: Badshah Social, a new Indian restaurant from chef Abishek Sharma of the West Village’s Madam Ji Ki Shaadi and the Upper West Side’s Swagat, opened on Wednesday, July 1. The restaurant is described as being inspired by India’s vast range of street food, with dishes from across the country, such as South Indian-style coconut-fried chicken and Hyderabadi dum biryani. (For the latter, advanced reservations are recommended, as the made-to-order dish takes up to an hour.) Cocktails include the Aam & Onion, which is made with Indian gin and onion brine. The space previously housed Esther Choi’s Gahm by Mokbar, which closed last fall. 212 Flatbush Avenue, near Bergen Street
Park Slope: Lileo, which claims to be the Brooklyn neighborhood’s first Georgian coffee and wine bar, opened Thursday, July 2, per Park Slope Living. Lileo gets its name from an ancient Georgian chant to the sun (plus, the co-owner’s daughter is Lile). Georgian staples on the menu include khinkali (soup dumplings) and cheesy, boat-shaped khachapuri. 86 Fifth Avenue, between Warren Street and St. Marks Place
Union Square: On Monday, July 6, Taco Lane, a new restaurant serving Chinese-inspired tacos, officially took the spot of the short-lived noodle restaurant Rulin, which opened in January and wound down operations quietly. Taco Lane comes from the same team, Lane Li and Chris Wang, who also run Noodle Lane in Park Slope. Adding a fresh approach to the city’s recent wave of taco shop openings, the revamped restaurant serves tacos featuring fillings such as grilled chicken (served with mustard-pickle consomme), XO fish, smoked honeycomb tripe with fried pig ears, and dan dan pork. The salsas will also feature Chinese ingredients, such as Sichuan peppercorn in the red salsa. Last year, the similarly Asian-inflected Mexico City-based Cariñito Tacos pop-up had a brief run in Greenwich Village, serving tacos including smoked pastrami paired with Chinese mustard. 15 E. 13th Street, between University Place and Fifth Avenue
Upper East Side: San Babila Cafe opened on Wednesday, July 1 as the bakery and cafe offshoot of San Babila, the Italian restaurant that debuted in the neighborhood last year. According to the press release, the cafe will serve pastries, gelato, “Italian froyo,” and “trend-driven desserts,” including the croissant gelato cone, where a croissant is shaped into a cone and filled with gelato and other toppings. Founder Gianmarco “Gianni” Di Michele is also behind pizza spot Papi at Moxy Times Square and Pan D’oro in Bryant Park, among others. 1247 Third Avenue, at East 72nd Street
Upper East Side: Situated within a Nuts Factory, Soaked Bar debuts its first fixed setup on Saturday, June 27, complete with its popular tres leches cakes that come in a box (an homage to its 2024 beginnings as a pop-up). Per Infatuation, there are also smoothies now, “some of which look dangerously like the ones you might lust after from Erewhon.” 1030 Third Avenue, at East 61st Street
Williamsburg: Hong Kong cafe newcomer Harbour Kafe debuted on Monday, July 6, with specialty matcha lattes built with house-made mango and strawberry syrups, coffee, and pastries in a small space adorned with red paper lanterns and a walk-up ordering counter wrapped in green tile. 172 Borinquen Place, at Keap Street
Williamsburg: Dokidoki, a fun and flavorful compilation of Japanese and Latin cultures, debuted on Thursday, July 2, in Brooklyn. The 30-seat bar comes from a pair of cocktail vets: A-K Hada, an alum of Please Don’t Tell and Existing Conditions; and Christian Suzuki-Orellana, a semifinalist on Netflix’s Drink Masters. With no hard-liquor license, look for $16 martinis and honeydew “margaritas” made with shochu, sakes, and local meads. Japanese bar snacks with Puerto Rican and Salvadoran touches come courtesy of chef Daniel Maysonet (Jungle Bird) and include a katsu sandwich made with cod on shokupan bread. 160 Havemeyer Street, Suite S5, near South Second Street
July 1
Spotlight
Lower East Side: Unnecessary, an ice cream shop from the team behind the award-winning cocktail destination Double Chicken Please, opened on June 26, right next door to the popular bar. As with Double Chicken Please, which is known for cocktails that blur the line between food and drink, Unnecessary is described as being inspired by “the craft and precision of cocktail bars.” The shop sells both alcoholic and nonalcoholic soft serve; at opening, the former includes a dirty martini soft serve made with vodka and vermouth and garnished with olives, and a garibaldi soft serve with Campari. 66 Delancey Street, at Allen Street
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Bushwick: Bark Barbecue, the Dominican-influenced smoke show that’s evolved from a pop-up in Queens to a food stand in Brooklyn — opens its full-service restaurant on Wednesday, July 1, complete with brisket carnitas-topped fried plantains, and more. Bark specializes in Central Texan barbecue with Dominican touches that speak to pitmaster Ruben Santana’s roots. Look for classic smoked brisket and pork ribs alongside Dominican-style chicharrónes; longaniza sausages; and cerdo a la Leña (pit-smoked whole hog), joined by sides of spicy mac and cheese made with adobo chile; arroz congri (rice and beans made using his Cuban uncle’s recipe); and Dominican tortas (made using his family’s cornbread recipe). 25 Thames Street, between Morgan Avenue and Bogart Street
Chelsea: Hudson River-facing food hall Market 57 at Pier 57 welcomed Middle Eastern street food spot Shawarma & Co. on Friday, June 26. The culinary collective behind Eat Offbeat tapped acclaimed Syrian-born chef Diaa Alhanoune to lead the shawarma menu that’s carved to order and served in wraps or plates with Sri Lankan spices. There’s also Venezuelan desserts made by other Eat Offbeat chefs. 25 11th Avenue, near West 15th Street
Greenpoint: Amelie Cafe, a Brooklyn cafe that fuses Asian and Brazilian flavors, debuted on Saturday, June 20, with an array of pastries, banana bread, bolinhos filled with the likes of chicken or vegetables, and coffee drinks. 860 Manhattan Avenue, near Milton Street, Brooklyn
Inwood: Yonkers-born Lost Borough Ice Cream Co. adds a second shop on the northern edge of Manhattan, notes Infatuation, with scoops in fun flavors like grape nut or Cafe Bustelo, plus cookies, tubs of banana pudding by the gallon, a Dominicana float with Dominican vanilla and Malta, and walls wrapped in colorful cartoonish nods to the boroughs of NY. 4791 Broadway, at Cumming Street
Greenwich Village: Orova, a fancy cafe by day and wine bar at night in historic brick digs, opened Tuesday, June 9. The expansive menu features fruity smoothies, cold brew, coconut lattes, avocado toast, cherry danishes, hummus with za’atar flatbread, and charcuterie plates. 668 Greenwich Street, between Christopher and Barrow streets
Midtown: A new food hall has risen, with the opening of Shaver Hall on Friday, June 26, in the space that was once the iconic department store Lord & Taylor. Dallas-based restaurant group FB Society, which is known for developing some of the Texas city’s most successful projects, is behind the food hall. It features Pick & Cheese, the first U.S. location of London’s conveyor-belt cheese restaurant; Tallow Steakhouse, a steakhouse serving a $49 prix fixe; the first Manhattan location of F&F Pizzeria; and a new location of Taqueria Al Pastor, among many other food stalls. 424 Fifth Avenue, between West 38th Street and West 39th Street
Prospect Heights: Lauren and Joe Grimm, the founders of Williamsburg’s acclaimed Grimm Artisanal Ales (which includes the New Haven-style pizza restaurant Lala’s Apizza), opened Grimm Tavern on Friday, June 26. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que alum Greg Massaro is running the food menu, serving muffulettas, smash burgers, roast chicken, and — for late-night diners — fried chicken inspired by Irish spice bags. In addition to beers from Grimm and wines from Physica, the brewery’s sister label, the tavern will offer a full cocktail program. It occupies the space that previously housed Olmsted, which closed last August after nearly a decade, and is part of a wave of new “taverns” openings around the city, including Trudie’s Tavern and Capitaine. 659 Vanderbilt Avenue, between Prospect and Park places
Queens: Woodhaven’s neighborhood institution Neir’s Tavern expands in Queens for the first time in its nearly 200-year lifespan with a new location inside JFK Airport on Friday, June 19. The Woodhaven original, founded in 1829, is considered the oldest tavern in NYC. Imported American favorites before take-off include the Goodfellas burger (named for its cameo in the movie), as well as wings and chicken sandwiches, with a bar serving beer, wine, and cocktails. American Airlines’ recently revitalized Terminal 8 is also home to the first‑ever U.S. airport locations of Eataly and Peach Palace by Momofuku. JFK Airport, Terminal 8
Soho: After earning two stars fromthe New York Times for the Asian American fare at Kiko, husband-wife team Lina Goujjane and Alex Chang opened a second restaurant nearby on Thursday, June 25. Noury is a Japanese-leaning izakaya with an affinity for small-production wines and sake. Small plates like vegetable futomaki and a mackerel sandwich are followed by mains of bluefin tuna belly with tama miso and Sasso chicken with umeboshi and foie-soy jus. The 44-seat room dressed in deep reds and turquoise is centered around a five-seat wine and sake counter. 137 Sullivan Street, at Prince Street
Soho: From the team behind NYC-wide cantina La Esquina, Treinta-Treinta debuted on Friday, June 26, with coffee by day and mezcal at night, plus creative Mexican bites like spice-rubbed crickets and deconstructed tostadas served in a dimly lit, 28-seat room wrapped in textured walls. Saddle up to a sofa or chair upholstered in horse hide to sip its stellar agave selection. 203B Lafayette Street, at Kenmare Street
Times Square: The team behind local chain Friedman’s opened Jack’s All Day on Thursday, June 18. The crowd-pleasing menu features dishes such as steak sandwiches, a falafel sandwich in the style of Nashville hot chicken, chicken {arm, burgers, and wedge salad. As with Friedman’s, which is a popular choice among gluten-free diners, the majority of the menu, including desserts, is “naturally gluten-free,” while burgers can be made with gluten-free bread. The all-day restaurant boasts interiors by Broadway set designer David Korins, who has worked on Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Beetlejuice. 731 Eighth Avenue, at West 46th Street
Union Square: After getting its start as a pop-up, Roll Over Kimbap opened a fast-casual kimbap shop on June 30. It serves classic kimbap generously filled with tuna mayo, spicy pork, and fishcakes, in addition to signature creations including kimbap that’s wrapped in a pork cutlet and then deep-fried. Sides include tteokbokki and gochu twigim, a long pepper filled with pork and fried. It joins newcomers Kim’s Kimbap and TBD Gimbap in bringing more kimbap-focused establishments to the city. Chef Jun Hee Park, who previously worked at Jungsik and the now-closed Sea by Jungsik, is a co-founder. 25 East 17th Street, at Broadway
