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Looking for new restaurants in New York to add to your Resy watchlist? Well, open up your Notes app and get ready to type: the past few months have seen several notable openings. (And so will the next few—Hauser Wirth’s hospitality arm, for example, is opening a new project in SoHo called Manuela, whereas Daniel Humm will helm the upcoming Clemente Bar.)
Below, the recently opened restaurants that are currently on our radar.
The group behind the beloved Cervo’s recently opened Eel Bar on the Lower East Side. Despite having “Bar” in the name, it would be a mistake not to come for a whole meal (which should almost certainly include one of the following dishes: white shrimp in fresh tomato sauce, black rice with tuna and cherry tomatoes, or the half chicken al ajilo.) The music is loud and the ambience is dark, so it’s also the perfect place for those seeking an energetic night along with their wine.
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There’s no shortage of natural wine bars in New York City–but Elvis proves the more the merrier. The cozy space, painted in a statement-making burnt orange feels like a psychedelic ’70s NoHo apartment meets Provence: rattan bar stools surround red marble perimeter ledges while vintage posters hang on the wall. In addition to plenty of Pet Nats, Elvis has a menu that’s a play off of the Left Bank sidewalk cafés of Paris, with small plates that include homemade charcuteries, pâtés in a jar, duck and salmon rillettes, and beef tartare. Although perhaps “play off” isn’t the right term here, as Elvis, too, is streetside: the dining room windows swing out onto the hustle and bustle of Great Jones Street, whereas several tables are lined up outside.
Le Veau D’or—the city’s oldest French bistro that dates back to 1937—is in the midst of a spectacular revival. In 2019, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson (of the critically acclaimed Frenchette) bought the restaurant from its longtime owners. They closed it for five years to work on renovations. Late this summer, it quietly re-opened for service with a $125 prix-fixe menu. However, it didn’t stay quiet for long: Their 15 tables are now some of the hardest to get in New York. But if you do manage to snag a reservation, the escargot and frog legs are classics, as is their duck with cherries.
Cali Faulkner, an alumnus of Eleven Madison Park and Crown Shy, opened a charming neighborhood restaurant in Fort Greene that feels like it’s been there for years. Focused on the culinary traditions of Northern France—think sole meunière and chicken, or peppers and tomatoes bathed in crab butter—it also very much stays true to its name: dotted around the dining room are three art pieces that feature a falcon, including an English pub sign passed down from her grandfather, a work commissioned by local artist Mitchell Moon, and a piece from the famed Saint-Ouen flea market.
