When chef Joe Dobias first decided to open up his own place he originally wanted to open a food truck or a sandwich shop. Instead his girlfriend and partner Jill Schulster persuaded him it was better to start with a restaurant and then work their way down, and so JoeDoe was born (for which we are thankful). But now, three years later, Dobias is realizing his dream. Yesterday afternoon Joe and Jill opened up their second eatery, a sandwich shop on First Avenue and Eighth Street called JoeDough, of course. Finally, East Villagers can dine on brisket sandwiches from noon till all hours of the night. more ›

Finally, East Village transplants to Williamsburg can get food delivered to their door just like Mama's used to make. Well, like Mama's Food Shop still makes. The popular Alphabet City homecooking joint has just opened an outpost South 4th Street and delivery starts tonight (delivery map here)! Fried chicken with brussels sprouts and a side of apple cobbler, anyone? more ›

Bar Stuzzichini is dead, long live Stuzzi. After four years serving up Italian small plates just south of Madison Square, the not small restaurant has got a new chef and a shorter name. The hard wood decor and the collared crowd remains the same. more ›

Forget about molecular gastronomy, the next big thing in New York dining could very well be...Neuro-gastronomy? That's how Argentinian chef and doctor Miguel Sanchez Romera describes the food he is serving at his new Meatpacking restaurant Romera, which just opened in the Dream Hotel. According to the chef that means his food is created using "a thoughtful study of the organoleptic properties of each ingredient. The result is a natural cuisine driven by the importance of the neurosensory perceptions, the taste-memory and the emotions of food." So, yeah, this joint is nuts. more ›

From pulled pork to baos, bikers to Italian sandwiches, there is a lot of new stuff to digest this week. more ›

Click on the photos for details on a few new restaurants opening around town, including Filipino food at Maharlika in the East Village, wide-ranging Italian at Zio Ristorante in the Flatiron district, and the sprawling gastropub Highland Park in Murray Hill. more ›

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.
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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. more ›

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. more ›

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). more ›

Click through on the photos for the scoop on the new restaurants and bars around town, which include comfort food at The Queens Kickshaw in Astoria, Chinese with American style at Walle in Turtle Bay, Danny Meyer's Untitled at the Whitney Museum, and Swedish candy at Sockerbit in the West Village. more ›

Click through on the photos for the scoop on rock-themed pub grub at Rockography in the Village; the self-explanatory Mussel Pot on Bleecker; Japanese restaurant Mr. Robata in the Theater District; gourmet Mexican at Empellon; and Vai Spuntino, the downtown spin-off of the UWS Italian restaurant Vai. more ›

Click through on the photos for the scoop on the new restaurants and bars popping up in NYC, which include the traditional Bierhaus in midtown, the Greensquare Cafe and gallery in the Flatiron district, and Williamsburg's Lighthouse bar and restaurant from Employees Only alums. more ›

Click through on the photos for the recent restaurant and bar openings around town, which include Top Chef Angelo Sosa's Social Eatz in Midtown East, gluten-free Italian options at Bar Italia Madison, fresh seafood at Pier 9 in Hell's Kitchen, and classic Times Square dining at Tenpenny in the Gotham Hotel. more ›

Cooper Square's answer to the West Village's Fedora has arrived: Called The Trilby, the hat-named lounge/restaurant (which also compliments El Sombrero on the LES) opened Friday in the Cooper Square Hotel. This is the controversial hotel's third attempt to score a win with the space, which was previously Scott Conant's Faustina, and before that Govind Armstrong's Table 8. This time around, there are no boldfaced names involved, and the interior—which some critics described as "unworkable"—has been totally revamped, with tufted leather couches, vintage adornments and cozy booths. more ›

The somewhat fratastic Upper East Side BBQ joint Southern Hospitality just opened a massive second location in Hell's Kitchen. As you can see, it's a colorful and lively-looking establishment, with largely unfinished 300 year-old wood on the floors, walls and ceiling; exposed brick; and antique mirrors. There is a giant antler chandelier (now we've seen everything), lyrics from the Million Dollar Quartet spelled out in rusty iron and neon lights, and nods to Memphis rock and roll sprinkled throughout. And in an attempt to reach beyond the backwards baseball cap set, co-owner Eytan Sugarman (and his partner Isiah Thomas) brought on wine guy Gary Vaynerchuk to curate a 50-varietal wine list to match the menu. (There are 50 varieties of bourbon, too.) more ›

Click through on the photos for more details on NYC's recent restaurant and bar openings, which include the Kickstarter-funded Colonie in Brooklyn Heights, GO Burger's debut on the Upper East Side, British pub grub at Jones Wood Foundry, upscale yet inexpensive Italian at Lido in Harlem, and affordable Thai at midtown's Dee Daa. more ›

Gregarious chef and restless restaurateur David Burke is a big fun guy with a lot on his plate. Besides overseeing his local restaurants Townhouse, David Burke at Bloomingdales, and Fishtail, the famously whimsical chef (think Cheesecake Lollipop Tree) also operates eateries in Chicago, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Recently he opened up the Stadium Grill inside the massive Bowlmor Times Square. (Nachos in a can, anyone?) He doesn't have Hawaiian Tropic Zone to worry about any more, but now he's added the David Burke Kitchen to his portfolio. Step inside! more ›

Click on the photos for details on NYC's recent restaurants and bar openings, which include Mable's Smokehouse in Williamsburg, upscale Indian at Tulsi in midtown, a pop-up restaurant called What Happens When in Nolita, and the eclectic Fatta Cuckoo on the Lower East Side. more ›

Click on the photos for the full scoop on NYC's best new recently opened restaurants and bars, which include over the top subterranean tiki at Riff Raff's, Crif Dogs' Williamsburg debut, Cubana Social's morning joe, and tacos and tequila at El Camion Cantina on Avenue A. And check out our feature on Gabe Stulman's revival of the old West Village speakeasy Fedora. more ›

West Village Italian restaurant Fedora first did business as a speakeasy starting in 1917 under the ownership of Charles Dorato, who, after Prohibition ended, started serving food and called it Charlie's Garden. In 1952, Charles's son Henry and his wife Fedora—who, the Villager reports, is named not for the hat but for the opera by Umberto Giordano—took over and changed the name. At the time, it was one of just two restaurants in the neighborhood that was patronized by heterosexuals but also welcomed same-sex patrons. Popular with local regulars and a small subsection of fashionable artsy types, Fedora stayed under the Dorato family's control until last summer, when Fedora retired at the age of 90. (Her husband Henry passed away in 1997.) more ›

The swish newish Gansevoort Park Hotel has opened its ground floor restaurant/lounge Asellina, so let's take a look around. The spacious Italian establishment has two leather-wrapped bars, multiple dining rooms, a big fireplace, copper ceilings, and an "earthy" concrete tile floor intended to lend the space a rustic feel. It's pretty spacious, and in the spring, Asellina will open a garden patio grown over with greenery and moss, under "a canopy of copper filament bulbs." We're told that contrary to previous reports, the name does not mean "little ass," but Google does confirm that there was a famous tavern in Pompeii called Asellina, and it may have been a brothel. more ›

Click on the images for the scoop on the not-a-hotel Hotel Chantelle, dinner inside a Swarovski store from Cafe Kristall, the reopening of wine haven Veritas, the big new pop-up bar Celsius at the Bryant Park rink, Osso Buco's tasty reboot as Scarpina Bar and Grill, and good ol' fashioned "Gemütlichkeit" from Edi & The Wolf. more ›