#don’t mind alex casually third wheeling

[julie-and-her-himbos]

Reggie: Good night Luke! I love you!

Luke: I love you more Reg!

Reggie:

Luke:

Reggie: We love you too, Alex

Alex, sharing a room with them: Thanks guys, I was honestly feeling a little left out

#don’t mind alex casually third wheeling #reggie x luke #ruke #luke x reggie #jatp ruke #julie and the phantoms #jatp #jatp incorrect quotes #incorrect jatp quotes #incorrect julie and the phantoms quotes #renew julie and the phantoms #julie and the fat ones #renew jatp #luke patterson #reggie peters #alex mercer #reggie jatp #luke jatp #alex jatp #this could be read as non-ruke-shipping i guess but it definitely is shipping them #is ruke even the right ship name?? #idek

[neverwanttofallasleep]

A Need That Goes Unspoken - Chapter 1

READ THE PROLOGUE FIRST!

Word count: 5,071

For pairings, warnings, and disclaimer - see Masterpost

thank you again @writingcold x

You hear a knock at your bedroom door as you angrily shove the last of your toiletries into your suitcase. 

“Yeah?” You call.

“Can I come in?” Alex calls back.

“Yep!”

He opens the door, humming as he scans his eyes over the mess.

“You almost ready? We’re leaving in 15 minutes.”

You huff. “Yes, Alex. I’m almost ready. Do I really have to come?”

He chuckles and sits down on the end of your bed. “Yes, you really have to. This is the last chance we’re gonna get to hang out for a while. Who knows how long I’ll be gone. I’m gonna miss you.”

You sigh. “I know, I’m gonna miss you too. This summer would've been great if you hadn’t volunteered to be a fucking roadie for the Kiszkas and you could've just stayed here with me.”

“The band has a name, you know. And Danny’s not a Kiszka.”

You roll your eyes. “Whatever. You could just, like, not go.”

“This is such a cool opportunity for me, Y/N. You know I can’t say no.”

You sit down. “I know. Can’t we tell the Kiszkas not to come? So you and I can just hang out? I wouldn’t even mind if Danny came along too.”

He laughs. “It’s their cabin.”

You groan. “I know! But without Ronnie coming it’ll just be me and five stinky boys for ten days. I don’t know if I can handle that.”

Alex hums. “Well, considering that we’re all adults now, I don’t think we’ll be that stinky. Besides, I think it’s only one of those five stinky boys that you actually have a problem with.”

“Yes, and he’s insufferable. It’s going to be a fucking nightmare.”

“It’ll be fine. It’s not like you’re sharing a room. Plus, Eloise and Phoebe are coming up tomorrow. So you’ll have a nice-smelling buffer.”

Jake and Danny’s girlfriends. That does kind of make you feel better. Phoebe is a year younger than you and Danny, so her parents must really trust her to be letting her stay at a cabin with her 18-year-old boyfriend for nine days. Eloise is a year older than you, but the three of you have gotten along well when you’ve hung out. You’re kind of looking forward to getting to know them better.

“What about you? Not bringing Shaun?” You quip.

Alex chuckles. “No, that’s just casual. He’s not the most intellectual company.”

You smirk. Since he’s been home for the summer, Alex has been hooking up with Shaun, the meathead football player in the year above you, who’d shocked everyone by coming out during his senior year. To his credit, he did a lot for breaking the stereotypes for gay kids at your school. Unluckily for Alex, he’d already graduated and didn’t come out as bi until he was in his first year of music school. The same music school that he’s just deferred from to go on the road with Greta Van Fleet. You scowl to yourself.

“Penny for your thoughts, sis?”

“I can’t believe you’re dropping out.”

“I’m not dropping out.” He frowns. “I’ll just start my third year when I get back. There’s no rush.”

You roll your eyes. “You say that as if you’ll come back. Look at Jake and Josh. You’ll get addicted to the lifestyle, and I’m never gonna see you again.” You whine.

He shrugs. “College is already over an hour away, it’s not like we see each other much anyway. If I stay on tour, I guess you’ll just have to come with me. Maybe you’ll meet a nice boy on the road.”

You roll your eyes. “If it didn’t mean I’d have to interact with Sam, I would in a heartbeat.”

“Alright,” he chuckles. “Get your shit together, and let’s get the fuck outta here.”

You wheel your suitcase down the drive, and Alex takes it from you and stacks it in the back of his truck, tetris-ing it in with the bags of groceries, the spare cooler full of alcohol (provided by Jake and his ID), the beach chairs, and his own bags. You settle in the front seat, plugging in your phone. If Alex was dragging you along, you were choosing the music.

It was only a two-hour drive, pretty much directly north through Saginaw, to the Kiszka family cabin. It was a place you’d spent many summers in your childhood, but it didn't quite hold the same excitement it used to. You’ve opted out of going the last three years, instead choosing to spend the time off school with your friends. This summer, however, Alice and Kyle are off on their big Europe adventure. Chloe and her boyfriend are headed to Miami to sunbake for 3 weeks, and Bella is spending her whole summer working at the hair salon. She’s enrolled in beauty school in Detroit starting in September, and is saving for her own apartment.

When Alex had asked you to come with him and the boys to Oscoda, you’d flat-out refused, telling him you’d rather spend the summer in Frankenmuth than spend any more time with Sam than absolutely necessary. With some sweet talking from him, Danny, and Josh, though, and some bribery from Jake in the form of a case of white wine, you’d eventually caved. You’d miss your brother and your friends when they went back on the road. Hell, you already did miss them.

Danny and the Kiszkas had been playing shows on weekends and touring during semester breaks since about halfway through your Senior year. You knew from his blatant absences that Sam had missed his fair share of school. Danny too. They even missed prom. Not like you really cared, although you wouldn’t have minded a dance with Danny before you graduated and potentially never saw each other again. Well, that was probably an exaggeration. But if not seeing Danny meant not having to see Sam, you might just take it.

You know the band is good. You’d seen them play some shows here and there, and most nights you can hear them practicing in their garage through your bedroom window. You’re truly happy for their success. You’re just resentful of the fact that Sam has tainted the experience for you.

The tour is scheduled to resume in the first week of July, which is roughly 2 weeks away. You know you’re going to miss Alex a lot, but despite your ribbing, you really are excited for him. And he was right, it wasn’t like you could see him all the time when he was living in Ann Arbor, anyway. If you had to guess, you were just kind of pissed that he’d be spending all that time with Sam. You knew that was unreasonable. Sam and Alex didn’t have any beef. Part of you just wanted Alex to hate Sam because you did. You’d never ask that of him, though.

Alex must know how salty you are about how coming on this trip, because he really does let you choose the music for the entire drive. You’re not convoying or anything, the others left early this morning. Alex had let you sleep in and waited until late morning to drive up, knowing you’d put up even more of a fight if he’d made you set an alarm. You stop in Standish to get some food and swap out drivers. You’d bargained with Alex that you’d drive the second half if he bought you McDonald’s for lunch, and he’d agreed.

When you finally make it up to the cabin, you can’t help but grin at how pretty it is, and how nice it feels to be back. It’s tucked away on a back street just outside of the township. The road is relatively flat, with forest on both sides, and a small lake at the back of the lot. It’s about two and a half miles from the main beach and the nearest supermarket. It’s walkable, but you wouldn’t want to in this heat.

The boys must’ve heard the roar of Alex’s truck, ‘cause Josh and Danny appear on the porch as Alex gets out.

“Don’t just stand there, assholes! Come and help me!” He calls to them as he opens the truck bed.

You see Josh smirk and Danny chuckle as they head down the steps and tread the gravel driveway toward you. As you go to step out of the truck, Danny extends a hand to you to help you down.

“Glad you made it!” He grins widely.

You’ll never understand why Danny is still so kind to you, in spite of Sam. It makes the whole thing even more frustrating. If Danny can act like a grown-up, why can’t Sam? Ever since Chloe’s party in ninth grade, he’s been a total dick to you.

It started out as just ignoring you, which was bad enough, considering you’d been such close friends only days before the party. But then it morphed into something uglier. Seething looks, snide remarks, and eventually flat-out insults. It hurt, but you gave it right back to him. For the life of you, you couldn’t understand what you’d done to deserve it. Overnight, Sam just changed into a totally different person. He became cruel.

Only to you, though, which pissed you off even more. He acted totally normal around Alex, Danny, and his brothers, if only a little more crabby than he used to be. You imagined that was only when you were around to witness it, though. He was probably his normal, bubbly self, when he wasn’t looking out for you over his shoulder every five seconds.

You give Danny a big hug and head to grab your bags. You all follow Josh into the house, where he points at the bedrooms, indicating who’s sleeping where.

“Danny and Phoebe are in the guest room, and Jake and Ellie are in Mom and Dad’s room. Y/N, you’re in the sunroom. Alex, you’re in with me and Sammy. We’ve got the bunk room.” He giggles.

The infamous bunk room. It’s exactly what it sounds like. A large room, probably once a den, now with all three walls lined with bunk beds. It sleeps 6, and it’s where all the kids used to sleep when you came here in your childhood. When you were really little, you were always afraid of falling out of the top bunk, so Sam would bravely offer to take the top of your set so you could sleep on the bottom. Once the lights were off and he was no longer concerned about impressing his older brothers, he’d get scared, too. He’d crawl down the ladder in the middle of the night, and your parents would find you cuddled together in the bottom bunk in the morning. You smile at the memory, before remembering yourself and scowling. What an asshole. He’d never be so chivalrous now.

You’re excited to sleep in the sunroom, though. It’s a sort of makeshift bedroom, and it was where you and Ronnie had graduated to when you’d decided you no longer wanted to share with the boys. It’s a small room off the main living area, private enough, with a double pull-out couch against the far wall. The best part, though, is the floor-to-ceiling windows on the west wall, where the sun hits perfectly in the late afternoon. You’d used to spend hours sitting in there as a teenager, reading your books and enjoying the golden sunlight.

“Where are the others?” Alex asks Danny and Josh.

“They went to the store to get stuff for dinner. Barbecue tonight.” Danny grins.

Alex fist pumps. “Hell yeah!”

You smile and shake your head, wheeling your bag over to your bedroom.

You settle in, leaving your suitcase open and resting it on top of the chest in the corner of the room. Josh has kindly already unfolded the couch for you and made up the bed. They’re really working hard to get on your good side, and you snicker to yourself. As they should be.

You set your phone charger, water bottle, and book on the small coffee table acting as a nightstand, and take your toiletries to the bathroom, which is over the other side of the house, next to the bunk room. Your only qualm about sleeping downstairs is the shared bathroom. There’s another on the second floor, between the two main bedrooms, which the couples would be using.

You find an open spot on the shelf and unfold your toiletry bag, hanging up the clean, pink towel you’d taken from the linen cupboard on your way through. When you glance around, you see the boys things already scattered around. They’d managed to make a mess of the small bathroom within a matter of hours. You sigh.

When you’re unpacked to your liking, you wander out into the kitchen, to find Josh making cocktails, Danny and Alex perched on the barstools at the kitchen bench.

“Your wine’s in the fridge, lovely, but it won’t be cold yet. You want a salty dog?” He gestures to the open bottles of tequila and grapefruit juice in front of him.

“I think it’s technically a Paloma, if you’re not using gin.” Danny corrects.

Josh shakes his head. “No, a Paloma has to have seltzer in it. This is a tequila salty dog. And it’s a greyhound if you use vodka, which is disgusting.”

Danny chuckles. “Sorry, sir. I’ll check my facts next time.”

You smile at their banter and nod. “Sure. Thanks, Josh.”

Alex hums. “Don’t go too hard, too early, sis.”

You scoff. “What authority do you have? You’re still underage, too.”

“Sure, but I’m still your big brother. Just take it easy.”

You roll your eyes. “Yes, Dad.”

When Josh is done, you all take your drinks and head out to the back garden, seating yourselves around the rickety outdoor dining set. Danny produces a pack of playing cards from his pocket, and you all begin a game of old maid.

You’re down to just two cards left, and just as Alex presents you his hand, you hear the squeak of the sliding back door opening. You all look up to see Jake, sunglasses perched on top of his bucket hat, an open bottle of Jack in one hand and a bag of groceries in the other, closing the door behind him.

“Gang’s all here!” He announces.

“Hey, Jake!” You and Alex call up to him.

“Did you get the olives?” Josh asks his twin, in lieu of a greeting.

Jake grumbles, making his way down the steps. “No, I’ve vetoed the olives. No one likes them except you.”

You grin at Josh. “I like olives.”

“Jake.” Josh groans. “Y/N likes them too. Now you’ve ruined my charcuterie board.”

Jake huffs and heads over to the barbecue to dump the bag, before joining you all at the table. “Whatever. We can get them tomorrow.”

Josh gives you a wink, and lets it lie.

You hear the squeak of the door again, and this time you’re reluctant to look up. You do, anyway. You want to see his smug face drop when he sees you. If there’s anything that’ll make this trip a bit more bearable, it’s knowing that your presence will piss him off just as much as his does you.

Sam emerges from the house carrying two beers, wearing a pair of the shortest red shorts you’ve ever seen on a man, Birkenstocks, and a soft denim shirt. It’s unbuttoned to his navel, showing off a collection of necklaces dangling low on his chest. His hair is so long now, spilling in thick waves over his shoulders. His baby face is still exactly how you remember it, sans the braces, but as his eyes land on you, you see a sour look cross his features. You scowl, refusing to break eye contact. What a stupid fucking outfit. Only Sam Kiszka would choose to dress like a pretentious ‘60s rockstar for a family holiday. Asshole.

“Hey, Sam!” Alex calls out.

Sam immediately schools his expression to look at your brother, greeting him with a smile. “What’s up, Alex? Glad you could make it.”

He doesn’t address you with anything by way of a greeting, and you don’t, either.

He descends the stairs and crosses the garden to take the open seat next to Danny, handing a beer across the table to Jake.

“What are we playing?” Jake asks the group, as he cracks his bottle open.

“Old maid.” You reply, looking only at Jake. “Should we start a new round so you can join?”

Sam scoffs. “Old maid is boring, there’s no strategy. Let’s play rummy.”

“Rummy isn’t a strategy game, either. It’s all just luck of the draw.” You retort.

“Not the way I play it. Feel free to sit out, if you want. I’d prefer it, actually.” He drawls.

You roll your eyes as the rest of the group hums and nods in agreement at the suggestion of the new game, handing Sam their cards to reshuffle the deck. Sam reaches over and snatches your hand away with a smug grin. Alex pats your knee under the table. This was going to be a very unpleasant trip.

After a few rounds of rummy, which satisfied you in the knowledge that Sam had not won any, you all head inside to begin preparations for dinner. The sun is low in the sky, shining just barely through the trees at the back of the house. Peak reading hours, if you could sneak away for a while once you’d made the salad.

You’re stationed at the kitchen bench with Josh and Alex, the other boys outside firing up the grill.

“Tomorrow’s board will be much better, once we get the olives. I won’t be letting those imbeciles go on another shopping trip unsupervised.” Josh hums, as he arranges various cheeses on a large platter.

You giggle. “I’ll come with you. You and I would have a grand old time at the store together.”

“You’d break the budget in one day.” Alex chides.

“But wouldn’t we be living in luxury for that one day, Alex?” Josh replies dreamily. “Think of all the delicious things we could have. Like some good preserves to pair with this cheese.” He gestures to a hunk of blue cheese on the plate.

You nod and hum in agreement as you slice up the cucumber. “I’d kill for some pickles. Like those really big, spicy ones in the fancy jar.”

Alex and Josh both laugh. “Sorry, my love. Can’t agree with you on that one.” Josh chuckles.

Sam and Danny appear at the back door. Sam slides open the screen and silently heads to the refrigerator.

“What’s cookin’ in here, good lookin’…s?” Danny hums, pinching a piece of cucumber from your cutting board and popping it in his mouth.

“Just making a mental list for mine and Y/N’s dream grocery trip.” Josh’s face lights up with realization. “Sam loves pickles too! Don’t you, Sammy?”

“Sure,” Sam says, with very little enthusiasm. 

“There you go. I can justify them now, Y/N. You have my support.”

You stay silent, not wanting to engage in any further conversation with or about Sam.

You continue chopping the vegetables, letting the conversation flow around you. Alex follows Sam back outside with the tray of burgers, but Danny hangs back.

“Can I give you a hand, Y/N?” He nudges your shoulder with his own.

You hum. “I was gonna put out some fruit as well, do you wanna grab the grapes out of the fridge and start washing?”

He nods. “Yes, ma’am.”

The three of you work in silence for a few minutes, before Josh can’t stand it anymore.

“Time for some music.” He declares, and disappears upstairs to retrieve Jake’s bluetooth speaker.

When it’s just the two of you, Danny clears his throat, and you look up from the lettuce you’ve been tossing to see him looking at you.

“What?”

“No improvement, I gather?”

“I don’t know what you’re referring to.” You mutter, going back to your work. You and Danny have never openly talked about your relationship with Sam, to be fair. You’ve skated around it for years. It just goes unspoken that the two of you do not, and will not, ever get along.

“Have you thought about just trying to have a conversation with him?”

You stare at him pointedly. “About what, Danny? The weather?”

He chuckles. “I don’t know. Just something to break the ice.”

“Our relationship has spent the last three years on ice. I don’t think anything will break it now.”

“Yeah, I know. But it doesn’t have to be this way, you know. You’re both choosing this. You could choose not to. One of you just needs to make the first move.”

“Have you tried telling him that?”

Danny sighs. “Yeah. But he’s stubborn. I was hoping some forced proximity might help you two work things out.”

You huff. “What is it we need to work out, exactly? You seem awfully informed. Would you like to share with the class what the fuck I ever did to make Sam hate me so much?”

Danny gives you a sad smile. “I’m hoping he’ll tell you himself.”

You feel your stomach bubble with guilt at that. So there is something to know. Something you perhaps should feel bad about, although you have no idea what.

Your conversation with Danny continues to haunt you throughout dinner, and you barely say a word to anyone. Josh gives you a few questioning looks, but you just return them with a smile. You feel even worse than you did before. You’re on a holiday that you didn’t even want to come on to begin with, now weighed down with the knowledge that you might actually be the intruder. Had you said something to make Sam dislike you? You’d turned over all the possibilities in your head throughout the years, and ultimately come to the conclusion that he was the one in the wrong, not you.

Now, however, Danny had you questioning that. Had you said something hurtful to Sam, or about him, behind his back? You couldn’t remember it, and it seemed out of character for you, but you were wracking your brain for some kind of reasonable explanation.

Your worst fear comes to the forefront of your mind.

That night of Chloe’s 15th birthday, you’d ended up on the back porch, alone, sheltering from the rain, trying to wrap your mind around your kiss with Elliot. You’d heard the back door open, and turned to see Jake, an unlit cigarette hanging from his lips.

“Oh, sorry, Y/N.” He’d said to you. “Was just trying to find a spot to smoke that I wouldn’t get rained on.”

You’d smiled at him. “No problem. I was about to go back inside anyway.”

He’d nodded, pulling a lighter from his shirt pocket. “Don’t go in on my account. How’ve you been, anyway? Haven’t seen you ‘round our place much.”

“Yeah, school’s gotten busy and stuff. I usually don’t see Sam except for Sunday dinners and Thursday mornings.”

“Thursday mornings?” He’d asked you, through a puff of smoke.

“Yeah, we walk to orchestra together.”

He’d hummed. “Oh, yep. Of course.”

You were quiet for a minute, watching him smoke.

“So, what’s going on with you and Elliot, then? He looked pretty happy when you landed that bottle on him.” He smirked.

You sighed. “Dunno, to be honest. I thought I wanted to kiss him, he’s cute and stuff, you know. But when it happened, it was just kinda… dunno. Not what I expected.”

Jake smiled. “No spark?”

You’d nodded. “I hadn’t had, like, a proper kiss, before. So I think maybe I just don’t know what I’m doing.”

“Experience is overrated. When it’s the right person, it’s good no matter what. Even if you’re both terrible kissers.” He chuckled.

“How do you know it’s the right person? Like, before you’ve kissed them? How do you know who to choose?”

Jake had hummed, moving to lean against the railing. He was shoulder to shoulder with you, looking out over the dark backyard.

“It’ll be someone you find yourself wanting to be around, all the time. Like, not just to kiss them. You’ll wanna spend time with them, just hanging out, sharing your interests, y’know. You’ll think about them 24/7, and you’ll hope they’re thinking about you, too.”

You’d hummed, turning to look at him. “Do you feel that way about someone?”

He chuckled. “Yeah, actually. Just trying to get up the guts to ask her out.”

“That’s great, Jake. Who is it? Am I allowed to know?” You’d nudged his shoulder with your own. You appreciated that the twins always treated you like an equal. At almost 18, Jake never talked to you like you were a 15-year-old. He was the same way with Sammy. It made you feel like a grown-up.

He’d blushed. “Eloise Fischer. She’s a sophomore. I think she’s in the same class as Elliot, actually.”

“Oh, yeah! I know her. She’s super pretty.”

“Yeah, I think so.”

“You should just ask her, Jake. No one could ever say no to you. Plus, she’s here tonight. I think I saw her talking with Chloe earlier.”

“Thanks, Y/N.”

You stood in silence for a few minutes, and you’d rested your head on Jake’s shoulder. He really was like another big brother. Between him, Ronnie, Josh, and Alex, you felt lucky that you always had someone to turn to for advice.

Jake had butted his cigarette out on the railing, tossing it into the backyard.

“Do you feel that way about anyone, Y/N?” He’d asked you, as he turned to lean his back against the railing.

You flushed red. “I don’t know. Maybe?”

“Elliot?” He asked, and you shook your head.

“Don’t tell me it’s Josh. You know he doesn’t swing that way.”

You’d giggled and shaken your head again. He looked at you for a moment. 

“Sam?”

You gave a small nod, and he’d grinned and wrapped his arm around you. “I think you guys would be good together. When he figures out what to do with a girl, I’m sure it’s you he’ll be after.”

“Thanks, Jake.” You’d smiled, but you didn’t really believe him. If he was anything like his brothers, Sam would be too cool for you.

You’d never admitted it to anyone else, and you’d gone home that night wishing you hadn’t told Jake, worried that he might let something slip to Sam. As the weeks went on and you and Sam hadn’t fixed things between you, you’d worry over it every so often, only to remind yourself that Jake would never do that to you. You trusted him, and you truly believed he’d never betray that trust. It only made you feel worse when Sam was so cold to you, now that you’d admitted your feelings for him to yourself.

As you get ready for bed in the sunroom, that fear comes rushing back to you. What if Jake had told him? They were brothers, after all. What if he’d told him that very night, and Sam had been upset about it? What if it had grossed him out, and he didn’t want to be friends with you anymore?

You pad out into the kitchen in your pajamas to get a glass of water. The boys are still outside, drinking and trying to get a bonfire going, but you’d retired early. You were tired from driving, you’d told Alex. You’d stay up tomorrow night.

Truthfully, you just needed to get away from Sam and his unpleasantness. You’d tried to kill him with kindness during dinner, heeding Danny’s advice. Your overt politeness hadn’t gotten you anywhere, though, and he’d still given you a salty look when you sat down, and loudly questioned your decision to bring our fruit during dinner as if it was a horrendous, alien concept. You’d gone red and resumed your silence immediately.

You’d thanked him as he cleared your plate, and he looked at you as if you’d grown a second head. He sneered at you when you stood behind him at the fridge, offering to take some of the drinks from him to free up his hands, and snapped at you that he was more than capable of carrying a couple of beers. You’d tried. He was a lost cause.

You take your water to the bathroom to brush your teeth. As you look at yourself in the mirror, you sigh. You tie up the drawstring of your sleep shorts and pull at the hem of your old t-shirt, smoothing it over your stomach. If Sam had known you had a crush on him, you honestly wouldn’t blame him for being disgusted by the idea. You’ve never thought you were ugly, but you certainly are plain. Never able to compare to girls like Chloe or Bella. Girls that radiate confidence and ooze sex appeal. Even girls like Alice and Eloise, who are soft and pretty, never need makeup, and would look good wearing a paper bag.

You run a brush through your hair, pulling it back into a bun, and hunt in your toiletry bag for your toothbrush. You turn abruptly when you hear the door open, and are just as surprised to see Sam standing there as he seems to be to see you.

“Oh, sorry. Thought you were asleep.” He mutters, shutting the door quickly and walking away.

If you didn’t know better, you could’ve sworn he’d blushed. Probably uncomfortable about seeing you in your pajamas. He hadn’t had that privilege since your last sleepover, when he was 14 and you were 15, and you certainly hadn’t come into your curves or breasts yet.

You’re a little shocked that he apologised instead of finding a reason to be shitty at you for being in the bathroom, but you chalk it up to the alcohol. Maybe if he stays drunk for the next ten days, you might both have a better time.

You brush your teeth and take your water back to your bedroom, shutting yourself in for the night. As you lay down in bed and plug in your phone, you see a new text from Josh.

11.23pm Josh Kiszka: don’t write him off yet x

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reggie &or/ alex stargazing?

Okay I’m ngl I’m not sure how I feel about this one... it definitely got away from me lol. But hopefully you like it. Julie/Luke/Reggie, technically a part two to this, though you can read this as a standalone just fine. The movie they watch is supposed to be Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, about the polyamorous creator of Wonder Woman! Enjoy, friend!

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It was hard enough to see the stars above L.A. in the 80s and 90s. In 2020, it’s damn near impossible. But Reggie’s trying anyway, lying on his back on the roof of the studio and gazing at the cloudy summer sky, because the only other option was third-wheeling Luke and Julie’s movie night.

Reggie’s come to realize a few things about himself recently, about what he wants and whom he loves. Some days are easier than others, when Luke’s arm around his shoulders or Julie’s fondly amused smile are enough, and he can just bask in the warmth of their (platonic) affection, and the fluttering they set off in his heart makes him feel like he’s floating. Other days, all he can see is how they look at each other with so much love in their eyes, and Luke’s touch feels reluctant, and Julie’s smile feels pitying, and Reggie pines so stupidly hard that he hates himself a little bit for it.

Tonight’s one of the second kind. Luke and Julie invited him to watch some superhero movie with them, even saved a space on the couch for him, but when Reggie poofed into the studio and saw them all cuddled up together, Luke’s arm around Julie’s shoulders and Julie giggling into Luke’s chest, Reggie had just felt so sad that he could never be a part of that—not envious, really, he’s happy for them, of course he is, but just… lonely—that it made his heart hurt, so he mumbled some excuse and poofed out again.

So now he’s up on the roof, stargazing even though he can’t see the stars, while Luke and Julie get their cuddle on inside, and he’s trying to be happy for them, and he’s trying not to hate himself, but it’s hard to focus on the good things in life when he can’t even see the stars.

Next to him, there’s the little displacement of air that signifies a ghost poofing in, and Reggie tenses, mind racing to come up with a lie if Luke asks him what he’s doing up here. But it’s not Luke. It’s Alex, and the second he appears, he lies down next to Reggie with his arms folded behind his head, staring up at the night sky.

Reggie slowly relaxes, settling back down into his comfortable position. He doesn’t say anything, and neither does Alex, and usually Reggie’s not a huge fan of silence, but right now he kind of appreciates just having his friend there next to him, not trying to push him to talk about anything but just letting Reggie know he’s not alone.

It’s been a while since they’ve had a chance to hang out, just him and Alex. It’s nice. It eases some of the tightness in Reggie’s chest.

The silence only lasts a few minutes, though, before Alex says, “So.”

Reggie tenses again. “So…” he echoes cautiously, and then barrels on before Alex has a chance to, “How’s Willie?”

Alex glances at him, eyebrow raised, but allows, “They’re good.”

“And you? How—how are you doing?”

“I’m good…” Alex frowns at him. “What about you, Reg?”

“Me?” Reggie’s aware his voice is too high-pitched, unconvincing, but he can’t help it. “I’m—I’m great, dude. Awesome, even! Why, uh, wh-why do you—why do you ask?” He winces. That’s sure likely to throw Alex off his scent. God, could he be any worse at this?

Alex sits up, pressing his hands into his lap, his expression soft, unthreatening, but undeniably concerned (it makes Reggie cringe). “Reggie… You’ve been acting weird since the Farmers’ Market. Even Willie’s noticed, and he doesn’t even know you that well. Plus…” Alex looks down, trailing a hand against the roof like he wants to reach through the tile into the studio below. When he looks back up, his eyes are hooded, hesitant, worried and sad. “Reg, Luke and Julie think you’re mad at them.”

“What?” Reggie goes cold all over and sits up, too, and something painful tugs in his chest, like the rollercoaster-drop feeling he gets right before he poofs, but he doesn’t let himself follow it, he digs his fingers into his thighs and forces himself to stay right where he is. “No, I didn’t—I’m not—why would they think that?”

“Because you’re avoiding them?” Alex points out. “They wanted to hang out with you but instead you’re hiding up here.”

“I’m not hiding,” Reggie starts to say, but Alex gives him a Look and his words trail off because yeah, okay, no, he’s definitely hiding. He swallows, fiddles with his hands in his lap, mumbles, “I didn’t want to interrupt their date.”

He feels more than sees Alex roll his eyes. “It’s not a date if they wanted you to be there.”

Reggie just shakes his head, still staring down at his lap. His throat feels tight, and his eyes start to well up with tears. “I love them, Alex.” His voice sounds thick and distant to his own ears. “I just love them so much, and I want them to be happy, but I don’t want them to pity me because I’m the only one of us who doesn’t have someone, but I also don’t want to sit there and watch them be together because it hurts and I just—I just want—”

“You want to be with them,” Alex finishes, and Reggie nods, tears spilling down his cheeks before he can stop them. “Aw, Reg. Come here.”

Reggie doesn’t even wait for Alex to open his arms all the way before he throws himself into them, crying and shaking and knotting his fingers desperately into the soft, reassuring fabric of Alex’s hoodie. For a few long minutes, Alex just holds him while Reggie cries, rubbing soothing circles into his back and gently hushing him until his sobs finally quiet.

“Hey, Reg?” Alex murmurs once Reggie’s no longer really crying but just sniffling into Alex’s shirt. Alex strokes Reggie’s hair out of his face, guiding Reggie’s head back to look up at him. “Do you remember, way back in like, 1993, when I was dumb and repressed and had a crush on Luke of all people but was too terrified to say anything to him about it, do you remember what you said to me?”

Reggie frowns, trying to think back all those years as he sits back out of Alex’s grip and scrubs at his face. “Um… ‘You’re not special. Everyone has a crush on Luke’?”

“Okay, not that.” Alex rolls his eyes, and just the casual familiarity of the gesture makes Reggie smile before Alex’s expression turns serious again. “You said that even if Luke rejected me, nothing could possibly hurt worse than keeping such a huge secret from him did. You said I’d feel better if at least he knew. And eventually, you were right. Do you remember that?”

“Yeah, maybe.”

Alex taps the roof meaningfully. “They’re waiting for you, Reg. Go talk to them. You’ll feel better once they know.”

When Reggie poofs into the studio, all his fears and worries (and the speech he’s been mentally throwing together) instantly fly out of his head because Julie’s wrapped in Luke’s arms and she’s crying.

“Jules?” Reggie rushes over to the sofa and drops into a crouch, bracing one hand on Luke’s knee and reaching up the other to cup Julie’s tear-stained cheek. “Jules, I’m so sorry, I didn’t—Alex said—I’m not mad at you. Please don’t cry.”

Julie and Luke both grab for him, pulling him into a tight group hug, and Reggie can’t help a little oof of surprise from escaping his mouth. Once the initial shock fades, though, Reggie lets himself relax into his best friends’ holds, his own earlier tears now completely forgotten in favor of soothing Julie’s.

“We’re so sorry, Reg,” Luke murmurs, pressing his lips to the top of Reggie’s head. “We never meant to—to scare you away, or—or make you think we didn’t want you right here with us all the time, okay?”

“Stay with us, please,” Julie says, still sort of teary but no longer actively crying. “Be with us, Reggie. We want you.”

Reggie pulls back just enough to be able to look up at both of them, staring back at him with a little hesitance, maybe, a little nervousness, but no hint of insincerity, nothing to so much as suggest that they’re lying or making fun of him.

“Seriously?” he asks anyway, still just needing to make sure. “You mean, like, with you, with you, right? As… as more than friends?”

Luke smiles at him, ruffles his hair. “Yeah, Reg. That’s what we mean.”

Five minutes later, Reggie’s snuggled up on the couch between Luke and Julie, feeling more loved and happy than he has his whole life. They watch a movie about three people in a relationship (“It was gonna be how we told you, before you ran out on us, you dork,” Luke teases) and it’s so much better than sitting alone (or with Alex) on the roof, watching the stars.   

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[clumsyclifford]

you said i should say less about new ace content in general and i immediately understood that as say more so please gimme some ace stuff and please make it fluffy. i don't particularly care about the pairing but i'm always down for lashton and/or malum but any atl ship works for me as well so like just do your thing i guess wow that was a useless sentence this messy ask is further proof that i should go to sleep so bye love you!! -fiancee

well i ran with ace lashton in an interesting way i hope you enjoy it this is not based on real life but maybe it could be. in a better world it is. that’s all i’ll say about that, i hope you like it

read here on ao3

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Luke likes going to the movies. He likes staying home and having a home-cooked meal. He likes quiet, simple, intimate activities.

He does not like parades.

“But it’s Pride,” Ashton wheedles. “D.C. Pride! One of the biggest pride events in the country!”

“You made that up, and I don’t care,” says Luke. “I don’t want to go. I don’t like parades.”

“It’s not really a parade.”

“Also not true.”

“Okay, but it’s not about the parade, it’s about the gathering,” Ashton says, gently shaking Luke. “It’s about a bunch of queer people all coming together and uniting in one space. Celebrating our differences and our similarities. Celebrating community.”

“That’s beautiful,” Luke says. Ashton looks hopeful. “Still no.”

Ashton huffs. “I don’t wanna go alone.”

“Go with Michael and Calum,” Luke suggests. “I’m sure they’d love for you to tag along.”

“And third-wheel all day? No thanks.”

“Well, I don’t know what to tell you,” Luke says, and carries on setting the table for dinner. If his mum comes home to a half-set table, the blame will fall on Luke, of course. Ashton takes the cue and begins laying out plates.

It’s quiet for a moment. Luke can tell Ashton is trying to come up with a way to convince him to go to Pride, but it won’t work. Luke’s avoided Pride for seventeen years. He doesn’t intend to start now. Staying at home with his boyfriend and watching Rent is about as much as Luke cares to celebrate Pride Month. Maybe they’ll make out a little. Standards are low.

“Okay, how about this,” Ashton says, and Luke sighs deeply. “No, hear me out. And keep an open mind, okay? Think about compromise.”

“I’m listening.”

“What if we go before the parade starts?”

Luke frowns. “Then what would be the point?”

“There will still be people there,” Ashton says. “But it won’t be nearly as many people, and the festivities won’t really be happening yet, so we can still say we went to Pride but we won’t get caught up in the whole big thing.”

“But I thought you wanted the whole big thing.”

“Ah, whatever,” Ashton says, waving him off. “I’d rather go with you than see the parade alone.”

Luke feels bad. It’s obviously important to Ashton, or else he’d have given up already on trying to make Luke go. And as much as Luke knows he shouldn’t feel obliged to prioritize Ashton’s wishes over his own comfort, this makes him want to.

Compromise. “Okay,” Luke says. “Fine.”

Ashton blinks. “Really?”

“Did you think that wouldn’t work?”

“I—” Ashton’s face breaks into a smile. “I don’t know, not really, to be honest. Really? You’ll come?”

“Yes,” Luke says, and the delight in Ashton’s face makes up for the dread pooling in Luke’s stomach. 

Ashton shuffles around the table and presses a warm kiss to Luke’s cheek. “Thank you,” he says, warmth also bleeding into his voice. “I’m excited. You’re gonna like it.”

Probably not, but Luke keeps that thought to himself. He doesn’t need to rain on any more of Ashton’s parades.

-

Luke and Ashton are excited about Dupont Circle for different reasons. Ashton is basically vibrating out of his seat on the Metro as they approach their stop, where the parade is slated to begin at half past noon. It’s only eleven now, but that doesn’t seem to matter to Ashton. He seems confident that there will be enough Pride to satisfy his excitement without overwhelming Luke.

Luke’s just looking forward to the Krispy Kreme at the station.

They take the escalator out, and sure enough, there’s Krispy Kreme to the left. Luke grabs Ashton’s hand and yanks him towards the shop.

“Seriously? We’re at D.C. Pride and your priority is donuts?” Ashton says, but he allows Luke to tug him along until they’re at the door.

Luke turns to him and very seriously says, “Ashton, my priority is always donuts.”

“Yeah, that’s fair, I walked into that one,” Ashton mutters as they enter the store.

Five minutes and two donuts later, both of them exit, Luke munching contentedly on a strawberry-frosted donut (with sprinkles, of course) and Ashton carefully biting into his jelly-filled one. 

“Okay, starting now, we’re at Pride, and you can’t be a Negative Nancy,” Ashton declares.

“I promise not to be a Negative Nancy,” Luke vows. “I swear on this donut.”

Ashton beams. “Yay! Okay let’s go explore.”

You’d think this was Ashton’s first Pride for how excited he gets over everything. He stops at almost every stand, even though they’re all selling different versions of the same thing, and somehow manages to spark up conversation with any passing person who looks queer and interesting. Luke loves this about Ashton, how charming and outgoing he is, how he could befriend a vaguely human-shaped plant. People are drawn to him; Luke’s no exception. Ashton is very much the main character, even more so because he doesn’t seem to know it. He's just Ashton, and Luke loves him for it. Even when it means the halo of Ashton’s spotlight draws attention to Luke by extension.

Luke is not a charming, outgoing person. Luke is quiet and reserved. He’s never cared for the spotlight. Sometimes it’s a good thing that he has Ashton to pull him out of his shell a little. Sometimes he wilts under the scrutiny. It's a toss-up, but Luke appreciates that Ashton never stops trying.

Most of the tables selling merch boast shirts, hats, flags — the kind of thing you’d wear or own if you wanted to be loud and proud about your identity. Luke’s not really that kind of person. Luke’s way of coming out is to subtly slip into the conversation the fact that he has a boyfriend. Before he had a boyfriend, it pretty much never came up. Big, colorful flags have never been his cup of tea. 

And anyway, that’s only half of his identity. The other half never comes up, and Luke’s okay with that. It’s not like being ace is the kind of thing you can casually mention. It has to be a whole thing, every time, and Luke doesn’t want to deal with the whole thing, so he just doesn’t bother. Most of the time it doesn’t really matter. As much as Luke is able to fly under the radar, that’s what he intends to do.

“Hey, pins!”

Ashton is not like that.

“Luke, you like pins, right?”

The table they’ve stopped at is covered end-to-end with pins. Enamel or plastic, every single pride flag Luke has ever seen in his life is represented here, in a variety of shapes and sizes. The kaleidoscopic display is fun to look at, at least. There’s nobody behind the table at the moment, which means in theory it would be pretty easy to steal one, but Luke’s not like that, and even if he was he wouldn’t feel good stealing a pride pin from a small-business owner.

“I don’t really have an opinion,” says Luke.

“Ha,” Ashton says. “O-pin-ion. Haha.”

“I’m leaving you,” Luke says, turning away with a wry grin.

“No, come back.” Ashton grabs his wrist and pulls him closer, so Luke wraps an arm around his waist and rests his head on Ashton’s shoulder instead. “I like pins. They’re a very understated way of coming out.”

“Having a boyfriend is an understated way of coming out,” Luke replies.

"I resent you calling me understated," Ashton says in faux-indignance. Luke giggles.

“I’m so sorry, I had to run and grab some water,” says a voice, as a person bustles around them to stand behind the table. Their pink fringe is pushed back by a bandana and they’re wearing a jean jacket with so many pins and patches that the fabric is practically invisible. A sticker on the front pocket of the jacket introduces them as Alex, he/they :). “Can I help you with anything?”

“Just admiring the collection,” Ashton says brightly. “I love your jacket.”

“Thank you very much,” says Alex. “It’s been accumulating pins for about five years now.”

“Damn,” Ashton says, wolf-whistling. “That’s a good collection. I don’t have a good jacket for pins.”

“Wish I could tell you where I got mine, but it was a gift from my boyfriend,” Alex says. “I’ve heard thrifting is a good way to go.”

“You wanna go thrifting, Luke?” Ashton says, nudging Luke, who shrugs.

“Sure,” he says. He reaches for one of the asexual flag pins, a small enamel rectangle, and smoothes his thumb over the surface. “These are pretty nice.”

“You should buy it,” Ashton says. “Start a cool jacket. Then we could be matching.”

“You don’t have a cool jacket yet.”

“I know, but we could.”

“But neither of us have a cool jacket. So it’s not even—”

“Fine, ruin my fun,” Ashton harrumphs. To Alex, who’s watching them with amusement, Ashton says, “So how long have you and your boyfriend been together?”

“Oh, uh…” Alex’s gaze diverts to the air like he’s counting invisible numbers. “Six years? Almost? I think it’s gonna be six years in July.”

“Six years,” Ashton repeats in mild awe. “Holy shit.”

“Yeah, high school sweethearts, blah blah blah,” Alex says, smiling. They shrug. “Everyone thought we’d break up when we went to college, but when you know, you know. You know?”

Luke swallows. Ashton says, “Good for you. That’s impressive.”

“I like to think so,” Alex says. “What about you? Are you guys together?” He winces. “Should I not have asked that? I’m sorry, to be honest this is Jack’s business, I’m just running the stand because he wanted to go look around a little before the parade started. My boyfriend Jack, I mean. Sorry.”

“No, no, it’s all good,” Ashton says. He hip-checks Luke gently, which Luke takes to mean something like is it cool if I tell him? It’s nice that Ashton is asking, but Luke had kind of figured everyone would assume they were together because, you know, Pride, so he doesn’t really care.

“Yeah,” he says. “For, what, eight months?”

“Eight months,” Ashton confirms.

Alex grins. “That’s great, I love it. What are your names?”

“Ashton,” says Ashton. “He/him.”

“Luke. Also he/him.”

“It’s nice to meet you guys,” Alex says. “I’m Alex. He/they.”

“Yeah, your thing says,” Luke says, pointing.

Alex laughs. “You’d be surprised how many people don’t see it. Or they see it and think it’s just another decorative pin.”

“Do people wear pronoun pins as decorations?” Luke wonders. “That seems strange to me.”

“People are ineffable,” Alex says solemnly. Then he grins. Luke likes Alex. In fact, little though Luke’s actually spoken today, he likes most of the people whom Ashton has stopped to chat up. Queer people are so friendly, is what Luke is learning. It almost makes him happy to be here. 

Except now Alex’s words are ringing in Luke’s head, and he can’t stop hearing them. Everyone thought we’d break up when we went to college, but when you know, you know. 

Ashton’s going to college this fall. Luke’s managed to forget about that fact because it’s only June, but that doesn’t make it any less true. Ashton’s leaving and Luke’s going to finish his senior year alone and what if something happens to them? What if they’re fooling themselves thinking they can do the long-distance thing? What if they’re doomed already and this summer is just prolonging the inevitable?

“Well, personally I would love to buy a pin,” Ashton says. “Luke, choose one.”

“What?” Luke says, blinking himself out of his spiral. “Why?”

“I’m buying you one,” Ashton says.

“I don’t—” Luke bites his lip. He’s still fidgeting with the ace flag pin, and he kind of likes it. Maybe he can subtly come out in different ways. Maybe he can just wear it, and wait for someone to ask. Then it’s way less of a big deal because it’s not like Luke has brought it up. 

There’s enough shame in the world. Luke doesn’t need to add to it.

“Okay,” he says instead. He holds up the ace flag. “This one.”

“Great choice,” Ashton says, digging out a five to give to Alex. He hesitates, then pulls out a ten instead. “Actually, maybe I’ll also get one. Then we can actually match.”

“Right, with our matching jackets that don’t exist yet.”

“You know what, fine, we don’t have to match.” Ashton makes a face at Luke. “You can put your pin on whatever you want. It’ll go great with your all-black closet.”

“Shut up,” Luke grumbles. Ashton laughs.

“Hey, don’t knock the all-black,” Alex says. “Black is the new black. It’s fashion forward.”

“Not in eighty-degree June it’s not,” Ashton says.

“It’s seventy-five,” Luke protests. “And Alex is wearing a jacket!”

“Yes, but Alex is not my boyfriend, and we only just met,” Ashton says, grinning. “Also, their jacket is sick as fuck.”

“It is sick as fuck,” Alex agrees. “But I’m still siding with Luke here. You can’t go wrong with all-black.” For the first time, he seems to register Luke’s shirt, and his eyes light up. “Hey, Green Day! I fucking love Green Day!”

“You should be my best friend,” Luke says seriously, and Alex nods equally seriously.

“Hey,” Ashton complains. “I like Green Day.”

“Thank you for the pin,” Luke tells Alex. “Good luck with the, uh, you know, selling more of them.”

“Of course, anytime,” Alex says. “I’m pretty sure there’s a website on these business cards if you ever want to, I don’t know, browse?” They shrug one shoulder. “This is why I’m not a small business owner.”

“Cool,” Luke says, taking the card. He probably won’t use it, but you never know. 

“Nice to meet you, Alex,” Ashton says, as he and Luke start to walk away, fingers interlaced between them. “Good luck! Happy Pride!”

“You too! Enjoy the parade!” Alex says, waving.

Luke doesn't bother to inform him they're not staying that long; he and Ashton turn away and continue walking, Luke with his new pin clutched in his fist.

“They were cool,” Ashton says enthusiastically. “There are so many fucking interesting people here. God, I love Pride.”

Luke grips the pin tighter. The pointy back starts to hurt where it’s pressing into his palm. “Yeah.”

“Thanks for letting me get you something,” Ashton says. “I know it’s not really your thing, but I don’t know. I felt like we should buy something after we stood there for so long.”

“No, yeah, I agree.”

“On the bright side, they’re pretty cool pins.” Ashton holds his out like he’s assessing what he’ll do with it. “Maybe Michael has an extra jean jacket he never wears. I could ask him.”

Luke hums. Ashton glances over at him, eyebrows drawn together. “Are you okay?”

Luke's not supposed to say anything like this. He’s supposed to be positive because he promised he wouldn’t be a “Negative Nancy” and the sky is so blue that Luke would hate to be the reason for rain, but if he doesn’t say it then it’ll just keep ringing around his head until he can’t think about anything else.

“You’re not scared we’re gonna break up when you go to college?” he blurts out.

Ashton stops short and their hands break apart so Luke’s falls to his side. “Where’d that come from?”

“You heard Alex,” Luke says. “Everyone thought he and his boyfriend would break up when they went to college.”

“But they didn’t,” Ashton says.

“But that’s obviously unusual,” Luke counters. He swallows hard. “I’m just saying…aren’t you worried?”

Ashton tilts his head. “Do you want me to be worried?”

And yeah, a little part of Luke does. Only because if Ashton’s worried, it means he values their relationship enough that it would hurt him to lose it. But Luke knows that’s not really fair, and he knows Ashton loves him, even if he doesn’t seem worried at all.

“No, I don’t know. I just— I don’t know.”

“Are you?”

“I don’t know,” Luke says again. “I had pretty successfully managed to avoid thinking about it, but now…I don’t know.”

Ashton gently pries open Luke’s fist and runs his thumb over the red imprint the pin has left. Sheepish, Luke puts the pin in his pocket. As soon as his hand is free again, Ashton takes it, holding both of Luke’s hands in both of his own.

“I’m not worried,” he says quietly. His eyes are so sincere and his hands are so soft and Luke loves him and likes him and knows that to lose him would be a fate worse than death. “You must have missed the other half of Alex’s sentence. Remember? When you know, you know.”

Luke’s breath catches a little. “Yeah, but…”

“But what?” Ashton lifts a shoulder. “I already know, Luke. I’m in it for the long haul. So unless you meet some other guy who’s even awesomer than me and makes better puns, you have nothing to worry about. I’m not letting you get away that easy.”

Luke gazes at Ashton until the rest of the world falls away. “Oh,” he breathes.

“Okay?” Ashton quirks a smile.

Luke surges forward and kisses Ashton for as long as he can manage without passing out. It’s clumsy and sweet and Ashton’s hands tighten around Luke’s waist and Luke wraps his arms around Ashton’s shoulders and nothing else in the known universe matters except this.

When they finally break apart, Luke cracks a smile. “Okay.”

Ashton beams. He offers his hand to Luke again, and this time Luke takes it and doesn’t let go.

#luke hemmings #ashton irwin #lashton #lashton fic #5sos #5sos fic #fic #my fic #idk when im gonna post this but at the time of drafting it i am So Fucking Tired #i cant imagine that will be less true when i finally post it lol #i feel like im constantly tired lmao #but right now its 1am and i wanted to be asleep or like getting ready to sleep like.......an hour ago #and then i made a cup of tea instead #it's july 23rd (it's july 22nd but it's past midnight so. 23rd) #and i want sleep! #after i save this post to my drafts tho im gonna go start getting ready for bed #maaaaaaaaaan im tired #night yall #oh i hope you like this fiancee it occurred to me while writing that its hard to write an Ace Fic unless its about the Being Ace #which is not something i care to write about #usually characters just........are ace #so this fic plot was borne (born?) of that dilemma #ask #anonymous #fiancee anon #ETA i just woke up twelve minutes ago but fiancee said now so you get this now

[pastelwitchling]

A Forlex prompt with Kylex being best friends 💛 Kyle and Forrest meet for the first time. Kyle's protective, you can add your own twist if you'll like.

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               “So where’s the babe taking us?” Kyle asked, glancing over his phone as Alex came into the room, tugging his sweater down.

               Kyle’s eyes followed the sliver of naked skin between the hem of Alex’s sweater and jeans before it was gone, and his eyes fell back to his phone.

               “Nowhere special,” Alex chuckled. “Just the Crashdown.”

               “Exciting stuff,” Kyle said, and Alex, who had gone to stand in front of the mirror to try to flatten the wild strands of his hair (it wouldn’t work, and Kyle knew it), raised an eyebrow at him in the mirror’s reflection.

               “You know you don’t have to come, right?”

               Kyle scoffed, rolling over on his back, dropping a couch cushion onto the rug. “Well, that’s nice. After I so kindly offered to come along –”

               “Demanded,” Alex said. “I’m pretty sure the word is ‘demanded.’”

               “So kindly offered to come along,” Kyle said a bit louder, ignoring him, “to – I don’t know – finally meet your boyfriend, to look out for you, as all best friends should do, you treat me like some third wheel. You know, I have other things I could be doing with my nights.”

               Alex laughed. “I’m just saying, you’ve been moping on the couch all day.”

               “What, I’m not as thrilled at the prospect of watching you and Forrest make heart eyes at each other all night as you’d expected? Gee, I wonder why.”

               “And if you don’t want to come –”

               Kyle looked up at him from where he lay. “What gave you that idea?”

               Alex shook his head, smiling. Kyle blushed and lay back down, clearing his throat as he held up his phone again.

               When the knock at the door came, Kyle stood and Alex pointed at him, warning, “If you say anything –”

               “I’ll be the perfect gentleman,” Kyle said with his best smile, snapped a picture of Alex on his phone, and at the airman’s raised brow, shrugged. “What? I’m making memories here.”

               Alex rolled his eyes, but the smile never left his lips. When he opened the door, Forrest was on the other side, a large bouquet in his arms.

               Kyle leaned against the wall, his arms crossed. He searched Forrest’s face for any malintent, any indication that he was someone who wanted to be with Alex just because he needed him for something, but all he could see was love and admiration. Forrest knew he was lucky to have Alex, something Alex’s previous love interest severely took for granted.

               Okay, Blue Hair, Kyle thought. You win this round.

               Alex smiled down at the flowers. “Are those for me?”

               “Nope,” Forrest said, kissing Alex’s cheek as he walked past him into the house. He stopped in front of Kyle. “They’re for you.”

               Kyle blinked, slowly taking the flowers. “Me?”

               “You’re the best friend, right?” Forrest said. “You’re the one I’m supposed to impress?”

               Alex’s smile widened. “No, Forrest, you’re not supposed to –”

               “Yes,” Kyle cut him off, hugging the flowers to his chest, his chin raised defiantly. “I am. Let’s go, Alex’s Boyfriend. The Crashdown, was it?”

               “Kyle, he has a name,” Alex said gently, and Kyle looked over his shoulder at a very amused, yet very silent Forrest.

               “He’ll get a name when I decide he’s worthy of one.”

               “Are you channeling your inner Rosa or something?”

               Kyle scoffed. “That’s exactly what I’m doing. Rosa’s my sister, by the way,” he said to Forrest who was looking from Alex to Kyle inquiringly, “and she’d kick your ass if she was here. Be grateful that I’m a doctor. Now. Let’s go. The sooner we leave, the sooner we can be done.”

               On his way out, Kyle heard Alex brightly tell Forrest, “I think he likes you.”

               Dating was hard. Kyle would be the first to admit that. He’d thought accompanying Alex and Forrest would feel like homework, a man’s duty to his best friend. He’d thought it would be awkward and he would be ignored or left alone most of the time, but the longer he and the couple sat together, the more he realized that he was actually having fun.

               Alex was not normally a publicly romantic person, doing no more than blushing whenever Forrest said a kind word (and with such ease), and Forrest seemed to need nothing more than to reach across the table and take Alex’s hand every once in a while, as if to reassure himself that the airman was there and his. Aside from that, Kyle never felt as if they were forced to have him along, but as if they’d needed a night out with a friend, and Kyle had been their choice.

               Alex paid him the same amount of attention he always did, and Kyle felt himself checking Forrest to see his reactions. Unlike a certain cowboy, Forrest never once looked jealous or angry or annoyed that Alex had a friend. Instead, every time Alex looked away from him, Kyle caught Forrest staring at Alex fondly as he spoke, his eyes roaming over Alex’s eyes, cheeks, his lips. He seemed content to just watch Alex all day.

               Round Two, Kyle thought. Well played, indeed.

               Kyle had been enjoying himself, really, so when Michael walked into the diner, and took a seat at the counter, Kyle tensed. For a second, he thought that maybe Michael hadn’t seen them, but as the cowboy sat down, he glanced over his shoulder, right at Alex, taking off his black hat and setting it beside him.

               Kyle’s shoulders sagged. He was willing to bet that the only reason Michael had come in was because he’d seen Alex in the window. Alex and Forrest, thankfully, had been so immersed in conversation, laughing together, that neither had noticed Michael come in.

               Maybe he won’t come over, Kyle thought hopefully. He’d probably just sit there with his back to them, doing his best to stay hidden and watch Alex from afar, and Alex wouldn’t even notice him until they got up to leave. Then Michael pushed himself off the stool, and Kyle stood.

               “I’m going to the bathroom,” he said, making his voice seem casual as he slipped out of the booth. He made his way towards Michael, glancing over his shoulder to make sure Alex hadn’t seen him, and blocked Michael’s path before he could take another step.

               “Don’t even think about it, Guerin,” Kyle said under his breath.

               Michael smirked humorlessly. “Out of my way, Valenti.”

               He tried to step around Kyle, but Kyle blocked his path again. “He’s having fun, if you go over there now, you’ll just ruin that.”

               Michael poked his cheek with his tongue, looking thoroughly done with anything and anyone that was going to keep him from Alex. It was only now that Kyle realized Michael was more on edge than usual, and wondered what had happened that had made Michael want to seek Alex out. Then he wondered if maybe Michael had planned to go see Alex tonight, then caught him in the Crashdown window and came in here instead.

               Then Kyle glanced over his shoulder and saw Alex laughing, his cheeks red and his hands in Forrest’s, and he realized none of that mattered because Alex was finally enjoying himself, finally smiling and meaning it. Kyle remembered too well all the times Alex had sacrificed his own mind and heart for Michael. Always whatever Michael wanted, always Michael first.

               “Alex is gonna wanna see me,” Michael said, and began to push past Kyle again.

               “Yeah,” Kyle muttered, “yeah, he will.” He grabbed Michael’s arm and pulled him back. “But he deserves better than that.”

               Michael’s false smile fell away as he looked down at Kyle’s hand on him. When he looked up again, Kyle knew there would be an earthquake following.

               “He’s happy,” Kyle said. “He’ll see you tomorrow, for now, just give him this.”

               “Valenti,” Michael grit his teeth, “I swear –”

               “How much more do you need from him before you give him a break?” Kyle hissed, and Michael turned silent. “Guerin, he deserves better.”

               “So what?” Michael said, trying for a smirk but not quite managing it. “Give him space? Stay away from him? You’re gonna give me that speech? I’m not giving Alex up –”

               “I’m not telling you to give Alex up,” Kyle said, straining now to keep his voice down. “Honestly? I don’t think you can. I’m not even asking you to give him space. Just give him tonight. Give him a few more hours to be Alex before he has to be Captain Manes again.”

               Michael clenched his jaw so tightly Kyle was sure he would break it. His eyes were on Alex, glimmering as they always seemed to do when he was watching the airman, whatever he was feeling. For a moment, his muscles tensed beneath Kyle’s fingers, and Kyle feared he would pay for getting involved with an alien’s feelings soon.

               Then Michael yanked his arm free from Kyle’s grip, and, with a final look at Alex, turned around and stormed out.

               Kyle took a moment to steady his breathing before he returned to Alex and Forrest, sliding in next to his friend.

               ��You okay?” Alex asked. “You look pale.”

               Kyle’s heart was racing. The truth was he really did think Michael had been about to lose control, and Kyle had no idea what he would’ve done if that happened. He’d never seen Michael so angry, and not seeing Alex was probably only going to put some other piece of land at risk. Hopefully, it was somewhere Michael could cause earthquakes to his heart’s content without getting caught.

               “Yeah,” Kyle said, forcing his voice to sound brighter. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

               Alex clearly didn’t believe him, but he must’ve seen something in Kyle’s expression to know that any questions or further inquiries right now would not be well-received.

               He nodded, as if to say he would drop the subject for now, and said he needed to go to the bathroom himself. Kyle let him out and sat back down to find that Forrest was looking out the window, his expression dimmed.

               “Thank you,” Forrest said, and Kyle blinked.

               “For what?”

               Forrest sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. He looked as tired as Kyle felt. “I saw him staring at us through the window for half an hour,” he said, and Kyle’s shoulder sagged. So Forrest had known that Michael was there. “I tried to distract Alex so he wouldn’t notice. I didn’t know what to do when I heard the door open.”

               Kyle pursed his lips, looking out the window himself. Michael’s truck was already so small in the distance, and Kyle wondered how long it would be before he was banging on Alex’s front door.

               “Guerin has a temper, but . . . he’d never hurt Alex –”

               “No, I – I know,” Forrest chuckled wearily, shaking his head. “I just . . . wanted Alex to have a break tonight. Alien Guy can have whatever he wants tomorrow.”

               And the way Forrest smiled told Kyle that he meant it. Forrest seemed to know that Michael had barely managed to restrain himself tonight, that if he’d needed something from Alex, he would get it, and he was genuinely okay with it. Maybe it was because, like Kyle, Forrest knew what Alex and Michael were to each other, that wherever one was, the other was never far behind.

               Forrest, unlike Michael, knew the darkest parts of Alex and seemed to have no problem with loving him anyway.

               Kyle slumped back in his seat, his arms crossed. “Oh you’re good.”

               Forrest grinned, the tension at the table almost completely gone in an instant. “I did say I wanted to impress you.”

               “And you just went for the highest bar, didn’t you?”

               “Did it work?”

               Kyle tilted his head. “Michael Guerin is the one factor you’ll never be able to plan for. You do know that, right? Alex’s darkest point is Michael.”

               “Are you trying to scare me away?”

               “I think Alex has had enough empty promises,” Kyle said. “If you can’t handle it –”

               “Alex is worth it,” Forrest said, and Kyle fell silent. “He’s worth the Manes Legacy, worth the fear of loving someone who will always love someone else, and, yes, worth dealing with Michael Guerin. He’s worth all of it, whatever comes.”

               Kyle said nothing for a moment, not knowing what he could say, and Forrest raised a brow. “Impressed now?”

               Kyle scoffed, grabbing his milkshake off the table, unable to help the quirk of his own lips. “I’m mulling it over.”

#alex manes #forrest long #michael guerin #kyle valenti #forlex #forlex fic #malex #malex fic #roswell new mexico #roswell nm #tyler blackburn #michael vlamis

[thebipolarbisexualnerd]

Tarlos running into Carlos' ex on a night out

Okay so I know TK hasn’t been diagnosed with depression on the show, but that’s my theory.  I’ve had really bad anxiety brain the last few days so I kind of played off of that.  Hope you enjoy!! 

Their last call ran late so TK was late meeting up with Carlos at their favorite bar.  It was crowded as usual and TK glanced around but couldn’t see Carlos quite yet.  He ordered himself mineral water after waiting at the bar longer than usual.  He navigated himself away from the crowd and turned his attention to the back tables where Carlos was likely to be.  Sure enough he spotted his boyfriend at a back corner table, but he wasn’t alone.  There was another man standing close to Carlos, too close to be casual.  TK frowned and told himself there was probably an explanation for this.  An explanation that definitely explained the man’s hand on Carlos’s elbow squeezing gently.  

“Hey,” TK said loud enough to be heard over the crowd and kissed his boyfriend’s cheek in greeting.  Carlos smiled to see him and that helped put him at ease.  The other man didn’t look as thrilled to see him.  TK saw dark brown eyes looking over him with what he could swear was disapproval in them.  He had no idea who this guy was, but he didn’t feel welcome.  

“Hi babe,” Carlos subtly moved from the man’s grasp, but TK didn’t see any guilt in his eyes.  “This is Mark, I’ve known him for years.”

An old friend, TK could deal with old friends.

“We used to be close,” Mark supplied with a smile that was meant to be charming and TK supposed it was white enough and friendly enough but it made him feel off kilter.  “We were in the police academy together for a while.”

“Mark dropped out due to some health concerns,” Carlos explained with a grin to his friend.  “Mark moved down to El Paso after that so we lost touch.  He’s back in town for a long weekend to visit his parents.”

“It’s nice to meet you,” TK told him even though he couldn’t say he truly felt that way.  Something about Mark felt off to him and it took another hour for him to realize what it was.

Mark was an ex.

Neither of them had acknowledged it, but TK could tell by the looks and the casual way they were in each other’s personal space told him they once were used to being there.  It was why he felt so off being around them and like he was the third wheel.  They had inside jokes together and seemed to have endless things to talk about and all of a sudden TK viewed Mark in a different light.  

This guy used to be with Carlos, and it made him feel insecure in a way he wasn’t used to.

Mark seemed perfectly normal.  He was drinking and laughing with Carlos and didn’t have some dark and mysterious past to negotiate with every other minute.  TK had a lot of issues he struggled with each and every day and while he didn’t always tell Carlos about his ongoing battles he knew the other man could tell.  TK would get quiet at random times and go off into his own head.  He couldn’t touch alcohol and relax that way.  He hesitated to take even Tylenol when he was in pain.  He struggled sometimes to laugh and be carefree when Carlos had a night off from work.  Sometimes anxiety would wrap him in a tight blanket and every time he heard sirens he felt bad not being out there to help when he had a night off.  He wasn’t at all like Mark.  He was hard to love and Mark seemed like he would be so, so easy.  Mark’s parents were happily married after what was probably thirty years or more.  Mark didn’t have abandonment issues from not one, but two women walking out of his life before he was eighteen.  

What was Carlos doing with him when he could have a guy like Mark?  

“You seem tired, you wanna go home?” Carlos put a gentle hand on his hip and TK was too exhausted and caught up in his thoughts to even try and pretend he wanted to stay.  Carlos and Mark made plans to meet up for lunch tomorrow as well before Carlos would be back to work the rest of the weekend.  TK bit his lip and tried to be fine with Carlos meeting up with an ex.  He should be fine with it.  Carlos was the most trustworthy guy he could think of.  He had no worries of the man cheating, but he was worried that Carlos might realize he could do so much better than him.  

He went to bed as soon as they got home instead of joining Carlos to watch TV the way he normally did.  He was being stupid and insecure, but his mind wouldn’t let it rest.  Carlos might be happier with someone else and TK was being so selfish to tie Carlos down with him.  He was too damaged to deserve the kind of bright and happy love Carlos brought with him to a relationship.  Tears slipped down his face as the comparisons wouldn’t stop flowing through his thoughts.  He couldn’t bring himself to leave, but it was only a matter of time before Carlos found his way back to Mark, or even a new Mark, and left him behind to deal with his problems alone.  He would lose Carlos because of demons he couldn’t be rid of, and he wasn’t sure if he was ever going to get the opportunity to be happy.  

He held his breath as Carlos came into the bedroom and buried half of his face into his pillow to hide his ridiculous tears and tried his best not to sniffle.  Carlos shouldn’t have to deal with his anxiety monster tonight.  He had had a great time with his friend and probably had a nice buzz from the four beers he’d had tonight.  TK had no right to be a buzz kill tonight.  He was a big boy and could deal with his thoughts alone.  

“Carino, I know you aren’t asleep,” Carlos told him as he flicked on a lamp.  A warm hand rubbed his shoulder gently.  “What’s going on?”

“Nothing,” TK said, but he knew as soon as the word left his mouth that it wasn’t convincing.  His voice was wobbly with tears and the way he stayed facing the wall was a certain tell that he wasn’t okay.  

“You’ve been quiet all night.  I know something’s up.” Carlos’s voice was gentle and patient, but he wasn’t giving TK an out.  He still wasn’t fully used to someone pursuing him when he was upset, determined to help.  He could tell Carlos, but he didn’t want to ruin his good night because of his stupid anxiety.  “Come let me hold you at least.  I can’t leave you crying and not hold you through it.”

TK couldn’t hold out on that offer and he slowly shifted so that he was cuddled into Carlos’s side snugly.  The other man had an arm around him, rubbing his back gently as he hiccuped his way down from tears that wouldn’t stop falling from something so stupid.  “I’m fine, honestly.  I’m just being stupid.”

“Nothing that makes you cry is stupid,” Carlos murmurs to him with a kiss to his head.  “If you tell me I can help.  At least I can listen if nothing else.  Don’t bottle things up, it isn’t good for you.”

“It’s seriously the stupidest thing,” TK tried to stop crying so he could start to convince Carlos he was fine.  He wasn’t, but he would be when his anxiety calmed down and he got his rational mind back.  “Mark is...your ex isn’t he?”

“With those deduction skills you would have made a good cop,” Carlos sounded surprised he had figured it out.  “Yeah, we dated for a little bit before he moved away and we decided long distance wasn’t our thing.”

“He seems nice,” TK said slowly.  Telling Carlos he seemed normal was a little weird.  “He seems like he has a nice family and stuff.  Very All American Boy and all that.”

“I guess he is kinda vanilla,” Carlos said with a laugh and TK sighed.  

“So, is that your usual type?” TK pressed on, the anxiety fueling his questions by now.

“I don’t know if I really have a type,” Carlos said slowly and pushed him far enough away so he their eyes could meet.  “You didn’t like Mark?”

“I wouldn’t say that,” TK mumbled even though the truth was yes he didn’t like Mark for being neurotypical and wholesome and so damn simple.  “So, you guys had a nice and simple relationship?”

“Are you feeling insecure?  Is that what this is about?” Carlos was always quick to get to the crux of a situation.  He was going to make a hell of a detective one day.  

“I-” TK knew insecure was the word for what he was feeling, but he couldn’t explain that he wasn’t acting like some teenager.  “I don’t get why you’re with me.”  Oh shit, that was much more honest than he meant to be.  “Mark just seems happy and simple and you wouldn’t have to worry so much with him.  I know you worry about me.  I know I’m a lot to handle, too much some would say.”

“That sounds like an Alex thing to say,” Carlos said and TK would never get over the protective growl he got to his tone whenever his ex came up.  “Tyler, you are never too much to handle.  You are always enough for me, no matter what.”

“ “Los I can’t ever drink with you, or half the time I don’t even want to have sex because I”m caught up in stupid shit going on in my own head.  I have really dark days when I don’t want to do anything but stay in bed.  You can’t say I’m a bundle of fun.” TK protested all the thoughts that had haunted him laying in bed in the dark.  

“TK, you have depression,” Carlos said seriously and he took TK’s hands in his own.  “That isn’t going to scare me off.  That isn’t something you can ever control, only learn to live with.  You push through and help people even when your mind is making you feel like you’re in some dark hole.  You go out there and give your all each and every day.  I do worry about you, but I’m also endlessly proud of you.  I never felt with Mark half of what I feel with you.”

TK blushed at the compliments and loved how Carlos effortlessly put the voice in his head to rest.  “I’m sorry.  I just…  I don’t feel like I’m enough for anyone sometimes.”

“I love you,” Carlos replied, with conviction and feeling in his voice.  “You never have to doubt that.  I’ve never been with anybody that could compare to you and compare to what we have.”

“I love you too,” TK melted into Carlos’s arms again and felt the strain of his shift and his whirling thoughts bear down on him.  “Thank you for always being here.  Thank you for always being patient with me.  You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“You need to sleep,” Carlos said wisely as he started running a hand through his hair.  “I’m not going anywhere.  I’m here, my love.”

In a matter of minutes TK was asleep, secure in his love once again. 

#tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #insecure tk #they're cuties #poor tk #hope the tags work

[nettlestonenell]

Armie Hammer wants a sequel to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.—shouldn’t you?

This post is a long time in coming, Gentle Readers and @jammeke​, but now, though it might be here, before your very eyes, to think it will be well-laid out would be a mistake. It’s set to be just about as messy as Ilya’s misplaced loyalties and murky motivations.

How dare!

I probably first watched this film well over a year ago (courtesy @jammeke​ posting things about it). I used Sling OnDemand (I think on TNT). In the ensuing viewings I also watched it in that way, but as I was sitting down for a fourth(?) viewing, it kept coming to me that I was tired of watching it with commercials I couldn’t skip, and I had a sneaking suspicion that it had been edited for time and I was missing out on scenes. [pointless aside: I was also watching the film in chunks, and never as a whole]

Where is she now? What’s the time stamp? How far along did she get? Are you shagging the hotel hostess yet?

So, I, uh, set out to buy it on DVD—without any luck! In the sense that copies I could find cost more (w/ shipping) than buying it to stream. So, I bought it to stream on Amazon. Do I regret my choice, Gentle Readers? No, no I don’t. I do regret burden of knowledge in learning that TNT was already playing the entirety of the film. That was a hard pill to swallow.

Nope, I’ve looked. That’s absolutely everything. Nothing additional lurking around here...

So here it is, as it is, @jammeke, “My Notes on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”

Look, I don’t know what this film is. I probably can’t fully articulate its appeal. Or maybe I can--certainly after transcribing four page I’ve tried. Number One thing to know about me and fiction/films is that a top draw for me is seeing something out of the ordinary, such as beautiful locations, a historical era, delicious costumes. There are times, frankly, this can trump weak story and undefined character for me. (The best films, of course, combine all three) Certainly, The Man... delivers in the delight of the eyes. Additionally, I must confess that growing up as a person older than @reblogginhood​ but younger than Miss Fisher, so much of what was on TV was essentially reruns of this film’s iconic Look(tm). So, when I see women dressed like Gaby I am just another three-to-seven-year-old overcome with the drop dead glamour of it all.

Darling, tell me how you really feel...

Some questions I have:

·         IS Armie Hammer a hulk of a man? Everyone in this film seems to think so, yet he always tracks to me as trim (rather than hulking)

·         Why translate via captions some Russian speaking, but not all?

·         IS Napoleon’s backstory directly cribbed from USA’s White Collar?

·         DOES Gaby have a German accent?

·         Does Ilya get preternaturally attached to all the people he’s ordered to look after? Also, what is his bonding rate with kittens?

Sorry, wrong iteration. 

 ·         If Lady Villain knows the lens is wrong—if her technical understanding is that in-depth--does she really need Gaby’s dad to make the bomb?

·         How old was Gaby during the war?

·         What happens when Ilya gets a NEW puppy assigned to him? (please let this be addressed in film #2)

Hooray for:

·         That bathroom fight! *all the Burn Notice feels!

·         Gaby is her own lady, and chooses sides as necessary—not always unilateral in her support for either male character. Case in point: she sides with Ilya over the clothes, and Napoleon over the incident of the wallet.

·         That delicious (speaking as Rusty, here) Ocean’s 11-stylized action. It’s pretty, so I’m not bored with it. Sometimes a sandwiched montage gets shown, so I’m REALLY not bored. I’ve got 18 tiny moving boxes of things to look at!

·         Pinkie rings. There, you’ve told me everything I need to know about that character.

·         Solo in a beret. English has not yet found a word for the feeling it evoked in this viewer. Somewhere between ‘precious’ and ‘oh, no’.

See, there? Now you’ve felt it too.

·         Goggles! All the accessories! Dune Buggies! (I mean, that’s what I’m calling Napoleon’s chase-scene ride)

Things I adore:

·         It seems (after some research) that more than a few folks view Gaby as a third wheel, and though she’s not exactly a Princess Leia commandeering her own rescue and exuding competence and a deserved take-charge-attitude at every corner, she IS a foci for both male characters (though romantically it would seem only for one), just as Ilya is a foci for both her and Napoleon [no one seems to worry about Napoleon, though they should--film #2, anyone?]

·         Mechanic Gaby not needing a beauty makeover, or being dragged into one. She gets some nice clothes, but it’s never suggested that she’s not attractive or acceptable before putting them on, and I respect, nay, embrace it.

Oh, my heart. She’s still not as tall as them!

·         Ilya, drab pigeon Ilya, knowing fashion

·         Oh man, don’t even get me started on the power of the statement, “it doesn’t have to match”

·         You knew it was coming on this sublist: the wrestle-fight. I mean, c’mon. Poor little Gaby, locked behind the Iron Curtain, living a life of always being watched. She’s in the swankest hotel (I mean, Napoleon chose it, so we can be sure it’s swank with an E). She’s trying to celebrate her freedom, her liberation. She’s playing verboten music, she’s drinking to excess. Girl wants—and deserves—a party. And Ilya is…not built for that (that he knows of). For some fun, just imagine if she had been given Napoleon to room with instead.

                            o   I will say that this scene, and some of their other interactions have what I would call early (non-sibling) Luke and Leia energy. Ilya seems to have moments of being struck by Gaby in a way Luke is struck by Leia in the early part of the trilogy. When Leia takes charge, and Luke accepts it. When Leia does something incredible, and Luke is left open-mouthed. *no, I don’t see OT Star Wars in everything. Shut up.

·         “He fixed the glitch.”

·         Again, shout-out to the non-action action.

·         “I left my jacket in there.”

·         The whole race to rescue Gaby I am in love with beyond words. [I have noted it as “Crazy Jeep Drive with Warhead!”] Probably b/c it comes across as totally egalitarian. Both men want her rescued. They’re no longer in competition. It’s just as important to Napoleon as it is to Ilya to catch up to her. Also, it is bonkers, like some sort of X-games version of a commercial for the vehicles they’re driving. And screaming Willie Scott does not make an appearance.

         Someone says “winkle” out.

·         Look! Another note about the screen divisions and how I love it, shout-outs to the original Steve McQueen The Thomas Crown Affair (a contemporary of when this movie is meant to be set), and TV’s 24.

Things that get a great, big NOPE:

·         Jerrod Harris: you’ve been in so much streamable content in the last decade I can’t hate you, but frankly, you’re terrible here—unless you’re supposed to be giving a mannered, not-campy-enough-to-be-enjoyable performance here. Your American English puts me in the mind of Alex Hawaii 5-0′Loughlin where it feels you’re concentrating so hard on your accent that you fail to convince anyone that you’re a harried, over-worked and exasperated spy handler. Your performance is at odds with every bit of dialogue you’re given to say.

·         That awful, mishandled title that doesn’t even connect to the film until the final moments (a sequel set-up, for sure)

·         Look, you don’t introduce Hugh Grant casually mid-way through your film in a throwaway appearance. I mean, he’s HUGH GRANT we all know something’s up now.

·         This is not exactly a great big NOPE, b/c I love a flat cap, Tommy Shelby—but I feel like a less tall man with a far rounder face in a flat cap would track more as Russian to me that AH does. To me, he just looks like he’s about to go golfing.

Over par? Unacceptable!

·         Is Victoria a British-accented Italian? A British woman who married—what? Gaby’s uncle isn’t Italian!? An Italian who went to school in Britain? My head hurts. Also, is her hair meant to be unconvincingly bleached?

Other commentary:

·         Napoleon’s adult ne’er-do-well backstory is so far from being emotionally equivalent to Ilya’s childhood trauma [and his enslavement to the USSR] it seems bestial when he calls it out on multiple occasions. Badly done, Solo.

·         Gaby is the film’s key (sorry, Buffy fans). Everyone is connected to her. Yes, she could have been given a bit more on the character front, but I don’t see her as as much of a flaw in the film as some others/reviewers seem to.

·         Look, essentially (and not very nuanced-ly), Ilya is a stalker. I think the film goes a certain distance in establishing that his early behavior toward Gaby is not normal, but concurrently it does not truly call him out on it. He’s essentially viewed as an odd-duck, sure, but not a true threat to her (should she not reciprocate or tolerate his intensity toward her). I think I might be able to cite his behavior when Gaby comes on to him (that he doesn’t jump at a chance with her) that maybe he’s given a little more nuance than a straight-on stalker, and it helps that he and Napoleon never get into a pissing match over Gaby’s person, only over her new clothes. But overall the film has to walk a fine line (and the jury is still out on how successful it is, I’d say) between playing Ilya’s laser-like attention to Gaby for its humor, and calling it out for the unsettling, threatening behavior it is.

·         Honestly, it wasn’t until I engaged the Closed Captioning that I understood Napoleon was calling Ilya the ‘Red Peril’. So, that was nearly three viewings in.

·         I give the screen credits A+, on both ends. Not to mention the end credits are actually INTERESTING with lots to see and learn! (Certainly we learn more about HG in them than we do at any time during the film)

Things I would have liked:

·         More of fish-out-of-the-Iron-Curtain Gaby moments

·         A better dichotomy shown of East vs. West Berlin/Germany. There’s nothing easy either visually or otherwise to distinguish the two.

·         HC being given a more specific American accent (from an actual locality). This, for an American viewer, works better than the flat, unlocated American accent many a British actor will bust out. *Mind you, HC does a generally good job, but he fails utterly on both “Immediate” which he pronounces at least twice as “immeedeejt” [rather than imm-E-deeot] and “Nazi” as “NAHT-zee” [rather than “NOT-zee”]. And let’s not get started on that late in the film use of ‘earnt’, a word that—well, it’s just not in the American English twentieth century lexicon.

·         C’mon. You gotta tease the Hugh Grant more.

·         Solo is a blank before the war. I’ve read thoughts on the film calling out Gaby as the blank character, but they’re wrong. Solo is the blank. He’s the ‘made’ man, his identity seemingly assembled during the war and after. For example, he doesn’t go into the war a thief, nor (it would seem) a particularly educated or urbane individual. Now THAT’s a juicy backstory I’d love to learn about, perhaps in film #2--or #3? What creates a Napoleon Solo? What would he be doing if he weren’t on the government’s leash/incarcerated? Is anyone left caring about him back wherever he calls home? I mean, who doesn’t love a gender-flipped 60s-era Holly Golightly backstory? [And yes, I would love there to be an ex-wife or even a current wife mixed up in his origins as well—Guy Ritchie, call me!]

Notes I have that I’m not sure if they still make sense to me:

·         Only mom calls me Napoleon (do he say it ‘mum’?) Is he a secret Canadian?

·         Solo’s torture, 1st view recall Napoleon’s childhood? *I think this means that after watching the first time I somehow erroneously believed that during the torture Napoleon’s childhood was a topic gone over. This was wrong. HOWEVER, this would have made far more story-sense than the backstory we’re given on an easily disposeable villain.

·         “Even the average Russian agent. You’re special.” ?

·         Uncle is Baddie (*so glad I made this note to myself)

·         Ilya’s dad IS an embarrassment. I’m not sure what genius commentary I had in my mind, here. Perhaps that Ilya himself is embarrassed of him? Not just Ilya’s handler’s? [Also, aside: Napoleon totally slut-shames Ilya’s mom, which is the doublest of double standards from ‘I got myself the biggest and most ornate suite b/c I-wanted-plenty-of-space-for-my-random-seductions’ and I really wish Ilya had thrown that back in his face] *yes, of course I know that Ilya and Napoleon would not likely equate a wife/mother’s sexual exploits with that of Solo’s, but let’s be honest, this film tweaks the nose of (I won’t say reverses, it doesn’t go that far) plenty of tropes and gender expectations, and this certainly seems like a missed opportunity to call Solo on the carpet (which I hope film #2 does far more)

Things I wrote down so long ago I don’t recall what they mean:

·         CC-save

In conclusion:

What does film #2 look like? What title does it get? Will the Peter/Neil White Collar dynamic continue to grow? *note that I have no confidence a second film will ever come to pass...

In the end, all I know is, “It didn't help when American Tom Cruise, who was slated to play U.S. spy Napoleon Solo, dropped out, prompting the casting of Cavill (who had previously read for the Russian role).“ I would not have watched that film.

#tmfu #tmfu 2015 #ilya kuryakin #napoleon solo #gaby teller #henry cavill #armie hammer #alicia vikander #the man from uncle 2015 #the man from u.n.c.l.e. #the man from uncle #i don't know what this film's tags are meant to be to keep it from popping up in the TV series searches Sorry

[aliencowboyqueen]

FIC: Casual Sort of Love (Part 1 of 2)

Pairing: Kylex (Kyle/Alex)

Summary: "We don't need complicated reasons for having sex. Sometimes wanting to get laid is good enough." (And then they caught feelings.)

Rating: Teen and up (This fic is about sex but there’s nothing graphic)

RNM Week Prompt: Day 3 Fic Prompt: Quick and Dirty

Part 1

(Part 2 will be Day 7)

"Can we at least admit that was a waste of our time?" Kyle flops down onto the bed. Alex's bed, not the one on the other side of the motel room. He stretches out alongside Alex and his shirt rides up, revealing a slice of naked skin.

They spent two days driving to follow up on a promising lead only to find nothing. Alex does agree that it was a waste of time. But they couldn't have known that.

"Imagine, we could have been doing all the productive things people our age do on a Saturday night," he says sarcastically. "Get drunk, get high, get laid…"

A slow smile spreads across Kyle's face. "You know… We have everything here we need to get laid."

Alex blinks.

Kyle begins to tick off on his fingers. "Two adults capable of consent. A bed." He bounces on it lightly, enough for it to rock with an obscene sound. "Condoms…"

"You brought condoms to a recon mission?"

Kyle points to himself. "Do you thinks it's safe for a guy who looks like me to travel  without condoms?"

With a snort, Alex shakes his head. "Does that line work on anyone?"

"Is it working on you?" Kyle rolls onto his side to face Alex. His gaze moves down the length of Alex's body. Like he's actually looking. Like he actually likes what he sees.

"Do you want to have sex with me?" Alex asks. He isn't trying to hide the incredulity that creeps into his voice. The conversation is one of the most bizarre he's ever had. And his family hunts aliens.

"I think the more important question is, do you want to have sex with me?"

Alex looks Kyle up and down. There is no denying that Kyle is an attractive man. He might not be tall, but all his other physical attributes make up for that shortcoming. From gossip, Alex also knows he is not terrible in bed, at least with women. And he is one of the few people these days that Alex feels comfortable with. Strange as that might be, their history considered.

But out loud he says: "Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I want to sleep with every handsome guy I meet."

Kyle smirks. "So you admit I'm handsome?"

Alex surges forward and kisses him. It's a dare as much as it's a permission. He expects, in the back of his mind, Kyle to chicken out. To push him away.

Instead, Kyle's hand shoots up to the back of Alex's neck and pulls him closer. And in that instant, all Alex's barriers break and all he can think of is the feeling of someone's hands on his skin, someone's mouth on his own.

In the end, they never do anything worth getting those condoms. Hungry mouth and wandering hands, bodies moving together in blind search for pleasure. It's enough. It's more than enough.

Kyle's fingers twist in Alex's hair roughly, and he gasps Alex's name against Alex's skin and then it's all over.

Alex watches Kyle's face for a few minutes before he kicks him out of his bed.

"You look like a blanket hog," he justifies his decision.

ooo ooo ooo

They don't talk about it afterwards. Alex expects things to get weird and uncomfortable between them; he thinks Kyle will pull away in shame. But nothing shifts between them. The next day, Kyle leans brings him coffee and leans against his side while they study a map.

Things are normal from there on.

Until that time they almost die again.

Alex keeps his foot on the gas long after the gunfire is a just a memory. It's a marvel no one stops them for speeding, ridiculous as it would feel. He isn't sure either of them would be able to pretend they are not running away from a scene of disaster.

In the driveway, Kyle slams the car door shut.

He marches into the cabin without looking back, a stormy energy surrounding him.

Alex follows after his friend. He doesn't expect Kyle to spin towards him. Or hands grabbing his jacket. He instinctively braces for a fight when Kyle's mouth find his.

"I thought we were going to die," Kyle groans against Alex's lips.

And Alex's hands are grasping Kyle's shirt. A button snaps. He is pushed against the wall and when Kyle's thigh begins to work its way between his, he doesn't think twice about parting his legs.

They barely make it to the bed.

It's rough and life-affirming and all that matters is Kyle's hot breath and the beating of his heart.

They are alive.

Afterwards, they lay next to each other, not touching. Alex watches Kyle's chest rise and fall.

"I thought you were straight," he blurts out into the silence.

Kyle laughs. "So did I. Until the last year of college." Kyle grins as if he is telling a funny story. "My lab partner had the most addictive smile. And really nice hands. We went out a few times before we decided it wasn't going to work. But he opened my eyes to a whole scale of possibilities."

ooo ooo ooo

The third time, it's Alex's initiative.

"My favorite part of the decryption process," Kyle says sarcastically. "Staring at the screen for half an hour while the computer does its thing."

And Alex puts his hand Kyle's thigh impulsively. "I can think of something we could get done in half an hour. Possibly twice."

He is still testing the limits of Kyle's interest.

A grin breaks across Kyle's face. A few moments later he is holding a square of silver foil. "Isn't it lucky we wear the same size?" he asks when he hands it over.

ooo ooo ooo

"Why are we doing this?" Alex asks after the fourth time.

They're lying on the bed, the space between their bodies filled with hot air. Kyle's fingers are still mapping the expanse of Alex's skin, gently. His gaze follows his touch, his lips are curved in a soft smile. 

Alex doesn't feel like getting up. It's the post-coital laziness and not wanting the hassle of putting his prosthesis on again. But it's also the comfort of another person's closeness and the aesthetics of Kyle's head on his pillow. He could take this moment and live in it forever.

"We're adults, Manes," Kyle says and he looks away from Alex. "We don't need complicated reasons for having sex. Sometimes wanting to get laid is good enough."

Somehow, it doesn't satisfy Alex.

ooo ooo ooo

It's after the eighth or tenth time that Alex realizes they can't keep doing this. Not because he doesn't want to but because he keeps waiting for it.

Because this time it starts with Alex sitting behind the wheel of his car and listening to Kyle breathe and waiting, hoping, for Kyle to touch him. To give him a sign that when they reach their destination, they are going to get naked and their bodies tangled together.

Because it continues like this: Kyle's fingers outlining Alex's jaw, kisses down Alex's neck, mouth pressed right over his heart. And his heart beating just for this moment. Because he feels like Kyle is touching him, looking at him, and not just finding pleasure in a warm body.

Because it ends with Kyle's head resting on his shoulder and fingers tracing the base of Alex's ribs. Because Alex realizes he wants this. He wants to be a part of Kyle's nights and mornings. He wants to be the one Kyle thinks about when he is alone. He wants to be the best part of Kyle's day, because Kyle has become the best part of his.

The last – the only – person he's felt this way about was Michael Guerin. And he and Michael can barely talk now. Michael let himself care for Alex and paid the price for it and now he is as good as lost to Alex.

He can't lose Kyle, too. It hurt the first time, when they were kids. Now he needs him more. Not just as a friend but a partner; they work well together.

"This was the last time," he says at the same time as Kyle asks: "Want to grab a dinner?"

Kyle springs up to a sitting position. "What?" And oh, great, now Alex will have to have an entire conversation while looking for his clothes and putting on his prosthesis. That's one way his leg, or lack thereof, gets in the way of his life. It's difficult to just storm out of someone's bed. Fortunately, he's practiced in putting it on fast.

"I don't think we should be sleeping together," he says while pulling on the sleeve. Then, deciding it's not strongly worded enough, he amends: "I don't want to keep doing this."

"Did I do something wrong?" Kyle asks, his voice small but frustrated. His fingers touch Alex's shoulder.

Alex grabs his t-shirt and pulls it over his head, effectively throwing Kyle's hand off his body. "No," he says. "No, you've been great." He sighs. "I could give you a whole speech about it being me, not you, which is true. But we're not dating and I don't owe you one."

Kyle flinches and Alex instantly wants to apologize and explain himself. If he wanted to, he could kiss that sad expression right off Kyle's face and replace it with that look Kyle gets when Alex's places his mouth against his skin. A part of him wants to. He hates that he'll never get to do it again.

He hates the hurt in Kyle's eyes and how flustered Kyle suddenly appears.

But being direct and perhaps a little harsh will keep the conversation short.

"I like being your friend," he says. "You made the past few months not suck. But I don't think we should be adding benefits."

Kyle swallows. "Did I… I don't know… Push too hard? Did I come on too strong?"

Alex zips up his jeans. "I told you, it's me, not you. I can't keep doing this."

Kyle flops down onto his back. "Whatever, Manes," he says, staring at the ceiling.

Part 2

#rnmweek19 #roswellweek19 #kylex #alex manes #kyle valenti #rnm fic #myfic #a month without uploading comes back with a tag

[nickelkeep]

Timing and Opportunity

Honestly, Donna knew that Jody wasn’t that fond of her when they first met at the Sheriff’s retreat. She was over-friendly, trying to get back in the graces of her ex-husband Doug. So, she was surprised that with their initial meeting being so rough, Jody had stood up for her. She had told Doug off and given Donna reason to believe in herself. Then there was the whole incident with Vampires and getting a rude awakening to the world of supernatural things. Jody could have dumped her on Sam and Dean to get more of an introduction into Hunting, but she chose to take it upon herself.

They had exchanged numbers and other information before Jody left to go to Sioux Falls, but Donna didn’t expect much to come out of it. Perhaps an occasional check-in or to let the other know that there was a hunt in their area. When Jody’s first text was just a couple days later asking how she was doing, it was a pleasant surprise. They texted back and forth for an hour, that first time, just talking about little snippets of their day. Donna found out about Jody’s surrogate daughter Alex. Jody learned about Donna’s love of Karaoke.

When Donna had another case show up in her jurisdiction, the first person she wanted to call for help was Jody. She had her thumb hovering over the call button, but in the end, she called Sam and Dean instead. She found herself wanting to impress Jody. Calling her for help would be the last thing to impress her in Donna’s mind. The boys arrived, and they quickly helped her clean up the case involving multiple cursed objects. They also pushed her into giving a chance to her Deputy, Doug, who had unknowingly helped them get rid of the items.

After Sam and Dean had left, she texted Jody to talk about the hunt. There were congratulations: For figuring out what the issue was, for getting rid of all the cursed objects keeping the spirit stuck, and for getting back out there and dating again. But that last one bothered Donna. Doug was definitely a nice guy, even though he shared a name with her ex-husband. Jody mimicked what the boys had said. He deserved a chance, she deserved to be happy. But if you had asked Donna then, she wouldn’t have been able to tell you why she was upset that Jody was happy for her.

Despite Donna’s irritation with the whole scenario, she kept up a façade for their friendship’s sake. Jody had done nothing wrong. Donna knew that. And Jody didn’t deserve to be treated differently because of some weird feeling that she was having. So, their texting continued, and nothing appeared to be any different than usual. Until their routine changed.

Donna’s cell phone rang. It wasn’t a notification, it was actually ringing. Jody was calling, and unless something was terribly wrong, there shouldn’t be a reason for her to call.

“Jody?”

“Hey, Donna, how are you?”

“I’m doin’ alright, ya know. You?” Donna tried to sound casual, but she was unable to cover the concern in her voice.

“I’m ok, Donna.” Jody’s voice was calm and soothing, “But I want you to tell me the truth. Something’s different.”

Donna felt like the child caught with her hand in the cookie jar. “Whatcha mean?”

“I mean that you’ve been slower to respond. You’ve been giving shorter answers.” Jody paused for a moment. “Did I do something to upset you?”

Donna’s heart dropped. “No, Sunshine. I promise. It’s been kinda tense on my side the past couple of weeks since that hunt.”

“Everything ok with you and Doug?”

“Still new. Couple of Dates.”

“Donna,” Jody’s voice cut straight through to the point. “If you haven’t figured it out yet, I don’t have very many friends. Sure, I have the people in town, a few other hunters as acquaintances. But you’ve quickly become my best friend. Silly quirks and all.”

“Really?”

“Really. Which is why I’ve noticed something is up.”

“Just some stress. I promise.”

Jody let out a sigh. “Ok, but you also need to promise me that if something else happens, you’ll tell me immediately?”

“Yeah, Jody I will.”

“Good. Now. Tell me about your day.”

***

Their routine changed from there. They would tell each other their schedules for the week. They planned daily phone calls, even though they texted throughout the day. They also made time to spend the occasional weekend together, either at Donna’s lake cabin – which the brothers and Jody had now commandeered as a safe house – or Donna would happily make the eight-hour trip to Sioux Falls. The trips to Sioux Falls were more frequent, as Jody now had a second surrogate daughter, Claire. While both girls were old enough to be on their own – Claire went on hunts on her own – Jody was quite the bit of the mother hen.

Doug would joke when Donna and Jody were on the phone or were planning one of their meetups. He would state that he’s the third wheel in their relationship. That there was no coming between the two ladies. Donna appreciated that Doug respected their friendship. He always kept the jokes polite. Doug had told Donna once that she and Jody were like peas and carrots, peanut butter and jelly, or even thunder and lightning.

The comparisons always made Donna smile. Especially the thunder and lightning. They were fierce, strong women. Where one would go, the other would follow. Which made the phone call from Jody asking her to meet Alex at her cabin heartbreaking. Jody was going with the Winchester clan to take out the British Men of Letters. It was one of the few times they fought. Donna had pleaded to let anyone else go with the boys, but Jody wasn’t having it.

“Donna, you know they wouldn’t ask if they didn’t need me.”

“Please Jody, ya know I need ya too. There’s gotta be someone else who can help too.” Donna cursed herself for sounding needy.

“I promise to be safe. It’s not just me and Sam and Dean. Mary will be there, and we’ve got another 3 or 4 hunters too. We’re going to kick the Brits out of the States Revolutionary War style.”

“But you’re still worried enough to send Alex away.”

“Per the boys, they have Dossiers on us. On all of us. That means you too. We need to do this. If this information gets out, you know what that can do. Claire isn’t around, and I know she can take care of herself.” Jody’s voice broke. “Keep Alex safe. You’re the only one I trust to do this.”

“Dammit, Jody.” Donna willed herself not to cry. “Please be safe, ok? I’ll meet Alex at the cabin.”

“I will, and you will be the first person I call when it’s over, just like always.”

***

Jody had called again. The Brothers had gone missing, and she needed Donna’s help. As far as the two could tell, they had been hopping through rifts looking for Mary and Jack. Donna dropped everything and asked Doug to man the station.

Doug looked at her sadly but smiled. “Donna, you know I believe in soulmates, right?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s ok if I’m not yours, ya know.” He nodded towards the door. “Go help out Jody. Must be a pretty bad perp if she’s calling in the big guns from Minnesota.”

“Thank you, Doug.” Donna ran out to her truck and started the trek to Sioux Falls.

***

Claire’s loss had been Donna’s realization. Doug planted the seed but watching the pain that the young woman was going through nurtured the feeling that Donna could never figure out. It felt shitty. All Donna wanted to do was comfort the young hunter over the loss of her first love, but at the same time, she wanted to wrap her arms around Jody and tell her how much she loved her. She had almost lost Jody twice in such a short period.

She watched as Jody went to go comfort Claire. Would Jody even return her feelings? Why was she even thinking about this right now? Donna grabbed the broom and dustpan from the kitchen and started sweeping the glass from where the creatures had crashed through the front window. She had to stop thinking about it. As Donna swept the glass into the dustpan, another thought solemnly crossed her mind.

***

Doug.

Donna would have an answer about Doug just a few short weeks later. She had been trying to figure out a way to break up with him. She was always the one who was dumped. She never got to tell someone it was over. Hell, even at the Sheriff retreat when she was trying to rekindle with her ex-husband, Jody had been the one to end that relationship for her.

When Wendy was kidnapped, all hell broke loose. She called in a favor with Dean and Sam. While she wasn’t one-hundred percent sure it was supernatural, she wanted another set of eyes on the case with her. Doug wasn’t leaving her side either. She had forgotten about wanting to break up with Doug, she was laser-focused on getting her niece back. She didn’t think twice about telling Doug about the supernatural world.

When Doug was bitten by the Vamp, her heart had dropped. Her fear of losing someone she cared about was coming true. She and Dean were able to reverse the process, but all Donna could think about was what if that had been Jody. Sure, she would have been sad about Doug if he had been fully turned, but she could have decapitated him. If it had been Jody, she didn’t know what she would do.

After rescuing Wendy, Doug broke up with her. He told her that he loved her and thought that she was a “big damn hero,” but that he couldn’t be with her. He couldn’t be with someone that fought the monsters that hid under the bed. And Sam, bless him, thought that her tears were of sadness. He had witnessed the whole break up. He gave her a pep talk and said that it was best to let him go and let him be a civilian. She didn’t have it in her heart to tell him that he was wrong. She was the happiest she had been in years.

Now she only had to find a way to tell Jody that she loved her.

***

Donna called Jody on their lunch break. They had timed it almost perfectly today. “Ya know Jody, ya need a hobby.” Donna could imagine Jody’s eye roll perfectly. “Yer either working or yer on a hunt. It ain’t healthy dontcha know.”

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[ivarswickedqueen]

Fever - part 3

As I promised here is third part of Fever. Part 1 Part 2

Paring: Alex x reader x Marco

Word account: 1700 (I got a little carried away)

Warnings:NSFW, oral(male and female receiving), fingering. This is definitely 18+ fic

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It's been 10 days since you, Marco and Alex spent the eventful afternoon together. Unfortunately they were both very busy, so you didn't have time to hang out again. You missed them both. Not because of the great sex. They were your friends, you missed talking to them and spending time together. So when your friend Ida called you and invited you to Vikings wrap up afterparty in one of the clubs in Dublin, you happily agreed to come.

You arrived around 8 PM after work. You searched the crowd and spotted Jordan and Ida and walked to them.

"Hey guys" you greeted them.

"Hi, Y/N, you look amazing" Jordan smiled friendly and motioned you to sit on the chair next to him.

"How are you, Y/N? Long time no see."

"I am fine. But work's keeping me busy," you smiled softly at him.

"And I thought that it's your boyfriend, who's keeping you busy" he winked.

"I don't have a boyfriend Jordan," you blushed.

"That's a pity Y/N. It seems like the Irish boys can't appreciate you. Their lost," he winked at you and you turned to face Ida.

"Where are Alex and Marco?" you asked as casually as you could muster.

"They should be here any minute" she assured you.

"Speaking of the devil" she smirked and looked at someone standing behind you. Before you had a chance to turn around, someone covered your eyes.

"Hello Alex" you said immediately. You would recognize his fingers anywhere. They made you feel so good couple days ago.

"Wow Y/N, lucky guess" Jordan chuckled.

"I don't think it was a guess, Jordan. She seemed pretty sure that it's Alex" Ida said suspiciously.

"How did you know it's him?" she asked and you gulped nervously.

"I don't know, I just had a feeling that it's Alex" you gave her a lame excuse and saw the smirk plastered on Alex's gorgeous face. He knew exactly, why you recognized his fingers.

"Where is Marco?" Jordan asked and you were happy that he changed the subject and you were also curious, why he didn't arrive with Alex. They usually went everywhere together.

"He's with Annie," Alex said and you felt sting a of jealousy.

"Annie from costume department?" Jordan smirked.

"That Annie who's got the biggest crush on Marco?" he added and smiled smugly.

"Yep. She's helping him with something" he explained and watched your reaction.

"I am sure, she is" Jordan laughed and you felt your blood boil. What is wrong with you? You have no right to be jealous. He isn't your boyfriend. But you couldn't help yourself. You were grumpy for the rest of the evening and tried to ignore Alex and his knowing smirk. You took a couple of tequila shots and then decided that you want to have fun.

"I want to go dancing. Anyone want to join me? Alex?" you looked into his eyes, begging him to go with you.

"Sure Y/N. Your wish is my command" he finished his whiskey and followed you on the dance floor. You dragged him into the darkest corner of the club, so your friends couldn't see you. It was so dark that you could barely see Alex's face. He put his hands on your waist, pulling you flush against his incredibly toned body.

"Do you know, that jealousy doesn't suit you?" he teased you.

"I'm not jealous" you protested.

"Sure" he scoffed.

"So you don't mind that Marco isn't here?"

"Nope".

"You are bad liar, Y/N. You are staring at the front door the whole evening. You want him to be here."  

"No, I don't care what he's doing. He is a free man. And hey, when he's not here, you have me just for yourself, Alex" you purred in his ear, grinding your hips against his. You kept moving against him, leaning up and biting his jaw lightly, feeling him tighten his grip around your waist. You dragged your teeth down his neck and bit softly. Alex moved his hands up your sides, and nipped at your collar bone, causing you to moan softly. He bumped his nose against yours and tangled his fingers into your hair, tugging gently. He kissed you and you tighten your grip on him, kissing him back and rolling your body into his.

Alex's thick thigh nudged in between your legs, pushing your dress up a bit, and you’re sure he could feel how wet you are. You moaned into the kiss and bit his bottom lip instantly, in hopes of not drawing attention. You rocked desperately against him, pushing yourself against his thigh and you’re practically fucking on the dance floor. You rocked your clit against his denim-clad thigh. Alex controled the movement, pulling and pushing you against him so you can’t help but whimper with each pass of the damp denim against your core. You moaned his name loudly, your cries swallowed by the loud music. Suddenly you felt another pair of hands on your waist.

"Are you two having a fun without me, kitten?" Marco gripped your waist tightly, pressing his hard on against your ass.

"Yeah" you confirmed unable to say anything coherent.

"It seems to me, that you love Alex more than me, kitten" he pouted and pushed your hair aside, burying his face in the crook of your neck, peppering wet kisses and kitten bites onto your exposed skin. His grip on your waist tightened and he started grinding your hips harder down on Alex's thigh, helping you to ride it.

"He's taking care of me little bit better than you Marco" you moaned out and came all over Alex's jeans.

"Is that so, kitten?" Marco smirked and slipped his hand inside your soaking panties, making little circles around your clit with his eager fingers, not giving you a chance to recover from your high.

"I'm so sorry, I'm late. I wanted to be here sooner. I've been thinking about your tight little pussy since the last week, kitten. I can't wait to have you wrapped around my cock again. Please forgive me" he whispered in your ear, while his fingers played with your oversensitive clit.

"Can you forgive me, kitten?" he insisted and slipped two fingers into your dripping entrance.

"Please" he drawled, pushing his fingers deep inside you, his palm rubbing against your clit, hitting your G-spot with every thrust of his fingers.

"Yes, Marco, you are forgiven. Fuck" you moaned out. Alex watched you with predatory eyes, then crashed his lips on yours, swallowing your cries as you came all over Marco's skilled fingers. You were sandwiched between their hot bodies, they both rocking against you.

"Let's get out of here" Marco commanded and pushed you gently towards the exit.

"We can't just disapear" you tried to object.

"I'll send them a message, that you felt sick, so we are taking you home, don't worry Y/N" Alex said and pulled out his phone.

Marco sat behind the steering wheel and Alex pulled you to the backseat with him. Alex's hands were on you immediately, pulling you on his lap, your back against his chest. He hooked two fingers in your panties and ripped them off you.

"They were my favotire, Alex" you whined.

"I'll buy you as many panties as you wish, love" he pulled down his zipper and freed his rock hard cock. It sprang out, enormous and thick, ready for you. He positioned himself at your entrance, slowly easing you down. His size stretched you, filling you completely. He waited a moment to let you adjust to his size and then he started bucking up his hips in agonizingly slow pace.

"Fuck, Alex baby. Faster, please" you begged him and he obeyed you, moving his hands to grip your hips and started fucking you as hard and fast as he could manage.  

"Alexxxx" you moaned his name loudly. He pulled down your dress, revealing your rounded breast to Marco, who was peeking at you through the rearview mirror.

"You like that, Marco?" Alex said roughly.

"You like seeing our little girl getting nailed?"

Marco didn't say anything and watched your tits bounce up and down so intently, that he accidentally hit something on the road.

"Eyes on the road, Marco" you teased him, earning a pissed of look from him.

"Fuck, Marco, you were right. She's so tight, so warm. She's taking my cock so great. Cum with me, love. Let it go" he commanded and bit your shoulder as he spilled his hot seed in you, making you cum for the third time this night.

"I hope you didn't ruin my car seat covers" Marco said grumpily.

You got off Alex's lap and crawled into the front seat. Marco's hand was inside his pants, stroking his cock, and he tried to ignore you.

"Come on, Marco, we were just teasing you, babe" you smiled at him innocently, and bit your lip, when you watched him stroking his length from tip to base.

"Let me help you" you reached down between his legs, afraid that he won't let you touch him, but he didn't protest, when you swatted his hand away and wrapped your hand around his shaft.

"Pull over before you kill us all", you told him and took him into your warm mouth. Marco stopped the car, he groaned and rubbed his fingers against the back of your head as he closed his eyes and lifted his chin toward the car ceiling. You flicked your tongue along the top and dragged it down along his shaft. You took deep breath, sucking him as far as you could, beggining to go up and down on him slowly.

Alex got bored on the back seat, so he reclined the front passenger seat and lay on it, his lips and tongue found your pussy, and he started eating you out while you were sucking Marco's dick. You moaned around him, when Alex sucked your clit harshly, shooting sensations through him.

"Damn it, Alex, whatever you did to her, do it again. It feels amazing" Marco begged his friend.

Alex smirked and sucked your clit again, and made you cum for the forth time. You moaned loudly around Marco and he spilled his load into your mouth. You swallowed and pulled away.

"Damn it, kitten. You will be the death of me.” Marco smiled at you, kissing you lovingly.    

Part 4

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I Believe In A Thing Called Love, Chapter 4: All The Feelings That You're Making Me Feel

Secrets and stolen moments. They’re playing with fire, but it works.

Penelope x Schneider, One Day At A Time. Also on AO3.

“You just had to do it, didn’t you,” Schneider murmured in her ear, betting that if his voice was low enough, they wouldn’t be overheard.

She kept her eyes trained on the closed door and her expression perfectly blank. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Brushing past me in the kitchen. Biting your bottom lip when you knew I was watching. But really now...your hand on my thigh under the table? Low blow, Penelope. Not fair.”

The most astounding thing about the relationship Penelope fell into with Schneider was how easy it was. 

She didn’t have to be somebody she wasn’t, she didn’t have to try too hard. Schneider looked at her like she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, whether she was in a low-cut wrap dress or Cheeto-dusted sweatpants. 

And underlying all the rest of it, Penelope trusted him. So instead of being stressful or tiring on her busiest days, it was fun.

Neither of them was particularly good at keeping secrets, but her family expected them to spend time together. Penelope just became a little less specific about what exactly they were doing when she went to see him. And after all, was it really her fault if Lydia or Elena or Alex heard ‘getting in a workout’ and assumed they were spinning?

Schneider was more experienced with casual sex, but he followed her lead without protest--even though this time it hadn’t been his idea. And whenever Penelope braced for things to get complicated, he surprised her.

After their third evening together, he slipped a key into her hand, in a move she decided was way too smooth.

One moment Schneider was kissing her next to his front door, reluctant to let her leave--only the threat of Lydia's impatience made him pull back, fingers still resting possessively on her collarbone--and then Penelope felt the cold metal pressed between their joined hands.

“Anytime,” he told her quietly. 

Schneider must have seen the confusion on her face, the wheels that started turning, 'cause he kissed the tip of her nose and grinned. “I mean, you’ll still need to text first if you want to be sure I’m here...but this’ll be easier, right?”

“You don’t mind if I--”

“Pen. Don’t be an idiot.” He leaned down and kissed her until she relaxed. “You know where I keep the good water, so you can make yourself at home. Whenever.”

He grinned again as he stepped back from the door. “Just don’t look in my bedroom closet.”

Penelope raised an eyebrow. If it worried her, how much she wanted to linger there with him instead of going home, she wasn’t willing to think about it. “Porn?”

“Psh. Origami!”

She made a mental note to go looking for his origami stash at the first available opportunity--he was so weird.

Adorable and weird.

****

She was not entirely comfortable with how addicted to Schneider she got, how quickly. The way he was always in the back of her mind now, her need for him like an itch between her shoulderblades that wouldn’t let her relax. It made her feel like a teenager again, only worse, because she was forty years old and somehow she still had to avoid her Mami--and her kids.

But Penelope couldn’t remember the last time she was this happy, slipping out of her apartment on the weekends and interrupting his weird hobbies in the middle of the day. Seeing him several nights a week, coming home spent and glowing and only a little bit guilty.

Didn’t she deserve to be happy? Didn’t her best friend--who she had threatened with bodily harm if he ever used the phrase ‘junk buddy’ in her direction--whisper those exact words to her while he was wrapped around her, noticing the way doubts crossed her face if she thought too hard about what they were doing?

There was a part of her that knew Schneider was worth more than stolen hours and secret glances, so much more...but he didn’t push. He didn’t even mention it. She was too grateful to wonder why.

Her eyes met his furtively during dinner hours, both of them aware that if they weren’t careful, somebody was going to figure it out. One night when Penelope went to her room after they cleared the table, he followed her.

“You just had to do it, didn’t you,” Schneider murmured in her ear, betting that if his voice was low enough, they wouldn’t be overheard.

She kept her eyes trained on the closed door and her expression perfectly blank. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Brushing past me in the kitchen. Biting your bottom lip when you knew I was watching. But really now...your hand on my thigh under the table? Low blow, Penelope. Not fair.”

“That’s quite the accusation.” Her hands found their way to his chest, under the grey button-down he was wearing.

He never had to get dressed up to eat with them, and God knew she didn’t need him all fancy...but for some reason it was driving her crazy. 

“Schneider,” Penelope said against his ear, just the slightest hint of a whine in her tone--and he had to stop himself from doing something stupid right there, with her thin walls and unlocked door offering them no security at all.

He let himself have a moment anyway, just one, his fingers sliding down her back and his mouth teasing hers. Payback for the evening of mild torture, before Schneider shook his head and stepped away. “You know we can’t,” he reminded her softly. “Not here.”

“Yeah.” She breathed out her frustration, closing her eyes and indulging the briefest fantasy of pulling him into her bedroom closet--then let it go. If they wanted to be openly together, they'd have to come clean with her family...all of whom would be expecting an actual relationship.

The idea terrified her. 

****

“So...casual,” Penelope said, her head pillowed on his chest on a Saturday afternoon.

Penelope had told her Mami she was studying--she’d drilled herself on vocab for chemistry on her way upstairs, so it wasn’t a total fabrication--and let herself into Schneider’s apartment.

He had to make excuses and leave Elena on building maintenance, but he was there three minutes after she texted. 

“Hmm?”

Schneider was running his hand over her bare back absently, small soothing circles. He always seemed to be in motion, even during quiet moments, something Penelope was surprised she hadn’t noticed before they started this.

“The whole casual thing,” she elaborated, covering a yawn. It was so decadent, stealing time in the middle of the day. She could get used to it. 

“What about it?”

“Can we...” She paused, searching for the right way to phrase it. “I mean, you and I, keeping it easy, you know I love it.”

Schneider kissed the curve of her shoulder. “Penelope, I’m not doing this with anybody else--if that’s what you’re trying to figure out how to ask.”

“Oh.”

“And before we have to go fifteen rounds on the specifics,” he added, pressing kisses up her neck until he reached that spot behind her ear that drove her crazy, “I’m not doing anything with anybody else.”

“Mm. Okay.” She arched back a little to give his mouth better access, then refocused. “Me neither, in case you wondered.”

“I didn’t.” Schneider chuckled when she glared at him. “I know you, Pen. You would’ve told me.”

“You’re probably right.” She pressed her lips to his before returning to his chest with a happy sigh. “Exclusive, then.”

“Casually exclusive,” he agreed, wrapping an arm back around her and settling in. 

“Casually exclusive.” Penelope tested the feel of it, and smiled. 

It sounded nonsensical on the surface, but it fit.

Just like her and Schneider.

****

“Has anybody seen my math notes?”

Dinner was over, but the family was still spread throughout the living room. Penelope was starting to get worried; she could have sworn she’d set them on the kitchen counter.

“Hey!” 

All eyes turned to her. “I have a test tomorrow and I need those notes. A little help, please?”

Schneider nodded and left Lydia on the couch where she’d been helping him practice his Spanish. “I’ll check the kitchen.”

“I already looked there.” Penelope sighed. “Check the hall table? Maybe they ended up in a drawer.”

“Somebody should search the couch,” he offered as he left. “It likes to eat stuff.”

“Mami?”

“Your papers are not in the couch, mija,” Lydia replied. “But yes, I will look.”

Penelope decided her bedroom was a possibility, and headed in that direction. Her door wasn’t shut all the way, which gave her pause long enough to realize that Schneider wasn’t in the hall anymore. 

When Penelope entered her room, there was no sign of Schneider. She thought for a moment maybe he had slipped out down the fire escape. He could have learned that trick from her Mami.

But as soon as she stepped inside, Schneider shut the door, from his spot standing behind it. 

“So that’s where you were hid--”

She lost the rest of her sentence when Schneider kissed her.

He swallowed her words, then her moan, his fingers digging into her hips where they stood.

With his eyes still shut, Schneider moved her toward the closed door, so slowly that when her back hit it, there wasn’t even a muffled thud. Just silence--and his hands were everywhere, more frantic than usual.

Penelope lost her capacity for rational thought for a few endless, dizzying seconds, meeting his eager mouth with hers and dimly hearing the click of her doorknob as Schneider locked it.

“God, Pen, you smell so good tonight,” he told her, kissing the nape of her neck and following that with the graze of his teeth.

“Schneider. What are we doing?” She whispered, pulling him away from the door.

“I just need...I just need a minute,” Schneider breathed against her ear. “I’ve missed you, Penelope. It’s been too long.”

“Ay, I know. School is kicking my ass and Dr. Berkowitz needed me to pick up hours after Lori left, and the kids are...”

“I get it. I didn’t think you were blowing me off,” he told her, leaning down to touch his forehead to hers. “I just needed this.” 

“A makeout session in my room?”

“You, in the nearest location at the soonest available opportunity.” Schneider grinned. “Which in this case, was your room. Not that I wouldn’t love to make good use of this particular location,” he added with a nod toward her bed. 

“I’ve missed you too,” Penelope admitted, running her hands up the front of his clingy ‘athleisurewear’ shirt. “Maybe I could come over tomorrow. After dinner.”

Schneider sank into kissing her, lingering for a dangerously long time before he answered. “Yeah, I’m not busy.”

She was breathing hard now, but she tugged him down for another kiss. It was weird, wasn’t it, how much she really had missed him? Considering she still saw him for dinner most nights. And breakfast some mornings. And most weekend afternoons.

Like the last time he found her in her room, this was where they had to stop. This was the line between playing with fire and burning it all down.

Penelope could feel all the lean muscles in Schneider’s back through his ridiculous outfit. The itch to touch him was back; she ached.

She didn’t stop.

To his credit, Schneider tried a little bit harder than she did, pulling away to reach for her hands and halt their restless motion.

“We should head out.”

“I still haven’t found my notes,” she pointed out, standing on her toes to reach him.

Her tongue was teasing Schneider’s, and he would never have admitted it but in the dim light of her room, Penelope was certain she saw his eyes roll back in his head.

Schneider’s control was not easily snapped. In so many areas of his life, he had to avoid making even small mistakes because they could easily turn into big ones. 

Penelope loved that about him, actually, the sacrifices he made and the effort he put in, to be sober. To stay safe. 

So she couldn’t claim she seduced him into anything. When Schneider gripped her shoulders and moved her further from the door before he slid his warm hands under her shirt...it was a deliberate decision.

And honestly, the fact that he made the conscious choice to give in? 

Super hot.

She barely had time to blink before Schneider had her on top of her bed, then on top of him with those moves that always reminded her he was a yoga guy.

“You know we can’t actually,” he whispered before he pressed his mouth to the hollow of her throat.“They’re all out there. And you’re loud.”

Penelope laughed against his neck. “I know. Maybe I needed a minute too.”

Schneider stroked his hands down her stomach, looking up to grin at her when she shuddered. “Oh, and I stole your math notes. They’re under your pillow.”

“What?” She blinked at him until his words registered. “Wait--what?”

“I figured you might want to grab them before you leave.”

“You stole my notes?”

He kissed her surprised face. “Yep. Had to get you alone somehow.”

“Schneider! I almost had a heart attack looking for those.”

“You can punish me tomorrow,” he replied blithely, shifting her off him. “Time to go.” 

#alvareider #one day at a time #penelope x schneider #schneider x penelope #odaat #alvareider fic #alvareider fanfic #odaat fic #odaat fanfic #one day at a time fanfic #one day at a time fic #my fic

[like-a-bag-of-potatoes]

My Saviour - Part One

A/N: I finally have enough chapters of this finished so that I can start posting. I will be posting once a week and I'll try and stick to mondays, but I can't guarantee anything. I need to thank my beta @thorne93 for still keeping up with me, you are awesome and I would be thoroughly lost without you. Feedback is highly appreciated since I practically live for the stuff.

This story is going to be a very bumpy ride, with a lot of angst, pretty much in most chapters. The reader is in an abusive relationship. I will warn properly for each chapter, and do my best to tag it properly as well. But if you are easily triggered, this might not be a series for you.

This is also an AU. Dean is a doctor, Sam is a lawyer. 

Characters: Dean Winchester, Reader, Alex (OMC mentioned)

Wanings: Mentions of abuse, low self esteem, language, Dean being a doctor (yes that's a warning)

Wordcount: 2170

MASTERPOST

You were sitting in the emergency room, one arm carefully cradled in the other, wondering if it was the third or fourth time you had broken that same arm. You could hardly feel the physical pain of it anymore, and on the inside… you were just numb.

You sat there and looked around the near empty room, some informative posters on the walls, some pamphlets on a stand in the corner, several year old magazine littering the few tables, and a half dead plant near the entrance. You had gotten pretty familiar with this room over the past few years, and you imagined that at some point you would get immune to the smell of disinfectant, and the deafening quiet in the room… but no. The smell still made you queasy, and you had read through all of the magazines at least twice.

As you sat there and waited, like you had done so many times before, you wondered how your life had come to this. After you graduated high school, you had decided to take a year off before you started college so that your boyfriend, Alexander, could move with you to wherever you wanted to study. He had gotten an internship at his dad’s construction company that was set to start right after graduation, but he promised that after that year, he would come with you wherever you wanted to go. You made your peace with that and started your own job hunt.

It didn't take long before you got a job at a local bar, The Lucky Leprechaun, as a waitress, a job you still held to this day, and you were happy back then. You and Alex were perfect at that point, and madly in love. Two eighteen year olds, living alone, working, partying, it was the dream. Time flew by and before you knew it, it was time to send in your college applications, and not long after that came the great news that you had been accepted to Stanford University to study law. You were ecstatic.

You and Alex had started packing up your belongings, even found a place to live right off campus, when his father died suddenly. Heart attack. Alex was an only child, and now all of a sudden the CEO of his own company. There was no way he could just leave. After a lot of research, plenty of phone calls, and many sleepless nights, you had managed to postpone college for another year, while the two of you tried to save up some money.

Two year's turned to three and then to five, and before you knew what was happening, you were married. Alex bought a house that the two of you lived in, he bought your car, he paid the bills. You were in charge of shopping, cleaning, cooking… it was like you were stuck in the 50’s. Things changed, Alex changed, you changed, and now you were sitting in the emergency waiting room and you had no idea how many times you had been here.

“(YN) (YLN)?” The friendly voice calling your name snapped you out of your thoughts and you stood from your chair to follow the nurse through the double doors and into exam room four. There was no need for an introduction since you had met her before, on several occasions. You hopped up on the tall examination table and sat quietly while she checked your vitals.

The red haired nurse left when she was done, reassuring you that the doctor would be with you shortly. You sat on the table, your legs dangling off the edge, your hand resting carefully in your lap. The clock on the wall showed 11.30 pm and you found yourself zoning out as you listened to the steady ‘tick, tock’ as time went by.

Fifteen minutes later, the doctor came in, knocking softly before making his way over to you.

“I'm Dr. Dean Winchester,” the man said, extending his hand for you to shake, but quickly realizing his mistake. “Oh, sorry about that,” he said, looking down at your arm.

“That's okay. I'm (YN),” you said politely.

“Are you okay to place your arm on this table here?” Dr. Winchester asked, looking into your eyes. He had the most amazing green eyes you had ever seen, and a few freckles dusting his nose. You hadn't noticed that when you were in school together.

You didn't say anything, it was enough just trying not to cry from pain as you carefully maneuvered your arm up on the small table. It was hard to keep a straight face as Dr. Winchester was examining your arm, lifting it slightly, twisting it carefully from side to side, a frown etched on his handsome features.

“I think it's safe to say that this is broken,” he said, ridding himself of his gloves and throwing them away. “But I need to know exactly what we’re dealing with here, so I’m gonna send you to get some x-rays done, and then we’ll get that arm fixed.”

**

Within the hour, Dean found himself analyzing the x-ray pictures. It was a clean break, and should be an easy fix, but that was not what had caught his attention. It seemed to him like your arm had been broken before, not just once, but three times, almost at the exact same spot. Something didn't seem right about this, but right now his job was to patch up his patient.

“Definitely broken,” he said as he walked back into the exam room you were in. You looked startled when he entered, your head snapping towards him as soon as he spoke. “Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you,” he said apologetically.

“It's okay. Just lost in thought I guess.” You shrugged.

“How are you holding up? Did you get anything for the pain?” he asked as he started gathering what he needed to put a cast on your arm.

“I'm fine. I got some pills that I can take when I get home,” you said, watching him retrieve equipment from a cabinet in the corner.

“But you haven't taken any now?” he asked, looking at you over his shoulder.

“No, I have to drive home after this, so I rather wait,” you explained.

“Are you sure? This is probably going to get very painful without any pain relief. You don't have anyone that can come pick you up after?” Dean asked, pushing a small, metal table with everything he needed over to where you were sitting.

“I'm sure. I drove here, and I need to take my car home.”

“You drove here? With a broken arm?” he asked, his eyebrows shooting up in surprise. You just nodded. “Wow…You’re tougher than I am,” he said with a slight chuckle.

You didn't have any response to that.

Dean sat down on one of those small chairs with wheels on them, wheeling himself over to you. “You ready?” he asked, looking up at you.

“Yup.” You quickly averted your eyes from his, making him frown for just a second before he started working on your arm.

“I don't know if you remember this, but you and I went to highschool together,” he said, trying to distract you a little from what he was doing.

“I remember. You were a couple of grades above me though,” you answered, keeping your eyes on what he was doing with your arm. You tried your best not to flinch as he pulled the fabric on to protect your skin from the cast.

“So you noticed me, huh?” he asked, shooting you a cocky grin.

“You were captain of the football team. Everyone noticed you,” you answered. “I haven't seen you around town though,” you noted, trying to keep the conversation going, to keep your mind away from the constant pain shooting through your arm.

“I just moved back here a couple of months ago. I studied medicine at Stanford, and then I had my residency at a hospital in L.A,” he explained. “Once my residency ended, I realized just how much I missed home.”

“Yeah. No place like home, right?” you asked, sarcasm lacing your voice. Luckily Dean didn't pick up on that.

“Right. So, how have you been?” he asked, still keeping his eyes on what he was doing.

“I've been good. Husband, house, work…” you summarized.

Dean's eyes snapped up to meet yours, confusion evident on his face. You had a husband, but had to drive yourself to the emergency room at 11 pm? He thought back to your x-rays and an uncomfortable feeling settled in his stomach. Although, there could be several reasons that your husband couldn't drive you, he could be at work, or out of town.

“You want to tell me how you broke your arm?” he asked as casually as he could.

“That is a long, embarrassing story,” you said simply. Over the year's you had gotten pretty good at covering up your injuries as common household accident, so the lies just rolled off of your tongue.

There was an awkward silence that settled between the two of you after that. Dean worked on your arm, and you kept your eyes glued to the floor now. You wondered if he knew. If he could tell by the fracture what had really happened. It was one thing when the doctor treating you were someone you had never met before, it was an entirely different thing when it was someone you used to go to school with, someone who knew who you were.

“Aaand… done,” Dean said as he fastened the bandage around the cast. “How does that feel? To tight? To loose?” he asked, turning towards you.

“Feels alright,” you said truthfully.

Dean placed your arm in his palm, looking at the fingers that were peeking out. “Can you move your fingers for me?” You did as he said. “Great. Any discomfort at all?” You shook your head. “Awesome. Then you’re good to go,” he said, a smile playing on his lips.

“Thank you Dr. Winchester,” you said politely, jumping down from the examination table you were sitting on.

“I suggest you take it easy for the next couple of days at least and keep it elevated as much as you can in the next twentyfour hours, just to minimize the swelling,” he started. “And you can call me Dean,” he said.

“Can I still go to work?” you asked, worry evident on both your face and in your voice. Not that you would mind a couple of days off, but going to work was the only thing that got you out of the house these days.

“That depends. What is it that you do for a living?” Dean leaned against the table you had just been on, his arms crossed in front of him, his legs crossed at the ankles.

“I'm a waitress,” you said, looking down at the floor. In that moment you felt ashamed of your job. Not that there was anything wrong with being a waitress, but Dean was a doctor, and you were a simple waitress in an embarrassing uniform, that had given up law school to serve food and drinks for handsy customers.

“Then I would recommend taking a few days off,” he said simply. Noticing the expression on your face he continued. “I can write you a note for work. Just for a couple of days or so.”

“Okay,” you said, feeling a little defeated. Work wouldn't be a problem, you had worked there for ten year's now, and you had been a model employee since your first day. It was being home you were scared of.

“Where is it that you work? I've been looking for good places to eat.”

“The Lucky Leprechaun. It's more of a sports bar than a restaurant though, but we do serve the best burger in town.”

“I'll remember that,” Dean said, winking at you.

“Thanks for patching me up, Dean,” you said, offering him a small smile before opening the door.

“Happy to help,” he said, mirroring your smile. “It was nice seeing you again, (YN).”

“You too.”

**

Dean didn't have any more patients after you, which was a nice change of pace. In L.A there was never a moment to sit down. It was a massive hospital, just the E.R alone was larger than this entire hospital, and even though he enjoyed the high tempo, it was nice to be able to follow up his patients properly. As soon as you had left, he pulled up your file on his computer, the suspicion he had in the pit of his stomach kept gnawing on him, and he wouldn't be able to rest before he knew more.

It didn't take him long before he regretted that decision though. Four fractures in your right arm. Multiple accounts of bruised ribs. Several concussions. And all of this in the past five years.

“Son of a bitch,” he said loudly to himself, anger pumping through him.

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NYC’s New Restaurant Openings (2)

If you tried to keep track of every brand new restaurant in New York City, you might go a little bit crazy. So just read this list instead. These are the new restaurant openings that seem like they have the most potential - although keep in mind, for the ones we haven’t tried, we make no promises. Go forth and be a pioneer.

We’ll be regularly updating this post. Once we check out a great spot, we’ll add a note so you know where to read more about it - in our Hit List and Bar Hit List.

february  Alex Muccilli Thai Diner $$$$ 186 Mott St

Lower Manhattan has a cool new diner to get excited about, this time from the people behind Uncle Boons. Thai Diner is currently serving Thai breakfast and lunch until 4pm every day, including a dish with five nouns we like a lot: Thai tea babka French Toast. No need to freak out if you don’t spend daytime hours near Nolita - they’re extending dinner hours soon.

 Don Freeman American Bar $ $ $ $ American  in  West Village $$$$ 33 Greenwich Ave Not

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This week in bad SEO news, there’s a new restaurant from the team behind Cafe Clover called American Bar. While it might be hard to find on Google, you will be able to find things like jumbo shrimp cocktails, wedge salads, and meatloaf for two if you come here.

Dolly Varden $$$$ 302 W 51st Street

Language is hard. For example, Dolly Varden is a type of trout, the name of a character in a Dickens novel, and now it’s also a two-story bar in Hell’s Kitchen. So next time you’re name dropping this new jazz age-themed cocktail bar, make sure you clarify.

 Hakata Zen Hakata Zen $$$$ 31 St Marks Place

After a 12-month closure, this Japanese hot pot place just reopened on St. Marks. Hakata Zen specializes in motsunabe hot pot - a red or white broth typically made with intestine, chives, cabbage, and tofu.

 Doma Doma $$$$ 120 1st Ave

Another East Village spot that stays open late is Doma, which is from the same people behind Tang Hotpot on the LES and The Tang on the UWS. This restaurant serves a mix of traditional Korean food (like seafood pancakes and bibimbap) and not-so-traditional Korean food (like kimchi arancini and gochujang octopus with grits).

Money Cat Vietnamese Kitchen $$$$ 554 Wilson Ave

Money Cat is a Vietnamese restaurant in Bushwick where you can order things like summer rolls, brisket pho, and banh mi filled with Chinese sausage. The space looks about as casual as a cafeteria - mostly because they have the same picnic tables you sat in during high school lunch period.

Top Thai $$$$ 55 Carmine St

The West Village has very few casual Thai spots in the neighborhood. So if you live in the area, take note of Top Thai Vintage on Carmine Street.

Factory Tamal East Village $$$$ 63 E. 4th Street

If you spend time on the LES, it’s possible you’ve been meaning to check out Factory Tamal for a while now (or you go every other Sunday morning for breakfast sandwiches and tamales). Consider their new second location in the East Village a further incentive to get involved with a chipotle chicken tamale.

Indika House $$$$ 943 Broadway

Indika House is a casual Indian restaurant in Bed-Stuy, right across from the Myrtle Broadway subway station. The menu seems pretty straightforward (full of dishes like biryani and vindaloo), and we can only describe the walls as having a similar aesthetic to the Rainbow Road level in Mario Kart.

Citizens Of Soho $$$$ 201 Lafayette Street

Did anyone ask for a new place to get charred broccoli bowls and lattes in Soho? Likely not. But if you work or live in the area, this location of an Australian cafe chain is here for your light meal needs.

 & Sons & Sons $$$$ 447 Rogers Ave

If you’re into wine and charcuterie, you’ll probably want to become a regular at this new Prospect Lefferts Gardens wine bar, which specializes in American country ham. It’s owned by an ex-sommelier from The French Laundry in Napa Valley who also used to run the beverage program at Per Se, which is to say, you should expect to learn more about great wine (and ham) in this tiny, brick-walled room on Rogers Ave. Just keep in mind that, for now, & Sons is only open Thursday through Sunday.

 Raffaele De Vivo Bar Camillo $$$$ 333 Tompkins Ave

The people behind Locanda Vini & Olii and Camillo, two solid neighborhood Italian spots in Brooklyn, just opened a third spot in Bed-Stuy where you can drink negronis and eat Italian food. They specialize in Roman-style pizza called pinsas, but you can also order things like baked cacio e pepe and beef short ribs here.

Dashi Brooklyn $$$$ 119 Ingraham St.

Eat outdoors at Smorgasburg all winter if you want to. But first, you should know that the team behind a couple of regular vendors at the weekly food fair (including a fried chicken truck and a pho bar), just opened an all-day Japanese comfort food place in East Williamsburg. To no one’s surprise, you can find a fried chicken sandwich and pho on the menu, but there are also some donburi rice dishes, sandwiches, and avocado toast served with an optional $6 slab of hanger steak.

 Rome To Brooklyn Pizza $$$$ 755 Grand St

There’s a new slice shop in Williamsburg where you can get toppings like blueberry and pancetta, or pear and gorgonzola on your pizza. And if you’re looking for a sit-down lunch or dinner, you can grab a seat at one of the two-tops inside and think about adding a rosemary focaccia panini, hellboy panzerotti (essentially a fried calzone from the heel of Italy’s boot), or a beef-filled arancini to your order.

Strings Ramen $$$$ 188 2nd Ave

Our good friends at The Infatuation Chicago love Strings Ramen, so we’re happy to see that the first NYC location of this counter-service spot just opened in the East Village. In this small dining room on 2nd Avenue, you can get things like duck ramen in pork bone broth for lunch, dinner, or just before you go into hibernation for the next three months.

 Evan Sung Da Toscano $$$$ 24 Minetta Ln

The Italian spot Perla in Greenwich Village was an all-time Infatuation favorite until it tragically closed several years ago. Now, the team behind Perla is back in the same space with their new restaurant Da Toscano. You can expect to eat unusual dishes like octopus carpaccio, veal parm, and a giant porchetta chop wrapped in pork belly here.

 Quality Bistro $$$$ 120 W 55th St

The people behind Quality Eats, a chain of steakhouses trapped in cool restaurant bodies, just opened a huge new French brasserie in Midtown. Quality Bistro has a few luxury hotel lobby-sized dining rooms where you can eat steak frites and stare at hundreds of framed bird photos lining the walls.

Taqueria Al Pastor $$$$ 128 Wyckoff Ave

Taqueria Al Pastor is a new counter-service Mexican spot with a meat spit in the kitchen, which makes us confident that they’re serious about tacos. This small Bushwick restaurant has only a few counter seats, but the al pastor tacos served with hand-made corn or flour tortillas seem good enough to eat standing up.

 Jose Solis Paisley $$$$ 429 Greenwich St

If you’re looking for a new place to have a business meal in Tribeca, this new upscale Indian restaurant could be a solid option. The chef at Paisley used to cook at Tamarind, another upscale Indian spot that’s just a few blocks away, where we like the fish curry and paneer lababdar.

 Industry City Wakuwaku $$$$ 269 36th Street

Sunset Park is one of NYC’s great food neighborhoods, and some of its best dishes can be found in the food court at Industry City. Wakuwaku is a new sit-down, yakitori in Industry City’s Japan Village, and if you’re in the mood for pork katsu or unagi eel around lunchtime, this is where you’ll find them. Just keep in mind that for now, it’s only open from noon to 3pm, Wednesday through Sunday.

Masti Indian Grill $$$$ 184 Havemeyer St

There’s a new neighborhood Indian spot in Williamsburg that seems like a promising option to keep in mind the next time you’re craving goat curry or lamb biriyani in the area.

 Little Ways Little Ways $$$$ 343 W Broadway

Little Ways is another ’70s-inspired cocktail bar from the people behind Flower Shop. This new place also has two floors, with a full restaurant on the first, and a cocktail lounge on the second where you can get natural wine or something made with beet-infused mezcal, and more mid-century modern furniture than you can find in any warehouse in Red Hook.

January Bar Goto Niban $$$$ 474 Bergen St

The team behind Bar Goto, where we go when we want to pretend we’re at a tiny bar in Tokyo for a few hours, just opened a new, slightly-larger bar in Park Slope. The new location has different bar snacks and Japanese-inspired cocktails than the original, but you can get their incredible miso wings in this dimly-lit, wood-covered room near Barclays Center.

 Signe Birck Kissaki $$$$ 319 Bowery

Kissaki is an upscale omakase sushi spot with a colorful space on Bowery. For $160, you get 12 pieces of nigiri plus four small plates.

Two Wheels $$$$ 426 Amsterdam Ave

Two Wheels is a new counter-service Vietnamese spot on the UWS where you can get pho, banh mi, and vermicelli noodles in a white brick-walled room that looks like a mini Sweetgreen. It’s open from 11am to 10pm and (unlike when you add too many premium toppings at its salad chain doppelgänger), nothing on the menu costs more than $15.

Sushi Ishikawa West $$$$ 207 W 80th St

The UES location of Sushi Ishikawa made it into our guide to Where To Eat Omakase Sushi In NYC For Under $100, but the second location from the same team is slightly more expensive. This new UWS Japanese spot offers a 15-piece sushi omakase option for $125 or a 16-piece option for $155.

La Tavola Della Nonna $$$$ 208 W 70th St

If you’re heading to a show at Lincoln Center soon and want to make dinner plans somewhere nearby, consider trying La Tavola Della Nonna. This brick-walled Italian spot on the Upper West Side looks like it could be a solid option for pizza and pasta in the neighborhood.

 Kettl Kettl Tea $$$$ 348 Bowery

If the green tea packets from your office cabinet aren’t keeping you awake anymore, you can get the strong stuff, straight from Japan, at Kettl in Noho. This is the second NYC tea shop from the Kettl team, but it’s the first to offer things like a four-course green tea tasting, tea-based gelato, and hot tea from a to-go window on Bowery.

 Dan Ahn Jua $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Flatiron $$$$ 36 E 22nd St Not

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Jua is a new upscale Korean spot in Flatiron that offers a nine-course tasting menu for $95. It’s from the team behind Her Name is Han and Atomix which leads us to believe that the BBQ short rib and truffle jjajangmen will be well worth the money.

Somtum Der $$$$ 380 Van Brunt St

Somtum Der is one of the best Thai spots in the East Village and now that the people behind it have opened a second location in Red Hook, we’re hoping we can say the same for this South Brooklyn neighborhood.

Izakaya Toribar $$$$ 164 E 56th St

This new Japanese izakaya on E 56th Street in Midtown East looks like a good spot to eat things like skewered eggplant, pork belly, and short rib on a causal weeknight. And if you also want to get drinks with your snacks here, Izakaya Toribar has a long sake list and some good-looking cocktails.

 Antony Magne Casa del Toro $$$$ 626 10th Ave Ph B

There’s a new Mexican restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen that looks like the dimly-lit lair of someone whose goal in life is to take over the world by way of a five for $20 taco deal. You’ll find this and dishes like queso fundido and elote on the menu at this casual sit-down spot on 10th Ave.

Dun Huang Miss Noodles $$$$ 531 Myrtle Ave

If you’re a fan of noodle soups and wall art involving majestic wildlife, this new Lanzhou noodle house in Clinton Hill could become your go-to for a casual weeknight dinner in the neighborhood. Dun Huang Miss Noodles serves good-looking bowls of hand-pulled noodles in a small room with red leather booths and a deer mural that could be a film still from Pocahontas.

 Eleni's Eleni’s $$$$ 226 3rd Ave

Eleni’s is a new, all-white, Greek restaurant in Gramercy that’s decorated with rope chandeliers, sailboat murals, and small (definitely artificial) olive trees. If you’re looking to eat seafood dishes like lobster pasta or octopus with a group in the area, this spot might be a good fit.

Ms. Ohho $$$$ 146 Nassau Ave

If you’re looking for a Brooklyn coffee shop that also serves good food, try Ms. Ohho. This new Korean counter-service spot in Greenpoint is only a few blocks from the Nassau Ave G stop and the menu has things like japchae, bibimbap, and kimchi stew.

Sanpoutei $$$$ 92 2nd Ave

If you’re the kind of person who prefers your ramen served on the saltier side, you’ll probably like Sanpoutei. This casual ramen place has several locations across Asia and specializes in soy sauce-based broth. Now that it’s open on 2nd Avenue in the East Village, you can come here for lunch or dinner in the neighborhood.

 Liz Clayman Torien $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  NOHO $$$$ 292 Elizabeth St Not

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Torien is a new upscale yakitori spot in Noho from a chef who is the George Clooney of grilled skewers in Tokyo. And even though his apprentice will actually be the one preparing the $150, 13-course yakitori omakase, dinner here will probably be incredible.

 Melissa Homm Piggyback $ $ $ $ Thai ,  Filipino  in  Chelsea ,  Koreatown $$$$ 140 W 30th St Not

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The people behind Pig and Khao have opened a new restaurant in Chelsea with dishes influenced by the Philippines and Thailand. There’s a big wraparound bar up front where you can eat things like Hainanese duck and curry puffs with a date. If you come here with a larger group, try to get one of the big tables in the back room.

We checked out Piggyback and added it to our Hit List.

 Chubby Princess Chubby Princess $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Financial District $$$$ 200 Water St Not

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One of our most recommended restaurants in the city, Málà Project has opened a second Chinese spot in Fidi. But instead of dry pot, at Chubby Princess you’ll find dishes like spicy noodle soup, dumplings, and mapo tofu. If this place is anywhere near as good as Málà Project, it could likely make our guide to The Best Places To Eat In The Financial District.

 Peter Bonacci Sushi By Bou $$$$ 218 Newark Ave

We’re fans of the $50, 12-piece omakase at Sushi by Bou in Flatiron, so it’s comforting to know that a new location just opened in Jersey City. It looks like a strong contender for our new guide to The Best Restaurants in Jersey City.

 Sally's $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  Caribbean  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 151 Tompkins Ave Not

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If you like Sally Roots, you’ll probably be into Sally’s, a new Caribbean spot in Bed-Stuy from the same people. It looks like a good spot to drink tiki cocktails and eat things like curry crab rangoons and jerk pork bowls for dinner - and like Sally Roots, nothing on the menu costs over $20.

 Jiang Diner $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  East Village $$$$ 309 E 5th St Not

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Jiang Diner just moved to a new location around the corner from its original spot in the East Village. Unlike the first version of this Chinese restaurant, the new place is counter-service, so it’s a good option if you’re looking for some quick congee in the area.

 Peoples Wine $ $ $ $ Wine Bar  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St

A new natural wine bar from the team behind Contra and Wildair has opened inside of The Market Line (a big food court on the LES that also just opened a few months ago). Peoples Wine seems like a good spot to drink and learn about wine or just snack on things like lobster pasta and cream puffs. Plus, if you like something you drank at the bar, you can buy one to take home.

 Rachel Vanni Ernesto's $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 259 E Broadway Not

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A chef who used to cook at Frenchette has opened his own upscale Basque restaurant on the LES - it has exposed brick walls, leather chairs, and a chandelier that looks like a map of the solar system. Dishes like grilled Iberico ham, lamb-stuffed peppers, and monkfish with clams and salsa verde look promising.

We checked out Ernesto’s and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Verōnika $ $ $ $ European  in  Flatiron ,  Gramercy $$$$ 281 Park Ave S Not

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Veronika is a huge Eastern European place with high ceilings in the new photography museum in Gramercy. It’s from the people behind Le Coucou and Upland, and you can expect dishes like pierogies with caviar and veal schnitzel here.

Tiki Chick $$$$ 517 Amsterdam Ave

Tiki Chick is a new bar on the Upper West Side from the team behind Jacob’s Pickles and it looks like a strong contender for our guide to 15 Uptown Spots That Feel Like Downtown Spots. If you’re looking for a place near W 86th St. to meet someone who you might take on a tropical honeymoon in the future, consider getting mai tais here.

 Boca Santa $ $ $ $ Mexican  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 480 Madison St Not

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This plant-covered Mexican spot in Bed-Stuy looks like a convenient and affordable way to eat things that you’d otherwise have to fly over 2,000 miles to try. Plus, all of the vegetarian-friendly Mexican dishes here, including dishes like chicharron and butternut squash quesadillas, cost less than $15.

 Rachel Vanni Bergamo’s $$$$ 26 Vanderbilt

Bergamo’s is a new cocktail bar in Midtown East that could be a good option for eating small plates and getting drinks near Grand Central Terminal. We wish our office had the same dark wood paneling and huge brown leather couches.

 Alison Alison $$$$ 1651 Lexington Ave

Alison is a neighborhood restaurant in East Harlem where we’ll probably eat some oysters and a burger alone at the bar on a Tuesday night. There are also some good-looking pancakes and a smoked salmon croissant available here during weekend brunch.

 Industry City Oldies $$$$ 946 3rd Ave

If you’re looking for a good cocktail bar in Industry City, try Oldies. It’s from the people behind Angel’s Share, but instead of button downs and vest, the people making your drinks here will be dressed in jeans and button-downs. Plus, Japanese bar snacks like corn tempura and salmon sashimi here look promising.

Anassa Taverna $$$$ 28-10 Astoria Blvd

Anassa, a Greek spot that works well for a Last-Minute Group Dinner in Midtown East, has opened a second restaurant in Astoria, which looks like it might also work well for a spontaneous dinner in the neighborhood.

 Luis Paez Clover Hill $$$$ 20 Columbia Pl

If you close your eyes and imagine a small, neighborhood spot in Brooklyn, you’ll probably see something similar to what you’ll find at Clover Hill. It’s a white brick-walled room with bay windows and indoor plants where you can eat a crepe or some clams with potato and onion soup everyday till 3pm.

 Max Lau The Deco $$$$ 231 W 39th St

There’s a new food hall in Midtown where you can eat everything from a panini at a new spot from the people behind Maman to a chicken salad sandwich on a fancy Hawaiian roll. The Deco is open every day from 7am to 9pm.

Goodman's Bar $$$$ 745 Fifth Avenue

Two people who used to work at Eleven Madison Park are now doing drinks and bar snacks at this new cocktail bar on the second floor of Bergdorf Goodman’s in Midtown. There’s a long marble bar inside where you can order a negroni and bar snacks like beef tartare or chicken liver mousse while pretending to be the kind of person who does this kind of thing a lot.

DeCember  Liz Clayman Pips $$$$ 129 Atlantic Ave

The team behind Colonie in Brooklyn Heights has opened this natural wine bar right next door to their restaurant on Atlantic Ave. Pips looks like a casual spot with concrete walls and plenty of bar stools where you can sip from a glass of unfamiliar wine and snack on chicken liver or soppressata.

 Noods n' Chill Noods n’ Chill $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 170 S 3rd St Not

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This new Thai cafe in Williamsburg is from the same family that runs Look by Plant Love House and it might be good enough to make our guide, Where To Get Brunch If You Hate Brunch. On Saturdays, Noods n’ Chill serves Chinese-Thai breakfast specials like rice porridge with stewed pork and cabbage omelettes from 11am to 4pm, but you can also get lunch or dinner here Tuesday through Sunday.

We checked out Noods n’ Chill and added it to our Hit List.

 Tabaré $$$$ 1006 Flushing Ave

For years, Tabare in Williamsburg was one of the few places in NYC that served Uruguayan food. But now, the team has opened a second location in Bushwick, which means you can get dishes like chivito completo (filet mignon on a sandwich with egg, bacon, ham, and cheese) for dinner before a night at Elsewhere or House of Yes.

 Emmy Squared UES $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 1426 3rd Ave Not

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You can now relive your childhood pizza party dreams at the third NYC location of Emmy Squared on the UES. The next time you’re looking for square pizza above 79th Street, try a margarita pie here.

 Queen Queen $$$$ 247 Starr St

Queen is a casual new Meditteranean spot in Bushwick with patterned tile floors and small wood tables that you and your friends can crowd with mezze, hummus, and meat skewers. Since nothing on the menu here costs more than $20, this could be a solid affordable group dinner spot.

 Tom Kordenbrock The Awkward Scone $$$$ 1022 Broadway

If you like eating breakfast burritos and using other people’s wifi, you might like this new cafe in Bushwick. The menu at The Awkward Scone involves a variety of New Mexican-style breakfast burritos full of things like green chile and hash browns, plus some good-looking pastries to enjoy with your free internet connection.

 Tina B Foto Pasta Al Forno $ $ $ $ Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 167 7th Ave S Not

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The team behind Fiaschetteria Pistoia has opened a new baked pasta spot in the West Village where you can get a slice of baked ziti and lasagna bolognese for $14 to $18. This counter-service spot also has vegan options and is open from 11am to 11pm daily.

Bar Bête $ $ $ $ French  in  Carroll Gardens ,  Cobble Hill $$$$ 263 Smith St Not

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The curved archways and globe pendant lights inside this new French-Canadian spot in Carroll Gardens make the space look like the inside of a spaceship — a friendly, neighborhood spaceship where you can eat dishes like potatoes made with duck fat and steak tartare with a side of quail eggs.

We checked out Bar Bête and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Bathhouse $$$$ 103 N 10th St

Bathhouse is an upscale Eastern European restaurant inside of a Costco-sized spa on 10th Street in Williamsburg. The head chef used to work at Eleven Madison Park, but now he’s serving borscht, duck legs, and boar sausage stew for lunch, dinner, and brunch inside a white brick-walled space with more indoor plants than windows.

Yafa $$$$ 4415 4th Ave

This new coffee shop in Sunset Park is serving Yemeni breakfast dishes like BEC samboosas and shakshuka all day, plus lunch options like lamb stew and fried chicken after 10am. Yafa Cafe is on the same block as the 45th Street R-stop so if you’re looking for a cafe with not-boring food, you might want to try this place.

 Nitzan Rubin J. Bespoke $$$$ 121 E 27th St

If you’ve ever wanted to watch sports in a bar that serves an Old Fashioned with a spritz of chartreuse perfume, you’ll probably love J.Bespoke. This upscale cocktail bar in NoMad happens to have several TVs playing streams of people chasing a ball, but you could use it for anything.

 232 Bleecker $ $ $ $ American  in  West Village $$$$ 232 Bleecker St Not

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This is an upscale, ingredients-focused spot in the West Village from the team behind the counter-service chain formerly known as Dig Inn. The chef at 232 Bleecker used to work at Gramercy Tavern, but now she’s focusing on chicken, pasta, and vegetables.

 Phong Do Ama Raw Bar $$$$ 190 Avenue B

The East Village has a new raw bar that serves seafood with Japanese, Thai, and Chinese influences. Ama Raw Bar has a $1 Oyster Happy Hour from 5-7pm Monday through Friday and if you’re looking for something to do after work in the neighborhood, you might want to check this place out.

 Mokyo Mokyo $$$$ 109 Saint Marks Pl

Mokyo is a Korean tapas spot in the East Village from the team behind Thursday Kitchen and like their first restaurant, this new one looks like a very nice garden apartment. If dishes like the duck fried rice, ceviche, and meat skewers at Mokyo taste as good as the food at Thursday Kitchen, this could become one of the best new restaurants in the neighborhood.

 Heidi's Bridge Soho Diner $$$$ 320 W Broadway

The next time you’re craving pancakes at 4am, try Soho Diner. This new 24-hour spot in the Soho Grand Hotel serves breakfast all day, plus diner classics like milkshakes and disco fries for lunch and dinner.

 Grand Shanghai House $$$$ 9 Pell St

Grand Shanghai House is a new dumpling spot in Chinatown that’s in the old Joe’s Shanghai space. (Don’t worry, Joe’s Shanghai just moved to Bowery.)

 Sarah Duffy Leo $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 318 Grand Street Not

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The people behind Ops have opened another pizza place in Williamsburg where square slices are the house specialty. You can pick up a slice in the cafe or sit-down in the full restaurant and enjoy dishes like potato croquettes, lasagna, and tiramisu, plus lots of natural wine.

 Noah Fecks Banty Rooster $$$$ 24 Greenwich Ave

A chef from Miss Ada and the owner of a Latin spot we really like in Denver have opened a new Southwestern restaurant in Greenwich Village. The Banty Rooster is in a large, white brick-walled space and the menu has things like short ribs, albondigas, and roasted squash.

We checked out Banty Rooster and added it to our Hit List.

 Grant Legan Kitchen & Table $$$$ 2 East 15th Street

Kitchen & Table is a new ingredients-focused restaurant underneath a private gym in Flatiron where something called a “meditation dome” is kept safe. Maybe you can find some inner peace while you’re eating lamb tagine or salmon with eggs for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Takeda $$$$ 466 Amsterdam Ave

There’s a new Japanese spot on the UWS where you can get an 11-piece sushi omakase for $85 or 14 pieces for $105. Takeda has three seatings at 5:45pm, 7:30pm, and 9:10pm Tuesday through Saturday.

 Casa Ora $$$$ 148 Meserole St

A chef who used to work at Cosme is now cooking at this new Venezuelan spot in Williamsburg. Casa Ora looks like an upscale place to eat arepas or arroz con pollo for dinner or weekend brunch.

Williamsburg Pizza $$$$ 226 E. 14th St

One of our favorite slice shops just opened its first East Village location. There’s plenty of space to sit inside, plus you can get a drink with your incredibly large slice here.

 Chikarashi Isso Chikarashi Isso $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  Financial District $$$$ 38 Rector St Not

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The people behind Chikarashi, a very good counter-service poke spot on Canal Street, have opened a sit-down Japanese spot in Fidi. Chikarashi Isso has a big dining room covered in light wood and mid-century furniture that looks like a good place for a celebratory seafood dinner.

 Liz Clayman Le Crocodile $ $ $ $ French  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 80 Wythe Ave 8.2 /10

Two chefs from Chez Ma Tante have opened a French brasserie at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. For now, Le Crocodile is only open for dinner, but will eventually be a spot where you can eat roast chicken, escargots, or an omelet all day long.

We checked out Le Crocodile and added it to our Hit List.

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One of the chefs behind a popular Korean food pop-up at Black Emperor has opened his own Korean spot in the East Village. And if the menu here has anything like the steak and kimchi burger he used to make, it’ll be worth traveling for.

 Bar Dough Bar Dough $$$$ 350 W 46th St

Bar Dough is a new pizza bar in Hell’s Kitchen that could be good for days when you think Happy Hour drinks might turn into a pizza party.

 Qualls Benson The Market Line $$$$ 115 Delancey St

Market Line is a new food hall underneath Essex Market on the LES where vendors sell everything from uni pasta and borscht to ramen and pork tacos. It’s your run of the mill, industrial-looking marketplace with indoor seating and an overwhelming number of stalls open from 7am-1am.

 Rose Collins The Grand Delancey $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St Not

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This beer bar at Market Line on the LES looks like a good place to drink with people who actually know the difference between stouts and lagers. It has over 50 draft options and a table delivery service that allows you to order dishes from other market vendors directly to your table.

 Geoffrei Taylor The Dip $ $ $ $ Sandwiches  in  East Village $$$$ 58 Saint Marks Pl Not

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A chef who used to work at 4 Charles Prime Rib has opened this new sandwich shop in the East Village. The french dip seems like the specialty at this tiny spot on St. Marks, but there’s also a good-looking chicken sandwich on the menu.

Mighty Catch $$$$ 940 Columbus Avenue

Mighty Catch is a new Cajun seafood spot on the UWS where you can eat things like crab legs and lobster mac ’n cheese in a casual sit-down restaurant before taking a walk through Central Park (which is just two blocks away).

November  Magdalena Dabrowska Redcrest $$$$ 235 Menahan Street

Redcrest is a new counter-service chicken spot in Bushwick. We like the the original location in Philly for decompressing with a plate of fried chicken. The new Brooklyn spot is at Starliner Bar and serves sandwiches, thighs, and wings with more sauce options than you’ll be able to process after 1am.

 Aqua Boil Aqua Boil $$$$ 750 9th Ave

The team behind THEP has opened this new Cajun-style seafood spot in Hell’s Kitchen where you can eat a pot of seafood with your hands while wearing gloves and a lobster-shaped bib. There are plenty of orange booths, tables, and a huge octopus mural inside.

 Beth Perkins Thank You $$$$ 214 Beach 116th St.

There’s a new bakery and cafe in Rockaway Beach where you can get a good-looking frittata, challah french toast, and roast chicken from 7am till 8pm.

 Heidi's Bridge Lekka Burger $$$$ 81 Warren St

One of the chefs from Dirt Candy has opened her own counter-service veggie burger spot in Tribeca. Oat milk soft serve and shakes are also on the menu at this colorful vegan restaurant.

 Itay Paz Zizi $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Chelsea $$$$ 182 8th Ave Not

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After closing Zizi Lamona in Williamsburg, the same people opened Zizi, a new Middle-eastern spot in Chelsea. It has almost the exact same menu, which has dishes like falafel with curry yogurt and lamb shawarma, plus a few new additions. The space looks like hundreds of other casuals spots with exposed brick walls and bottle-lined bars, but if the dishes here taste anything like they did at the Brooklyn location, you should make it #1 on your list of last-minute dinner places along 8th Ave.

We checked out Zizi and added it to our Hit List.

 Las Santas Las Santas $$$$ 572 Fulton St

Las Santas is a new upscale Mexican spot on Fulton Street in Fort Greene that’s covered in light fixtures that look like geometric-shaped puzzle pieces. It could be a good option the next time you and a few friends are craving fajitas, enchiladas, or chocolate-dipped churros.

 The Social Club Jajaja Plantas Mexicana $$$$ 63 Carmine St

Jajaja, a vegan Mexican spot with locations on the LES and in Williamsburg has opened a new spot in the West Village. This location has the same menu, which involves things like a mountain of vegetarian nachos, “chorizo” burrito, and fish tacos, plus a larger space covered in Mexican ceramic tiles and potted plants.

 Koyo Koyo $$$$ 3712 31st Ave

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in Astoria where you can get sushi omakase with 12 pieces for $135 or a kaiseki omakase with nine pieces, plus three side dishes like caviar and grilled vegetables for $175. Koyo has seatings at 5:30pm and 8pm Wednesday through Sunday.

 Pat Dunford Portale $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  Chelsea $$$$ 126 W 18th St Not

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The chef who made Gotham Bar & Grill famous has opened a new upscale Italian spot in Chelsea. If you like seafood, there are plenty of options on the menu - think seafood spaghetti with octopus and shrimp.

 Flora Hanitijo Mina's $ $ $ $ Greek  in  Long Island City $$$$ 22-25 Jackson Ave Not

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This is a new Greek restaurant in Long Island City where you can eat things like tahini babka french toast and peinirli (cheese bread with an egg yolk in the middle) at the converted schoolhouse known as MoMA PS1. For now, they’re only open from noon till 6pm, Thursday-Monday.

We checked out Mina’s and added it to our Hit List.

 The HiHi Room $ $ $ $ American  in  Boerum Hill $$$$ 138 Smith St Not

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The people behind Court Street Grocers have opened a new neighborhood restaurant in Boerum Hill. Rather than gourmet deli sandwiches, the menu at this sit-down spot has what they call elevated Cincinnati specialties, like chili over spaghetti, grilled chicken covered in cane syrup, and buckwheat waffles with a side of white fish spread at brunch.

 Anton's $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 570 Hudson St 8.2 /10

Anton’s is a new upscale Italian spot in the West Village from the people behind the Franks restaurants - it also happens to be in the old Frankies 570 Spuntino space. From what we can tell, the dining room is inspired by old-school New York Italian restaurants and the menu, full of pastas, seafood, and steak, follows along with the theme.

We checked out Anton’s and added it to our Hit List.

Pierozek $$$$ 592 Manhattan Ave

A pierogi place from Poland has opened its first U.S. location in Greenpoint and all of the sweet and savory options at this light, wood-covered restaurant look promising. You can also get borscht, croquettes, and a glass of wine here.

 Lamano $$$$ 688 10th Ave

Spanish tapas bar Lamano has opened its third location in Hell’s Kitchen and it looks like it could be a great spot to get drinks and small plates like egg tortilla with truffle or thinly sliced octopus with fried potatoes.

Hong Chun Cheon 닭갈비 $$$$ 2 W 32nd St Fl 2

A popular chicken spot from Korea has opened a new sit-down restaurant in Koreatown where you and a friend can get a huge skillet of dakgalbi or stir-fried chicken, sweet potato, scallions, and cheese for $20.

 Melissa Hom Kochi $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Midtown $$$$ 652 10th Ave Not

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A new Korean tasting menu restaurant has opened in a long, narrow space in Hell’s Kitchen. For $75, you get nine courses involving things like octopus, scallop, and steak skewers, bibimbap with quail egg tempura, and ricotta doenjang.

 Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao 南翔小笼包 $$$$ 3916 Prince St

One of our favorite Flushing spots just reopened in a big new space on the ground floor of a business complex at One Fulton Street. They’re known for their classic xiao long bao, but they also have new menu items, like rainbow-colored soup dumplings filled with foie gras or crab meat.

Cosmico $$$$ 80 N 6th St

The people behind upscale Latin food spot Colonia Verde have opened a small and casual new wine bar inside Williamsburg venue National Sawdust. You can expect mezcal cocktails, natural wine, and Latin small plates like vegan chicharrones and raw-salmon tostadas. They’re open 6pm-midnight every day except Mondays.

 Bubby's $ $ $ $ American  in  Tribeca $$$$ 120 Hudson St. 6.9 /10

Popular Tribeca brunch spot Bubby’s has reopened in the same space on Hudson Street with some upgrades to the bar and dining room. You can get dishes like blueberry pancakes and matzo ball soup here starting at 8am every day of the week.

Bien Cuit $$$$ 721 Franklin Ave

If you’re the kind of person who gets excited about bread loaves, you’ll want to know that this popular French bakery, with locations in Grand Central Market and Cobble Hill, has opened a third spot in Crown Heights. They open at 7am every day, and the croissants look flakier than your LA friends.

 Three Times $$$$ 90 Clinton St

On the topic of dumplings, one of the chefs who worked at the original Nan Xiang Long Bao has opened his own counter-service dumpling spot - it’s called Three Times and there are locations in Union Square and on the Lower East Side.

Pretty Ricky’s $$$$ 101 Rivington St

This is a new beer bar on the Lower East Side that also serves some dinner options like clam pasta and skewered meats.

 Jonathan Mehring Bar Meridian $$$$ 406 Prospect Pl

Bar Meridian is a new cocktail bar in Prospect Heights with a jukebox and a big, all-black, wraparound bar. It looks like a dimly-lit date night spot where you can drink something with mezcal in it while eating spaghetti or a meat and cheese platter.

Brisket Brothers $$$$ 690 Fulton St

This is a new counter-service BBQ spot in the old Habana To-Go space on Fulton Street in Fort Greene. If you’re looking for a meat-stuffed sandwich or pastrami cheese fries in the area, this looks like it could be a good option.

 Zenith Richards NR $$$$ 339 East 75th St

The people behind Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar ROKC have opened a new spot on the Upper East Side that looks like a similar concept. You’ll find entrees like ramen and fried chicken on NR’s menu, but it looks like this place specializes in cocktails, some of which will arrive at your table on fire or in egg-shaped vases from the 19th century.

Rusty Nail $$$$ 1701 Foster Ave

The Memphis Seoul has teamed up with the people behind The Farm on Adderley and Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar to open the Rusty Nail, a new neighborhood bar in Ditmas Park. They don’t have their liquor license just yet, but the kitchen is making bar food like ramen with cheese and a bulgogi burger.

OCTOBER  Tyson Greenwood Kindred $ $ $ $ Pasta ,  Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  East Village $$$$ 342 E 6th St Not

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This is a new natural wine bar in the East Village from the people behind Ruffian, another natural wine bar in the East Village. Kindred will eventually serve Mediterranean entrees and brunch options, but for now, they’ve just got small plates like crostinis and chicken meatballs.

We checked out Kindred and added it to our Hit List.

Angel Indian Restaurant $$$$ 74-14 37th Rd

The people behind Adda, one of The Best Indian Restaurants in NYC, has opened a new Punjabi spot in Jackson Heights with a completely vegetarian menu. You can get meatless versions of some of their best-known dishes, including the dum biryani - a pot of rice, vegetables, and spices sealed by a layer of dough.

 Banter $$$$ 643 Hudson St

If you like eating eggs and toast as late as 5pm, this spot is for you. It’s the second location of an Australian coffee shop from the people behind an objectively good-looking all-day breakfast spot in Greenwich Village, and they make great breakfast-y food and coffee.

 Lions & Tigers & Squares $$$$ 160 2nd Ave

This Detroit-style pizza chain has opened its second Manhattan location in the East Village. They serve thick, rectangular, pan pies for $7 each here and unlike the original location in Chelsea, there are plenty of big tables here.

Sweetgreen 3.0 $$$$ 2 Park Ave

There’s a new experimental Sweetgreen location on Park Avenue that looks like the equivalent of an Apple Store, but for salad. Instead of placing your order on the assembly line, you tell someone with an iPad behind a podium what you’d like, and it’ll magically appear a few minutes later.

 Heidis Bridge Canary Club $$$$ 303 Broome St

Canary Club on the Lower East Side is another part-restaurant, part-music venue to add to your list of places to try when you’re in the mood for a casual dinner followed by live music in an underground supper club. The seafood-focused Cajun food at this New Orleans-themed jazz spot looks buttery and promising.

 Oleg March Ten Hope $$$$ 10 Hope St

This new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg looks like a good place to hang out on a Thursday afternoon if you’re someone who doesn’t have anywhere else to be on a Thursday afternoon. There’s a nice outdoor patio here and the menu has dishes like octopus, scallops, and veggies.

 Suzanne Abaza Gowanus Gardens $$$$ 256 4th Ave

This new bar in Gowanus looks like what would happen if a dive bar and a flower shop went into business together - there’s a colorful back patio, a flower arch over the jukebox, and a food menu with buffalo wings and musubi. If you’re in the area and into unexpected combinations, check it out.

 Noah Fecks Ciao, Gloria $ $ $ $ Sandwiches ,  Brunch  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 550 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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Prospect Heights has a new cafe and pastry shop on Vanderbilt Avenue where you can eat prosciutto BECs, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, and bombolinis for breakfast or lunch seven days a week. Ciao Gloria has plenty of tables, bar seats, and potted plants as far as the eye can see.

 Edward Menashy Ivy Lane $$$$ 116 E 60th St

Ivy Lane is a new, three-floor American restaurant on the Upper East Side from the people behind Ophelia and Industry Kitchen. If maximalist touches like big velvet couches and murals of anonymous women don’t bother you, come here and try the burger with kimchi, steak with wasabi butter, and squid ink gnocchi - they all look promising.

 Oriel Pe’er Diner By Izakaya $$$$ 56-06 Cooper Ave

Nowadays has a new Japanese restaurant on-site where you can get dishes like fish and chips, udon, or a lamb burger starting at 5pm during the week and noon on weekends. It could be a good spot for a casual weeknight dinner or to sip sake at the bar while you wait for your favorite DJ to start spinning.

Palais By Perfect Pie $$$$ 134 E 61st St

The guy who used to make pies for the Obamas has opened his own French-American spot on the Upper East Side. You can also have a sit-down lunch or dinner at Palais Perfect Pie and eat entrees like fish, steak, or a burger.

Güeros $$$$ 494 4th Ave.

This neighborhood Tex-Mex spot has opened a second location in South Slope, where you can get excellent tacos and $7 margaritas during Happy Hour on weeknights.

Roland's $$$$ 2367 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Roland’s is a brick-oven pizza spot in Harlem from the people behind a popular BBQ spot that happens to be right next door. The menu here has a meat and cheese platter, calzones, and pies with plenty of topping options.

Lumaca $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Midtown $$$$ 34 E 32nd St Not

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This new upscale Italian restaurant in the HGU New York hotel in Midtown is from the same chef as Ainslie in Williamsburg. The rooftop bar seems promising once rooftop season rolls around.

Frangos Peri Peri $ $ $ $ Portuguese  in  East Village $$$$ 182 Avenue B 7.3 /10

Frango’s is a casual new Portuguese spot in the East Village where you can get rotisserie chicken covered in peri-peri sauce with a big group of friends. It could be a contender for our guide, Where To Go When You Want A Really Good Roast Chicken.

We checked out Frangos and added it to our Hit List.

Joju $$$$ 555 5th Ave

One of our favorite banh mi spots in the city has opened a second location on 46th Street in Midtown. You no longer have to head to Elmhurst for beef bulgogi or lemongrass chicken sandwiches. Joju is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

 Lola Taverna $ $ $ $ Greek  in  SoHo $$$$ 210 Avenue of the Americas Not

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Lola Taverna looks like a good contender for our Where To Go That’s Like Kiki’s But Isn’t Actually Kiki’s guide. It’s a Greek spot in Soho from the people behind Black Seed Bagels, and it might be a nice place to bring a group and eat grilled meat, seafood pasta, and a few dips.

The Riddler $ $ $ $ American ,  French ,  Raw Bar  in  West Village $$$$ 51 Bank St 8.1 /10

A champagne bar from San Francisco has opened its first East Coast location in the West Village. Besides having the longest champagne list you’ve probably ever seen, The Riddler is known for its short menu of very solid small plates like waffles made of tater tots and topped with caviar - you can expect that, plus an oyster bar, and other full dishes at the NYC location.

We checked out The Riddler and added it to our Hit List.

 The Longshoreman $$$$ 215 Columbia Street

The Longshoreman is a new Italian spot near the Brooklyn waterfront that looks like one of the staged living room sets at your local Ikea. But even though the space is standard, the uni cacio y pepe, clam pizza, and the Late Night Happy Hour seem promising.

Douzo $$$$ 63 Delancey St

If you’re looking for a spot to eat Japanese hand rolls on the Lower East Side, you should try Douzo. It looks like a casual sushi spot with lots of light wood accents where you can eat temaki sushi and stare at your gym trainer from across the wraparound bar.

Dons Bogam Green $$$$ 3 W 36th St

Upscale Korean BBQ chain Dons Bogam has opened its third NYC location in Midtown, where you can get dishes like duck bibimbap, short rib, or scallion pancakes for lunch or dinner daily. If you’re planning on being an alien for Halloween, you should know that the space here could pass as the interior of your spaceship.

Yin Ji Chang Fen $$$$ 91 Bayard St

A rice roll chain with locations in China, California, and Toronto, has opened its first NYC restaurant in Chinatown. It might be a good option for dim sum on a weekend morning, but you can get dishes like BBQ pork rice rolls, congee, and beef cheung fun between 9am and 9pm daily.

 Asset $$$$ 329 Columbus Ave

The people behind Tessa have opened this American spot on the Upper West Side, which is an option for eating pasta or steak after a show at Lincoln Center. As far as restaurants go, this multi-level spot with high ceilings might be the closest thing we’ve seen to an upscale loft.

F&F Pizzeria $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Carroll Gardens $$$$ 459 Court St Not

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Just in case you’re still on the lookout for your favorite Brooklyn slice shop, several big names in pizza from Phoenix, San Francisco, as well as the Franks from New York have come together to open a new pizza place in Carroll Gardens. It’s located between Frankies 457 Spuntino and Franks Wine Bar, and all of the classic pies look promising, but we’re especially interested in trying the pepperoni Sicilian.

We checked out F&F Pizzeria and added it to our Hit List.

 Zooba Zooba $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern ,  Egyptian  in  Nolita $$$$ 100 Kenmare St 8.5 /10

Zooba, an Egyptian spot with several locations in Cairo, has opened its first US location in Nolita. You can get dishes like taameya (fried fava bean balls), hawawashi (Egyptian beef patties), and dukkah fries for lunch or dinner in the large, colorful counter-service space on Kenmare St.

We checked out Zooba and added it to our Hit List.

 Francesco Sapienza Daily Provisions $ $ $ $ American ,  Cafe/Bakery  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 375 Amsterdam Ave Not

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NYC’s cruller king Daily Provisions has opened its second NYC location on the UWS. It’s two blocks from Central Park, which means you can now take some crullers and the very good BEC from this counter-service spot with you to show out-of-towners the reservoir.

 Caroline Lethbridge Evil Twin Brewing NYC $ $ $ $ Ridgewood $$$$ 1616 George St

A new beer garden has opened in a Ridgewood greenhouse serving craft beers with names like Root Beer Beer, Glazed Carrot Crockpot, and Spicy Avocado Margarita. Evil Twin Brewing is open from 5-9pm on weekdays and 12-6pm on weekends.

 Hometown Bar-B-Que $ $ $ $ American ,  BBQ  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 87 35th St Not

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NYC’s best BBQ joint has opened its second Brooklyn location in Industry City. They’re serving a good-looking pastrami sandwich, plus other new dishes like brisket tacos and jalapeno sausage. There are plenty of tables inside, and if you live in Sunset Park, you should expect more visits from friends moving forward.

 8Sia $$$$ 220 E 42nd St

8sia is a new food hall in Midtown East where vendors sell all different Asian-inspired food like curry noodles, sushi, and gelato-filled egg waffles. Most things cost around $10, and there are plenty of places to sit in this large space on East 42nd Street.

 Liz Clayman Rhodora Wine Bar $$$$ 197 Adelphi St

The people behind Mettā, a date night spot in Fort Greene that closed in July, have opened this new neighborhood wine bar in the same space with huge windows that look out onto brownstones and cherry blossom trees. They’re going for a zero-waste concept now, so you’ll only find natural wine, oysters, and few other snacks on the menu.

 Sebastian Lucrecio Nami Nori $ $ $ $ Sushi  in  West Village $$$$ 33 Carmine St 7.6 /10

Nami Nori is a new light-wood-covered West Village restaurant from three sushi chefs who used to work at Masa. It looks like the focus here are sushi rolls called temaki that come filled with different kinds of raw seafood or vegetables. Nami Nori is open for dinner at 5:30pm daily.

We checked out Nami Nori and added it to our Hit List.

 Nicole Franzen Felice 56 $$$$ 15 W 56th St

Felice 56 is a new Italian spot from the people behind Sant Ambroeus, who also run Felice 15 Gold Street and Felice 83, so you can already expect good food at lunch or for dinner that’s more expensive than it should be. It’s at the Chambers Hotel in Midtown and if you like being up before most humans, you’ll be happy to know that you can get coffee and a pastry here at 7am weekdays and 8am on weekends.

September  Emily Hawkes Il Fiorista $ $ $ $ American ,  Mediterranean  in  Flatiron ,  Nomad $$$$ 17 W 26th St Not

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Il Fiorista is a new sit-down spot in Nomad that serves Mediterranean-inspired dishes, like calamari and duck egg pasta, made with flowers and other herbs you might find in a Brooklyn mom’s dream garden. For now, you can only have dinner here, but soon this spot will serve breakfast and lunch during the day.

 Damien Lafargue Daymoves $ $ $ $ Cafe/Bakery  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 295 Grand St

James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem has opened this new coffee shop in Williamsburg right next door to his wine bar and restaurant Four Horsemen. Daymoves is open every day from 8am-6pm, and it looks like a good place to eat a pastry with someone who takes their vinyl collection a little too seriously.

 Catch Catch Steak $$$$ 88 Ninth Ave

The people behind D-list celeb hangouts like Catch in Meatpacking have opened this new upscale steak house right down the street. Similar to Catch, Catch Steak has multiple floors and a “smart casual” dress code.

C. Di Palo $$$$ 151-153 Mott St

The people behind a legendary cheese shop in Little Italy have opened a new wine bar right next door. C. Di Palo has bar-seating and a few small tables where you can drink wine and sample meats and cheeses without waiting in a line full of tourists.

Sushi Jin $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Sushi  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 316 E 84th St 8.1 /10

There’s a new omakase sushi spot on the Upper East Side where you can eat 11 pieces for $95 or 15 pieces for $125. Sushi Jin has seatings at 5pm, 7pm, and 9pm every day, except Sundays.

 Oleg March Areppas $$$$ 115 E 23rd St

A counter-service Venezuelan spot in Midtown has opened its second location in Gramercy. The next time you’re looking for an affordable lunch or dinner in the area, consider trying the cheese sticks, pulled pork arepas, or chicken empanadas here - they’re all under $10.

 Evan Sung Canal Street Oysters $ $ $ $ Seafood  in  SoHo ,  Tribeca $$$$ 380 Canal St Not

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The people behind East Pole opened a spacious new oyster bar in Tribeca that is now serving dinner and drinks. In addition to expected oysters and seafood towers, they also have bigger dishes like fish tacos and squid ink paella.

 Thomas L Photo Ainslie $$$$ 76 Ainslie St

A huge warehouse in Williamsburg has been taken over by a new Italian spot called Ainslie. It has a nice outdoor patio that might be a fun place to eat pizza and pasta while listening to whatever the DJ feels like playing. (Keep in mind there’s only live music Wednesday through Saturday nights.)

We checked out Ainslie and added it to our Hit List.

 Otaku Katsu Otaku Katsu $$$$ 137 Rivington St

Otaku Katsu is a new Japanese spot on the Lower East Side that has katsu and Japanese sandwich bento boxes, in addition to onigiris, fries topped with cod roe mayo, and miso chocolate soft serve.

 Triangle Photography Qanoon $$$$ 180 9th Ave

Qanoon is a casual new Palestinian restaurant in Chelsea with bar-seating and a few small tables, all of which have good views of the indoor lemon tree. The menu at this dinner spot has dishes like tabbouleh, tahini meatballs, and a baked branzino.

 Cathédrale Cathédrale $$$$ 112 E 11th St

The people behind Tao Downtown have opened Cathédrale, a new French-Mediterranean restaurant at the Moxy Hotel East Village. The next time you want to celebrate something in a huge dining room with vaulted ceilings, stage curtains, and spotlights, this might be a good option, especially because there’s an adjacent bar called Little Sister.

 Amor y Amargo Amor y Amargo $$$$ 188 Havermeyer Street

East Village cocktail bar Amor Y Amargo, has opened a second location in Williamsburg. Unlike the original, there’s enough room at the Brooklyn location to sit down.

Kolkata Chai Co. $$$$ 199 E 3rd St

This cafe in the East Village specializes in masala chai drinks. There are also small plates like avocado toast made with mango chutney that you can eat at one of the two-tops inside.

 Heidi's Bridge Tacovision $$$$ 244 E 53rd St.

The people behind Crave Fishbar have opened this Mexican spot in Midtown East that has a counter-service operation downstairs and a sit-down restaurant and bar upstairs. There’s a daily Happy Hour from 3-7pm, and dishes like the short rib tacos, al pastor quesadillas, and a $32 whole rotisserie chicken are available starting at 11am.

 Patty Brown Win Son Bakery $ $ $ $ Taiwanese  in  East Williamsburg $$$$ 164 Graham Ave 8.7 /10

The team behind Win Son has opened a Taiwanese cafe in East Williamsburg that’s right around the corner from the sit-down restaurant. They’re now open for breakfast every day and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. The fried chicken box, chicken parm sandwich, and fried pork knuckle sandwich all look very promising.

We checked out Win Son Bakery and added it to our Hit List.

 Heidi's Bridge Sauce $$$$ 78-84 Rivington St.

Sauce has reopened on the Lower East Side with sidewalk seating and a dining room that looks like a cottage on the Italian countryside. Expect red sauce classics like beef bolognese, pizza, and chicken parm.

 Esca $ $ $ $ Seafood ,  Raw Bar ,  Italian  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Times Square $$$$ 402 W. 43rd St 7.6 /10

Italian seafood spot Esca has reopened in its original Midtown location, with brunch and dinner service. Both the formal dining room and the outdoor patio look like they could work for the kind of special occasion that you’d want to eat steak or seafood.

 Chip Klose Gotham Bar and Grill $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood ,  Steaks  in  Greenwich Village ,  Union Square $$$$ 12 E 12th St 7.1 /10

Legendary upscale American restaurant Gotham Bar & Grill has reopened in Greenwich Village with a new seafood-focused menu. Lunch service won’t start until September 23rd, but the dinner menu has dishes like yellowtail crudo, foie gras, and whole grilled fish.

 Matt Taylor Gross Llama San $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Peruvian  in  West Village $$$$ 359 Avenue of the Americas 8.5 /10

The people behind Llama Inn have opened a new spot in the West Village. The menu at this upscale dinner spot has Japanese and Peruvian dishes like scallop ceviche, duck breast with rice, and pork tonkatsu with udon.

We checked out Llama San and added it to our Hit List.

 Sahadi's Sahadi's $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 34 35th Street Not

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Legendary Middle Eastern grocery store Sahadi’s has opened its second Brooklyn location at Industry City, with a casual counter-service restaurant and bar inside. It looks like there’s plenty of space here to eat Lebanese dishes like falafel wrapped in saj and drink beer or wine with a group.

 Liz Clayman Malibu Farm $$$$ 89 South St

This Malibu tourist magnet has opened an NYC location on Pier 17 in the Seaport District. As you might expect, the menu here has kale salad, cauliflower pizza, and a fried egg sandwich.

Los Tacos No. 1 $$$$ 136 Church St

Los Tacos, which makes some of the best tacos in NYC, has opened its third NYC location in Tribeca. Like other outposts in the city, this Tribeca spot has no seating. It is, however, one block from City Hall Park, where you can eat your carne asada tacos on a bench outside.

Norm’s Pizza $$$$ 345 Adams St

Norm’s Pizza is a new slice shop in Downtown Brooklyn from the people behind Upside Pizza in Midtown. The space looks like a ’60s pizza parlor with a small counter where you can stand and eat your margherita, mozzarella, pepperoni, or vodka slice.

August  The Jones $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood  in  NOHO $$$$ 54 Great Jones St Not

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The Jones is a new cafe in Noho from the people behind Fedora and Jeffrey’s Grocery. For now, they are only open on weekdays till 3pm, serving breakfast and lunch options like tuna carpaccio, clams, and a sandwich that looks like a fancy Filet-O-Fish.

We checked out The Jones and added it to our Hit List.

Fong On $$$$ 81 Division St

There is a new counter-service spot in Chinatown where you can get soy-based snacks like tofu pudding, green tea rice cake, and fresh soy milk. With only a few seats inside of Fong On, it looks like a serious takeout situation.

First Lamb Shabu $$$$ 218 E 14th St

First Lamb Shabu, a hot pot chain with locations in China and in Flushing, has opened its first Manhattan restaurant in the East Village. Not only does the menu here have lamb, beef, ox, and seafood options for your hot pot, but there are also kitschy add-ons. We’re specifically intrigued by the block of congealed beef oil in the form of a 3D Hello Kitty doll. It reminds us of the spice packets and pastes you put in ramen.

Go Nonna $$$$ 10-50 44th Dr

Go Nonna is a casual new Italian/Argentinian spot in Long Island City with a small takeout window for coffee, open weekdays at 11am. The lunch and dinner menus here have starters like eggplant parm and fried shrimp, plus a long list of pastas, like cacio e pepe and spaghetti with meatballs.

 Noah Fecks Khiladi $$$$ 175 Avenue B

Khiladi is a new Indian spot in the East Village where you can eat dosas and watch South Indian films from the ’80s. There are some classic dishes like tikka masala and sag paneer on the menu, plus curry poutine and pudding with vermicelli noodles.

 Liz Clayman Manero’s Pizza $$$$ 113 Mulberry St

Manero’s is a new slice shop in Little Italy from some of the people behind JaJaJa. There’s a small counter inside where you can order a square or thin slice, and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling to set the mood.

 Xu's Public House $$$$ 15 Union Square W

Xu’s Public House is a new upscale Chinese spot that’s half-a-block from Union Square. It’s open for dinner every day and the menu has a lot of seafood dishes like squid ink dumplings, lobster risotto, and crab noodles.

Spudz $$$$ 1460 Fulton St

If you’re a french fry person, then you’ll probably want to know Spudz, a fry spot in Bed-Stuy. You can get your fries loaded with anything from jerk chicken and sweet plantains to cinnamon and caramel sauce. Keep in mind that Spudz is currently only open Thursday-Sunday.

Renegades of Sunset $$$$ 254 36th St Suite C29S

Renegades Of Sunset is a new vegan fast-food spot at Industry City Food Hall in Sunset Park. The philly cheesesteak, bacon mac and cheese, and cinnamon rolls all look promising.

 Cremini’s $$$$ 521 Court St

This neighborhood Italian spot in Carroll Gardens looks like a good spot for a casual breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the area. It looks like fried custard balls are the specialty here, but the menu here also has a meat and cheese platter, stuffed olives, and a burger on a good-looking pretzel bun.

Carneval $$$$ 507 Grand Street

Carneval is a new Latin spot in Williamsburg that looks perfect for a party that ends with you swinging by the next day to pick up your credit card. There are carnival masks on the walls, daily drink specials, and food options like tacos, ceviche, and skirt steak.

 Laut Singapura $$$$ 31 E 20th Street

Laut Singapura is a new Singaporean restaurant in Gramercy. It’s from the team behind Laut, a casual Southeast Asian spot near Union Square, but this place is more upscale - with velvet chairs, marble tables, and colorful murals.

 Amata Kohl Hoek Pizza $$$$ 117 Ferris St

This Red Hook restaurant and bar looks like a huge loft, with brick walls, large windows, tufted sofas. You’ll find small plates, sandwiches, and salads on the menu here, but what this place specializes in are Roman-style pizzas (which you can watch as they cook in the pizza oven).

 Ole & Steen Ole & Steen $$$$ 80 W 40th Street

Danish bakery Ole & Steen has opened a third location on 40th Street near Bryant Park. Like the Union Square and Midtown East spots, the breads and pastries are the reasons to come here, plus there’s plenty of space for lunch meetings.

Chairman Sun $$$$ 47-30 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101

This new Chinese spot in Long Island City is from the people behind Hunan House, a popular Flushing restaurant. Chairman Sun serves a huge menu, ranging from dim sum to dry pot to a whole fish.

 Mama Capri $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Cobble Hill $$$$ 247 Smith St Not

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Mama Capri is here to make you feel like you’re much closer to an Italian beach than the Gowanus canal. There’s a lot of blue tile, lemon wallpaper, string lights on the back patio, and a seafood menu with dishes like stuffed calamari, shrimp risotto, and an octopus salad.

 Corry Arnold Electric Lemon $$$$ 33 Hudson Yards Fl 24

This American restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 24th floor of the new Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards. The grilled meats, salads, and raw options on the menu make this spot seem great for a very healthy meal with a view, especially if you prefer eucalyptus towels to regular ones.

 Sauce Pizzeria $$$$ 315 5th Ave

This counter-service pizza place, with locations in the East Village and on the LES, has opened a third spot in Koreatown between 31st and 32nd Street. If you’re feeling adventurous, go for the al pastor pie with pineapple sauce.

 Walson Luu Reverence $ $ $ $ American  in  Harlem $$$$ 2592 Frederick Douglass Blvd Not

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Reverence is a new East Asian, French, and Latin American-inspired tasting menu spot in Harlem. Before you eat here, you’ll have to make a reservation and pay $98 per person for five-courses in advance, but the uni empanadas, escargot, and honey cake make it all seem worth it.

 Greg Rhein Plado Tasting Bar $$$$ 192 E 2nd St

Plado Tasting Bar is a new Mediterranean-inspired tapas spot in the East Village that serves dishes like lamb meatballs and paella for dinner. They also have brunch until 4pm on weekends.

Pizette $$$$ 191 Graham Ave

This new sit-down pizza spot in Williamsburg has sourdough personal pies for $6 and larger ones from $12 to $16, with toppings like walnut and pesto. There are also dollar oysters here on weeknights.

Omakase Room by Maaser $$$$ 321 Bleecker St

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in the West Village where you can eat 12 pieces for $75 or 17 pieces for $115.

We checked out Omakase Room by Maaser and wrote about it here.

 Paloma at Hotel Hendricks $$$$ 25 W 38th St

This new Central and South American restaurant at Hotel Hendricks in Midtown serves dishes like beef carpaccio with chimichurri, grilled chicken, and short ribs. It looks like another upscale breakfast or dinner option near Bryant Park.

July  Bar Wayō $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Financial District ,  South Street Seaport $$$$ 89 South St Ste 17 Not

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Bar Wayō is a cocktail spot from the Momofuku people. It’s in the Pier 17 development in the Seaport, and if the weather is nice, you should try to grab a picnic table out front. You could have a full meal here, but it’s probably best used for a snack along with a couple of rounds of drinks before dinner at one of the places in our FiDi guide.

 Luthun $$$$ 432 E 13th St

This experimental new tasting menu restaurant in the East Village serves French, Austrian, Indian, and Spanish-inspired dishes. If a meaty entree like veal with anchovy milk doesn’t sound good to you, they also have a vegetarian menu option.

 The Stand $$$$ 116 E 16th St

The comedy club The Stand near Union Square has opened a full restaurant upstairs, also called The Stand. The food is mostly American, with raw bar options, pizza, rotisserie chicken, and a whole fish.

 Pepper Lunch Chelsea $$$$ 154 7th Ave

Pepper Lunch, a casual Japanese steakhouse for DIY meat-grilling, has opened its second NYC location in Chelsea. It’s open from 11am-11pm, so it could be a good spot for lunch or dinner.

 Bosie $$$$ 506 Laguardia Pl

If you’ve been looking to have a tea party, this new French spot in Greenwich Village has a daily tea service where you can try over 100 different blends along with homemade scones, eclairs, and tarts. They also do lunch on weekdays till 4pm and dinner starting at 5pm every day except Monday.

 Babs $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Greenwich Village $$$$ 72 Macdougal Street 8.2 /10

Babs is a French-Italian spot in Greenwich Village where you can eat things like crab salad and lamb chops. It looks upscale and serious, but still sexy - kind of like Mimi, which is from the same people.

We checked out Babs and added it to our Hit List.

 Daniel Krieger Red Hook Tavern $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Steaks  in  Red Hook $$$$ 329 Van Brunt St 7.8 /10

The people from Hometown Bar-B-Que have opened an American dinner spot down the street in Red Hook. It’s called Red Hook Tavern and it has a massive wine list and food like strip steak, ham croquettes, and a good-looking cheeseburger.

We checked out Red Hook Tavern and added it to our Hit List.

 L'Accolade $$$$ 302 Bleecker St,

This French wine bar in Greenwich Village has a set menu with either a $38 two-course option or a $45 three-course option. They serve appetizers like cheese and charcuterie, small plates like fluke crudo, and entrees like duck with almonds and grapefruit.

 Ray’s Bar $$$$ 177 Chrystie St

Ray’s is a new Western-themed bar on Chrystie Street on the LES. Justin Theroux opened it with some of the people behind The Happiest Hour and The Smile. It seems like they were going for something divey, but it looks more polished and kitschy than anything else.

We checked out Ray’s and added it to our Bar Hit List.

 Gaudir $$$$ 251 E 110th St

Gaudir is a new tapas spot in East Harlem, where you can have Spanish dishes like squid ink paella with cuttlefish shrimp for dinner or chorizo and eggs for brunch on Sundays.

Gruit $$$$ 252 Empire Blvd

This casual beer garden in Prospect Lefferts Gardens has a menu of German dishes like chicken wiener schnitzel and spaetzle with chicken confit. Gruit serves beer by the glass or by the pitcher, both of which you can drink indoors or on the outdoor patio.

 Felipe Coronado Estuary $$$$ 159 Bridge Park Dr

Estuary, a casual new American spot on the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront, is now open for dinner. This place is huge and has everything from scallops to vegan burgers on the menu. It might be good for big group dinners on the water.

Jintana Thai Farmhouse $$$$ 344 7th Ave

Jintana Thai Farmhouse is a neighborhood Thai restaurant in Park Slope that looks like a backyard barn party. Many of the dishes here are notably colorful, like the salad with blue jasmine rice and green vegetable dumplings.

 Red Paper Clip $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  French ,  Experimental  in  West Village $$$$ 120 Christopher St 7.7 /10

This new spot in the West Village serves Himalayan and French-inspired entrees, like carpaccio made with sichuan pepper, baked oyster with lemongrass aioli, and a salad with dried apricot and tofu miso. It’s from two chefs who met working at Blue Hill At Stone Barns, so it seems worth checking out.

 Diana Yen Little Wayla $$$$ 100 Forsyth St

New-ish Lower East Side Thai spot Wayla has opened a counter-service lunch spot upstairs. Little Wayla serves five lunchboxes which involve things like green curry, larb, or poached chicken. They also have some imported snacks, like Thai sweet basil potato chips.

 Floret $ $ $ $ American  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 225 Bowery Not

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Floret is an American restaurant in the Sister City hotel on Bowery (which also has a nice rooftop called Last Light). They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner (starting July 22) with lots of veggie-forward entrees like Japanese eggplant and a salad with cauliflower and pistachio, but they have meat too.

EAK Ramen $$$$ 360 W 46th St

EAK Ramen, a iekei-style ramen spot with locations in the West Village and Los Angeles, opened another one in Hell’s Kitchen, where they’re serving new menu items like poke and bao buns. The ramen here has thick noodles and creamy broth.

 MidiCi $$$$ 174 N 4th St

A build-your-own Neapolitan pizza spot from Los Angeles has opened in Williamsburg. None of the pizzas on the menu are over $20 and there are a bunch of small plates like burrata with melon and prosciutto as well.

Baodega $$$$ 7 W 20th St

This new dim sum spot in Flatiron serves Shanghai-style dishes like shrimp and pork shu mai, crab soup dumplings, and beef noodle soup. Baodega also serves coffee from a Brooklyn-based company that sources its beans from all over Asia.

 Nina Wilder Izzy Rose $$$$ 214 Greene Ave

Izzy Rose is a new bar in Clinton Hill from the people behind Clementine Bakery. The menu has vegan bar food, like tacos made with chickpeas, nachos, and guacamole.

 Hutong Hutong $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 731 Lexington Ave 6.7 /10

Hutong, an upscale Chinese spot from Hong Kong, has opened its first US location in Midtown. Best known for Northern Chinese dishes like Peking duck and seafood dumplings, Hutong is in a huge 1920s-inspired space that looks like it could be good for an extravagant dim sum lunch or fun group dinner.

 Nick Merola The Ryerson $ $ $ $ Southern  in  Brooklyn ,  Crown Heights $$$$ 698 Nostrand Ave Not

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The Ryerson is a new Southern restaurant and cocktail bar in Crown Heights that looks like it has a nice backyard patio. On the menu, you’ll find entrees like a double patty burger with cheddar cheese, fried chicken, and a vegan scallop dish made with eggplant.

 Chip Klose Tenho Ramen $$$$ 542 3rd Ave

This ramen spot in Murray Hill specializes in tonkotsu broth and looks like a good weeknight dinner option. Besides ramen, the menu here has share plates like grilled meat skewers and potato salad.

 Gentle Perch $$$$ 112 Graham Avenue

Gentle Perch is a casual Korean-ish spot in East Williamsburg that’s open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday and brunch until 3pm on weekends. The menu has entrees like kimchi bacon fried rice, soy garlic shrimp and seaweed rice rolls made with fish, eggs, and vegetables.

 Edie Jo’s $ $ $ $ American ,  Bar Food  in  Prospect Lefferts Gardens $$$$ 630 Flatbush Avenue 7.2 /10

This neighborhood American spot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens will begin food service on July 22, but until then they’re serving cocktails like mezcal margaritas and cucumber mint gimlets, wine, and beer.

 Liz Clayman LaLou $ $ $ $ Wine Bar ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 581 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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If you like natural wine, you’ll probably be excited about Lalou, a new spot in Prospect Heights with a nice patio and a fully stocked bar. They also have a small Italian-ish menu with things like zucchini escabeche, spaghetti, and a chicken for two.

We checked out LaLou and added it to our Hit List.

Mission Ceviche $$$$ 1400 2nd Ave

Mission Ceviche, a Peruvian spot that has a few downtown locations opened a sit-down restaurant on the Upper East Side. It still looks like it belongs downtown though, with a living wall and neon sign. The menu has different kinds of ceviche, skewers with grilled meat or seafood, and a few Peruvian small plates.

HK Food Court $$$$ 8202 45th Ave

There is a new food court in Elmhurst with over 20 different vendors, serving dishes from Southern and Eastern Asia, including Chinese, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, and Japanese cuisine. It’s close to the M/R Elmhurst Ave stop and many of the spots here are cash-only.

Sullivan Street Pizza $$$$ 236 9th Ave

You can now get artisanal pizza at Sullivan Street Bakery in Chelsea, which officially becomes Sullivan Street Pizza after 6pm Wednesday through Sunday. For now, they only serve two kinds of pizza, margherita or spinach and gruyere, that you can customize with a bunch add-ons like capers, burrata, and prosciutto.

 Mary Kang Kichin $$$$ 1264 Myrtle Ave

After closing its old space and popping up around Brooklyn, Kichin is back with a sit-down spot on Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick. You can still have fried chicken at their new multi-room restaurant and bar, but their menu also has other options like whole crispy fish, mussels, and japchae.

We checked out Kichin and added it to our Hit List.

 The Turk’s Inn $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Brooklyn ,  Bushwick $$$$ 234 Starr St 7.2 /10

Turk’s Inn is a kitschy-looking new restaurant and music venue in Bushwick that’s made to look like a supper club from the 1930s. The menu has dishes like lamb kebabs and eggplant with tahini that you can enjoy in a tchotchke-filled dining room or at the rooftop bar.

We checked out The Turk’s Inn and added it to our Hit List.

Doner Kebab $$$$ 234 Starr St

This counter-service Turkish spot in Bushwick serves meat or vegan protein as a kebab, salad, or over a box of fries for around $11. It’s run by the people from Turk’s Inn and stays open until midnight on weekends.

june  Montesacro Pinseria $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 432 Union Ave 7.4 /10

A popular Roman-style flatbread spot from San Francisco has opened in Williamsburg. Montesacaro Pinseria serves their fluffy-looking pinsas alongside meats, cheeses, beer, and wine for lunch and dinner in a space that includes a big, covered patio.

We checked out Montesacro Pinseria and added it to our Hit List.

 Tsukimi $$$$ 228 E 10th St

Tsukimi is a new Japanese kaiseki tasting menu restaurant in the East Village. A meal here will cost you $195 per person for 11 courses or $320 if you go for the drink pairing. There’s only one seating per night and it’s at 7pm, but if you can get one of the 14 seats, expect dishes like caviar, bluefin tuna, and washu beef.

 Ayada Thai $$$$ 75 9th Ave

This Elmhurst Thai spot just opened its first Manhattan location in Chelsea Market, serving dishes like duck curry and ground catfish salad. It could be a good lunch option next time you’re touring someone around Chelsea.

Shun $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave

Shun is a new, serious-looking Japanese French spot in Midtown that’s one floor above Le Jardinier, a slightly less formal French spot that opened last month from the same people. Whether you go with the prix fixe menu or the eight-course tasting menu, expect dishes like raw scallops, roasted duck, and lobster.

 East Wind Snack Shop $$$$ 471 16th St

Counter-service dumpling spot East Wind Snack Shop opened its third location in Carroll Gardens with an expanded menu from the Williamsburg and Windsor Terrace locations that includes Chinese cotton candy. If you’re looking for something other than dumplings and cotton candy, East Wind also has snack-sized rice plates that come with shrimp or broccoli beef.

Le Jardinier $ $ $ $ French  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave Not

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Le Jardinier is a new tasting menu restaurant in Midtown East that looks like it was designed with power lunches in mind. There are lots of meat and seafood dishes on the menu, but it looks like vegetables are also very important here.

 Pomp & Circumstance $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 577 Lorimer St. Not

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This is a new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg that looks like it might be good for a weeknight dinner. The menu involves dishes like veal sweetbread, lamb meatballs, and bone marrow.

La Ventura $$$$ 615 Hudson St

La Ventura is an all-day spot inspired by places by the water. So you can expect to eat things like sturgeon tartare and fettuccini with clam sauce in a space that looks like it belongs in a beach town instead of the West Village.

 Seven Seeds $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Williamsburg $$$$ 96 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11249 Not

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This new all-day Mediterranean spot at the Williamsburg Hotel might be good for a casual dinner before a show at Brooklyn Bowl. Expect entrees like a merguez sausage burger, branzino, and a rack of lamb made with Egyptian spices.

La Cubana $$$$ 408 W 15th St

La Cubana is a new Cuban spot in Meatpacking across the street from Chelsea Market. They play live latin music, so it might be useful for a fun date. The menu has entrees like roasted pork shoulder, skirt steak, and a seasonal seafood stew.

 Cory Arnold Pastis $ $ $ $ French  in  Meatpacking District $$$$ 52 Gansevoort St 7.7 /10

After being closed for five years, Pastis (a well-known Meatpacking French bistro where famous people used to pretend they didn’t like being recognized even though they actually did) is open again in Meatpacking. The menu has entrees that are mostly in the $25 range, like steak frites and trout amandine.

We checked out Pastis and added it to our Hit List.

 Sugar Monk $$$$ 2292 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Sugar Monk is a new cocktail bar in Central Harlem where your infused drink may or may not come with smoke coming out of it. You’ll find plenty of seating, a tropical mural on the wall, and lamps shaped like birds.

 Tsismis $ $ $ $ Filipino  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 143 Orchard St Not

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This is a casual Filipino restaurant on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. There’s a special chef’s tasting menu available by reservation only, but otherwise, the menu has a la carte dishes like crispy spring rolls, tamarind soup with salmon, and steak topped with onions, garlic, and potatoes.

Time Out Market $$$$ 55 Water St

If you haven’t yet experienced food-hall fatigue (or Brooklyn Bridge-tourist fatigue), you should know about this multi-floor market in DUMBO with outdoor patio seating and some outposts of a few restaurants we really like. Highlights include: all-day pancakes from Clinton Street Baking Company, and stalls from Miss Ada, Nur, and Juliana’s Pizza.

 Special Club $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  SoHo $$$$ 43 MacDougal St. Not

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The people behind Niche Niche and Tokyo Record Bar opened a jazz club in Soho, and it looks like a social club from the 1920s. For $40 a head, you get live jazz, a cup of sake and some bar snacks.

Dépanneur $$$$ 294 Livingston St

Depanneur is a new sandwich spot and grocery store in Downtown Brooklyn with its own wine shop and art gallery. Everything from the deli and espresso bar comes from local vendors, and there’s already a location in Williamsburg.

 Nobody Told Me $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 951 Amsterdam Ave

The people behind Dovetail (a former UWS neighborhood spot) have a new casual cocktail bar on the corner of 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Nobody Told Me stays open until 2am every night, and serves bar snacks as well as larger dishes like a burger and a fried chicken sandwich.

 Francesco Sapienza Lamalo $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Middle Eastern  in  Nomad $$$$ 11 E 31st St Not

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Lamalo is a new all-day Middle Eastern restaurant from the owner of Breads Bakery. It’s located in the Arlo Nomad Hotel on 31st Street, and serves dishes like skewers, mezze dips, and salads.

 Ethan Covey Bonsai Kakigori $$$$ 100 Stanton St

The first storefront for the popular Japanese shaved ice shop is now open on the LES (they also have popups at Canal Street Market and Smorgasborg). In addition to shaved ice, the menu here also has toasts, matcha drinks, and katsu sandwiches.

Gemelli and The Ledge $$$$ 48 Cypress Avenue

This is a multi-level Mediterranean Italian spot in Bushwick that has an all-day pasta restaurant on the ground floor, a cocktail bar with a deck on the second floor.

Lamia’s Fish Market $$$$ 47 Avenue B

Lamia’s Fish Market is a fancy Mediterranean spot in the East Village that looks a little like a submarine. The menu here has steak, pasta, and lots of raw-bar options.

GoodLife BK $$$$ 706 Washington Ave

GoodLife BK is a new neighborhood bar with a lot of nicely rounded edges in Prospect Heights. It’s from the people behind Ode to Babel (another bar in the area) and they serve cocktails, wine, and beer that you can drink inside or on the patio out back.

 Gai Chicken & Rice $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 158 E 45th St Not

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The chef that opened Fish Cheeks in Noho has a new counter-service restaurant in Midtown East that specializes in Hainanese chicken rice. The menu here has a few different chicken varieties, including fried and steamed with ginger chili sauce.

 Frevo Frevo $$$$ 48 W 8th St

Frevo is a fancy French tasting menu restaurant hidden behind a painting in a gallery in Greenwich Village. There are 18 chef’s counter seats and the five-course meal costs $124.

 Dough Vale $ $ $ $ Pizza ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 330 South 3rd Street Not

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This is a new Neapolitan pizza place in Williamsburg near the bridge. The pies are all in the $15 range, and there are also a few salads, pastas, and charcuterie options on the menu. It’s currently BYOB.

The Gradient $$$$ 17 Wyckoff Avenue

From the name alone, it’s possible you already know this restaurant is in Bushwick. The Gradient is an all-day spot that serves vegetarian and vegan breakfast and lunch until 5pm, and then things like nachos, seitan wings, and kale caesar until 11pm. After that, it becomes strictly a bar - and stays open until 4am on the weekends.

La Napa $$$$ 656 Nostrand Avenue

This is a tapas restaurant in Crown Heights that serves mostly Latin American-inspired dishes like arepas, lechon wontons, and a bunch of different tacos. Nothing on the menu costs more than $20, and they’re open for lunch and dinner every day (except Mondays).

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NYC’s New Restaurant Openings (1)

If you tried to keep track of every brand new restaurant in New York City, you might go a little bit crazy. So just read this list instead. These are the new restaurant openings that seem like they have the most potential - although keep in mind, for the ones we haven’t tried, we make no promises. Go forth and be a pioneer.

We’ll be regularly updating this post. Once we check out a great spot, we’ll add a note so you know where to read more about it - in our Hit List and Bar Hit List.

february  Alex Muccilli Thai Diner $$$$ 186 Mott St

Lower Manhattan has a cool new diner to get excited about, this time from the people behind Uncle Boons. Thai Diner is currently serving Thai breakfast and lunch until 4pm every day, including a dish with five nouns we like a lot: Thai tea babka French Toast. No need to freak out if you don’t spend daytime hours near Nolita - they’re extending dinner hours soon.

 Don Freeman American Bar $ $ $ $ American  in  West Village $$$$ 33 Greenwich Ave Not

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This week in bad SEO news, there’s a new restaurant from the team behind Cafe Clover called American Bar. While it might be hard to find on Google, you will be able to find things like jumbo shrimp cocktails, wedge salads, and meatloaf for two if you come here.

Dolly Varden $$$$ 302 W 51st Street

Language is hard. For example, Dolly Varden is a type of trout, the name of a character in a Dickens novel, and now it’s also a two-story bar in Hell’s Kitchen. So next time you’re name dropping this new jazz age-themed cocktail bar, make sure you clarify.

 Hakata Zen Hakata Zen $$$$ 31 St Marks Place

After a 12-month closure, this Japanese hot pot place just reopened on St. Marks. Hakata Zen specializes in motsunabe hot pot - a red or white broth typically made with intestine, chives, cabbage, and tofu.

 Doma Doma $$$$ 120 1st Ave

Another East Village spot that stays open late is Doma, which is from the same people behind Tang Hotpot on the LES and The Tang on the UWS. This restaurant serves a mix of traditional Korean food (like seafood pancakes and bibimbap) and not-so-traditional Korean food (like kimchi arancini and gochujang octopus with grits).

Money Cat Vietnamese Kitchen $$$$ 554 Wilson Ave

Money Cat is a Vietnamese restaurant in Bushwick where you can order things like summer rolls, brisket pho, and banh mi filled with Chinese sausage. The space looks about as casual as a cafeteria - mostly because they have the same picnic tables you sat in during high school lunch period.

Top Thai $$$$ 55 Carmine St

The West Village has very few casual Thai spots in the neighborhood. So if you live in the area, take note of Top Thai Vintage on Carmine Street.

Factory Tamal East Village $$$$ 63 E. 4th Street

If you spend time on the LES, it’s possible you’ve been meaning to check out Factory Tamal for a while now (or you go every other Sunday morning for breakfast sandwiches and tamales). Consider their new second location in the East Village a further incentive to get involved with a chipotle chicken tamale.

Indika House $$$$ 943 Broadway

Indika House is a casual Indian restaurant in Bed-Stuy, right across from the Myrtle Broadway subway station. The menu seems pretty straightforward (full of dishes like biryani and vindaloo), and we can only describe the walls as having a similar aesthetic to the Rainbow Road level in Mario Kart.

Citizens Of Soho $$$$ 201 Lafayette Street

Did anyone ask for a new place to get charred broccoli bowls and lattes in Soho? Likely not. But if you work or live in the area, this location of an Australian cafe chain is here for your light meal needs.

 & Sons & Sons $$$$ 447 Rogers Ave

If you’re into wine and charcuterie, you’ll probably want to become a regular at this new Prospect Lefferts Gardens wine bar, which specializes in American country ham. It’s owned by an ex-sommelier from The French Laundry in Napa Valley who also used to run the beverage program at Per Se, which is to say, you should expect to learn more about great wine (and ham) in this tiny, brick-walled room on Rogers Ave. Just keep in mind that, for now, & Sons is only open Thursday through Sunday.

 Raffaele De Vivo Bar Camillo $$$$ 333 Tompkins Ave

The people behind Locanda Vini & Olii and Camillo, two solid neighborhood Italian spots in Brooklyn, just opened a third spot in Bed-Stuy where you can drink negronis and eat Italian food. They specialize in Roman-style pizza called pinsas, but you can also order things like baked cacio e pepe and beef short ribs here.

Dashi Brooklyn $$$$ 119 Ingraham St.

Eat outdoors at Smorgasburg all winter if you want to. But first, you should know that the team behind a couple of regular vendors at the weekly food fair (including a fried chicken truck and a pho bar), just opened an all-day Japanese comfort food place in East Williamsburg. To no one’s surprise, you can find a fried chicken sandwich and pho on the menu, but there are also some donburi rice dishes, sandwiches, and avocado toast served with an optional $6 slab of hanger steak.

 Rome To Brooklyn Pizza $$$$ 755 Grand St

There’s a new slice shop in Williamsburg where you can get toppings like blueberry and pancetta, or pear and gorgonzola on your pizza. And if you’re looking for a sit-down lunch or dinner, you can grab a seat at one of the two-tops inside and think about adding a rosemary focaccia panini, hellboy panzerotti (essentially a fried calzone from the heel of Italy’s boot), or a beef-filled arancini to your order.

Strings Ramen $$$$ 188 2nd Ave

Our good friends at The Infatuation Chicago love Strings Ramen, so we’re happy to see that the first NYC location of this counter-service spot just opened in the East Village. In this small dining room on 2nd Avenue, you can get things like duck ramen in pork bone broth for lunch, dinner, or just before you go into hibernation for the next three months.

 Evan Sung Da Toscano $$$$ 24 Minetta Ln

The Italian spot Perla in Greenwich Village was an all-time Infatuation favorite until it tragically closed several years ago. Now, the team behind Perla is back in the same space with their new restaurant Da Toscano. You can expect to eat unusual dishes like octopus carpaccio, veal parm, and a giant porchetta chop wrapped in pork belly here.

 Quality Bistro $$$$ 120 W 55th St

The people behind Quality Eats, a chain of steakhouses trapped in cool restaurant bodies, just opened a huge new French brasserie in Midtown. Quality Bistro has a few luxury hotel lobby-sized dining rooms where you can eat steak frites and stare at hundreds of framed bird photos lining the walls.

Taqueria Al Pastor $$$$ 128 Wyckoff Ave

Taqueria Al Pastor is a new counter-service Mexican spot with a meat spit in the kitchen, which makes us confident that they’re serious about tacos. This small Bushwick restaurant has only a few counter seats, but the al pastor tacos served with hand-made corn or flour tortillas seem good enough to eat standing up.

 Jose Solis Paisley $$$$ 429 Greenwich St

If you’re looking for a new place to have a business meal in Tribeca, this new upscale Indian restaurant could be a solid option. The chef at Paisley used to cook at Tamarind, another upscale Indian spot that’s just a few blocks away, where we like the fish curry and paneer lababdar.

 Industry City Wakuwaku $$$$ 269 36th Street

Sunset Park is one of NYC’s great food neighborhoods, and some of its best dishes can be found in the food court at Industry City. Wakuwaku is a new sit-down, yakitori in Industry City’s Japan Village, and if you’re in the mood for pork katsu or unagi eel around lunchtime, this is where you’ll find them. Just keep in mind that for now, it’s only open from noon to 3pm, Wednesday through Sunday.

Masti Indian Grill $$$$ 184 Havemeyer St

There’s a new neighborhood Indian spot in Williamsburg that seems like a promising option to keep in mind the next time you’re craving goat curry or lamb biriyani in the area.

 Little Ways Little Ways $$$$ 343 W Broadway

Little Ways is another ’70s-inspired cocktail bar from the people behind Flower Shop. This new place also has two floors, with a full restaurant on the first, and a cocktail lounge on the second where you can get natural wine or something made with beet-infused mezcal, and more mid-century modern furniture than you can find in any warehouse in Red Hook.

January Bar Goto Niban $$$$ 474 Bergen St

The team behind Bar Goto, where we go when we want to pretend we’re at a tiny bar in Tokyo for a few hours, just opened a new, slightly-larger bar in Park Slope. The new location has different bar snacks and Japanese-inspired cocktails than the original, but you can get their incredible miso wings in this dimly-lit, wood-covered room near Barclays Center.

 Signe Birck Kissaki $$$$ 319 Bowery

Kissaki is an upscale omakase sushi spot with a colorful space on Bowery. For $160, you get 12 pieces of nigiri plus four small plates.

Two Wheels $$$$ 426 Amsterdam Ave

Two Wheels is a new counter-service Vietnamese spot on the UWS where you can get pho, banh mi, and vermicelli noodles in a white brick-walled room that looks like a mini Sweetgreen. It’s open from 11am to 10pm and (unlike when you add too many premium toppings at its salad chain doppelgänger), nothing on the menu costs more than $15.

Sushi Ishikawa West $$$$ 207 W 80th St

The UES location of Sushi Ishikawa made it into our guide to Where To Eat Omakase Sushi In NYC For Under $100, but the second location from the same team is slightly more expensive. This new UWS Japanese spot offers a 15-piece sushi omakase option for $125 or a 16-piece option for $155.

La Tavola Della Nonna $$$$ 208 W 70th St

If you’re heading to a show at Lincoln Center soon and want to make dinner plans somewhere nearby, consider trying La Tavola Della Nonna. This brick-walled Italian spot on the Upper West Side looks like it could be a solid option for pizza and pasta in the neighborhood.

 Kettl Kettl Tea $$$$ 348 Bowery

If the green tea packets from your office cabinet aren’t keeping you awake anymore, you can get the strong stuff, straight from Japan, at Kettl in Noho. This is the second NYC tea shop from the Kettl team, but it’s the first to offer things like a four-course green tea tasting, tea-based gelato, and hot tea from a to-go window on Bowery.

 Dan Ahn Jua $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Flatiron $$$$ 36 E 22nd St Not

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Jua is a new upscale Korean spot in Flatiron that offers a nine-course tasting menu for $95. It’s from the team behind Her Name is Han and Atomix which leads us to believe that the BBQ short rib and truffle jjajangmen will be well worth the money.

Somtum Der $$$$ 380 Van Brunt St

Somtum Der is one of the best Thai spots in the East Village and now that the people behind it have opened a second location in Red Hook, we’re hoping we can say the same for this South Brooklyn neighborhood.

Izakaya Toribar $$$$ 164 E 56th St

This new Japanese izakaya on E 56th Street in Midtown East looks like a good spot to eat things like skewered eggplant, pork belly, and short rib on a causal weeknight. And if you also want to get drinks with your snacks here, Izakaya Toribar has a long sake list and some good-looking cocktails.

 Antony Magne Casa del Toro $$$$ 626 10th Ave Ph B

There’s a new Mexican restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen that looks like the dimly-lit lair of someone whose goal in life is to take over the world by way of a five for $20 taco deal. You’ll find this and dishes like queso fundido and elote on the menu at this casual sit-down spot on 10th Ave.

Dun Huang Miss Noodles $$$$ 531 Myrtle Ave

If you’re a fan of noodle soups and wall art involving majestic wildlife, this new Lanzhou noodle house in Clinton Hill could become your go-to for a casual weeknight dinner in the neighborhood. Dun Huang Miss Noodles serves good-looking bowls of hand-pulled noodles in a small room with red leather booths and a deer mural that could be a film still from Pocahontas.

 Eleni's Eleni’s $$$$ 226 3rd Ave

Eleni’s is a new, all-white, Greek restaurant in Gramercy that’s decorated with rope chandeliers, sailboat murals, and small (definitely artificial) olive trees. If you’re looking to eat seafood dishes like lobster pasta or octopus with a group in the area, this spot might be a good fit.

Ms. Ohho $$$$ 146 Nassau Ave

If you’re looking for a Brooklyn coffee shop that also serves good food, try Ms. Ohho. This new Korean counter-service spot in Greenpoint is only a few blocks from the Nassau Ave G stop and the menu has things like japchae, bibimbap, and kimchi stew.

Sanpoutei $$$$ 92 2nd Ave

If you’re the kind of person who prefers your ramen served on the saltier side, you’ll probably like Sanpoutei. This casual ramen place has several locations across Asia and specializes in soy sauce-based broth. Now that it’s open on 2nd Avenue in the East Village, you can come here for lunch or dinner in the neighborhood.

 Liz Clayman Torien $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  NOHO $$$$ 292 Elizabeth St Not

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Torien is a new upscale yakitori spot in Noho from a chef who is the George Clooney of grilled skewers in Tokyo. And even though his apprentice will actually be the one preparing the $150, 13-course yakitori omakase, dinner here will probably be incredible.

 Melissa Homm Piggyback $ $ $ $ Thai ,  Filipino  in  Chelsea ,  Koreatown $$$$ 140 W 30th St Not

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The people behind Pig and Khao have opened a new restaurant in Chelsea with dishes influenced by the Philippines and Thailand. There’s a big wraparound bar up front where you can eat things like Hainanese duck and curry puffs with a date. If you come here with a larger group, try to get one of the big tables in the back room.

We checked out Piggyback and added it to our Hit List.

 Chubby Princess Chubby Princess $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Financial District $$$$ 200 Water St Not

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One of our most recommended restaurants in the city, Málà Project has opened a second Chinese spot in Fidi. But instead of dry pot, at Chubby Princess you’ll find dishes like spicy noodle soup, dumplings, and mapo tofu. If this place is anywhere near as good as Málà Project, it could likely make our guide to The Best Places To Eat In The Financial District.

 Peter Bonacci Sushi By Bou $$$$ 218 Newark Ave

We’re fans of the $50, 12-piece omakase at Sushi by Bou in Flatiron, so it’s comforting to know that a new location just opened in Jersey City. It looks like a strong contender for our new guide to The Best Restaurants in Jersey City.

 Sally's $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  Caribbean  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 151 Tompkins Ave Not

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If you like Sally Roots, you’ll probably be into Sally’s, a new Caribbean spot in Bed-Stuy from the same people. It looks like a good spot to drink tiki cocktails and eat things like curry crab rangoons and jerk pork bowls for dinner - and like Sally Roots, nothing on the menu costs over $20.

 Jiang Diner $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  East Village $$$$ 309 E 5th St Not

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Jiang Diner just moved to a new location around the corner from its original spot in the East Village. Unlike the first version of this Chinese restaurant, the new place is counter-service, so it’s a good option if you’re looking for some quick congee in the area.

 Peoples Wine $ $ $ $ Wine Bar  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St

A new natural wine bar from the team behind Contra and Wildair has opened inside of The Market Line (a big food court on the LES that also just opened a few months ago). Peoples Wine seems like a good spot to drink and learn about wine or just snack on things like lobster pasta and cream puffs. Plus, if you like something you drank at the bar, you can buy one to take home.

 Rachel Vanni Ernesto's $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 259 E Broadway Not

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A chef who used to cook at Frenchette has opened his own upscale Basque restaurant on the LES - it has exposed brick walls, leather chairs, and a chandelier that looks like a map of the solar system. Dishes like grilled Iberico ham, lamb-stuffed peppers, and monkfish with clams and salsa verde look promising.

We checked out Ernesto’s and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Verōnika $ $ $ $ European  in  Flatiron ,  Gramercy $$$$ 281 Park Ave S Not

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Veronika is a huge Eastern European place with high ceilings in the new photography museum in Gramercy. It’s from the people behind Le Coucou and Upland, and you can expect dishes like pierogies with caviar and veal schnitzel here.

Tiki Chick $$$$ 517 Amsterdam Ave

Tiki Chick is a new bar on the Upper West Side from the team behind Jacob’s Pickles and it looks like a strong contender for our guide to 15 Uptown Spots That Feel Like Downtown Spots. If you’re looking for a place near W 86th St. to meet someone who you might take on a tropical honeymoon in the future, consider getting mai tais here.

 Boca Santa $ $ $ $ Mexican  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 480 Madison St Not

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This plant-covered Mexican spot in Bed-Stuy looks like a convenient and affordable way to eat things that you’d otherwise have to fly over 2,000 miles to try. Plus, all of the vegetarian-friendly Mexican dishes here, including dishes like chicharron and butternut squash quesadillas, cost less than $15.

 Rachel Vanni Bergamo’s $$$$ 26 Vanderbilt

Bergamo’s is a new cocktail bar in Midtown East that could be a good option for eating small plates and getting drinks near Grand Central Terminal. We wish our office had the same dark wood paneling and huge brown leather couches.

 Alison Alison $$$$ 1651 Lexington Ave

Alison is a neighborhood restaurant in East Harlem where we’ll probably eat some oysters and a burger alone at the bar on a Tuesday night. There are also some good-looking pancakes and a smoked salmon croissant available here during weekend brunch.

 Industry City Oldies $$$$ 946 3rd Ave

If you’re looking for a good cocktail bar in Industry City, try Oldies. It’s from the people behind Angel’s Share, but instead of button downs and vest, the people making your drinks here will be dressed in jeans and button-downs. Plus, Japanese bar snacks like corn tempura and salmon sashimi here look promising.

Anassa Taverna $$$$ 28-10 Astoria Blvd

Anassa, a Greek spot that works well for a Last-Minute Group Dinner in Midtown East, has opened a second restaurant in Astoria, which looks like it might also work well for a spontaneous dinner in the neighborhood.

 Luis Paez Clover Hill $$$$ 20 Columbia Pl

If you close your eyes and imagine a small, neighborhood spot in Brooklyn, you’ll probably see something similar to what you’ll find at Clover Hill. It’s a white brick-walled room with bay windows and indoor plants where you can eat a crepe or some clams with potato and onion soup everyday till 3pm.

 Max Lau The Deco $$$$ 231 W 39th St

There’s a new food hall in Midtown where you can eat everything from a panini at a new spot from the people behind Maman to a chicken salad sandwich on a fancy Hawaiian roll. The Deco is open every day from 7am to 9pm.

Goodman's Bar $$$$ 745 Fifth Avenue

Two people who used to work at Eleven Madison Park are now doing drinks and bar snacks at this new cocktail bar on the second floor of Bergdorf Goodman’s in Midtown. There’s a long marble bar inside where you can order a negroni and bar snacks like beef tartare or chicken liver mousse while pretending to be the kind of person who does this kind of thing a lot.

DeCember  Liz Clayman Pips $$$$ 129 Atlantic Ave

The team behind Colonie in Brooklyn Heights has opened this natural wine bar right next door to their restaurant on Atlantic Ave. Pips looks like a casual spot with concrete walls and plenty of bar stools where you can sip from a glass of unfamiliar wine and snack on chicken liver or soppressata.

 Noods n' Chill Noods n’ Chill $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 170 S 3rd St Not

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This new Thai cafe in Williamsburg is from the same family that runs Look by Plant Love House and it might be good enough to make our guide, Where To Get Brunch If You Hate Brunch. On Saturdays, Noods n’ Chill serves Chinese-Thai breakfast specials like rice porridge with stewed pork and cabbage omelettes from 11am to 4pm, but you can also get lunch or dinner here Tuesday through Sunday.

We checked out Noods n’ Chill and added it to our Hit List.

 Tabaré $$$$ 1006 Flushing Ave

For years, Tabare in Williamsburg was one of the few places in NYC that served Uruguayan food. But now, the team has opened a second location in Bushwick, which means you can get dishes like chivito completo (filet mignon on a sandwich with egg, bacon, ham, and cheese) for dinner before a night at Elsewhere or House of Yes.

 Emmy Squared UES $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 1426 3rd Ave Not

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You can now relive your childhood pizza party dreams at the third NYC location of Emmy Squared on the UES. The next time you’re looking for square pizza above 79th Street, try a margarita pie here.

 Queen Queen $$$$ 247 Starr St

Queen is a casual new Meditteranean spot in Bushwick with patterned tile floors and small wood tables that you and your friends can crowd with mezze, hummus, and meat skewers. Since nothing on the menu here costs more than $20, this could be a solid affordable group dinner spot.

 Tom Kordenbrock The Awkward Scone $$$$ 1022 Broadway

If you like eating breakfast burritos and using other people’s wifi, you might like this new cafe in Bushwick. The menu at The Awkward Scone involves a variety of New Mexican-style breakfast burritos full of things like green chile and hash browns, plus some good-looking pastries to enjoy with your free internet connection.

 Tina B Foto Pasta Al Forno $ $ $ $ Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 167 7th Ave S Not

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The team behind Fiaschetteria Pistoia has opened a new baked pasta spot in the West Village where you can get a slice of baked ziti and lasagna bolognese for $14 to $18. This counter-service spot also has vegan options and is open from 11am to 11pm daily.

Bar Bête $ $ $ $ French  in  Carroll Gardens ,  Cobble Hill $$$$ 263 Smith St Not

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The curved archways and globe pendant lights inside this new French-Canadian spot in Carroll Gardens make the space look like the inside of a spaceship — a friendly, neighborhood spaceship where you can eat dishes like potatoes made with duck fat and steak tartare with a side of quail eggs.

We checked out Bar Bête and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Bathhouse $$$$ 103 N 10th St

Bathhouse is an upscale Eastern European restaurant inside of a Costco-sized spa on 10th Street in Williamsburg. The head chef used to work at Eleven Madison Park, but now he’s serving borscht, duck legs, and boar sausage stew for lunch, dinner, and brunch inside a white brick-walled space with more indoor plants than windows.

Yafa $$$$ 4415 4th Ave

This new coffee shop in Sunset Park is serving Yemeni breakfast dishes like BEC samboosas and shakshuka all day, plus lunch options like lamb stew and fried chicken after 10am. Yafa Cafe is on the same block as the 45th Street R-stop so if you’re looking for a cafe with not-boring food, you might want to try this place.

 Nitzan Rubin J. Bespoke $$$$ 121 E 27th St

If you’ve ever wanted to watch sports in a bar that serves an Old Fashioned with a spritz of chartreuse perfume, you’ll probably love J.Bespoke. This upscale cocktail bar in NoMad happens to have several TVs playing streams of people chasing a ball, but you could use it for anything.

 232 Bleecker $ $ $ $ American  in  West Village $$$$ 232 Bleecker St Not

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This is an upscale, ingredients-focused spot in the West Village from the team behind the counter-service chain formerly known as Dig Inn. The chef at 232 Bleecker used to work at Gramercy Tavern, but now she’s focusing on chicken, pasta, and vegetables.

 Phong Do Ama Raw Bar $$$$ 190 Avenue B

The East Village has a new raw bar that serves seafood with Japanese, Thai, and Chinese influences. Ama Raw Bar has a $1 Oyster Happy Hour from 5-7pm Monday through Friday and if you’re looking for something to do after work in the neighborhood, you might want to check this place out.

 Mokyo Mokyo $$$$ 109 Saint Marks Pl

Mokyo is a Korean tapas spot in the East Village from the team behind Thursday Kitchen and like their first restaurant, this new one looks like a very nice garden apartment. If dishes like the duck fried rice, ceviche, and meat skewers at Mokyo taste as good as the food at Thursday Kitchen, this could become one of the best new restaurants in the neighborhood.

 Heidi's Bridge Soho Diner $$$$ 320 W Broadway

The next time you’re craving pancakes at 4am, try Soho Diner. This new 24-hour spot in the Soho Grand Hotel serves breakfast all day, plus diner classics like milkshakes and disco fries for lunch and dinner.

 Grand Shanghai House $$$$ 9 Pell St

Grand Shanghai House is a new dumpling spot in Chinatown that’s in the old Joe’s Shanghai space. (Don’t worry, Joe’s Shanghai just moved to Bowery.)

 Sarah Duffy Leo $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 318 Grand Street Not

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The people behind Ops have opened another pizza place in Williamsburg where square slices are the house specialty. You can pick up a slice in the cafe or sit-down in the full restaurant and enjoy dishes like potato croquettes, lasagna, and tiramisu, plus lots of natural wine.

 Noah Fecks Banty Rooster $$$$ 24 Greenwich Ave

A chef from Miss Ada and the owner of a Latin spot we really like in Denver have opened a new Southwestern restaurant in Greenwich Village. The Banty Rooster is in a large, white brick-walled space and the menu has things like short ribs, albondigas, and roasted squash.

We checked out Banty Rooster and added it to our Hit List.

 Grant Legan Kitchen & Table $$$$ 2 East 15th Street

Kitchen & Table is a new ingredients-focused restaurant underneath a private gym in Flatiron where something called a “meditation dome” is kept safe. Maybe you can find some inner peace while you’re eating lamb tagine or salmon with eggs for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Takeda $$$$ 466 Amsterdam Ave

There’s a new Japanese spot on the UWS where you can get an 11-piece sushi omakase for $85 or 14 pieces for $105. Takeda has three seatings at 5:45pm, 7:30pm, and 9:10pm Tuesday through Saturday.

 Casa Ora $$$$ 148 Meserole St

A chef who used to work at Cosme is now cooking at this new Venezuelan spot in Williamsburg. Casa Ora looks like an upscale place to eat arepas or arroz con pollo for dinner or weekend brunch.

Williamsburg Pizza $$$$ 226 E. 14th St

One of our favorite slice shops just opened its first East Village location. There’s plenty of space to sit inside, plus you can get a drink with your incredibly large slice here.

 Chikarashi Isso Chikarashi Isso $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  Financial District $$$$ 38 Rector St Not

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The people behind Chikarashi, a very good counter-service poke spot on Canal Street, have opened a sit-down Japanese spot in Fidi. Chikarashi Isso has a big dining room covered in light wood and mid-century furniture that looks like a good place for a celebratory seafood dinner.

 Liz Clayman Le Crocodile $ $ $ $ French  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 80 Wythe Ave 8.2 /10

Two chefs from Chez Ma Tante have opened a French brasserie at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. For now, Le Crocodile is only open for dinner, but will eventually be a spot where you can eat roast chicken, escargots, or an omelet all day long.

We checked out Le Crocodile and added it to our Hit List.

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One of the chefs behind a popular Korean food pop-up at Black Emperor has opened his own Korean spot in the East Village. And if the menu here has anything like the steak and kimchi burger he used to make, it’ll be worth traveling for.

 Bar Dough Bar Dough $$$$ 350 W 46th St

Bar Dough is a new pizza bar in Hell’s Kitchen that could be good for days when you think Happy Hour drinks might turn into a pizza party.

 Qualls Benson The Market Line $$$$ 115 Delancey St

Market Line is a new food hall underneath Essex Market on the LES where vendors sell everything from uni pasta and borscht to ramen and pork tacos. It’s your run of the mill, industrial-looking marketplace with indoor seating and an overwhelming number of stalls open from 7am-1am.

 Rose Collins The Grand Delancey $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St Not

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This beer bar at Market Line on the LES looks like a good place to drink with people who actually know the difference between stouts and lagers. It has over 50 draft options and a table delivery service that allows you to order dishes from other market vendors directly to your table.

 Geoffrei Taylor The Dip $ $ $ $ Sandwiches  in  East Village $$$$ 58 Saint Marks Pl Not

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A chef who used to work at 4 Charles Prime Rib has opened this new sandwich shop in the East Village. The french dip seems like the specialty at this tiny spot on St. Marks, but there’s also a good-looking chicken sandwich on the menu.

Mighty Catch $$$$ 940 Columbus Avenue

Mighty Catch is a new Cajun seafood spot on the UWS where you can eat things like crab legs and lobster mac ’n cheese in a casual sit-down restaurant before taking a walk through Central Park (which is just two blocks away).

November  Magdalena Dabrowska Redcrest $$$$ 235 Menahan Street

Redcrest is a new counter-service chicken spot in Bushwick. We like the the original location in Philly for decompressing with a plate of fried chicken. The new Brooklyn spot is at Starliner Bar and serves sandwiches, thighs, and wings with more sauce options than you’ll be able to process after 1am.

 Aqua Boil Aqua Boil $$$$ 750 9th Ave

The team behind THEP has opened this new Cajun-style seafood spot in Hell’s Kitchen where you can eat a pot of seafood with your hands while wearing gloves and a lobster-shaped bib. There are plenty of orange booths, tables, and a huge octopus mural inside.

 Beth Perkins Thank You $$$$ 214 Beach 116th St.

There’s a new bakery and cafe in Rockaway Beach where you can get a good-looking frittata, challah french toast, and roast chicken from 7am till 8pm.

 Heidi's Bridge Lekka Burger $$$$ 81 Warren St

One of the chefs from Dirt Candy has opened her own counter-service veggie burger spot in Tribeca. Oat milk soft serve and shakes are also on the menu at this colorful vegan restaurant.

 Itay Paz Zizi $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Chelsea $$$$ 182 8th Ave Not

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After closing Zizi Lamona in Williamsburg, the same people opened Zizi, a new Middle-eastern spot in Chelsea. It has almost the exact same menu, which has dishes like falafel with curry yogurt and lamb shawarma, plus a few new additions. The space looks like hundreds of other casuals spots with exposed brick walls and bottle-lined bars, but if the dishes here taste anything like they did at the Brooklyn location, you should make it #1 on your list of last-minute dinner places along 8th Ave.

We checked out Zizi and added it to our Hit List.

 Las Santas Las Santas $$$$ 572 Fulton St

Las Santas is a new upscale Mexican spot on Fulton Street in Fort Greene that’s covered in light fixtures that look like geometric-shaped puzzle pieces. It could be a good option the next time you and a few friends are craving fajitas, enchiladas, or chocolate-dipped churros.

 The Social Club Jajaja Plantas Mexicana $$$$ 63 Carmine St

Jajaja, a vegan Mexican spot with locations on the LES and in Williamsburg has opened a new spot in the West Village. This location has the same menu, which involves things like a mountain of vegetarian nachos, “chorizo” burrito, and fish tacos, plus a larger space covered in Mexican ceramic tiles and potted plants.

 Koyo Koyo $$$$ 3712 31st Ave

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in Astoria where you can get sushi omakase with 12 pieces for $135 or a kaiseki omakase with nine pieces, plus three side dishes like caviar and grilled vegetables for $175. Koyo has seatings at 5:30pm and 8pm Wednesday through Sunday.

 Pat Dunford Portale $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  Chelsea $$$$ 126 W 18th St Not

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The chef who made Gotham Bar & Grill famous has opened a new upscale Italian spot in Chelsea. If you like seafood, there are plenty of options on the menu - think seafood spaghetti with octopus and shrimp.

 Flora Hanitijo Mina's $ $ $ $ Greek  in  Long Island City $$$$ 22-25 Jackson Ave Not

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This is a new Greek restaurant in Long Island City where you can eat things like tahini babka french toast and peinirli (cheese bread with an egg yolk in the middle) at the converted schoolhouse known as MoMA PS1. For now, they’re only open from noon till 6pm, Thursday-Monday.

We checked out Mina’s and added it to our Hit List.

 The HiHi Room $ $ $ $ American  in  Boerum Hill $$$$ 138 Smith St Not

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The people behind Court Street Grocers have opened a new neighborhood restaurant in Boerum Hill. Rather than gourmet deli sandwiches, the menu at this sit-down spot has what they call elevated Cincinnati specialties, like chili over spaghetti, grilled chicken covered in cane syrup, and buckwheat waffles with a side of white fish spread at brunch.

 Anton's $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 570 Hudson St 8.2 /10

Anton’s is a new upscale Italian spot in the West Village from the people behind the Franks restaurants - it also happens to be in the old Frankies 570 Spuntino space. From what we can tell, the dining room is inspired by old-school New York Italian restaurants and the menu, full of pastas, seafood, and steak, follows along with the theme.

We checked out Anton’s and added it to our Hit List.

Pierozek $$$$ 592 Manhattan Ave

A pierogi place from Poland has opened its first U.S. location in Greenpoint and all of the sweet and savory options at this light, wood-covered restaurant look promising. You can also get borscht, croquettes, and a glass of wine here.

 Lamano $$$$ 688 10th Ave

Spanish tapas bar Lamano has opened its third location in Hell’s Kitchen and it looks like it could be a great spot to get drinks and small plates like egg tortilla with truffle or thinly sliced octopus with fried potatoes.

Hong Chun Cheon 닭갈비 $$$$ 2 W 32nd St Fl 2

A popular chicken spot from Korea has opened a new sit-down restaurant in Koreatown where you and a friend can get a huge skillet of dakgalbi or stir-fried chicken, sweet potato, scallions, and cheese for $20.

 Melissa Hom Kochi $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Midtown $$$$ 652 10th Ave Not

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A new Korean tasting menu restaurant has opened in a long, narrow space in Hell’s Kitchen. For $75, you get nine courses involving things like octopus, scallop, and steak skewers, bibimbap with quail egg tempura, and ricotta doenjang.

 Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao 南翔小笼包 $$$$ 3916 Prince St

One of our favorite Flushing spots just reopened in a big new space on the ground floor of a business complex at One Fulton Street. They’re known for their classic xiao long bao, but they also have new menu items, like rainbow-colored soup dumplings filled with foie gras or crab meat.

Cosmico $$$$ 80 N 6th St

The people behind upscale Latin food spot Colonia Verde have opened a small and casual new wine bar inside Williamsburg venue National Sawdust. You can expect mezcal cocktails, natural wine, and Latin small plates like vegan chicharrones and raw-salmon tostadas. They’re open 6pm-midnight every day except Mondays.

 Bubby's $ $ $ $ American  in  Tribeca $$$$ 120 Hudson St. 6.9 /10

Popular Tribeca brunch spot Bubby’s has reopened in the same space on Hudson Street with some upgrades to the bar and dining room. You can get dishes like blueberry pancakes and matzo ball soup here starting at 8am every day of the week.

Bien Cuit $$$$ 721 Franklin Ave

If you’re the kind of person who gets excited about bread loaves, you’ll want to know that this popular French bakery, with locations in Grand Central Market and Cobble Hill, has opened a third spot in Crown Heights. They open at 7am every day, and the croissants look flakier than your LA friends.

 Three Times $$$$ 90 Clinton St

On the topic of dumplings, one of the chefs who worked at the original Nan Xiang Long Bao has opened his own counter-service dumpling spot - it’s called Three Times and there are locations in Union Square and on the Lower East Side.

Pretty Ricky’s $$$$ 101 Rivington St

This is a new beer bar on the Lower East Side that also serves some dinner options like clam pasta and skewered meats.

 Jonathan Mehring Bar Meridian $$$$ 406 Prospect Pl

Bar Meridian is a new cocktail bar in Prospect Heights with a jukebox and a big, all-black, wraparound bar. It looks like a dimly-lit date night spot where you can drink something with mezcal in it while eating spaghetti or a meat and cheese platter.

Brisket Brothers $$$$ 690 Fulton St

This is a new counter-service BBQ spot in the old Habana To-Go space on Fulton Street in Fort Greene. If you’re looking for a meat-stuffed sandwich or pastrami cheese fries in the area, this looks like it could be a good option.

 Zenith Richards NR $$$$ 339 East 75th St

The people behind Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar ROKC have opened a new spot on the Upper East Side that looks like a similar concept. You’ll find entrees like ramen and fried chicken on NR’s menu, but it looks like this place specializes in cocktails, some of which will arrive at your table on fire or in egg-shaped vases from the 19th century.

Rusty Nail $$$$ 1701 Foster Ave

The Memphis Seoul has teamed up with the people behind The Farm on Adderley and Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar to open the Rusty Nail, a new neighborhood bar in Ditmas Park. They don’t have their liquor license just yet, but the kitchen is making bar food like ramen with cheese and a bulgogi burger.

OCTOBER  Tyson Greenwood Kindred $ $ $ $ Pasta ,  Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  East Village $$$$ 342 E 6th St Not

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This is a new natural wine bar in the East Village from the people behind Ruffian, another natural wine bar in the East Village. Kindred will eventually serve Mediterranean entrees and brunch options, but for now, they’ve just got small plates like crostinis and chicken meatballs.

We checked out Kindred and added it to our Hit List.

Angel Indian Restaurant $$$$ 74-14 37th Rd

The people behind Adda, one of The Best Indian Restaurants in NYC, has opened a new Punjabi spot in Jackson Heights with a completely vegetarian menu. You can get meatless versions of some of their best-known dishes, including the dum biryani - a pot of rice, vegetables, and spices sealed by a layer of dough.

 Banter $$$$ 643 Hudson St

If you like eating eggs and toast as late as 5pm, this spot is for you. It’s the second location of an Australian coffee shop from the people behind an objectively good-looking all-day breakfast spot in Greenwich Village, and they make great breakfast-y food and coffee.

 Lions & Tigers & Squares $$$$ 160 2nd Ave

This Detroit-style pizza chain has opened its second Manhattan location in the East Village. They serve thick, rectangular, pan pies for $7 each here and unlike the original location in Chelsea, there are plenty of big tables here.

Sweetgreen 3.0 $$$$ 2 Park Ave

There’s a new experimental Sweetgreen location on Park Avenue that looks like the equivalent of an Apple Store, but for salad. Instead of placing your order on the assembly line, you tell someone with an iPad behind a podium what you’d like, and it’ll magically appear a few minutes later.

 Heidis Bridge Canary Club $$$$ 303 Broome St

Canary Club on the Lower East Side is another part-restaurant, part-music venue to add to your list of places to try when you’re in the mood for a casual dinner followed by live music in an underground supper club. The seafood-focused Cajun food at this New Orleans-themed jazz spot looks buttery and promising.

 Oleg March Ten Hope $$$$ 10 Hope St

This new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg looks like a good place to hang out on a Thursday afternoon if you’re someone who doesn’t have anywhere else to be on a Thursday afternoon. There’s a nice outdoor patio here and the menu has dishes like octopus, scallops, and veggies.

 Suzanne Abaza Gowanus Gardens $$$$ 256 4th Ave

This new bar in Gowanus looks like what would happen if a dive bar and a flower shop went into business together - there’s a colorful back patio, a flower arch over the jukebox, and a food menu with buffalo wings and musubi. If you’re in the area and into unexpected combinations, check it out.

 Noah Fecks Ciao, Gloria $ $ $ $ Sandwiches ,  Brunch  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 550 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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Prospect Heights has a new cafe and pastry shop on Vanderbilt Avenue where you can eat prosciutto BECs, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, and bombolinis for breakfast or lunch seven days a week. Ciao Gloria has plenty of tables, bar seats, and potted plants as far as the eye can see.

 Edward Menashy Ivy Lane $$$$ 116 E 60th St

Ivy Lane is a new, three-floor American restaurant on the Upper East Side from the people behind Ophelia and Industry Kitchen. If maximalist touches like big velvet couches and murals of anonymous women don’t bother you, come here and try the burger with kimchi, steak with wasabi butter, and squid ink gnocchi - they all look promising.

 Oriel Pe’er Diner By Izakaya $$$$ 56-06 Cooper Ave

Nowadays has a new Japanese restaurant on-site where you can get dishes like fish and chips, udon, or a lamb burger starting at 5pm during the week and noon on weekends. It could be a good spot for a casual weeknight dinner or to sip sake at the bar while you wait for your favorite DJ to start spinning.

Palais By Perfect Pie $$$$ 134 E 61st St

The guy who used to make pies for the Obamas has opened his own French-American spot on the Upper East Side. You can also have a sit-down lunch or dinner at Palais Perfect Pie and eat entrees like fish, steak, or a burger.

Güeros $$$$ 494 4th Ave.

This neighborhood Tex-Mex spot has opened a second location in South Slope, where you can get excellent tacos and $7 margaritas during Happy Hour on weeknights.

Roland's $$$$ 2367 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Roland’s is a brick-oven pizza spot in Harlem from the people behind a popular BBQ spot that happens to be right next door. The menu here has a meat and cheese platter, calzones, and pies with plenty of topping options.

Lumaca $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Midtown $$$$ 34 E 32nd St Not

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This new upscale Italian restaurant in the HGU New York hotel in Midtown is from the same chef as Ainslie in Williamsburg. The rooftop bar seems promising once rooftop season rolls around.

Frangos Peri Peri $ $ $ $ Portuguese  in  East Village $$$$ 182 Avenue B 7.3 /10

Frango’s is a casual new Portuguese spot in the East Village where you can get rotisserie chicken covered in peri-peri sauce with a big group of friends. It could be a contender for our guide, Where To Go When You Want A Really Good Roast Chicken.

We checked out Frangos and added it to our Hit List.

Joju $$$$ 555 5th Ave

One of our favorite banh mi spots in the city has opened a second location on 46th Street in Midtown. You no longer have to head to Elmhurst for beef bulgogi or lemongrass chicken sandwiches. Joju is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

 Lola Taverna $ $ $ $ Greek  in  SoHo $$$$ 210 Avenue of the Americas Not

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Lola Taverna looks like a good contender for our Where To Go That’s Like Kiki’s But Isn’t Actually Kiki’s guide. It’s a Greek spot in Soho from the people behind Black Seed Bagels, and it might be a nice place to bring a group and eat grilled meat, seafood pasta, and a few dips.

The Riddler $ $ $ $ American ,  French ,  Raw Bar  in  West Village $$$$ 51 Bank St 8.1 /10

A champagne bar from San Francisco has opened its first East Coast location in the West Village. Besides having the longest champagne list you’ve probably ever seen, The Riddler is known for its short menu of very solid small plates like waffles made of tater tots and topped with caviar - you can expect that, plus an oyster bar, and other full dishes at the NYC location.

We checked out The Riddler and added it to our Hit List.

 The Longshoreman $$$$ 215 Columbia Street

The Longshoreman is a new Italian spot near the Brooklyn waterfront that looks like one of the staged living room sets at your local Ikea. But even though the space is standard, the uni cacio y pepe, clam pizza, and the Late Night Happy Hour seem promising.

Douzo $$$$ 63 Delancey St

If you’re looking for a spot to eat Japanese hand rolls on the Lower East Side, you should try Douzo. It looks like a casual sushi spot with lots of light wood accents where you can eat temaki sushi and stare at your gym trainer from across the wraparound bar.

Dons Bogam Green $$$$ 3 W 36th St

Upscale Korean BBQ chain Dons Bogam has opened its third NYC location in Midtown, where you can get dishes like duck bibimbap, short rib, or scallion pancakes for lunch or dinner daily. If you’re planning on being an alien for Halloween, you should know that the space here could pass as the interior of your spaceship.

Yin Ji Chang Fen $$$$ 91 Bayard St

A rice roll chain with locations in China, California, and Toronto, has opened its first NYC restaurant in Chinatown. It might be a good option for dim sum on a weekend morning, but you can get dishes like BBQ pork rice rolls, congee, and beef cheung fun between 9am and 9pm daily.

 Asset $$$$ 329 Columbus Ave

The people behind Tessa have opened this American spot on the Upper West Side, which is an option for eating pasta or steak after a show at Lincoln Center. As far as restaurants go, this multi-level spot with high ceilings might be the closest thing we’ve seen to an upscale loft.

F&F Pizzeria $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Carroll Gardens $$$$ 459 Court St Not

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Just in case you’re still on the lookout for your favorite Brooklyn slice shop, several big names in pizza from Phoenix, San Francisco, as well as the Franks from New York have come together to open a new pizza place in Carroll Gardens. It’s located between Frankies 457 Spuntino and Franks Wine Bar, and all of the classic pies look promising, but we’re especially interested in trying the pepperoni Sicilian.

We checked out F&F Pizzeria and added it to our Hit List.

 Zooba Zooba $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern ,  Egyptian  in  Nolita $$$$ 100 Kenmare St 8.5 /10

Zooba, an Egyptian spot with several locations in Cairo, has opened its first US location in Nolita. You can get dishes like taameya (fried fava bean balls), hawawashi (Egyptian beef patties), and dukkah fries for lunch or dinner in the large, colorful counter-service space on Kenmare St.

We checked out Zooba and added it to our Hit List.

 Francesco Sapienza Daily Provisions $ $ $ $ American ,  Cafe/Bakery  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 375 Amsterdam Ave Not

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NYC’s cruller king Daily Provisions has opened its second NYC location on the UWS. It’s two blocks from Central Park, which means you can now take some crullers and the very good BEC from this counter-service spot with you to show out-of-towners the reservoir.

 Caroline Lethbridge Evil Twin Brewing NYC $ $ $ $ Ridgewood $$$$ 1616 George St

A new beer garden has opened in a Ridgewood greenhouse serving craft beers with names like Root Beer Beer, Glazed Carrot Crockpot, and Spicy Avocado Margarita. Evil Twin Brewing is open from 5-9pm on weekdays and 12-6pm on weekends.

 Hometown Bar-B-Que $ $ $ $ American ,  BBQ  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 87 35th St Not

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NYC’s best BBQ joint has opened its second Brooklyn location in Industry City. They’re serving a good-looking pastrami sandwich, plus other new dishes like brisket tacos and jalapeno sausage. There are plenty of tables inside, and if you live in Sunset Park, you should expect more visits from friends moving forward.

 8Sia $$$$ 220 E 42nd St

8sia is a new food hall in Midtown East where vendors sell all different Asian-inspired food like curry noodles, sushi, and gelato-filled egg waffles. Most things cost around $10, and there are plenty of places to sit in this large space on East 42nd Street.

 Liz Clayman Rhodora Wine Bar $$$$ 197 Adelphi St

The people behind Mettā, a date night spot in Fort Greene that closed in July, have opened this new neighborhood wine bar in the same space with huge windows that look out onto brownstones and cherry blossom trees. They’re going for a zero-waste concept now, so you’ll only find natural wine, oysters, and few other snacks on the menu.

 Sebastian Lucrecio Nami Nori $ $ $ $ Sushi  in  West Village $$$$ 33 Carmine St 7.6 /10

Nami Nori is a new light-wood-covered West Village restaurant from three sushi chefs who used to work at Masa. It looks like the focus here are sushi rolls called temaki that come filled with different kinds of raw seafood or vegetables. Nami Nori is open for dinner at 5:30pm daily.

We checked out Nami Nori and added it to our Hit List.

 Nicole Franzen Felice 56 $$$$ 15 W 56th St

Felice 56 is a new Italian spot from the people behind Sant Ambroeus, who also run Felice 15 Gold Street and Felice 83, so you can already expect good food at lunch or for dinner that’s more expensive than it should be. It’s at the Chambers Hotel in Midtown and if you like being up before most humans, you’ll be happy to know that you can get coffee and a pastry here at 7am weekdays and 8am on weekends.

September  Emily Hawkes Il Fiorista $ $ $ $ American ,  Mediterranean  in  Flatiron ,  Nomad $$$$ 17 W 26th St Not

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Il Fiorista is a new sit-down spot in Nomad that serves Mediterranean-inspired dishes, like calamari and duck egg pasta, made with flowers and other herbs you might find in a Brooklyn mom’s dream garden. For now, you can only have dinner here, but soon this spot will serve breakfast and lunch during the day.

 Damien Lafargue Daymoves $ $ $ $ Cafe/Bakery  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 295 Grand St

James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem has opened this new coffee shop in Williamsburg right next door to his wine bar and restaurant Four Horsemen. Daymoves is open every day from 8am-6pm, and it looks like a good place to eat a pastry with someone who takes their vinyl collection a little too seriously.

 Catch Catch Steak $$$$ 88 Ninth Ave

The people behind D-list celeb hangouts like Catch in Meatpacking have opened this new upscale steak house right down the street. Similar to Catch, Catch Steak has multiple floors and a “smart casual” dress code.

C. Di Palo $$$$ 151-153 Mott St

The people behind a legendary cheese shop in Little Italy have opened a new wine bar right next door. C. Di Palo has bar-seating and a few small tables where you can drink wine and sample meats and cheeses without waiting in a line full of tourists.

Sushi Jin $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Sushi  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 316 E 84th St 8.1 /10

There’s a new omakase sushi spot on the Upper East Side where you can eat 11 pieces for $95 or 15 pieces for $125. Sushi Jin has seatings at 5pm, 7pm, and 9pm every day, except Sundays.

 Oleg March Areppas $$$$ 115 E 23rd St

A counter-service Venezuelan spot in Midtown has opened its second location in Gramercy. The next time you’re looking for an affordable lunch or dinner in the area, consider trying the cheese sticks, pulled pork arepas, or chicken empanadas here - they’re all under $10.

 Evan Sung Canal Street Oysters $ $ $ $ Seafood  in  SoHo ,  Tribeca $$$$ 380 Canal St Not

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The people behind East Pole opened a spacious new oyster bar in Tribeca that is now serving dinner and drinks. In addition to expected oysters and seafood towers, they also have bigger dishes like fish tacos and squid ink paella.

 Thomas L Photo Ainslie $$$$ 76 Ainslie St

A huge warehouse in Williamsburg has been taken over by a new Italian spot called Ainslie. It has a nice outdoor patio that might be a fun place to eat pizza and pasta while listening to whatever the DJ feels like playing. (Keep in mind there’s only live music Wednesday through Saturday nights.)

We checked out Ainslie and added it to our Hit List.

 Otaku Katsu Otaku Katsu $$$$ 137 Rivington St

Otaku Katsu is a new Japanese spot on the Lower East Side that has katsu and Japanese sandwich bento boxes, in addition to onigiris, fries topped with cod roe mayo, and miso chocolate soft serve.

 Triangle Photography Qanoon $$$$ 180 9th Ave

Qanoon is a casual new Palestinian restaurant in Chelsea with bar-seating and a few small tables, all of which have good views of the indoor lemon tree. The menu at this dinner spot has dishes like tabbouleh, tahini meatballs, and a baked branzino.

 Cathédrale Cathédrale $$$$ 112 E 11th St

The people behind Tao Downtown have opened Cathédrale, a new French-Mediterranean restaurant at the Moxy Hotel East Village. The next time you want to celebrate something in a huge dining room with vaulted ceilings, stage curtains, and spotlights, this might be a good option, especially because there’s an adjacent bar called Little Sister.

 Amor y Amargo Amor y Amargo $$$$ 188 Havermeyer Street

East Village cocktail bar Amor Y Amargo, has opened a second location in Williamsburg. Unlike the original, there’s enough room at the Brooklyn location to sit down.

Kolkata Chai Co. $$$$ 199 E 3rd St

This cafe in the East Village specializes in masala chai drinks. There are also small plates like avocado toast made with mango chutney that you can eat at one of the two-tops inside.

 Heidi's Bridge Tacovision $$$$ 244 E 53rd St.

The people behind Crave Fishbar have opened this Mexican spot in Midtown East that has a counter-service operation downstairs and a sit-down restaurant and bar upstairs. There’s a daily Happy Hour from 3-7pm, and dishes like the short rib tacos, al pastor quesadillas, and a $32 whole rotisserie chicken are available starting at 11am.

 Patty Brown Win Son Bakery $ $ $ $ Taiwanese  in  East Williamsburg $$$$ 164 Graham Ave 8.7 /10

The team behind Win Son has opened a Taiwanese cafe in East Williamsburg that’s right around the corner from the sit-down restaurant. They’re now open for breakfast every day and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. The fried chicken box, chicken parm sandwich, and fried pork knuckle sandwich all look very promising.

We checked out Win Son Bakery and added it to our Hit List.

 Heidi's Bridge Sauce $$$$ 78-84 Rivington St.

Sauce has reopened on the Lower East Side with sidewalk seating and a dining room that looks like a cottage on the Italian countryside. Expect red sauce classics like beef bolognese, pizza, and chicken parm.

 Esca $ $ $ $ Seafood ,  Raw Bar ,  Italian  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Times Square $$$$ 402 W. 43rd St 7.6 /10

Italian seafood spot Esca has reopened in its original Midtown location, with brunch and dinner service. Both the formal dining room and the outdoor patio look like they could work for the kind of special occasion that you’d want to eat steak or seafood.

 Chip Klose Gotham Bar and Grill $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood ,  Steaks  in  Greenwich Village ,  Union Square $$$$ 12 E 12th St 7.1 /10

Legendary upscale American restaurant Gotham Bar & Grill has reopened in Greenwich Village with a new seafood-focused menu. Lunch service won’t start until September 23rd, but the dinner menu has dishes like yellowtail crudo, foie gras, and whole grilled fish.

 Matt Taylor Gross Llama San $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Peruvian  in  West Village $$$$ 359 Avenue of the Americas 8.5 /10

The people behind Llama Inn have opened a new spot in the West Village. The menu at this upscale dinner spot has Japanese and Peruvian dishes like scallop ceviche, duck breast with rice, and pork tonkatsu with udon.

We checked out Llama San and added it to our Hit List.

 Sahadi's Sahadi's $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 34 35th Street Not

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Legendary Middle Eastern grocery store Sahadi’s has opened its second Brooklyn location at Industry City, with a casual counter-service restaurant and bar inside. It looks like there’s plenty of space here to eat Lebanese dishes like falafel wrapped in saj and drink beer or wine with a group.

 Liz Clayman Malibu Farm $$$$ 89 South St

This Malibu tourist magnet has opened an NYC location on Pier 17 in the Seaport District. As you might expect, the menu here has kale salad, cauliflower pizza, and a fried egg sandwich.

Los Tacos No. 1 $$$$ 136 Church St

Los Tacos, which makes some of the best tacos in NYC, has opened its third NYC location in Tribeca. Like other outposts in the city, this Tribeca spot has no seating. It is, however, one block from City Hall Park, where you can eat your carne asada tacos on a bench outside.

Norm’s Pizza $$$$ 345 Adams St

Norm’s Pizza is a new slice shop in Downtown Brooklyn from the people behind Upside Pizza in Midtown. The space looks like a ’60s pizza parlor with a small counter where you can stand and eat your margherita, mozzarella, pepperoni, or vodka slice.

August  The Jones $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood  in  NOHO $$$$ 54 Great Jones St Not

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The Jones is a new cafe in Noho from the people behind Fedora and Jeffrey’s Grocery. For now, they are only open on weekdays till 3pm, serving breakfast and lunch options like tuna carpaccio, clams, and a sandwich that looks like a fancy Filet-O-Fish.

We checked out The Jones and added it to our Hit List.

Fong On $$$$ 81 Division St

There is a new counter-service spot in Chinatown where you can get soy-based snacks like tofu pudding, green tea rice cake, and fresh soy milk. With only a few seats inside of Fong On, it looks like a serious takeout situation.

First Lamb Shabu $$$$ 218 E 14th St

First Lamb Shabu, a hot pot chain with locations in China and in Flushing, has opened its first Manhattan restaurant in the East Village. Not only does the menu here have lamb, beef, ox, and seafood options for your hot pot, but there are also kitschy add-ons. We’re specifically intrigued by the block of congealed beef oil in the form of a 3D Hello Kitty doll. It reminds us of the spice packets and pastes you put in ramen.

Go Nonna $$$$ 10-50 44th Dr

Go Nonna is a casual new Italian/Argentinian spot in Long Island City with a small takeout window for coffee, open weekdays at 11am. The lunch and dinner menus here have starters like eggplant parm and fried shrimp, plus a long list of pastas, like cacio e pepe and spaghetti with meatballs.

 Noah Fecks Khiladi $$$$ 175 Avenue B

Khiladi is a new Indian spot in the East Village where you can eat dosas and watch South Indian films from the ’80s. There are some classic dishes like tikka masala and sag paneer on the menu, plus curry poutine and pudding with vermicelli noodles.

 Liz Clayman Manero’s Pizza $$$$ 113 Mulberry St

Manero’s is a new slice shop in Little Italy from some of the people behind JaJaJa. There’s a small counter inside where you can order a square or thin slice, and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling to set the mood.

 Xu's Public House $$$$ 15 Union Square W

Xu’s Public House is a new upscale Chinese spot that’s half-a-block from Union Square. It’s open for dinner every day and the menu has a lot of seafood dishes like squid ink dumplings, lobster risotto, and crab noodles.

Spudz $$$$ 1460 Fulton St

If you’re a french fry person, then you’ll probably want to know Spudz, a fry spot in Bed-Stuy. You can get your fries loaded with anything from jerk chicken and sweet plantains to cinnamon and caramel sauce. Keep in mind that Spudz is currently only open Thursday-Sunday.

Renegades of Sunset $$$$ 254 36th St Suite C29S

Renegades Of Sunset is a new vegan fast-food spot at Industry City Food Hall in Sunset Park. The philly cheesesteak, bacon mac and cheese, and cinnamon rolls all look promising.

 Cremini’s $$$$ 521 Court St

This neighborhood Italian spot in Carroll Gardens looks like a good spot for a casual breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the area. It looks like fried custard balls are the specialty here, but the menu here also has a meat and cheese platter, stuffed olives, and a burger on a good-looking pretzel bun.

Carneval $$$$ 507 Grand Street

Carneval is a new Latin spot in Williamsburg that looks perfect for a party that ends with you swinging by the next day to pick up your credit card. There are carnival masks on the walls, daily drink specials, and food options like tacos, ceviche, and skirt steak.

 Laut Singapura $$$$ 31 E 20th Street

Laut Singapura is a new Singaporean restaurant in Gramercy. It’s from the team behind Laut, a casual Southeast Asian spot near Union Square, but this place is more upscale - with velvet chairs, marble tables, and colorful murals.

 Amata Kohl Hoek Pizza $$$$ 117 Ferris St

This Red Hook restaurant and bar looks like a huge loft, with brick walls, large windows, tufted sofas. You’ll find small plates, sandwiches, and salads on the menu here, but what this place specializes in are Roman-style pizzas (which you can watch as they cook in the pizza oven).

 Ole & Steen Ole & Steen $$$$ 80 W 40th Street

Danish bakery Ole & Steen has opened a third location on 40th Street near Bryant Park. Like the Union Square and Midtown East spots, the breads and pastries are the reasons to come here, plus there’s plenty of space for lunch meetings.

Chairman Sun $$$$ 47-30 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101

This new Chinese spot in Long Island City is from the people behind Hunan House, a popular Flushing restaurant. Chairman Sun serves a huge menu, ranging from dim sum to dry pot to a whole fish.

 Mama Capri $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Cobble Hill $$$$ 247 Smith St Not

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Mama Capri is here to make you feel like you’re much closer to an Italian beach than the Gowanus canal. There’s a lot of blue tile, lemon wallpaper, string lights on the back patio, and a seafood menu with dishes like stuffed calamari, shrimp risotto, and an octopus salad.

 Corry Arnold Electric Lemon $$$$ 33 Hudson Yards Fl 24

This American restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 24th floor of the new Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards. The grilled meats, salads, and raw options on the menu make this spot seem great for a very healthy meal with a view, especially if you prefer eucalyptus towels to regular ones.

 Sauce Pizzeria $$$$ 315 5th Ave

This counter-service pizza place, with locations in the East Village and on the LES, has opened a third spot in Koreatown between 31st and 32nd Street. If you’re feeling adventurous, go for the al pastor pie with pineapple sauce.

 Walson Luu Reverence $ $ $ $ American  in  Harlem $$$$ 2592 Frederick Douglass Blvd Not

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Reverence is a new East Asian, French, and Latin American-inspired tasting menu spot in Harlem. Before you eat here, you’ll have to make a reservation and pay $98 per person for five-courses in advance, but the uni empanadas, escargot, and honey cake make it all seem worth it.

 Greg Rhein Plado Tasting Bar $$$$ 192 E 2nd St

Plado Tasting Bar is a new Mediterranean-inspired tapas spot in the East Village that serves dishes like lamb meatballs and paella for dinner. They also have brunch until 4pm on weekends.

Pizette $$$$ 191 Graham Ave

This new sit-down pizza spot in Williamsburg has sourdough personal pies for $6 and larger ones from $12 to $16, with toppings like walnut and pesto. There are also dollar oysters here on weeknights.

Omakase Room by Maaser $$$$ 321 Bleecker St

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in the West Village where you can eat 12 pieces for $75 or 17 pieces for $115.

We checked out Omakase Room by Maaser and wrote about it here.

 Paloma at Hotel Hendricks $$$$ 25 W 38th St

This new Central and South American restaurant at Hotel Hendricks in Midtown serves dishes like beef carpaccio with chimichurri, grilled chicken, and short ribs. It looks like another upscale breakfast or dinner option near Bryant Park.

July  Bar Wayō $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Financial District ,  South Street Seaport $$$$ 89 South St Ste 17 Not

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Bar Wayō is a cocktail spot from the Momofuku people. It’s in the Pier 17 development in the Seaport, and if the weather is nice, you should try to grab a picnic table out front. You could have a full meal here, but it’s probably best used for a snack along with a couple of rounds of drinks before dinner at one of the places in our FiDi guide.

 Luthun $$$$ 432 E 13th St

This experimental new tasting menu restaurant in the East Village serves French, Austrian, Indian, and Spanish-inspired dishes. If a meaty entree like veal with anchovy milk doesn’t sound good to you, they also have a vegetarian menu option.

 The Stand $$$$ 116 E 16th St

The comedy club The Stand near Union Square has opened a full restaurant upstairs, also called The Stand. The food is mostly American, with raw bar options, pizza, rotisserie chicken, and a whole fish.

 Pepper Lunch Chelsea $$$$ 154 7th Ave

Pepper Lunch, a casual Japanese steakhouse for DIY meat-grilling, has opened its second NYC location in Chelsea. It’s open from 11am-11pm, so it could be a good spot for lunch or dinner.

 Bosie $$$$ 506 Laguardia Pl

If you’ve been looking to have a tea party, this new French spot in Greenwich Village has a daily tea service where you can try over 100 different blends along with homemade scones, eclairs, and tarts. They also do lunch on weekdays till 4pm and dinner starting at 5pm every day except Monday.

 Babs $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Greenwich Village $$$$ 72 Macdougal Street 8.2 /10

Babs is a French-Italian spot in Greenwich Village where you can eat things like crab salad and lamb chops. It looks upscale and serious, but still sexy - kind of like Mimi, which is from the same people.

We checked out Babs and added it to our Hit List.

 Daniel Krieger Red Hook Tavern $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Steaks  in  Red Hook $$$$ 329 Van Brunt St 7.8 /10

The people from Hometown Bar-B-Que have opened an American dinner spot down the street in Red Hook. It’s called Red Hook Tavern and it has a massive wine list and food like strip steak, ham croquettes, and a good-looking cheeseburger.

We checked out Red Hook Tavern and added it to our Hit List.

 L'Accolade $$$$ 302 Bleecker St,

This French wine bar in Greenwich Village has a set menu with either a $38 two-course option or a $45 three-course option. They serve appetizers like cheese and charcuterie, small plates like fluke crudo, and entrees like duck with almonds and grapefruit.

 Ray’s Bar $$$$ 177 Chrystie St

Ray’s is a new Western-themed bar on Chrystie Street on the LES. Justin Theroux opened it with some of the people behind The Happiest Hour and The Smile. It seems like they were going for something divey, but it looks more polished and kitschy than anything else.

We checked out Ray’s and added it to our Bar Hit List.

 Gaudir $$$$ 251 E 110th St

Gaudir is a new tapas spot in East Harlem, where you can have Spanish dishes like squid ink paella with cuttlefish shrimp for dinner or chorizo and eggs for brunch on Sundays.

Gruit $$$$ 252 Empire Blvd

This casual beer garden in Prospect Lefferts Gardens has a menu of German dishes like chicken wiener schnitzel and spaetzle with chicken confit. Gruit serves beer by the glass or by the pitcher, both of which you can drink indoors or on the outdoor patio.

 Felipe Coronado Estuary $$$$ 159 Bridge Park Dr

Estuary, a casual new American spot on the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront, is now open for dinner. This place is huge and has everything from scallops to vegan burgers on the menu. It might be good for big group dinners on the water.

Jintana Thai Farmhouse $$$$ 344 7th Ave

Jintana Thai Farmhouse is a neighborhood Thai restaurant in Park Slope that looks like a backyard barn party. Many of the dishes here are notably colorful, like the salad with blue jasmine rice and green vegetable dumplings.

 Red Paper Clip $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  French ,  Experimental  in  West Village $$$$ 120 Christopher St 7.7 /10

This new spot in the West Village serves Himalayan and French-inspired entrees, like carpaccio made with sichuan pepper, baked oyster with lemongrass aioli, and a salad with dried apricot and tofu miso. It’s from two chefs who met working at Blue Hill At Stone Barns, so it seems worth checking out.

 Diana Yen Little Wayla $$$$ 100 Forsyth St

New-ish Lower East Side Thai spot Wayla has opened a counter-service lunch spot upstairs. Little Wayla serves five lunchboxes which involve things like green curry, larb, or poached chicken. They also have some imported snacks, like Thai sweet basil potato chips.

 Floret $ $ $ $ American  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 225 Bowery Not

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Floret is an American restaurant in the Sister City hotel on Bowery (which also has a nice rooftop called Last Light). They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner (starting July 22) with lots of veggie-forward entrees like Japanese eggplant and a salad with cauliflower and pistachio, but they have meat too.

EAK Ramen $$$$ 360 W 46th St

EAK Ramen, a iekei-style ramen spot with locations in the West Village and Los Angeles, opened another one in Hell’s Kitchen, where they’re serving new menu items like poke and bao buns. The ramen here has thick noodles and creamy broth.

 MidiCi $$$$ 174 N 4th St

A build-your-own Neapolitan pizza spot from Los Angeles has opened in Williamsburg. None of the pizzas on the menu are over $20 and there are a bunch of small plates like burrata with melon and prosciutto as well.

Baodega $$$$ 7 W 20th St

This new dim sum spot in Flatiron serves Shanghai-style dishes like shrimp and pork shu mai, crab soup dumplings, and beef noodle soup. Baodega also serves coffee from a Brooklyn-based company that sources its beans from all over Asia.

 Nina Wilder Izzy Rose $$$$ 214 Greene Ave

Izzy Rose is a new bar in Clinton Hill from the people behind Clementine Bakery. The menu has vegan bar food, like tacos made with chickpeas, nachos, and guacamole.

 Hutong Hutong $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 731 Lexington Ave 6.7 /10

Hutong, an upscale Chinese spot from Hong Kong, has opened its first US location in Midtown. Best known for Northern Chinese dishes like Peking duck and seafood dumplings, Hutong is in a huge 1920s-inspired space that looks like it could be good for an extravagant dim sum lunch or fun group dinner.

 Nick Merola The Ryerson $ $ $ $ Southern  in  Brooklyn ,  Crown Heights $$$$ 698 Nostrand Ave Not

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The Ryerson is a new Southern restaurant and cocktail bar in Crown Heights that looks like it has a nice backyard patio. On the menu, you’ll find entrees like a double patty burger with cheddar cheese, fried chicken, and a vegan scallop dish made with eggplant.

 Chip Klose Tenho Ramen $$$$ 542 3rd Ave

This ramen spot in Murray Hill specializes in tonkotsu broth and looks like a good weeknight dinner option. Besides ramen, the menu here has share plates like grilled meat skewers and potato salad.

 Gentle Perch $$$$ 112 Graham Avenue

Gentle Perch is a casual Korean-ish spot in East Williamsburg that’s open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday and brunch until 3pm on weekends. The menu has entrees like kimchi bacon fried rice, soy garlic shrimp and seaweed rice rolls made with fish, eggs, and vegetables.

 Edie Jo’s $ $ $ $ American ,  Bar Food  in  Prospect Lefferts Gardens $$$$ 630 Flatbush Avenue 7.2 /10

This neighborhood American spot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens will begin food service on July 22, but until then they’re serving cocktails like mezcal margaritas and cucumber mint gimlets, wine, and beer.

 Liz Clayman LaLou $ $ $ $ Wine Bar ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 581 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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If you like natural wine, you’ll probably be excited about Lalou, a new spot in Prospect Heights with a nice patio and a fully stocked bar. They also have a small Italian-ish menu with things like zucchini escabeche, spaghetti, and a chicken for two.

We checked out LaLou and added it to our Hit List.

Mission Ceviche $$$$ 1400 2nd Ave

Mission Ceviche, a Peruvian spot that has a few downtown locations opened a sit-down restaurant on the Upper East Side. It still looks like it belongs downtown though, with a living wall and neon sign. The menu has different kinds of ceviche, skewers with grilled meat or seafood, and a few Peruvian small plates.

HK Food Court $$$$ 8202 45th Ave

There is a new food court in Elmhurst with over 20 different vendors, serving dishes from Southern and Eastern Asia, including Chinese, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, and Japanese cuisine. It’s close to the M/R Elmhurst Ave stop and many of the spots here are cash-only.

Sullivan Street Pizza $$$$ 236 9th Ave

You can now get artisanal pizza at Sullivan Street Bakery in Chelsea, which officially becomes Sullivan Street Pizza after 6pm Wednesday through Sunday. For now, they only serve two kinds of pizza, margherita or spinach and gruyere, that you can customize with a bunch add-ons like capers, burrata, and prosciutto.

 Mary Kang Kichin $$$$ 1264 Myrtle Ave

After closing its old space and popping up around Brooklyn, Kichin is back with a sit-down spot on Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick. You can still have fried chicken at their new multi-room restaurant and bar, but their menu also has other options like whole crispy fish, mussels, and japchae.

We checked out Kichin and added it to our Hit List.

 The Turk’s Inn $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Brooklyn ,  Bushwick $$$$ 234 Starr St 7.2 /10

Turk’s Inn is a kitschy-looking new restaurant and music venue in Bushwick that’s made to look like a supper club from the 1930s. The menu has dishes like lamb kebabs and eggplant with tahini that you can enjoy in a tchotchke-filled dining room or at the rooftop bar.

We checked out The Turk’s Inn and added it to our Hit List.

Doner Kebab $$$$ 234 Starr St

This counter-service Turkish spot in Bushwick serves meat or vegan protein as a kebab, salad, or over a box of fries for around $11. It’s run by the people from Turk’s Inn and stays open until midnight on weekends.

june  Montesacro Pinseria $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 432 Union Ave 7.4 /10

A popular Roman-style flatbread spot from San Francisco has opened in Williamsburg. Montesacaro Pinseria serves their fluffy-looking pinsas alongside meats, cheeses, beer, and wine for lunch and dinner in a space that includes a big, covered patio.

We checked out Montesacro Pinseria and added it to our Hit List.

 Tsukimi $$$$ 228 E 10th St

Tsukimi is a new Japanese kaiseki tasting menu restaurant in the East Village. A meal here will cost you $195 per person for 11 courses or $320 if you go for the drink pairing. There’s only one seating per night and it’s at 7pm, but if you can get one of the 14 seats, expect dishes like caviar, bluefin tuna, and washu beef.

 Ayada Thai $$$$ 75 9th Ave

This Elmhurst Thai spot just opened its first Manhattan location in Chelsea Market, serving dishes like duck curry and ground catfish salad. It could be a good lunch option next time you’re touring someone around Chelsea.

Shun $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave

Shun is a new, serious-looking Japanese French spot in Midtown that’s one floor above Le Jardinier, a slightly less formal French spot that opened last month from the same people. Whether you go with the prix fixe menu or the eight-course tasting menu, expect dishes like raw scallops, roasted duck, and lobster.

 East Wind Snack Shop $$$$ 471 16th St

Counter-service dumpling spot East Wind Snack Shop opened its third location in Carroll Gardens with an expanded menu from the Williamsburg and Windsor Terrace locations that includes Chinese cotton candy. If you’re looking for something other than dumplings and cotton candy, East Wind also has snack-sized rice plates that come with shrimp or broccoli beef.

Le Jardinier $ $ $ $ French  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave Not

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Le Jardinier is a new tasting menu restaurant in Midtown East that looks like it was designed with power lunches in mind. There are lots of meat and seafood dishes on the menu, but it looks like vegetables are also very important here.

 Pomp & Circumstance $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 577 Lorimer St. Not

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This is a new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg that looks like it might be good for a weeknight dinner. The menu involves dishes like veal sweetbread, lamb meatballs, and bone marrow.

La Ventura $$$$ 615 Hudson St

La Ventura is an all-day spot inspired by places by the water. So you can expect to eat things like sturgeon tartare and fettuccini with clam sauce in a space that looks like it belongs in a beach town instead of the West Village.

 Seven Seeds $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Williamsburg $$$$ 96 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11249 Not

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This new all-day Mediterranean spot at the Williamsburg Hotel might be good for a casual dinner before a show at Brooklyn Bowl. Expect entrees like a merguez sausage burger, branzino, and a rack of lamb made with Egyptian spices.

La Cubana $$$$ 408 W 15th St

La Cubana is a new Cuban spot in Meatpacking across the street from Chelsea Market. They play live latin music, so it might be useful for a fun date. The menu has entrees like roasted pork shoulder, skirt steak, and a seasonal seafood stew.

 Cory Arnold Pastis $ $ $ $ French  in  Meatpacking District $$$$ 52 Gansevoort St 7.7 /10

After being closed for five years, Pastis (a well-known Meatpacking French bistro where famous people used to pretend they didn’t like being recognized even though they actually did) is open again in Meatpacking. The menu has entrees that are mostly in the $25 range, like steak frites and trout amandine.

We checked out Pastis and added it to our Hit List.

 Sugar Monk $$$$ 2292 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Sugar Monk is a new cocktail bar in Central Harlem where your infused drink may or may not come with smoke coming out of it. You’ll find plenty of seating, a tropical mural on the wall, and lamps shaped like birds.

 Tsismis $ $ $ $ Filipino  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 143 Orchard St Not

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This is a casual Filipino restaurant on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. There’s a special chef’s tasting menu available by reservation only, but otherwise, the menu has a la carte dishes like crispy spring rolls, tamarind soup with salmon, and steak topped with onions, garlic, and potatoes.

Time Out Market $$$$ 55 Water St

If you haven’t yet experienced food-hall fatigue (or Brooklyn Bridge-tourist fatigue), you should know about this multi-floor market in DUMBO with outdoor patio seating and some outposts of a few restaurants we really like. Highlights include: all-day pancakes from Clinton Street Baking Company, and stalls from Miss Ada, Nur, and Juliana’s Pizza.

 Special Club $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  SoHo $$$$ 43 MacDougal St. Not

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The people behind Niche Niche and Tokyo Record Bar opened a jazz club in Soho, and it looks like a social club from the 1920s. For $40 a head, you get live jazz, a cup of sake and some bar snacks.

Dépanneur $$$$ 294 Livingston St

Depanneur is a new sandwich spot and grocery store in Downtown Brooklyn with its own wine shop and art gallery. Everything from the deli and espresso bar comes from local vendors, and there’s already a location in Williamsburg.

 Nobody Told Me $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 951 Amsterdam Ave

The people behind Dovetail (a former UWS neighborhood spot) have a new casual cocktail bar on the corner of 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Nobody Told Me stays open until 2am every night, and serves bar snacks as well as larger dishes like a burger and a fried chicken sandwich.

 Francesco Sapienza Lamalo $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Middle Eastern  in  Nomad $$$$ 11 E 31st St Not

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Lamalo is a new all-day Middle Eastern restaurant from the owner of Breads Bakery. It’s located in the Arlo Nomad Hotel on 31st Street, and serves dishes like skewers, mezze dips, and salads.

 Ethan Covey Bonsai Kakigori $$$$ 100 Stanton St

The first storefront for the popular Japanese shaved ice shop is now open on the LES (they also have popups at Canal Street Market and Smorgasborg). In addition to shaved ice, the menu here also has toasts, matcha drinks, and katsu sandwiches.

Gemelli and The Ledge $$$$ 48 Cypress Avenue

This is a multi-level Mediterranean Italian spot in Bushwick that has an all-day pasta restaurant on the ground floor, a cocktail bar with a deck on the second floor.

Lamia’s Fish Market $$$$ 47 Avenue B

Lamia’s Fish Market is a fancy Mediterranean spot in the East Village that looks a little like a submarine. The menu here has steak, pasta, and lots of raw-bar options.

GoodLife BK $$$$ 706 Washington Ave

GoodLife BK is a new neighborhood bar with a lot of nicely rounded edges in Prospect Heights. It’s from the people behind Ode to Babel (another bar in the area) and they serve cocktails, wine, and beer that you can drink inside or on the patio out back.

 Gai Chicken & Rice $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 158 E 45th St Not

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The chef that opened Fish Cheeks in Noho has a new counter-service restaurant in Midtown East that specializes in Hainanese chicken rice. The menu here has a few different chicken varieties, including fried and steamed with ginger chili sauce.

 Frevo Frevo $$$$ 48 W 8th St

Frevo is a fancy French tasting menu restaurant hidden behind a painting in a gallery in Greenwich Village. There are 18 chef’s counter seats and the five-course meal costs $124.

 Dough Vale $ $ $ $ Pizza ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 330 South 3rd Street Not

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This is a new Neapolitan pizza place in Williamsburg near the bridge. The pies are all in the $15 range, and there are also a few salads, pastas, and charcuterie options on the menu. It’s currently BYOB.

The Gradient $$$$ 17 Wyckoff Avenue

From the name alone, it’s possible you already know this restaurant is in Bushwick. The Gradient is an all-day spot that serves vegetarian and vegan breakfast and lunch until 5pm, and then things like nachos, seitan wings, and kale caesar until 11pm. After that, it becomes strictly a bar - and stays open until 4am on the weekends.

La Napa $$$$ 656 Nostrand Avenue

This is a tapas restaurant in Crown Heights that serves mostly Latin American-inspired dishes like arepas, lechon wontons, and a bunch of different tacos. Nothing on the menu costs more than $20, and they’re open for lunch and dinner every day (except Mondays).

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NYC’s New Restaurant Openings

If you tried to keep track of every brand new restaurant in New York City, you might go a little bit crazy. So just read this list instead. These are the new restaurant openings that seem like they have the most potential - although keep in mind, for the ones we haven’t tried, we make no promises. Go forth and be a pioneer.

We’ll be regularly updating this post. Once we check out a great spot, we’ll add a note so you know where to read more about it - in our Hit List and Bar Hit List.

february  Alex Muccilli Thai Diner $$$$ 186 Mott St

Lower Manhattan has a cool new diner to get excited about, this time from the people behind Uncle Boons. Thai Diner is currently serving Thai breakfast and lunch until 4pm every day, including a dish with five nouns we like a lot: Thai tea babka French Toast. No need to freak out if you don’t spend daytime hours near Nolita - they’re extending dinner hours soon.

 Don Freeman American Bar $$$$ 33 Greenwich Ave

This week in bad SEO news, there’s a new restaurant from the team behind Cafe Clover called American Bar. While it might be hard to find on Google, you will be able to find things like jumbo shrimp cocktails, wedge salads, and meatloaf for two if you come here.

Dolly Varden $$$$ 302 W 51st Street

Language is hard. For example, Dolly Varden is a type of trout, the name of a character in a Dickens novel, and now it’s also a two-story bar in Hell’s Kitchen. So next time you’re name dropping this new jazz age-themed cocktail bar, make sure you clarify.

 Hakata Zen Hakata Zen $$$$ 31 St Marks Place

After a 12-month closure, this Japanese hot pot place just reopened on St. Marks. Hakata Zen specializes in motsunabe hot pot - a red or white broth typically made with intestine, chives, cabbage, and tofu.

 Doma Doma $$$$ 120 1st Ave

Another East Village spot that stays open late is Doma, which is from the same people behind Tang Hotpot on the LES and The Tang on the UWS. This restaurant serves a mix of traditional Korean food (like seafood pancakes and bibimbap) and not-so-traditional Korean food (like kimchi arancini and gochujang octopus with grits).

Money Cat Vietnamese Kitchen $$$$ 554 Wilson Ave

Money Cat is a Vietnamese restaurant in Bushwick where you can order things like summer rolls, brisket pho, and banh mi filled with Chinese sausage. The space looks about as casual as a cafeteria - mostly because they have the same picnic tables you sat in during high school lunch period.

Top Thai $$$$ 55 Carmine St

The West Village has very few casual Thai spots in the neighborhood. So if you live in the area, take note of Top Thai Vintage on Carmine Street.

Factory Tamal East Village $$$$ 63 E. 4th Street

If you spend time on the LES, it’s possible you’ve been meaning to check out Factory Tamal for a while now (or you go every other Sunday morning for breakfast sandwiches and tamales). Consider their new second location in the East Village a further incentive to get involved with a chipotle chicken tamale.

Indika House $$$$ 943 Broadway

Indika House is a casual Indian restaurant in Bed-Stuy, right across from the Myrtle Broadway subway station. The menu seems pretty straightforward (full of dishes like biryani and vindaloo), and we can only describe the walls as having a similar aesthetic to the Rainbow Road level in Mario Kart.

Citizens Of Soho $$$$ 201 Lafayette Street

Did anyone ask for a new place to get charred broccoli bowls and lattes in Soho? Likely not. But if you work or live in the area, this location of an Australian cafe chain is here for your light meal needs.

 & Sons & Sons $$$$ 447 Rogers Ave

If you’re into wine and charcuterie, you’ll probably want to become a regular at this new Prospect Lefferts Gardens wine bar, which specializes in American country ham. It’s owned by an ex-sommelier from The French Laundry in Napa Valley who also used to run the beverage program at Per Se, which is to say, you should expect to learn more about great wine (and ham) in this tiny, brick-walled room on Rogers Ave. Just keep in mind that, for now, & Sons is only open Thursday through Sunday.

 Raffaele De Vivo Bar Camillo $$$$ 333 Tompkins Ave

The people behind Locanda Vini & Olii and Camillo, two solid neighborhood Italian spots in Brooklyn, just opened a third spot in Bed-Stuy where you can drink negronis and eat Italian food. They specialize in Roman-style pizza called pinsas, but you can also order things like baked cacio e pepe and beef short ribs here.

Dashi Brooklyn $$$$ 119 Ingraham St.

Eat outdoors at Smorgasburg all winter if you want to. But first, you should know that the team behind a couple of regular vendors at the weekly food fair (including a fried chicken truck and a pho bar), just opened an all-day Japanese comfort food place in East Williamsburg. To no one’s surprise, you can find a fried chicken sandwich and pho on the menu, but there are also some donburi rice dishes, sandwiches, and avocado toast served with an optional $6 slab of hanger steak.

 Rome To Brooklyn Pizza $$$$ 755 Grand St

There’s a new slice shop in Williamsburg where you can get toppings like blueberry and pancetta, or pear and gorgonzola on your pizza. And if you’re looking for a sit-down lunch or dinner, you can grab a seat at one of the two-tops inside and think about adding a rosemary focaccia panini, hellboy panzerotti (essentially a fried calzone from the heel of Italy’s boot), or a beef-filled arancini to your order.

Strings Ramen $$$$ 188 2nd Ave

Our good friends at The Infatuation Chicago love Strings Ramen, so we’re happy to see that the first NYC location of this counter-service spot just opened in the East Village. In this small dining room on 2nd Avenue, you can get things like duck ramen in pork bone broth for lunch, dinner, or just before you go into hibernation for the next three months.

 Evan Sung Da Toscano $$$$ 24 Minetta Ln

The Italian spot Perla in Greenwich Village was an all-time Infatuation favorite until it tragically closed several years ago. Now, the team behind Perla is back in the same space with their new restaurant Da Toscano. You can expect to eat unusual dishes like octopus carpaccio, veal parm, and a giant porchetta chop wrapped in pork belly here.

 Quality Bistro $$$$ 120 W 55th St

The people behind Quality Eats, a chain of steakhouses trapped in cool restaurant bodies, just opened a huge new French brasserie in Midtown. Quality Bistro has a few luxury hotel lobby-sized dining rooms where you can eat steak frites and stare at hundreds of framed bird photos lining the walls.

Taqueria Al Pastor $$$$ 128 Wyckoff Ave

Taqueria Al Pastor is a new counter-service Mexican spot with a meat spit in the kitchen, which makes us confident that they’re serious about tacos. This small Bushwick restaurant has only a few counter seats, but the al pastor tacos served with hand-made corn or flour tortillas seem good enough to eat standing up.

 Jose Solis Paisley $$$$ 429 Greenwich St

If you’re looking for a new place to have a business meal in Tribeca, this new upscale Indian restaurant could be a solid option. The chef at Paisley used to cook at Tamarind, another upscale Indian spot that’s just a few blocks away, where we like the fish curry and paneer lababdar.

 Industry City Wakuwaku $$$$ 269 36th Street

Sunset Park is one of NYC’s great food neighborhoods, and some of its best dishes can be found in the food court at Industry City. Wakuwaku is a new sit-down, yakitori in Industry City’s Japan Village, and if you’re in the mood for pork katsu or unagi eel around lunchtime, this is where you’ll find them. Just keep in mind that for now, it’s only open from noon to 3pm, Wednesday through Sunday.

Masti Indian Grill $$$$ 184 Havemeyer St

There’s a new neighborhood Indian spot in Williamsburg that seems like a promising option to keep in mind the next time you’re craving goat curry or lamb biriyani in the area.

 Little Ways Little Ways $$$$ 343 W Broadway

Little Ways is another ’70s-inspired cocktail bar from the people behind Flower Shop. This new place also has two floors, with a full restaurant on the first, and a cocktail lounge on the second where you can get natural wine or something made with beet-infused mezcal, and more mid-century modern furniture than you can find in any warehouse in Red Hook.

January Bar Goto Niban $$$$ 474 Bergen St

The team behind Bar Goto, where we go when we want to pretend we’re at a tiny bar in Tokyo for a few hours, just opened a new, slightly-larger bar in Park Slope. The new location has different bar snacks and Japanese-inspired cocktails than the original, but you can get their incredible miso wings in this dimly-lit, wood-covered room near Barclays Center.

 Signe Birck Kissaki $$$$ 319 Bowery

Kissaki is an upscale omakase sushi spot with a colorful space on Bowery. For $160, you get 12 pieces of nigiri plus four small plates.

Two Wheels $$$$ 426 Amsterdam Ave

Two Wheels is a new counter-service Vietnamese spot on the UWS where you can get pho, banh mi, and vermicelli noodles in a white brick-walled room that looks like a mini Sweetgreen. It’s open from 11am to 10pm and (unlike when you add too many premium toppings at its salad chain doppelgänger), nothing on the menu costs more than $15.

Sushi Ishikawa West $$$$ 207 W 80th St

The UES location of Sushi Ishikawa made it into our guide to Where To Eat Omakase Sushi In NYC For Under $100, but the second location from the same team is slightly more expensive. This new UWS Japanese spot offers a 15-piece sushi omakase option for $125 or a 16-piece option for $155.

La Tavola Della Nonna $$$$ 208 W 70th St

If you’re heading to a show at Lincoln Center soon and want to make dinner plans somewhere nearby, consider trying La Tavola Della Nonna. This brick-walled Italian spot on the Upper West Side looks like it could be a solid option for pizza and pasta in the neighborhood.

 Kettl Kettl Tea $$$$ 348 Bowery

If the green tea packets from your office cabinet aren’t keeping you awake anymore, you can get the strong stuff, straight from Japan, at Kettl in Noho. This is the second NYC tea shop from the Kettl team, but it’s the first to offer things like a four-course green tea tasting, tea-based gelato, and hot tea from a to-go window on Bowery.

 Dan Ahn Jua $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Flatiron $$$$ 36 E 22nd St Not

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Jua is a new upscale Korean spot in Flatiron that offers a nine-course tasting menu for $95. It’s from the team behind Her Name is Han and Atomix which leads us to believe that the BBQ short rib and truffle jjajangmen will be well worth the money.

Somtum Der $$$$ 380 Van Brunt St

Somtum Der is one of the best Thai spots in the East Village and now that the people behind it have opened a second location in Red Hook, we’re hoping we can say the same for this South Brooklyn neighborhood.

Izakaya Toribar $$$$ 164 E 56th St

This new Japanese izakaya on E 56th Street in Midtown East looks like a good spot to eat things like skewered eggplant, pork belly, and short rib on a causal weeknight. And if you also want to get drinks with your snacks here, Izakaya Toribar has a long sake list and some good-looking cocktails.

 Antony Magne Casa del Toro $$$$ 626 10th Ave Ph B

There’s a new Mexican restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen that looks like the dimly-lit lair of someone whose goal in life is to take over the world by way of a five for $20 taco deal. You’ll find this and dishes like queso fundido and elote on the menu at this casual sit-down spot on 10th Ave.

Dun Huang Miss Noodles $$$$ 531 Myrtle Ave

If you’re a fan of noodle soups and wall art involving majestic wildlife, this new Lanzhou noodle house in Clinton Hill could become your go-to for a casual weeknight dinner in the neighborhood. Dun Huang Miss Noodles serves good-looking bowls of hand-pulled noodles in a small room with red leather booths and a deer mural that could be a film still from Pocahontas.

 Eleni's Eleni’s $$$$ 226 3rd Ave

Eleni’s is a new, all-white, Greek restaurant in Gramercy that’s decorated with rope chandeliers, sailboat murals, and small (definitely artificial) olive trees. If you’re looking to eat seafood dishes like lobster pasta or octopus with a group in the area, this spot might be a good fit.

Ms. Ohho $$$$ 146 Nassau Ave

If you’re looking for a Brooklyn coffee shop that also serves good food, try Ms. Ohho. This new Korean counter-service spot in Greenpoint is only a few blocks from the Nassau Ave G stop and the menu has things like japchae, bibimbap, and kimchi stew.

Sanpoutei $$$$ 92 2nd Ave

If you’re the kind of person who prefers your ramen served on the saltier side, you’ll probably like Sanpoutei. This casual ramen place has several locations across Asia and specializes in soy sauce-based broth. Now that it’s open on 2nd Avenue in the East Village, you can come here for lunch or dinner in the neighborhood.

 Liz Clayman Torien $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  NOHO $$$$ 292 Elizabeth St Not

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Torien is a new upscale yakitori spot in Noho from a chef who is the George Clooney of grilled skewers in Tokyo. And even though his apprentice will actually be the one preparing the $150, 13-course yakitori omakase, dinner here will probably be incredible.

 Melissa Homm Piggyback $ $ $ $ Thai ,  Filipino  in  Chelsea ,  Koreatown $$$$ 140 W 30th St Not

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The people behind Pig and Khao have opened a new restaurant in Chelsea with dishes influenced by the Philippines and Thailand. There’s a big wraparound bar up front where you can eat things like Hainanese duck and curry puffs with a date. If you come here with a larger group, try to get one of the big tables in the back room.

We checked out Piggyback and added it to our Hit List.

 Chubby Princess Chubby Princess $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Financial District $$$$ 200 Water St Not

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One of our most recommended restaurants in the city, Málà Project has opened a second Chinese spot in Fidi. But instead of dry pot, at Chubby Princess you’ll find dishes like spicy noodle soup, dumplings, and mapo tofu. If this place is anywhere near as good as Málà Project, it could likely make our guide to The Best Places To Eat In The Financial District.

 Peter Bonacci Sushi By Bou $$$$ 218 Newark Ave

We’re fans of the $50, 12-piece omakase at Sushi by Bou in Flatiron, so it’s comforting to know that a new location just opened in Jersey City. It looks like a strong contender for our new guide to The Best Restaurants in Jersey City.

 Sally's $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  Caribbean  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 151 Tompkins Ave Not

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If you like Sally Roots, you’ll probably be into Sally’s, a new Caribbean spot in Bed-Stuy from the same people. It looks like a good spot to drink tiki cocktails and eat things like curry crab rangoons and jerk pork bowls for dinner - and like Sally Roots, nothing on the menu costs over $20.

 Jiang Diner $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  East Village $$$$ 309 E 5th St Not

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Jiang Diner just moved to a new location around the corner from its original spot in the East Village. Unlike the first version of this Chinese restaurant, the new place is counter-service, so it’s a good option if you’re looking for some quick congee in the area.

 Peoples Wine $ $ $ $ Wine Bar  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St

A new natural wine bar from the team behind Contra and Wildair has opened inside of The Market Line (a big food court on the LES that also just opened a few months ago). Peoples Wine seems like a good spot to drink and learn about wine or just snack on things like lobster pasta and cream puffs. Plus, if you like something you drank at the bar, you can buy one to take home.

 Rachel Vanni Ernesto's $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 259 E Broadway Not

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A chef who used to cook at Frenchette has opened his own upscale Basque restaurant on the LES - it has exposed brick walls, leather chairs, and a chandelier that looks like a map of the solar system. Dishes like grilled Iberico ham, lamb-stuffed peppers, and monkfish with clams and salsa verde look promising.

We checked out Ernesto’s and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Verōnika $ $ $ $ European  in  Flatiron ,  Gramercy $$$$ 281 Park Ave S Not

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Veronika is a huge Eastern European place with high ceilings in the new photography museum in Gramercy. It’s from the people behind Le Coucou and Upland, and you can expect dishes like pierogies with caviar and veal schnitzel here.

Tiki Chick $$$$ 517 Amsterdam Ave

Tiki Chick is a new bar on the Upper West Side from the team behind Jacob’s Pickles and it looks like a strong contender for our guide to 15 Uptown Spots That Feel Like Downtown Spots. If you’re looking for a place near W 86th St. to meet someone who you might take on a tropical honeymoon in the future, consider getting mai tais here.

 Boca Santa $ $ $ $ Mexican  in  Bedford-Stuyvesant ,  Brooklyn $$$$ 480 Madison St Not

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This plant-covered Mexican spot in Bed-Stuy looks like a convenient and affordable way to eat things that you’d otherwise have to fly over 2,000 miles to try. Plus, all of the vegetarian-friendly Mexican dishes here, including dishes like chicharron and butternut squash quesadillas, cost less than $15.

 Rachel Vanni Bergamo’s $$$$ 26 Vanderbilt

Bergamo’s is a new cocktail bar in Midtown East that could be a good option for eating small plates and getting drinks near Grand Central Terminal. We wish our office had the same dark wood paneling and huge brown leather couches.

 Alison Alison $$$$ 1651 Lexington Ave

Alison is a neighborhood restaurant in East Harlem where we’ll probably eat some oysters and a burger alone at the bar on a Tuesday night. There are also some good-looking pancakes and a smoked salmon croissant available here during weekend brunch.

 Industry City Oldies $$$$ 946 3rd Ave

If you’re looking for a good cocktail bar in Industry City, try Oldies. It’s from the people behind Angel’s Share, but instead of button downs and vest, the people making your drinks here will be dressed in jeans and button-downs. Plus, Japanese bar snacks like corn tempura and salmon sashimi here look promising.

Anassa Taverna $$$$ 28-10 Astoria Blvd

Anassa, a Greek spot that works well for a Last-Minute Group Dinner in Midtown East, has opened a second restaurant in Astoria, which looks like it might also work well for a spontaneous dinner in the neighborhood.

 Luis Paez Clover Hill $$$$ 20 Columbia Pl

If you close your eyes and imagine a small, neighborhood spot in Brooklyn, you’ll probably see something similar to what you’ll find at Clover Hill. It’s a white brick-walled room with bay windows and indoor plants where you can eat a crepe or some clams with potato and onion soup everyday till 3pm.

 Max Lau The Deco $$$$ 231 W 39th St

There’s a new food hall in Midtown where you can eat everything from a panini at a new spot from the people behind Maman to a chicken salad sandwich on a fancy Hawaiian roll. The Deco is open every day from 7am to 9pm.

Goodman's Bar $$$$ 745 Fifth Avenue

Two people who used to work at Eleven Madison Park are now doing drinks and bar snacks at this new cocktail bar on the second floor of Bergdorf Goodman’s in Midtown. There’s a long marble bar inside where you can order a negroni and bar snacks like beef tartare or chicken liver mousse while pretending to be the kind of person who does this kind of thing a lot.

DeCember  Liz Clayman Pips $$$$ 129 Atlantic Ave

The team behind Colonie in Brooklyn Heights has opened this natural wine bar right next door to their restaurant on Atlantic Ave. Pips looks like a casual spot with concrete walls and plenty of bar stools where you can sip from a glass of unfamiliar wine and snack on chicken liver or soppressata.

 Noods n' Chill Noods n’ Chill $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 170 S 3rd St Not

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This new Thai cafe in Williamsburg is from the same family that runs Look by Plant Love House and it might be good enough to make our guide, Where To Get Brunch If You Hate Brunch. On Saturdays, Noods n’ Chill serves Chinese-Thai breakfast specials like rice porridge with stewed pork and cabbage omelettes from 11am to 4pm, but you can also get lunch or dinner here Tuesday through Sunday.

We checked out Noods n’ Chill and added it to our Hit List.

 Tabaré $$$$ 1006 Flushing Ave

For years, Tabare in Williamsburg was one of the few places in NYC that served Uruguayan food. But now, the team has opened a second location in Bushwick, which means you can get dishes like chivito completo (filet mignon on a sandwich with egg, bacon, ham, and cheese) for dinner before a night at Elsewhere or House of Yes.

 Emmy Squared UES $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 1426 3rd Ave Not

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You can now relive your childhood pizza party dreams at the third NYC location of Emmy Squared on the UES. The next time you’re looking for square pizza above 79th Street, try a margarita pie here.

 Queen Queen $$$$ 247 Starr St

Queen is a casual new Meditteranean spot in Bushwick with patterned tile floors and small wood tables that you and your friends can crowd with mezze, hummus, and meat skewers. Since nothing on the menu here costs more than $20, this could be a solid affordable group dinner spot.

 Tom Kordenbrock The Awkward Scone $$$$ 1022 Broadway

If you like eating breakfast burritos and using other people’s wifi, you might like this new cafe in Bushwick. The menu at The Awkward Scone involves a variety of New Mexican-style breakfast burritos full of things like green chile and hash browns, plus some good-looking pastries to enjoy with your free internet connection.

 Tina B Foto Pasta Al Forno $ $ $ $ Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 167 7th Ave S Not

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The team behind Fiaschetteria Pistoia has opened a new baked pasta spot in the West Village where you can get a slice of baked ziti and lasagna bolognese for $14 to $18. This counter-service spot also has vegan options and is open from 11am to 11pm daily.

Bar Bête $ $ $ $ French  in  Carroll Gardens ,  Cobble Hill $$$$ 263 Smith St Not

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The curved archways and globe pendant lights inside this new French-Canadian spot in Carroll Gardens make the space look like the inside of a spaceship — a friendly, neighborhood spaceship where you can eat dishes like potatoes made with duck fat and steak tartare with a side of quail eggs.

We checked out Bar Bête and added it to our Hit List.

 Adrian Gaut Bathhouse $$$$ 103 N 10th St

Bathhouse is an upscale Eastern European restaurant inside of a Costco-sized spa on 10th Street in Williamsburg. The head chef used to work at Eleven Madison Park, but now he’s serving borscht, duck legs, and boar sausage stew for lunch, dinner, and brunch inside a white brick-walled space with more indoor plants than windows.

Yafa $$$$ 4415 4th Ave

This new coffee shop in Sunset Park is serving Yemeni breakfast dishes like BEC samboosas and shakshuka all day, plus lunch options like lamb stew and fried chicken after 10am. Yafa Cafe is on the same block as the 45th Street R-stop so if you’re looking for a cafe with not-boring food, you might want to try this place.

 Nitzan Rubin J. Bespoke $$$$ 121 E 27th St

If you’ve ever wanted to watch sports in a bar that serves an Old Fashioned with a spritz of chartreuse perfume, you’ll probably love J.Bespoke. This upscale cocktail bar in NoMad happens to have several TVs playing streams of people chasing a ball, but you could use it for anything.

 232 Bleecker $ $ $ $ American  in  West Village $$$$ 232 Bleecker St Not

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This is an upscale, ingredients-focused spot in the West Village from the team behind the counter-service chain formerly known as Dig Inn. The chef at 232 Bleecker used to work at Gramercy Tavern, but now she’s focusing on chicken, pasta, and vegetables.

 Phong Do Ama Raw Bar $$$$ 190 Avenue B

The East Village has a new raw bar that serves seafood with Japanese, Thai, and Chinese influences. Ama Raw Bar has a $1 Oyster Happy Hour from 5-7pm Monday through Friday and if you’re looking for something to do after work in the neighborhood, you might want to check this place out.

 Mokyo Mokyo $$$$ 109 Saint Marks Pl

Mokyo is a Korean tapas spot in the East Village from the team behind Thursday Kitchen and like their first restaurant, this new one looks like a very nice garden apartment. If dishes like the duck fried rice, ceviche, and meat skewers at Mokyo taste as good as the food at Thursday Kitchen, this could become one of the best new restaurants in the neighborhood.

 Heidi's Bridge Soho Diner $$$$ 320 W Broadway

The next time you’re craving pancakes at 4am, try Soho Diner. This new 24-hour spot in the Soho Grand Hotel serves breakfast all day, plus diner classics like milkshakes and disco fries for lunch and dinner.

 Grand Shanghai House $$$$ 9 Pell St

Grand Shanghai House is a new dumpling spot in Chinatown that’s in the old Joe’s Shanghai space. (Don’t worry, Joe’s Shanghai just moved to Bowery.)

 Sarah Duffy Leo $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 318 Grand Street Not

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The people behind Ops have opened another pizza place in Williamsburg where square slices are the house specialty. You can pick up a slice in the cafe or sit-down in the full restaurant and enjoy dishes like potato croquettes, lasagna, and tiramisu, plus lots of natural wine.

 Noah Fecks Banty Rooster $$$$ 24 Greenwich Ave

A chef from Miss Ada and the owner of a Latin spot we really like in Denver have opened a new Southwestern restaurant in Greenwich Village. The Banty Rooster is in a large, white brick-walled space and the menu has things like short ribs, albondigas, and roasted squash.

We checked out Banty Rooster and added it to our Hit List.

 Grant Legan Kitchen & Table $$$$ 2 East 15th Street

Kitchen & Table is a new ingredients-focused restaurant underneath a private gym in Flatiron where something called a “meditation dome” is kept safe. Maybe you can find some inner peace while you’re eating lamb tagine or salmon with eggs for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Takeda $$$$ 466 Amsterdam Ave

There’s a new Japanese spot on the UWS where you can get an 11-piece sushi omakase for $85 or 14 pieces for $105. Takeda has three seatings at 5:45pm, 7:30pm, and 9:10pm Tuesday through Saturday.

 Casa Ora $$$$ 148 Meserole St

A chef who used to work at Cosme is now cooking at this new Venezuelan spot in Williamsburg. Casa Ora looks like an upscale place to eat arepas or arroz con pollo for dinner or weekend brunch.

Williamsburg Pizza $$$$ 226 E. 14th St

One of our favorite slice shops just opened its first East Village location. There’s plenty of space to sit inside, plus you can get a drink with your incredibly large slice here.

 Chikarashi Isso Chikarashi Isso $ $ $ $ Japanese  in  Financial District $$$$ 38 Rector St Not

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The people behind Chikarashi, a very good counter-service poke spot on Canal Street, have opened a sit-down Japanese spot in Fidi. Chikarashi Isso has a big dining room covered in light wood and mid-century furniture that looks like a good place for a celebratory seafood dinner.

 Liz Clayman Le Crocodile $ $ $ $ French  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 80 Wythe Ave 8.2 /10

Two chefs from Chez Ma Tante have opened a French brasserie at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. For now, Le Crocodile is only open for dinner, but will eventually be a spot where you can eat roast chicken, escargots, or an omelet all day long.

We checked out Le Crocodile and added it to our Hit List.

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One of the chefs behind a popular Korean food pop-up at Black Emperor has opened his own Korean spot in the East Village. And if the menu here has anything like the steak and kimchi burger he used to make, it’ll be worth traveling for.

 Bar Dough Bar Dough $$$$ 350 W 46th St

Bar Dough is a new pizza bar in Hell’s Kitchen that could be good for days when you think Happy Hour drinks might turn into a pizza party.

 Qualls Benson The Market Line $$$$ 115 Delancey St

Market Line is a new food hall underneath Essex Market on the LES where vendors sell everything from uni pasta and borscht to ramen and pork tacos. It’s your run of the mill, industrial-looking marketplace with indoor seating and an overwhelming number of stalls open from 7am-1am.

 Rose Collins The Grand Delancey $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 115 Delancey St Not

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This beer bar at Market Line on the LES looks like a good place to drink with people who actually know the difference between stouts and lagers. It has over 50 draft options and a table delivery service that allows you to order dishes from other market vendors directly to your table.

 Geoffrei Taylor The Dip $ $ $ $ Sandwiches  in  East Village $$$$ 58 Saint Marks Pl Not

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A chef who used to work at 4 Charles Prime Rib has opened this new sandwich shop in the East Village. The french dip seems like the specialty at this tiny spot on St. Marks, but there’s also a good-looking chicken sandwich on the menu.

Mighty Catch $$$$ 940 Columbus Avenue

Mighty Catch is a new Cajun seafood spot on the UWS where you can eat things like crab legs and lobster mac ’n cheese in a casual sit-down restaurant before taking a walk through Central Park (which is just two blocks away).

November  Magdalena Dabrowska Redcrest $$$$ 235 Menahan Street

Redcrest is a new counter-service chicken spot in Bushwick. We like the the original location in Philly for decompressing with a plate of fried chicken. The new Brooklyn spot is at Starliner Bar and serves sandwiches, thighs, and wings with more sauce options than you’ll be able to process after 1am.

 Aqua Boil Aqua Boil $$$$ 750 9th Ave

The team behind THEP has opened this new Cajun-style seafood spot in Hell’s Kitchen where you can eat a pot of seafood with your hands while wearing gloves and a lobster-shaped bib. There are plenty of orange booths, tables, and a huge octopus mural inside.

 Beth Perkins Thank You $$$$ 214 Beach 116th St.

There’s a new bakery and cafe in Rockaway Beach where you can get a good-looking frittata, challah french toast, and roast chicken from 7am till 8pm.

 Heidi's Bridge Lekka Burger $$$$ 81 Warren St

One of the chefs from Dirt Candy has opened her own counter-service veggie burger spot in Tribeca. Oat milk soft serve and shakes are also on the menu at this colorful vegan restaurant.

 Itay Paz Zizi $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Chelsea $$$$ 182 8th Ave Not

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After closing Zizi Lamona in Williamsburg, the same people opened Zizi, a new Middle-eastern spot in Chelsea. It has almost the exact same menu, which has dishes like falafel with curry yogurt and lamb shawarma, plus a few new additions. The space looks like hundreds of other casuals spots with exposed brick walls and bottle-lined bars, but if the dishes here taste anything like they did at the Brooklyn location, you should make it #1 on your list of last-minute dinner places along 8th Ave.

We checked out Zizi and added it to our Hit List.

 Las Santas Las Santas $$$$ 572 Fulton St

Las Santas is a new upscale Mexican spot on Fulton Street in Fort Greene that’s covered in light fixtures that look like geometric-shaped puzzle pieces. It could be a good option the next time you and a few friends are craving fajitas, enchiladas, or chocolate-dipped churros.

 The Social Club Jajaja Plantas Mexicana $$$$ 63 Carmine St

Jajaja, a vegan Mexican spot with locations on the LES and in Williamsburg has opened a new spot in the West Village. This location has the same menu, which involves things like a mountain of vegetarian nachos, “chorizo” burrito, and fish tacos, plus a larger space covered in Mexican ceramic tiles and potted plants.

 Koyo Koyo $$$$ 3712 31st Ave

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in Astoria where you can get sushi omakase with 12 pieces for $135 or a kaiseki omakase with nine pieces, plus three side dishes like caviar and grilled vegetables for $175. Koyo has seatings at 5:30pm and 8pm Wednesday through Sunday.

 Pat Dunford Portale $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  Chelsea $$$$ 126 W 18th St Not

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The chef who made Gotham Bar & Grill famous has opened a new upscale Italian spot in Chelsea. If you like seafood, there are plenty of options on the menu - think seafood spaghetti with octopus and shrimp.

 Flora Hanitijo Mina's $ $ $ $ Greek  in  Long Island City $$$$ 22-25 Jackson Ave Not

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This is a new Greek restaurant in Long Island City where you can eat things like tahini babka french toast and peinirli (cheese bread with an egg yolk in the middle) at the converted schoolhouse known as MoMA PS1. For now, they’re only open from noon till 6pm, Thursday-Monday.

We checked out Mina’s and added it to our Hit List.

 The HiHi Room $ $ $ $ American  in  Boerum Hill $$$$ 138 Smith St Not

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The people behind Court Street Grocers have opened a new neighborhood restaurant in Boerum Hill. Rather than gourmet deli sandwiches, the menu at this sit-down spot has what they call elevated Cincinnati specialties, like chili over spaghetti, grilled chicken covered in cane syrup, and buckwheat waffles with a side of white fish spread at brunch.

 Anton's $ $ $ $ American ,  Italian  in  West Village $$$$ 570 Hudson St 8.2 /10

Anton’s is a new upscale Italian spot in the West Village from the people behind the Franks restaurants - it also happens to be in the old Frankies 570 Spuntino space. From what we can tell, the dining room is inspired by old-school New York Italian restaurants and the menu, full of pastas, seafood, and steak, follows along with the theme.

We checked out Anton’s and added it to our Hit List.

Pierozek $$$$ 592 Manhattan Ave

A pierogi place from Poland has opened its first U.S. location in Greenpoint and all of the sweet and savory options at this light, wood-covered restaurant look promising. You can also get borscht, croquettes, and a glass of wine here.

 Lamano $$$$ 688 10th Ave

Spanish tapas bar Lamano has opened its third location in Hell’s Kitchen and it looks like it could be a great spot to get drinks and small plates like egg tortilla with truffle or thinly sliced octopus with fried potatoes.

Hong Chun Cheon 닭갈비 $$$$ 2 W 32nd St Fl 2

A popular chicken spot from Korea has opened a new sit-down restaurant in Koreatown where you and a friend can get a huge skillet of dakgalbi or stir-fried chicken, sweet potato, scallions, and cheese for $20.

 Melissa Hom Kochi $ $ $ $ Korean  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Midtown $$$$ 652 10th Ave Not

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A new Korean tasting menu restaurant has opened in a long, narrow space in Hell’s Kitchen. For $75, you get nine courses involving things like octopus, scallop, and steak skewers, bibimbap with quail egg tempura, and ricotta doenjang.

 Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao 南翔小笼包 $$$$ 3916 Prince St

One of our favorite Flushing spots just reopened in a big new space on the ground floor of a business complex at One Fulton Street. They’re known for their classic xiao long bao, but they also have new menu items, like rainbow-colored soup dumplings filled with foie gras or crab meat.

Cosmico $$$$ 80 N 6th St

The people behind upscale Latin food spot Colonia Verde have opened a small and casual new wine bar inside Williamsburg venue National Sawdust. You can expect mezcal cocktails, natural wine, and Latin small plates like vegan chicharrones and raw-salmon tostadas. They’re open 6pm-midnight every day except Mondays.

 Bubby's $ $ $ $ American  in  Tribeca $$$$ 120 Hudson St. 6.9 /10

Popular Tribeca brunch spot Bubby’s has reopened in the same space on Hudson Street with some upgrades to the bar and dining room. You can get dishes like blueberry pancakes and matzo ball soup here starting at 8am every day of the week.

Bien Cuit $$$$ 721 Franklin Ave

If you’re the kind of person who gets excited about bread loaves, you’ll want to know that this popular French bakery, with locations in Grand Central Market and Cobble Hill, has opened a third spot in Crown Heights. They open at 7am every day, and the croissants look flakier than your LA friends.

 Three Times $$$$ 90 Clinton St

On the topic of dumplings, one of the chefs who worked at the original Nan Xiang Long Bao has opened his own counter-service dumpling spot - it’s called Three Times and there are locations in Union Square and on the Lower East Side.

Pretty Ricky’s $$$$ 101 Rivington St

This is a new beer bar on the Lower East Side that also serves some dinner options like clam pasta and skewered meats.

 Jonathan Mehring Bar Meridian $$$$ 406 Prospect Pl

Bar Meridian is a new cocktail bar in Prospect Heights with a jukebox and a big, all-black, wraparound bar. It looks like a dimly-lit date night spot where you can drink something with mezcal in it while eating spaghetti or a meat and cheese platter.

Brisket Brothers $$$$ 690 Fulton St

This is a new counter-service BBQ spot in the old Habana To-Go space on Fulton Street in Fort Greene. If you’re looking for a meat-stuffed sandwich or pastrami cheese fries in the area, this looks like it could be a good option.

 Zenith Richards NR $$$$ 339 East 75th St

The people behind Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar ROKC have opened a new spot on the Upper East Side that looks like a similar concept. You’ll find entrees like ramen and fried chicken on NR’s menu, but it looks like this place specializes in cocktails, some of which will arrive at your table on fire or in egg-shaped vases from the 19th century.

Rusty Nail $$$$ 1701 Foster Ave

The Memphis Seoul has teamed up with the people behind The Farm on Adderley and Sycamore Flower Shop + Bar to open the Rusty Nail, a new neighborhood bar in Ditmas Park. They don’t have their liquor license just yet, but the kitchen is making bar food like ramen with cheese and a bulgogi burger.

OCTOBER  Tyson Greenwood Kindred $ $ $ $ Pasta ,  Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  East Village $$$$ 342 E 6th St Not

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This is a new natural wine bar in the East Village from the people behind Ruffian, another natural wine bar in the East Village. Kindred will eventually serve Mediterranean entrees and brunch options, but for now, they’ve just got small plates like crostinis and chicken meatballs.

We checked out Kindred and added it to our Hit List.

Angel Indian Restaurant $$$$ 74-14 37th Rd

The people behind Adda, one of The Best Indian Restaurants in NYC, has opened a new Punjabi spot in Jackson Heights with a completely vegetarian menu. You can get meatless versions of some of their best-known dishes, including the dum biryani - a pot of rice, vegetables, and spices sealed by a layer of dough.

 Banter $$$$ 643 Hudson St

If you like eating eggs and toast as late as 5pm, this spot is for you. It’s the second location of an Australian coffee shop from the people behind an objectively good-looking all-day breakfast spot in Greenwich Village, and they make great breakfast-y food and coffee.

 Lions & Tigers & Squares $$$$ 160 2nd Ave

This Detroit-style pizza chain has opened its second Manhattan location in the East Village. They serve thick, rectangular, pan pies for $7 each here and unlike the original location in Chelsea, there are plenty of big tables here.

Sweetgreen 3.0 $$$$ 2 Park Ave

There’s a new experimental Sweetgreen location on Park Avenue that looks like the equivalent of an Apple Store, but for salad. Instead of placing your order on the assembly line, you tell someone with an iPad behind a podium what you’d like, and it’ll magically appear a few minutes later.

 Heidis Bridge Canary Club $$$$ 303 Broome St

Canary Club on the Lower East Side is another part-restaurant, part-music venue to add to your list of places to try when you’re in the mood for a casual dinner followed by live music in an underground supper club. The seafood-focused Cajun food at this New Orleans-themed jazz spot looks buttery and promising.

 Oleg March Ten Hope $$$$ 10 Hope St

This new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg looks like a good place to hang out on a Thursday afternoon if you’re someone who doesn’t have anywhere else to be on a Thursday afternoon. There’s a nice outdoor patio here and the menu has dishes like octopus, scallops, and veggies.

 Suzanne Abaza Gowanus Gardens $$$$ 256 4th Ave

This new bar in Gowanus looks like what would happen if a dive bar and a flower shop went into business together - there’s a colorful back patio, a flower arch over the jukebox, and a food menu with buffalo wings and musubi. If you’re in the area and into unexpected combinations, check it out.

 Noah Fecks Ciao, Gloria $ $ $ $ Sandwiches ,  Brunch  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 550 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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Prospect Heights has a new cafe and pastry shop on Vanderbilt Avenue where you can eat prosciutto BECs, pumpkin cinnamon rolls, and bombolinis for breakfast or lunch seven days a week. Ciao Gloria has plenty of tables, bar seats, and potted plants as far as the eye can see.

 Edward Menashy Ivy Lane $$$$ 116 E 60th St

Ivy Lane is a new, three-floor American restaurant on the Upper East Side from the people behind Ophelia and Industry Kitchen. If maximalist touches like big velvet couches and murals of anonymous women don’t bother you, come here and try the burger with kimchi, steak with wasabi butter, and squid ink gnocchi - they all look promising.

 Oriel Pe’er Diner By Izakaya $$$$ 56-06 Cooper Ave

Nowadays has a new Japanese restaurant on-site where you can get dishes like fish and chips, udon, or a lamb burger starting at 5pm during the week and noon on weekends. It could be a good spot for a casual weeknight dinner or to sip sake at the bar while you wait for your favorite DJ to start spinning.

Palais By Perfect Pie $$$$ 134 E 61st St

The guy who used to make pies for the Obamas has opened his own French-American spot on the Upper East Side. You can also have a sit-down lunch or dinner at Palais Perfect Pie and eat entrees like fish, steak, or a burger.

Güeros $$$$ 494 4th Ave.

This neighborhood Tex-Mex spot has opened a second location in South Slope, where you can get excellent tacos and $7 margaritas during Happy Hour on weeknights.

Roland's $$$$ 2367 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Roland’s is a brick-oven pizza spot in Harlem from the people behind a popular BBQ spot that happens to be right next door. The menu here has a meat and cheese platter, calzones, and pies with plenty of topping options.

Lumaca $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Midtown $$$$ 34 E 32nd St Not

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This new upscale Italian restaurant in the HGU New York hotel in Midtown is from the same chef as Ainslie in Williamsburg. The rooftop bar seems promising once rooftop season rolls around.

Frangos Peri Peri $ $ $ $ Portuguese  in  East Village $$$$ 182 Avenue B 7.3 /10

Frango’s is a casual new Portuguese spot in the East Village where you can get rotisserie chicken covered in peri-peri sauce with a big group of friends. It could be a contender for our guide, Where To Go When You Want A Really Good Roast Chicken.

We checked out Frangos and added it to our Hit List.

Joju $$$$ 555 5th Ave

One of our favorite banh mi spots in the city has opened a second location on 46th Street in Midtown. You no longer have to head to Elmhurst for beef bulgogi or lemongrass chicken sandwiches. Joju is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

 Lola Taverna $ $ $ $ Greek  in  SoHo $$$$ 210 Avenue of the Americas Not

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Lola Taverna looks like a good contender for our Where To Go That’s Like Kiki’s But Isn’t Actually Kiki’s guide. It’s a Greek spot in Soho from the people behind Black Seed Bagels, and it might be a nice place to bring a group and eat grilled meat, seafood pasta, and a few dips.

The Riddler $ $ $ $ American ,  French ,  Raw Bar  in  West Village $$$$ 51 Bank St 8.1 /10

A champagne bar from San Francisco has opened its first East Coast location in the West Village. Besides having the longest champagne list you’ve probably ever seen, The Riddler is known for its short menu of very solid small plates like waffles made of tater tots and topped with caviar - you can expect that, plus an oyster bar, and other full dishes at the NYC location.

We checked out The Riddler and added it to our Hit List.

 The Longshoreman $$$$ 215 Columbia Street

The Longshoreman is a new Italian spot near the Brooklyn waterfront that looks like one of the staged living room sets at your local Ikea. But even though the space is standard, the uni cacio y pepe, clam pizza, and the Late Night Happy Hour seem promising.

Douzo $$$$ 63 Delancey St

If you’re looking for a spot to eat Japanese hand rolls on the Lower East Side, you should try Douzo. It looks like a casual sushi spot with lots of light wood accents where you can eat temaki sushi and stare at your gym trainer from across the wraparound bar.

Dons Bogam Green $$$$ 3 W 36th St

Upscale Korean BBQ chain Dons Bogam has opened its third NYC location in Midtown, where you can get dishes like duck bibimbap, short rib, or scallion pancakes for lunch or dinner daily. If you’re planning on being an alien for Halloween, you should know that the space here could pass as the interior of your spaceship.

Yin Ji Chang Fen $$$$ 91 Bayard St

A rice roll chain with locations in China, California, and Toronto, has opened its first NYC restaurant in Chinatown. It might be a good option for dim sum on a weekend morning, but you can get dishes like BBQ pork rice rolls, congee, and beef cheung fun between 9am and 9pm daily.

 Asset $$$$ 329 Columbus Ave

The people behind Tessa have opened this American spot on the Upper West Side, which is an option for eating pasta or steak after a show at Lincoln Center. As far as restaurants go, this multi-level spot with high ceilings might be the closest thing we’ve seen to an upscale loft.

F&F Pizzeria $ $ $ $ Pizza  in  Brooklyn ,  Carroll Gardens $$$$ 459 Court St Not

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Just in case you’re still on the lookout for your favorite Brooklyn slice shop, several big names in pizza from Phoenix, San Francisco, as well as the Franks from New York have come together to open a new pizza place in Carroll Gardens. It’s located between Frankies 457 Spuntino and Franks Wine Bar, and all of the classic pies look promising, but we’re especially interested in trying the pepperoni Sicilian.

We checked out F&F Pizzeria and added it to our Hit List.

 Zooba Zooba $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern ,  Egyptian  in  Nolita $$$$ 100 Kenmare St 8.5 /10

Zooba, an Egyptian spot with several locations in Cairo, has opened its first US location in Nolita. You can get dishes like taameya (fried fava bean balls), hawawashi (Egyptian beef patties), and dukkah fries for lunch or dinner in the large, colorful counter-service space on Kenmare St.

We checked out Zooba and added it to our Hit List.

 Francesco Sapienza Daily Provisions $ $ $ $ American ,  Cafe/Bakery  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 375 Amsterdam Ave Not

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NYC’s cruller king Daily Provisions has opened its second NYC location on the UWS. It’s two blocks from Central Park, which means you can now take some crullers and the very good BEC from this counter-service spot with you to show out-of-towners the reservoir.

 Caroline Lethbridge Evil Twin Brewing NYC $ $ $ $ Ridgewood $$$$ 1616 George St

A new beer garden has opened in a Ridgewood greenhouse serving craft beers with names like Root Beer Beer, Glazed Carrot Crockpot, and Spicy Avocado Margarita. Evil Twin Brewing is open from 5-9pm on weekdays and 12-6pm on weekends.

 Hometown Bar-B-Que $ $ $ $ American ,  BBQ  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 87 35th St Not

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NYC’s best BBQ joint has opened its second Brooklyn location in Industry City. They’re serving a good-looking pastrami sandwich, plus other new dishes like brisket tacos and jalapeno sausage. There are plenty of tables inside, and if you live in Sunset Park, you should expect more visits from friends moving forward.

 8Sia $$$$ 220 E 42nd St

8sia is a new food hall in Midtown East where vendors sell all different Asian-inspired food like curry noodles, sushi, and gelato-filled egg waffles. Most things cost around $10, and there are plenty of places to sit in this large space on East 42nd Street.

 Liz Clayman Rhodora Wine Bar $$$$ 197 Adelphi St

The people behind Mettā, a date night spot in Fort Greene that closed in July, have opened this new neighborhood wine bar in the same space with huge windows that look out onto brownstones and cherry blossom trees. They’re going for a zero-waste concept now, so you’ll only find natural wine, oysters, and few other snacks on the menu.

 Sebastian Lucrecio Nami Nori $ $ $ $ Sushi  in  West Village $$$$ 33 Carmine St 7.6 /10

Nami Nori is a new light-wood-covered West Village restaurant from three sushi chefs who used to work at Masa. It looks like the focus here are sushi rolls called temaki that come filled with different kinds of raw seafood or vegetables. Nami Nori is open for dinner at 5:30pm daily.

We checked out Nami Nori and added it to our Hit List.

 Nicole Franzen Felice 56 $$$$ 15 W 56th St

Felice 56 is a new Italian spot from the people behind Sant Ambroeus, who also run Felice 15 Gold Street and Felice 83, so you can already expect good food at lunch or for dinner that’s more expensive than it should be. It’s at the Chambers Hotel in Midtown and if you like being up before most humans, you’ll be happy to know that you can get coffee and a pastry here at 7am weekdays and 8am on weekends.

September  Emily Hawkes Il Fiorista $ $ $ $ American ,  Mediterranean  in  Flatiron ,  Nomad $$$$ 17 W 26th St Not

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Il Fiorista is a new sit-down spot in Nomad that serves Mediterranean-inspired dishes, like calamari and duck egg pasta, made with flowers and other herbs you might find in a Brooklyn mom’s dream garden. For now, you can only have dinner here, but soon this spot will serve breakfast and lunch during the day.

 Damien Lafargue Daymoves $ $ $ $ Cafe/Bakery  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 295 Grand St

James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem has opened this new coffee shop in Williamsburg right next door to his wine bar and restaurant Four Horsemen. Daymoves is open every day from 8am-6pm, and it looks like a good place to eat a pastry with someone who takes their vinyl collection a little too seriously.

 Catch Catch Steak $$$$ 88 Ninth Ave

The people behind D-list celeb hangouts like Catch in Meatpacking have opened this new upscale steak house right down the street. Similar to Catch, Catch Steak has multiple floors and a “smart casual” dress code.

C. Di Palo $$$$ 151-153 Mott St

The people behind a legendary cheese shop in Little Italy have opened a new wine bar right next door. C. Di Palo has bar-seating and a few small tables where you can drink wine and sample meats and cheeses without waiting in a line full of tourists.

Sushi Jin $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Sushi  in  Upper East Side $$$$ 316 E 84th St 8.1 /10

There’s a new omakase sushi spot on the Upper East Side where you can eat 11 pieces for $95 or 15 pieces for $125. Sushi Jin has seatings at 5pm, 7pm, and 9pm every day, except Sundays.

 Oleg March Areppas $$$$ 115 E 23rd St

A counter-service Venezuelan spot in Midtown has opened its second location in Gramercy. The next time you’re looking for an affordable lunch or dinner in the area, consider trying the cheese sticks, pulled pork arepas, or chicken empanadas here - they’re all under $10.

 Evan Sung Canal Street Oysters $ $ $ $ Seafood  in  SoHo ,  Tribeca $$$$ 380 Canal St Not

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The people behind East Pole opened a spacious new oyster bar in Tribeca that is now serving dinner and drinks. In addition to expected oysters and seafood towers, they also have bigger dishes like fish tacos and squid ink paella.

 Thomas L Photo Ainslie $$$$ 76 Ainslie St

A huge warehouse in Williamsburg has been taken over by a new Italian spot called Ainslie. It has a nice outdoor patio that might be a fun place to eat pizza and pasta while listening to whatever the DJ feels like playing. (Keep in mind there’s only live music Wednesday through Saturday nights.)

We checked out Ainslie and added it to our Hit List.

 Otaku Katsu Otaku Katsu $$$$ 137 Rivington St

Otaku Katsu is a new Japanese spot on the Lower East Side that has katsu and Japanese sandwich bento boxes, in addition to onigiris, fries topped with cod roe mayo, and miso chocolate soft serve.

 Triangle Photography Qanoon $$$$ 180 9th Ave

Qanoon is a casual new Palestinian restaurant in Chelsea with bar-seating and a few small tables, all of which have good views of the indoor lemon tree. The menu at this dinner spot has dishes like tabbouleh, tahini meatballs, and a baked branzino.

 Cathédrale Cathédrale $$$$ 112 E 11th St

The people behind Tao Downtown have opened Cathédrale, a new French-Mediterranean restaurant at the Moxy Hotel East Village. The next time you want to celebrate something in a huge dining room with vaulted ceilings, stage curtains, and spotlights, this might be a good option, especially because there’s an adjacent bar called Little Sister.

 Amor y Amargo Amor y Amargo $$$$ 188 Havermeyer Street

East Village cocktail bar Amor Y Amargo, has opened a second location in Williamsburg. Unlike the original, there’s enough room at the Brooklyn location to sit down.

Kolkata Chai Co. $$$$ 199 E 3rd St

This cafe in the East Village specializes in masala chai drinks. There are also small plates like avocado toast made with mango chutney that you can eat at one of the two-tops inside.

 Heidi's Bridge Tacovision $$$$ 244 E 53rd St.

The people behind Crave Fishbar have opened this Mexican spot in Midtown East that has a counter-service operation downstairs and a sit-down restaurant and bar upstairs. There’s a daily Happy Hour from 3-7pm, and dishes like the short rib tacos, al pastor quesadillas, and a $32 whole rotisserie chicken are available starting at 11am.

 Patty Brown Win Son Bakery $ $ $ $ Taiwanese  in  East Williamsburg $$$$ 164 Graham Ave 8.7 /10

The team behind Win Son has opened a Taiwanese cafe in East Williamsburg that’s right around the corner from the sit-down restaurant. They’re now open for breakfast every day and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. The fried chicken box, chicken parm sandwich, and fried pork knuckle sandwich all look very promising.

We checked out Win Son Bakery and added it to our Hit List.

 Heidi's Bridge Sauce $$$$ 78-84 Rivington St.

Sauce has reopened on the Lower East Side with sidewalk seating and a dining room that looks like a cottage on the Italian countryside. Expect red sauce classics like beef bolognese, pizza, and chicken parm.

 Esca $ $ $ $ Seafood ,  Raw Bar ,  Italian  in  Hell's Kitchen ,  Times Square $$$$ 402 W. 43rd St 7.6 /10

Italian seafood spot Esca has reopened in its original Midtown location, with brunch and dinner service. Both the formal dining room and the outdoor patio look like they could work for the kind of special occasion that you’d want to eat steak or seafood.

 Chip Klose Gotham Bar and Grill $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood ,  Steaks  in  Greenwich Village ,  Union Square $$$$ 12 E 12th St 7.1 /10

Legendary upscale American restaurant Gotham Bar & Grill has reopened in Greenwich Village with a new seafood-focused menu. Lunch service won’t start until September 23rd, but the dinner menu has dishes like yellowtail crudo, foie gras, and whole grilled fish.

 Matt Taylor Gross Llama San $ $ $ $ Japanese ,  Peruvian  in  West Village $$$$ 359 Avenue of the Americas 8.5 /10

The people behind Llama Inn have opened a new spot in the West Village. The menu at this upscale dinner spot has Japanese and Peruvian dishes like scallop ceviche, duck breast with rice, and pork tonkatsu with udon.

We checked out Llama San and added it to our Hit List.

 Sahadi's Sahadi's $ $ $ $ Middle Eastern  in  Brooklyn ,  Sunset Park $$$$ 34 35th Street Not

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Legendary Middle Eastern grocery store Sahadi’s has opened its second Brooklyn location at Industry City, with a casual counter-service restaurant and bar inside. It looks like there’s plenty of space here to eat Lebanese dishes like falafel wrapped in saj and drink beer or wine with a group.

 Liz Clayman Malibu Farm $$$$ 89 South St

This Malibu tourist magnet has opened an NYC location on Pier 17 in the Seaport District. As you might expect, the menu here has kale salad, cauliflower pizza, and a fried egg sandwich.

Los Tacos No. 1 $$$$ 136 Church St

Los Tacos, which makes some of the best tacos in NYC, has opened its third NYC location in Tribeca. Like other outposts in the city, this Tribeca spot has no seating. It is, however, one block from City Hall Park, where you can eat your carne asada tacos on a bench outside.

Norm’s Pizza $$$$ 345 Adams St

Norm’s Pizza is a new slice shop in Downtown Brooklyn from the people behind Upside Pizza in Midtown. The space looks like a ’60s pizza parlor with a small counter where you can stand and eat your margherita, mozzarella, pepperoni, or vodka slice.

August  The Jones $ $ $ $ American ,  Seafood  in  NOHO $$$$ 54 Great Jones St Not

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The Jones is a new cafe in Noho from the people behind Fedora and Jeffrey’s Grocery. For now, they are only open on weekdays till 3pm, serving breakfast and lunch options like tuna carpaccio, clams, and a sandwich that looks like a fancy Filet-O-Fish.

We checked out The Jones and added it to our Hit List.

Fong On $$$$ 81 Division St

There is a new counter-service spot in Chinatown where you can get soy-based snacks like tofu pudding, green tea rice cake, and fresh soy milk. With only a few seats inside of Fong On, it looks like a serious takeout situation.

First Lamb Shabu $$$$ 218 E 14th St

First Lamb Shabu, a hot pot chain with locations in China and in Flushing, has opened its first Manhattan restaurant in the East Village. Not only does the menu here have lamb, beef, ox, and seafood options for your hot pot, but there are also kitschy add-ons. We’re specifically intrigued by the block of congealed beef oil in the form of a 3D Hello Kitty doll. It reminds us of the spice packets and pastes you put in ramen.

Go Nonna $$$$ 10-50 44th Dr

Go Nonna is a casual new Italian/Argentinian spot in Long Island City with a small takeout window for coffee, open weekdays at 11am. The lunch and dinner menus here have starters like eggplant parm and fried shrimp, plus a long list of pastas, like cacio e pepe and spaghetti with meatballs.

 Noah Fecks Khiladi $$$$ 175 Avenue B

Khiladi is a new Indian spot in the East Village where you can eat dosas and watch South Indian films from the ’80s. There are some classic dishes like tikka masala and sag paneer on the menu, plus curry poutine and pudding with vermicelli noodles.

 Liz Clayman Manero’s Pizza $$$$ 113 Mulberry St

Manero’s is a new slice shop in Little Italy from some of the people behind JaJaJa. There’s a small counter inside where you can order a square or thin slice, and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling to set the mood.

 Xu's Public House $$$$ 15 Union Square W

Xu’s Public House is a new upscale Chinese spot that’s half-a-block from Union Square. It’s open for dinner every day and the menu has a lot of seafood dishes like squid ink dumplings, lobster risotto, and crab noodles.

Spudz $$$$ 1460 Fulton St

If you’re a french fry person, then you’ll probably want to know Spudz, a fry spot in Bed-Stuy. You can get your fries loaded with anything from jerk chicken and sweet plantains to cinnamon and caramel sauce. Keep in mind that Spudz is currently only open Thursday-Sunday.

Renegades of Sunset $$$$ 254 36th St Suite C29S

Renegades Of Sunset is a new vegan fast-food spot at Industry City Food Hall in Sunset Park. The philly cheesesteak, bacon mac and cheese, and cinnamon rolls all look promising.

 Cremini’s $$$$ 521 Court St

This neighborhood Italian spot in Carroll Gardens looks like a good spot for a casual breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the area. It looks like fried custard balls are the specialty here, but the menu here also has a meat and cheese platter, stuffed olives, and a burger on a good-looking pretzel bun.

Carneval $$$$ 507 Grand Street

Carneval is a new Latin spot in Williamsburg that looks perfect for a party that ends with you swinging by the next day to pick up your credit card. There are carnival masks on the walls, daily drink specials, and food options like tacos, ceviche, and skirt steak.

 Laut Singapura $$$$ 31 E 20th Street

Laut Singapura is a new Singaporean restaurant in Gramercy. It’s from the team behind Laut, a casual Southeast Asian spot near Union Square, but this place is more upscale - with velvet chairs, marble tables, and colorful murals.

 Amata Kohl Hoek Pizza $$$$ 117 Ferris St

This Red Hook restaurant and bar looks like a huge loft, with brick walls, large windows, tufted sofas. You’ll find small plates, sandwiches, and salads on the menu here, but what this place specializes in are Roman-style pizzas (which you can watch as they cook in the pizza oven).

 Ole & Steen Ole & Steen $$$$ 80 W 40th Street

Danish bakery Ole & Steen has opened a third location on 40th Street near Bryant Park. Like the Union Square and Midtown East spots, the breads and pastries are the reasons to come here, plus there’s plenty of space for lunch meetings.

Chairman Sun $$$$ 47-30 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101

This new Chinese spot in Long Island City is from the people behind Hunan House, a popular Flushing restaurant. Chairman Sun serves a huge menu, ranging from dim sum to dry pot to a whole fish.

 Mama Capri $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Cobble Hill $$$$ 247 Smith St Not

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Mama Capri is here to make you feel like you’re much closer to an Italian beach than the Gowanus canal. There’s a lot of blue tile, lemon wallpaper, string lights on the back patio, and a seafood menu with dishes like stuffed calamari, shrimp risotto, and an octopus salad.

 Corry Arnold Electric Lemon $$$$ 33 Hudson Yards Fl 24

This American restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 24th floor of the new Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards. The grilled meats, salads, and raw options on the menu make this spot seem great for a very healthy meal with a view, especially if you prefer eucalyptus towels to regular ones.

 Sauce Pizzeria $$$$ 315 5th Ave

This counter-service pizza place, with locations in the East Village and on the LES, has opened a third spot in Koreatown between 31st and 32nd Street. If you’re feeling adventurous, go for the al pastor pie with pineapple sauce.

 Walson Luu Reverence $ $ $ $ American  in  Harlem $$$$ 2592 Frederick Douglass Blvd Not

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Reverence is a new East Asian, French, and Latin American-inspired tasting menu spot in Harlem. Before you eat here, you’ll have to make a reservation and pay $98 per person for five-courses in advance, but the uni empanadas, escargot, and honey cake make it all seem worth it.

 Greg Rhein Plado Tasting Bar $$$$ 192 E 2nd St

Plado Tasting Bar is a new Mediterranean-inspired tapas spot in the East Village that serves dishes like lamb meatballs and paella for dinner. They also have brunch until 4pm on weekends.

Pizette $$$$ 191 Graham Ave

This new sit-down pizza spot in Williamsburg has sourdough personal pies for $6 and larger ones from $12 to $16, with toppings like walnut and pesto. There are also dollar oysters here on weeknights.

Omakase Room by Maaser $$$$ 321 Bleecker St

There’s a new omakase sushi spot in the West Village where you can eat 12 pieces for $75 or 17 pieces for $115.

We checked out Omakase Room by Maaser and wrote about it here.

 Paloma at Hotel Hendricks $$$$ 25 W 38th St

This new Central and South American restaurant at Hotel Hendricks in Midtown serves dishes like beef carpaccio with chimichurri, grilled chicken, and short ribs. It looks like another upscale breakfast or dinner option near Bryant Park.

July  Bar Wayō $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Financial District ,  South Street Seaport $$$$ 89 South St Ste 17 Not

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Bar Wayō is a cocktail spot from the Momofuku people. It’s in the Pier 17 development in the Seaport, and if the weather is nice, you should try to grab a picnic table out front. You could have a full meal here, but it’s probably best used for a snack along with a couple of rounds of drinks before dinner at one of the places in our FiDi guide.

 Luthun $$$$ 432 E 13th St

This experimental new tasting menu restaurant in the East Village serves French, Austrian, Indian, and Spanish-inspired dishes. If a meaty entree like veal with anchovy milk doesn’t sound good to you, they also have a vegetarian menu option.

 The Stand $$$$ 116 E 16th St

The comedy club The Stand near Union Square has opened a full restaurant upstairs, also called The Stand. The food is mostly American, with raw bar options, pizza, rotisserie chicken, and a whole fish.

 Pepper Lunch Chelsea $$$$ 154 7th Ave

Pepper Lunch, a casual Japanese steakhouse for DIY meat-grilling, has opened its second NYC location in Chelsea. It’s open from 11am-11pm, so it could be a good spot for lunch or dinner.

 Bosie $$$$ 506 Laguardia Pl

If you’ve been looking to have a tea party, this new French spot in Greenwich Village has a daily tea service where you can try over 100 different blends along with homemade scones, eclairs, and tarts. They also do lunch on weekdays till 4pm and dinner starting at 5pm every day except Monday.

 Babs $ $ $ $ Spanish ,  French  in  Greenwich Village $$$$ 72 Macdougal Street 8.2 /10

Babs is a French-Italian spot in Greenwich Village where you can eat things like crab salad and lamb chops. It looks upscale and serious, but still sexy - kind of like Mimi, which is from the same people.

We checked out Babs and added it to our Hit List.

 Daniel Krieger Red Hook Tavern $ $ $ $ American ,  Burgers ,  Steaks  in  Red Hook $$$$ 329 Van Brunt St 7.8 /10

The people from Hometown Bar-B-Que have opened an American dinner spot down the street in Red Hook. It’s called Red Hook Tavern and it has a massive wine list and food like strip steak, ham croquettes, and a good-looking cheeseburger.

We checked out Red Hook Tavern and added it to our Hit List.

 L'Accolade $$$$ 302 Bleecker St,

This French wine bar in Greenwich Village has a set menu with either a $38 two-course option or a $45 three-course option. They serve appetizers like cheese and charcuterie, small plates like fluke crudo, and entrees like duck with almonds and grapefruit.

 Ray’s Bar $$$$ 177 Chrystie St

Ray’s is a new Western-themed bar on Chrystie Street on the LES. Justin Theroux opened it with some of the people behind The Happiest Hour and The Smile. It seems like they were going for something divey, but it looks more polished and kitschy than anything else.

We checked out Ray’s and added it to our Bar Hit List.

 Gaudir $$$$ 251 E 110th St

Gaudir is a new tapas spot in East Harlem, where you can have Spanish dishes like squid ink paella with cuttlefish shrimp for dinner or chorizo and eggs for brunch on Sundays.

Gruit $$$$ 252 Empire Blvd

This casual beer garden in Prospect Lefferts Gardens has a menu of German dishes like chicken wiener schnitzel and spaetzle with chicken confit. Gruit serves beer by the glass or by the pitcher, both of which you can drink indoors or on the outdoor patio.

 Felipe Coronado Estuary $$$$ 159 Bridge Park Dr

Estuary, a casual new American spot on the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront, is now open for dinner. This place is huge and has everything from scallops to vegan burgers on the menu. It might be good for big group dinners on the water.

Jintana Thai Farmhouse $$$$ 344 7th Ave

Jintana Thai Farmhouse is a neighborhood Thai restaurant in Park Slope that looks like a backyard barn party. Many of the dishes here are notably colorful, like the salad with blue jasmine rice and green vegetable dumplings.

 Red Paper Clip $ $ $ $ Chinese ,  French ,  Experimental  in  West Village $$$$ 120 Christopher St 7.7 /10

This new spot in the West Village serves Himalayan and French-inspired entrees, like carpaccio made with sichuan pepper, baked oyster with lemongrass aioli, and a salad with dried apricot and tofu miso. It’s from two chefs who met working at Blue Hill At Stone Barns, so it seems worth checking out.

 Diana Yen Little Wayla $$$$ 100 Forsyth St

New-ish Lower East Side Thai spot Wayla has opened a counter-service lunch spot upstairs. Little Wayla serves five lunchboxes which involve things like green curry, larb, or poached chicken. They also have some imported snacks, like Thai sweet basil potato chips.

 Floret $ $ $ $ American  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 225 Bowery Not

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Floret is an American restaurant in the Sister City hotel on Bowery (which also has a nice rooftop called Last Light). They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner (starting July 22) with lots of veggie-forward entrees like Japanese eggplant and a salad with cauliflower and pistachio, but they have meat too.

EAK Ramen $$$$ 360 W 46th St

EAK Ramen, a iekei-style ramen spot with locations in the West Village and Los Angeles, opened another one in Hell’s Kitchen, where they’re serving new menu items like poke and bao buns. The ramen here has thick noodles and creamy broth.

 MidiCi $$$$ 174 N 4th St

A build-your-own Neapolitan pizza spot from Los Angeles has opened in Williamsburg. None of the pizzas on the menu are over $20 and there are a bunch of small plates like burrata with melon and prosciutto as well.

Baodega $$$$ 7 W 20th St

This new dim sum spot in Flatiron serves Shanghai-style dishes like shrimp and pork shu mai, crab soup dumplings, and beef noodle soup. Baodega also serves coffee from a Brooklyn-based company that sources its beans from all over Asia.

 Nina Wilder Izzy Rose $$$$ 214 Greene Ave

Izzy Rose is a new bar in Clinton Hill from the people behind Clementine Bakery. The menu has vegan bar food, like tacos made with chickpeas, nachos, and guacamole.

 Hutong Hutong $ $ $ $ Chinese  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 731 Lexington Ave 6.7 /10

Hutong, an upscale Chinese spot from Hong Kong, has opened its first US location in Midtown. Best known for Northern Chinese dishes like Peking duck and seafood dumplings, Hutong is in a huge 1920s-inspired space that looks like it could be good for an extravagant dim sum lunch or fun group dinner.

 Nick Merola The Ryerson $ $ $ $ Southern  in  Brooklyn ,  Crown Heights $$$$ 698 Nostrand Ave Not

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The Ryerson is a new Southern restaurant and cocktail bar in Crown Heights that looks like it has a nice backyard patio. On the menu, you’ll find entrees like a double patty burger with cheddar cheese, fried chicken, and a vegan scallop dish made with eggplant.

 Chip Klose Tenho Ramen $$$$ 542 3rd Ave

This ramen spot in Murray Hill specializes in tonkotsu broth and looks like a good weeknight dinner option. Besides ramen, the menu here has share plates like grilled meat skewers and potato salad.

 Gentle Perch $$$$ 112 Graham Avenue

Gentle Perch is a casual Korean-ish spot in East Williamsburg that’s open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday and brunch until 3pm on weekends. The menu has entrees like kimchi bacon fried rice, soy garlic shrimp and seaweed rice rolls made with fish, eggs, and vegetables.

 Edie Jo’s $ $ $ $ American ,  Bar Food  in  Prospect Lefferts Gardens $$$$ 630 Flatbush Avenue 7.2 /10

This neighborhood American spot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens will begin food service on July 22, but until then they’re serving cocktails like mezcal margaritas and cucumber mint gimlets, wine, and beer.

 Liz Clayman LaLou $ $ $ $ Wine Bar ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Prospect Heights $$$$ 581 Vanderbilt Ave Not

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If you like natural wine, you’ll probably be excited about Lalou, a new spot in Prospect Heights with a nice patio and a fully stocked bar. They also have a small Italian-ish menu with things like zucchini escabeche, spaghetti, and a chicken for two.

We checked out LaLou and added it to our Hit List.

Mission Ceviche $$$$ 1400 2nd Ave

Mission Ceviche, a Peruvian spot that has a few downtown locations opened a sit-down restaurant on the Upper East Side. It still looks like it belongs downtown though, with a living wall and neon sign. The menu has different kinds of ceviche, skewers with grilled meat or seafood, and a few Peruvian small plates.

HK Food Court $$$$ 8202 45th Ave

There is a new food court in Elmhurst with over 20 different vendors, serving dishes from Southern and Eastern Asia, including Chinese, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, and Japanese cuisine. It’s close to the M/R Elmhurst Ave stop and many of the spots here are cash-only.

Sullivan Street Pizza $$$$ 236 9th Ave

You can now get artisanal pizza at Sullivan Street Bakery in Chelsea, which officially becomes Sullivan Street Pizza after 6pm Wednesday through Sunday. For now, they only serve two kinds of pizza, margherita or spinach and gruyere, that you can customize with a bunch add-ons like capers, burrata, and prosciutto.

 Mary Kang Kichin $$$$ 1264 Myrtle Ave

After closing its old space and popping up around Brooklyn, Kichin is back with a sit-down spot on Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick. You can still have fried chicken at their new multi-room restaurant and bar, but their menu also has other options like whole crispy fish, mussels, and japchae.

We checked out Kichin and added it to our Hit List.

 The Turk’s Inn $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Brooklyn ,  Bushwick $$$$ 234 Starr St 7.2 /10

Turk’s Inn is a kitschy-looking new restaurant and music venue in Bushwick that’s made to look like a supper club from the 1930s. The menu has dishes like lamb kebabs and eggplant with tahini that you can enjoy in a tchotchke-filled dining room or at the rooftop bar.

We checked out The Turk’s Inn and added it to our Hit List.

Doner Kebab $$$$ 234 Starr St

This counter-service Turkish spot in Bushwick serves meat or vegan protein as a kebab, salad, or over a box of fries for around $11. It’s run by the people from Turk’s Inn and stays open until midnight on weekends.

june  Montesacro Pinseria $ $ $ $ Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 432 Union Ave 7.4 /10

A popular Roman-style flatbread spot from San Francisco has opened in Williamsburg. Montesacaro Pinseria serves their fluffy-looking pinsas alongside meats, cheeses, beer, and wine for lunch and dinner in a space that includes a big, covered patio.

We checked out Montesacro Pinseria and added it to our Hit List.

 Tsukimi $$$$ 228 E 10th St

Tsukimi is a new Japanese kaiseki tasting menu restaurant in the East Village. A meal here will cost you $195 per person for 11 courses or $320 if you go for the drink pairing. There’s only one seating per night and it’s at 7pm, but if you can get one of the 14 seats, expect dishes like caviar, bluefin tuna, and washu beef.

 Ayada Thai $$$$ 75 9th Ave

This Elmhurst Thai spot just opened its first Manhattan location in Chelsea Market, serving dishes like duck curry and ground catfish salad. It could be a good lunch option next time you’re touring someone around Chelsea.

Shun $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave

Shun is a new, serious-looking Japanese French spot in Midtown that’s one floor above Le Jardinier, a slightly less formal French spot that opened last month from the same people. Whether you go with the prix fixe menu or the eight-course tasting menu, expect dishes like raw scallops, roasted duck, and lobster.

 East Wind Snack Shop $$$$ 471 16th St

Counter-service dumpling spot East Wind Snack Shop opened its third location in Carroll Gardens with an expanded menu from the Williamsburg and Windsor Terrace locations that includes Chinese cotton candy. If you’re looking for something other than dumplings and cotton candy, East Wind also has snack-sized rice plates that come with shrimp or broccoli beef.

Le Jardinier $ $ $ $ French  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 610 Lexington Ave Not

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Le Jardinier is a new tasting menu restaurant in Midtown East that looks like it was designed with power lunches in mind. There are lots of meat and seafood dishes on the menu, but it looks like vegetables are also very important here.

 Pomp & Circumstance $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Wine Bar  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 577 Lorimer St. Not

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This is a new Mediterranean spot in Williamsburg that looks like it might be good for a weeknight dinner. The menu involves dishes like veal sweetbread, lamb meatballs, and bone marrow.

La Ventura $$$$ 615 Hudson St

La Ventura is an all-day spot inspired by places by the water. So you can expect to eat things like sturgeon tartare and fettuccini with clam sauce in a space that looks like it belongs in a beach town instead of the West Village.

 Seven Seeds $ $ $ $ Mediterranean  in  Williamsburg $$$$ 96 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11249 Not

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This new all-day Mediterranean spot at the Williamsburg Hotel might be good for a casual dinner before a show at Brooklyn Bowl. Expect entrees like a merguez sausage burger, branzino, and a rack of lamb made with Egyptian spices.

La Cubana $$$$ 408 W 15th St

La Cubana is a new Cuban spot in Meatpacking across the street from Chelsea Market. They play live latin music, so it might be useful for a fun date. The menu has entrees like roasted pork shoulder, skirt steak, and a seasonal seafood stew.

 Cory Arnold Pastis $ $ $ $ French  in  Meatpacking District $$$$ 52 Gansevoort St 7.7 /10

After being closed for five years, Pastis (a well-known Meatpacking French bistro where famous people used to pretend they didn’t like being recognized even though they actually did) is open again in Meatpacking. The menu has entrees that are mostly in the $25 range, like steak frites and trout amandine.

We checked out Pastis and added it to our Hit List.

 Sugar Monk $$$$ 2292 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Sugar Monk is a new cocktail bar in Central Harlem where your infused drink may or may not come with smoke coming out of it. You’ll find plenty of seating, a tropical mural on the wall, and lamps shaped like birds.

 Tsismis $ $ $ $ Filipino  in  Lower East Side $$$$ 143 Orchard St Not

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This is a casual Filipino restaurant on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. There’s a special chef’s tasting menu available by reservation only, but otherwise, the menu has a la carte dishes like crispy spring rolls, tamarind soup with salmon, and steak topped with onions, garlic, and potatoes.

Time Out Market $$$$ 55 Water St

If you haven’t yet experienced food-hall fatigue (or Brooklyn Bridge-tourist fatigue), you should know about this multi-floor market in DUMBO with outdoor patio seating and some outposts of a few restaurants we really like. Highlights include: all-day pancakes from Clinton Street Baking Company, and stalls from Miss Ada, Nur, and Juliana’s Pizza.

 Special Club $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  SoHo $$$$ 43 MacDougal St. Not

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The people behind Niche Niche and Tokyo Record Bar opened a jazz club in Soho, and it looks like a social club from the 1920s. For $40 a head, you get live jazz, a cup of sake and some bar snacks.

Dépanneur $$$$ 294 Livingston St

Depanneur is a new sandwich spot and grocery store in Downtown Brooklyn with its own wine shop and art gallery. Everything from the deli and espresso bar comes from local vendors, and there’s already a location in Williamsburg.

 Nobody Told Me $ $ $ $ Bar Food  in  Upper West Side $$$$ 951 Amsterdam Ave

The people behind Dovetail (a former UWS neighborhood spot) have a new casual cocktail bar on the corner of 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Nobody Told Me stays open until 2am every night, and serves bar snacks as well as larger dishes like a burger and a fried chicken sandwich.

 Francesco Sapienza Lamalo $ $ $ $ Mediterranean ,  Middle Eastern  in  Nomad $$$$ 11 E 31st St Not

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Lamalo is a new all-day Middle Eastern restaurant from the owner of Breads Bakery. It’s located in the Arlo Nomad Hotel on 31st Street, and serves dishes like skewers, mezze dips, and salads.

 Ethan Covey Bonsai Kakigori $$$$ 100 Stanton St

The first storefront for the popular Japanese shaved ice shop is now open on the LES (they also have popups at Canal Street Market and Smorgasborg). In addition to shaved ice, the menu here also has toasts, matcha drinks, and katsu sandwiches.

Gemelli and The Ledge $$$$ 48 Cypress Avenue

This is a multi-level Mediterranean Italian spot in Bushwick that has an all-day pasta restaurant on the ground floor, a cocktail bar with a deck on the second floor.

Lamia’s Fish Market $$$$ 47 Avenue B

Lamia’s Fish Market is a fancy Mediterranean spot in the East Village that looks a little like a submarine. The menu here has steak, pasta, and lots of raw-bar options.

GoodLife BK $$$$ 706 Washington Ave

GoodLife BK is a new neighborhood bar with a lot of nicely rounded edges in Prospect Heights. It’s from the people behind Ode to Babel (another bar in the area) and they serve cocktails, wine, and beer that you can drink inside or on the patio out back.

 Gai Chicken & Rice $ $ $ $ Thai  in  Midtown ,  Midtown East $$$$ 158 E 45th St Not

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The chef that opened Fish Cheeks in Noho has a new counter-service restaurant in Midtown East that specializes in Hainanese chicken rice. The menu here has a few different chicken varieties, including fried and steamed with ginger chili sauce.

 Frevo Frevo $$$$ 48 W 8th St

Frevo is a fancy French tasting menu restaurant hidden behind a painting in a gallery in Greenwich Village. There are 18 chef’s counter seats and the five-course meal costs $124.

 Dough Vale $ $ $ $ Pizza ,  Italian  in  Brooklyn ,  Williamsburg $$$$ 330 South 3rd Street Not

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This is a new Neapolitan pizza place in Williamsburg near the bridge. The pies are all in the $15 range, and there are also a few salads, pastas, and charcuterie options on the menu. It’s currently BYOB.

The Gradient $$$$ 17 Wyckoff Avenue

From the name alone, it’s possible you already know this restaurant is in Bushwick. The Gradient is an all-day spot that serves vegetarian and vegan breakfast and lunch until 5pm, and then things like nachos, seitan wings, and kale caesar until 11pm. After that, it becomes strictly a bar - and stays open until 4am on the weekends.

La Napa $$$$ 656 Nostrand Avenue

This is a tapas restaurant in Crown Heights that serves mostly Latin American-inspired dishes like arepas, lechon wontons, and a bunch of different tacos. Nothing on the menu costs more than $20, and they’re open for lunch and dinner every day (except Mondays).

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