We’ve been covering various NYC restaurants, food, drinks, bars, etc. news intel over on our daily newsletter (please sign up if you haven’t already!), but we’re also making it easier for everyone to catch up by rounding ‘em up here every week (check
out September, August, July, and June).
October 9
Gupshup heads to Brooklyn
Indian restaurant Gupshup is opening a new location in Williamsburg, owner Jimmy Rizvi confirmed, at 34 N. Sixth Street (between Kent and Wythe avenues). It’s the restaurant’s second location, after opening in Gramercy in 2018. Since then, the restaurateur has opened places like East Village sensation Bungalow and Jersey City’sPunjab Meet House. Rizvi says it’s been nine years since the original, so “a lot of changes and upgrades in the new one, while keeping in mind the Brooklyn sentiment and the Williamsburg audience.” They’re shooting for an early summer opening.
Reservations open for the Motek flagship
The flagship Motek, with 275 seats, opened late last month, at 60 West 57th Street, with walk-in-only service. Now reservations are open as of Monday, October 5. The bi-level space formerly occupied by Rue 57 will be the flagship, with Williamsburg and Upper West Side spots on the way. Restaurateur Charlie Levy’s restaurant was born during the pandemic in downtown Miami, serving Levantine fare. In addition to the Manhattan locations, there are nearly 10 in South Florida. In December, Levy will premiere its more casual, Mediterranean street food restaurant, Yalla Motek, at 1147 Broadway (between 26th and 27th streets) in Nomad. There will be lots of bowls of rice, falafel, crispy eggplant, and hummus varieties, along with sandwiches like lamb shawarma. –Beth Landman
A fancy London club takes over a club icon
London’s Maison Estelle is taking over the space that had been the Limelight, at 656 Sixth Avenue, at West 20th Street. Most recently, the location was a Grimaldi’s-turned-Limelight pizzeria. In London, the exclusive Mayfair club is closed due to some drama, RPS reports.
Roberta’s most famous pizza maker to open his own spot
Anthony Falco, one of Roberta Bushwick’s original pizza makers, is opening his own restaurant, Pizzeria the Pantheon Bar, at 276 Grand Street, near Roebling.
A new collab for soft serve
Australian import Softville opened on Thursday, October 1, at 137 Orchard Street, from Australia’s Gelato Messina and NYC’s Studio Jeremyville. Softville sources fresh milk from Upstate NY for its soft serve in partnership with Ronnybrook Farm Dairy in the Hudson Valley. Some flavors will swap out seasonally.
A SF import debuts in Flatiron
San Francisco import Bun Mee banh mi shop is opening Thursday, October 8, at 115 East 23rd Street, in Flatiron for the first location outside of California.
Win tickets for New York City Wine & Food Festival
Sign up for the Eater New York Substack, where we’re giving away tickets for the October 15-18 New York Wine and Food Festival.
October 2
Super-hot NYC hospitality group takes over shuttered legacy restaurant
Known for swiping up shuttered institutions (see: Lucy’s), Golden Age Hospitality called dibs on the longtime and recently closed Upper East Side steakhouse Donohue’s, as reported by Caper. — Nadia Chaudhury
Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken expands big time thanks to Wonder
The Blue Ribbon Restaurants brand is on an expansion tear. First up: Its Wonder partnership with Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken has allowed them to expand to 11 locations as of Wednesday, September 30, within the existing walls of each ghost kitchen. The new spots include neighborhoods like the Upper West Side, Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn, Hoboken, Bay Ridge, Williamsburg, and Jackson Heights. In addition, while we here at Eater don’t celebrate national food or drink holidays, the brand is offering its namesake sake flight trio at Blue Ribbon Sushi (119 Sullivan Street, near Prince Street) for National Sake Day from Thursday, October 1 through Thursday, October 8. Could be fun to try. — Melissa McCart
April Bloomfield puts her stamp on a Lower East Side hotel
FeedMe reports that April Bloomfield has been quietly revamping the food at Nine Orchard hotel’s Swan Room restaurant. Last year, the chef joined Texas-based McGuire Moorman Lambert (MML) Hospitality, a group that oversees hotels and restaurants across Texas, Colorado, California, and, now, New York. Later last year, Eater reported that MML was in the works of taking over the Lower East Side hotel’s dining and drinking programs. Eater reached out for more information, but was told there are no updates. — NC
A Brooklyn wine shop is on the move
Gowanus wine shop Black Cat is closing at its current location at 252 Fourth Avenue, between President and Carroll streets, sometime in October, but don’t worry: It’s moving just a block away to 282 Fourth Avenue, between Caroll and First streets, later this season. — NC
Where to drink ALL the New York cider this weekend
CiderFeast is back in Brooklyn, bringing together a bunch of New York-area cideries and orchards on Saturday, October 3, in Industry City. Founder Jimmy Carbone tells Eater that cider producer Ryan James Burk is debuting a new line of ciders under the name Occam Fine Cider. Expect drinks from places like Indian Ladder Farms, Eden Ciders, and Fishkill Farms, with bites from Achilles Heat, Jimmy’s No. 43, and others. Tickets are $45 for 1 p.m. entry, and two-person VIP tickets get early access and swag bags. It takes place until 4 p.m. at 635 Second Avenue, near 37th Street. — NC
Two-thirds of Boygenius have a fancy dinner out
During Phoebe Bridgers’s concert run at Barclays Center last week, she and friend/Boygenius bandmate Julien Baker stopped by fancy restaurant Eleven Madison Park, presumably for its vegan tasting menu. — NC
