Granduca di Sicilia, a new Italian ristorante, brings old world charm—and classic Southern Italian specialties—to the Flatiron. New York has no shortage of pizza, but Granduca rises above with its Sicilian pies hot out of the wood-burning brick oven and seafood pastas like capellini with sea urchins and bottarga.
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Inside Granduca, Flatiron's New Sicilian Eatery
Pies 'N' Thighs Benches: Innocent Resting Spot Or Illegal Rowdy Peace Destroyer?
Insanely popular southern comfort BBQ restaurant Pies 'N' Thighs is in trouble with the Community Board that oversees Williamsburg. The restaurant is currently up for a liquor license renewal, but the board is threatening to withhold its recommendation for the license, all because of some benches the owners installed on the front exterior of the restaurant. No food or drink is served on the benches, but the Community Board is playing hardball with the restaurant... because we certainly can't have people sitting outside and talking on the Southside of Williamsburg!
Torrisi Italian Specialties Guys Eye Tavern On The Green
The owners of the hot and trendy restaurants Torrisi Italian Specialties and Parm are among the restaurateurs sniffing around the dessicated corpse of Tavern on the Green, which the Parks Department showed off to potential operators today. "We’re taking it all in," Torrisi co-owner Zalaznick told City Room during the tour this morning. "The question is how casual they’ll let the restaurant be. It used to be a pretty formal place." During the tour and Q&A that followed, the Parks Department let it be known that they do indeed want the new iteration of Tavern to be casual and accessible. The city is spending $10 million to renovate and shrink it, and the Wall Street Journal reports that Assistant Parks Commissioner Betsy Smith made it clear that the new Tavern should be "a moderately priced restaurant" that's not as "fanciful and glitzy as before."
Inside Lady Gaga's Papa's Italiana Trattoria Joanne
According to our research, Lady Gaga is a recording artist whose ubiquitous song "Poker Face" makes some people want to blow their brains out just to get it unstuck from their heads. Her fame and wealth have escalated to such a degree that even people genetically associated with her attract media attention. For example, Joanne Trattoria, a "neighborhood" restaurant on the Upper West Side, might have gone overlooked if the owners weren't Gaga's parents (and if the keywords "lady gaga" didn't get even more clicks than a story about "Snooki Kim Kardashian Rehab Kitten Daily Show Sex Tape"). So here's a look inside Joanne, you monsters.
Check Out Whitehall, The Latest From Owners Of Highlands, Mary Queen Of Scots
The space formerly occupied by kitschy ice cream parlor Sweetiepie (where you could choose to dine inside a birdcage, if you're into that sort of thing) has been completely transformed into Whitehall, by the team behind Mary Queen of Scots and Highlands. The interior design is inspired the post-war utilitarian aesthetic of old London parks and train stations. As you can see, there is a lot of tile and reclaimed this and that, including park benches and old mirrors. The modern-industrial angle is softened by warm lighting and comfortable banquettes, plus a lot of gin.
Inside Caffè Storico, The New-York Historical Society's New Gem Of A Restaurant
Last month The New-York Historical Society—the oldest museum in New York City—completed a $65 million renovation to its Upper West Side home. And this weekend, the Society flings open the doors to its new restaurant, Caffè Storico (Italian for “historic”), operated by restaurateur Stephen Starr, the guy behind Buddakan and Morimoto. The first thing you'll probably notice are all that pretty Chinese and 19th century European porcelain and Staffordshire china (all from New-York Historical Society’s collection) adorning the walls. Also striking: a giant marble slab formed into a cicchetti bar, where small plates are prepared and served. As you can see, it's a bright, airy room replete with dazzling chandeliers, high ceilings, and cheery yellow banquettes.
Fancy New Gastropub The Fulton Features Flat Screen TVs Hidden Behind Mirrors
Hidden behind a ghastly pile of construction supplies and other debris resulting from the DOT ripping up Fulton Street, you'll find the deluxe new gastropub The Fulton, which opened last week. The guys behind "upscale" sports bar The Ainsworth have teamed up to create a clubby environment where hedge fund bros can bring their dates on game night. The gigantic space is divided into a bar area and a separate dining room up a couple of steps, and both areas feature tufted leather banquettes and plenty of flat screen TVs cleverly disguised behind mirrored glass and antique picture frames.
Must Have: The Anchovy Tartine At Beaumarchais
We make no secret about our anchovy obsession over here—most Saturdays you'll find us hovering at the Bon Chovie booth at Smorgasburg, where the fried anchovies will rawk your world. If you share a similar anchovy passion, you should add Beaumarchais, a French brasserie in the Meatpacking District, to your anchovy bucket list. Chef David Diaz recently launched a new fall menu, and there's one particular item on there we keep dreaming about.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings
Click on the photos for info on the latest restaurant and bar openings around town, which include The Tippler in Chelsea, Taka Taka in SoHo and Old Delhi in Murray Hill. And be sure to check out our photo features on the Bowery's latest, Saxon + Parole.
Isa, Latest From Freemans' Owner, Open In Williamsburg With Roof Garden
One of the most fashionable new restaurant openings of late summer is Isa, the new rustic chic Williamsburg venture from Taavo Somer, owner of The Rusty Knot, Freemans restaurant and Freemans Sporting Goods. (Not to be confused with Freemans Sporting Gifs.) Freemans' decaying beauty (reclaimed wood, distressed everything, taxidermy) has been hugely influential in downtown restaurant design and in Brooklyn, so his new joint on the corner of Wythe and South 2nd Street fits right in. The restaurant, which grows some of its produce on the roof, has been "soft open" for friends and family for over a month now, and now it's popping for real. Be prepared to wait for a table, contemplatively stroking your beard.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: Sausage Inc., HaChi, Calle Ocho
Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurants and bars around town, which include Sausage Inc. on University Place, Asian Fusion at HaChi on the Lower East Side, and the new location of Calle Ocho on the Upper West Side.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: From Williamsburg's Betto To Bay Ridge's Gold Coast
Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest bar and restaurant openings around town, which include Betto in Williamsburg, thin crust and more at Piazza Seventeen, Sourthern fusion at SoCo in Clinton Hill, Left Bank in the West Village, Mexicue's first brick-and-mortar on Seventh Avenue, and Gold Coast Delicatessen in Bay Ridge. And check out our photo feature on Ellabess, the new venture from the dell'anima team in the Nolitan Hotel!
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: From Italian Seafood In Little Italy To A "Next Level" Sports Bar
Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurants and bars opening around town, which include Southern Italian seafood at Crudo Vineria Con Cucina in Little Italy, Pichet Ong's Qi Bangkok Eatery near Times Square, pizza meets art at PizzArte in Midtown, Shelsky's Smoked Fish in Carroll Gardens, and a "next-level" sports bar Pour George in the Village.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: From Z To Rosarito Fish Shack
Click on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurants and bars opening around town, which include the Z New York Hotel's dining options in Long Island City, White & Church in the old Il Matto space in TriBeCa, Bread & Tulips on Park Avenue South and Rosarito Fish Shack in Williamsburg.
New Restaurant, Bar Openings: From Five Leaves' New Baby To Giant Milk Street Cafe
Click on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurants and bars opening around town, which include Nights and Weekends in Greenpoint from the Five Leaves team, the midtown outpost of Num Pang, Casa Nonna and GO Burger under one roof in midtown west, goat milk ice cream at Victory Garden in the West Village, the reboot of St. Anselm in Williamsburg, and the gigantic gourmet food hall Milk Street Cafe in the Financial District. And check out our big photo feature on Salinas, the pretty new tapas restaurant on the north end of the Meatpacking District.
Where To Take Your Dad For A Fantastic Father's Day Meal
Father's Day is this Sunday, and he's sick of your thoughtless ties and formulaic George Foreman grills. So take your pops out for something nice this year—a proper meal. After all, he's the one who taught you to open a beer bottle with your teeth and sent you off to prom with a tear in his eye (and condoms in your wallet). Here are our picks for some dining deals around town; call the restaurants for reservations.
Malaysian Restaurant Week Is Almost Here!
After a successful launch last year, Malaysian Restaurant Week is back, running June 13th-19th across some two dozen Malaysian (and Malaysia-influenced) restaurants in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. If you've never experienced the funky, potent, and entirely delicious flavors of Malaysian cuisine, now's the time to start.
Finally: A Guide To Pairing McDonald's With Wine
Wondering exactly which varietal helps those Chicken McNuggets go down the smoothest during that romantic candlelit dinner? Wonder no more, thanks to wine website Snooth's handy guide to McDonald's Wine Pairings, which will guide you toward sodium-infused bliss.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: From Full Spectrum Pizza To Crepes On A Roof
Click through on the photos for the latest restaurant and bar openings around town, which include pizza of all varieties at 900 Degrees in the West Village, Crossbar in the Limelight Marketplace, The Creperie at Le Bain, gelato at Amorino on University Place, and haute comfort food at Eighty-Four on Seventh in the West Village. And check out our photo spread on the al fresco Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club down by the South Street Seaport.
Padless Miscreant Waiters Use "Memory" To Diners' Dismay
Just as your server doesn't barge into your cubicle to tell you that you should be using more Outlook reminders so that you won't forget those pointless meetings you attend, restaurant patrons probably shouldn't demand that their servers take their order with a pen and pad. Today's Post describes the practice of waitstaff memorizing their customers' as "all the rage," and describes the effects of such lawlessness on diner psyche, as one tells them "Every time a waiter doesn't write anything down I think three things: One, she or he is definitely going to forget. Two, since when does being a good waiter mean having a steel-trap memory? Show me the pad! And three: I feel anxious." Wait, could you repeat those last two? We weren't listening.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings: XVI, Beerparc, Hospoda, The Highliner
Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest bars and restaurants around town, which include BeerParc, The Highliner, and XVI. And check out our photo feature on Birreria, the big new beerstaurant opening on the roof of Eataly!
Check Out Eataly's Big New Rooftop Beer Restaurant, Birreria
Don't call it a beer garden! The management of Birreria insist that even though their handsome new rooftop oasis atop Eataly is producing three cask-conditioned ales right there on the 15th floor, the establishment is most certainly not a beer pub. When it comes to the menu, "we're not just throwing out some staples," the management emphatically declared at last night's media preview. The full menu is still "under construction" but we're told chef Alex Pilas will be serving "rustic Northern Italian cuisine" influenced by the country's Austrian neighbors.
The Beagle Restaurant Brings A Taste Of Portland To East Village
The Beagle has landed. Matthew Piacentini, co-owner of the Portland, Oregon, restaurant Clyde Common and most recently the bar manager at inoteca e liquori, has opened The Beagle, a new produce-and-cocktail friendly American restaurant (the kind of place with four kinds of ice) in the old Orologio space on Avenue A by Tompkins Square. We've got photos and a menu for your perusal.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings
Click through on the photos for the latest restaurant and bar openings around town, which include the fashion-model friendly Co-Op Food & Drink in The Hotel on Rivington, Portuguese accents at Alfama's new location in Midtown East, and Indian at Saravanaa Bhavan's new location on the Upper West Side.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings
Click on the photos for the scoop on the new restaurants and bars around town, which include Pop Burger spinoff Pop Pub, The Leopard at des Artistes (the reincarnation of Cafe des Artistes), Southern Italian at Stivale in the West Village, bohemian nostalgia at Bar 116, and the Lower Manhattan debut of Queens favorite Tortilleria Nixtamal.
Foie Gras Cappucino, Edible Flowers Abound At Mr. Robata
You may get a sinking feeling as you approach Mr. Robata, the new Japanese restaurant on Broadway, in the north end of the theater district—you'll find it located next to a souvenir shop and directly next door Flash Dancers, "A Gentleman's Club." Not a promising location (depending on what you're into) but behind its doors awaits a little oasis of sophisticated Japanese cooking. To start, you may consider the Foie Gras Cappuccino?
New Restaurant And Bar Openings
Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest bar and restaurant openings, which include Boise Tea Parlor in the West Village, Asia Dog on Kenmare Street, the return of the open-air Campbell Terrace at Grand Central, and the long-awaited opening of Albert Trummer's Theater Bar in TriBeCa. And don't miss our photo features on David Bouley's Brushstroke and Barcade's new Jersey City location.
Photos: David Bouley's Brushstroke Uses Books For Walls
Books for walls? Now we've seen everything! And so will you if you step inside David Bouley's long-delayed Japanese restaurant Brushstroke, which puts 12,000 boring old (recycled) paperbacks to good use as the walls in the bar/lounge. Who will be the first sake-bombed customer to idly pull out one of the books and bring the entire restaurant crashing down? Well, first it has to open; after years of anticipation, the restaurant (menu below) is finally expected to officially debut on April 20th (thought it's in "soft-open" mode now).
Inside Saint Vitus, The Big New Place To Drink, Eat, Rock Out In Greenpoint
"Finally, Greenpoint has a real fucking ROCK BAR!" declare the owners of Saint Vitus, the new 2,500 square foot bar, eatery and venue opening in Greenpoint next week. Owned by a group of guys who've been behind the bar at places like Bar Matchless, Lil Frankies and No. 7, Saint Vitus (named for a Black Sabbath song that is itself named for the nervous system disorder) was a social club, then a plumbing school in a past life. Now, as you can see from these photos, designer Matthew Maddy (Weather-Up, Anella, The Box) has transformed it into a seductive party destination.
New Restaurant And Bar Openings
Click on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurant and bars around town, which includes customizable sushi at My Maki in midtown, all-female DJs at the newly revamped Paramount Bar, a bitters tasting destination at Amor y Amargo, and a belated observation that a party lounge named Lair is serving oysters with scallops right around the corner from La Esquina. And be sure to check out our photo feature on Coppelia, the charming new 24-hour Cuban-influenced luncheonette in Chelsea.
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