New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Laser Wolf

Laser Wolf in Williamsburg is celebrated chef Michael Solomonov and his restaurateur partner Steve Cook’s first sit-down restaurant in New York City. Located on the rooftop of The Hoxton hotel, the restaurant showcases uninterrupted views of the Manhattan skyline, and the Israeli skewer-focused menu of vegetables, fish and meat, all cooked over a charcoal grill, is served alongside a variety of salatim including hummus, babaganoush, gigante beans and pita. Swoon-worthy bites include date-harissa wings with tehina ranch, shawarma-spiced cauliflower, tuna tartare with pickled ginger and scallion schug and a whole branzino with ginger and tomato. The decadent brown sugar soft serve topped with pistachios, cherries and rice crispies is worth every calorie.

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Michael Persico

New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Sandro's

Sandro’s, a long-time Italian staple of the Upper East Side, recently expanded to a new location in a larger space on East 86th Street. The family-owned restaurant, overseen by executive chef and owner Sandro Fioriti along with his son Sandro Jr., who runs the day-to-day operations and front of house and his mother Anna as the maître d', is a neighborhood spot for authentic Italian cuisine. The Roman-style trattoria features menu highlights like spaghetti al limone and cacio e pepe, swordfish spada and baked shrimp in a tomato sauce. The restaurant also features an annual white truffle prix fixe ($200 per person via Open Table) with truffles imported from Alba.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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The Commerce Inn is an American, Shaker-inspired restaurant from Jody Williams and Rita Sodi (I Sodi, Via Carota, Buvette) in the West Village. Recently, a brunch menu made its debut offering weekend diners dishes like corn succotash, pancakes, patty melts, beef hash and fried chicken. Don't miss the Bloody Mary, Bloody Bull and milk punch cocktails.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Le Gratin

Michelin-starred French chef Daniel Boulud (Restaurant Daniel, Café Boulud, Le Pavillon) has opened Le Gratin inside The Beekman hotel. Le Gratin offers cuisine inspired by Boulud’s French roots growing up in Lyon, France. With an elegant and inviting dining room paired with a lively, energetic bar, the entire space reflects Boulud’s signature style and encourages celebratory dining experiences. Menu specialties include a crab, avocado and grapefruit salad, Dover sole, steak tartare and escargots. From grand chandeliers, warm lighting and delicious cuisine, Le Gratin flawlessly marries fine French dining with an approachable sensibility.

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Bill Milne

New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Una Pizza Napoletana

Una Pizza Napoletana has reopened on the Lower East Side thanks to Neapolitan-style pizza pioneer Anthony Mangieri. From freshly made dough using a mix of flours to buffalo mozzarella flown in from Italy, the best tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic and salt make their way into Una’s kitchen. As with the dough, everything is made fresh each day and nothing gets held over to the next. Recently, the restaurant was awarded the Best Pizzeria in the USA award by the Top 50 Pizza organization. “We’ve been so blessed to be able to do this and continue to learn and grow as a pizzeria and as pizza makers,” says Mangieri.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Holywater

Second-generation restaurateurs Alex and Miles Pincus have opened Holywater in Tribeca. Serving crowd-pleasing New Orleans-inspired dishes like trout roe tater tots, charbroiled oysters with caviar and creamed spinach, BBQ shrimp cooked in a High Life Creole butter sauce with garlic toast and lobster frites, the subterranean bar, lounge and restaurant has something for every diner and imbiber. “Over the last decade we’ve opened a handful of nautically-inspired restaurants, but we’ve always wanted to make a proper bar, a place we could go after we leave work for the night,” says Alex Pincus.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Avra

Avra, from owners Marc Packer, Nick Tsoulos and Nick Pashalis has opened at Rockefeller Center. The new Aegean-inspired seafood restaurant features an open kitchen and market-style seafood display with design elements reminiscent of the Greek islands. For a luxurious dining experience that offers the laid-back energy of a picturesque taverna, this will be your spot. The 16,500-square-foot eatery boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that wrap around the building, chic marble finishes and crisp white accents.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Arthur & Sons

Michelin star chef, restaurateur and author Joe Isidori has opened Arthur & Sons in the West Village, transporting guests back to the 1990s with “old school” New York Italian-American red sauce classics. Standout dishes include mussels fra diavolo and gnocchi sugo di carne, and the wine list features a variety of Italian wines. Bushwick’s Bolt Design Group realized Isidori’s vision for the space and incorporated black-and-white Art Deco subway tiled floors, deli counter seating, and an open kitchen alongside nostalgic photos of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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Madonna+Child

New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Melody’s Piano Bar

Melody’s Piano Bar has opened on the Upper East Side in the old Lexington Bar & Books space. The new cocktail bar from hospitality brothers Tom and Anthony Martignetti—of Southside and The East Pole fame—are behind the boîte, which is open nightly and serves cocktails and small bites alongside live jazz music. Black lacquered wood, checkered black-and-white floors, Art Deco light fixtures, a working fireplace and palm print wallpaper make for a sexy space to lounge with a dry martini.

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New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Le Dive

Jon Neidich and Golden Age Hospitality (The Nines, Le Crocodile, Ray’s and The Happiest Hour) have opened Le Dive, a bar-café on the Lower East Side. “With Le Dive, I set out to bring the best of Paris’s old and new cafe culture to New York,” says Neidich. “Our hope is that Le Dive is both a neighborhood hangout and a destination spot, where friends can gather in the early evening and linger long into the night.” The international, natural wine list and cocktails pair nicely with executive chef Nicole Gajadhar’s menu of traditional bistro dishes and small plates (think steak tartare, sardines, charcuterie, cheese and pâté).

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Teddy Wolff

New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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Flex Mussels

Beloved Upper East Side fish restaurant, Flex Mussels, has moved to spacious new digs on 81st Street and Second Avenue. Family owned by Bobby, Laura and Alexandra Shapiro, the restaurant’s new space boasts 160 seats and its menu many new raw bar, crudo and ceviche offerings. The two-level, light-filled space offers indoor and outdoor seating in a beautiful setting. Dish standouts include lobster frites, bluefin tuna crudo, calamari and, of course, mussels.

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Andrew Sokolow

New Restaurants and Bars in New York City

Raise a glass to our favorite new French-inspired bistros, charming piano bars and bold Italian eateries in Manhattan

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El Quijote at Hotel Chelsea

The iconic Hotel Chelsea has debuted 155 restored guest rooms after a years long renovation. Owners Sean MacPherson, Ira Drukier and Richard Born (The Jane, The Bowery, The Maritime) sought to enhance the artistic legacy the hotel has garnered over the years. From the original marble mosaic floors in the lobby bar to the lively atmosphere of El Quijote, the on-site restaurant and bar, a reinvigorated Hotel Chelsea welcomes guests with vibrancy, glamour and a quintessential New York City flare. The restaurant and bar has reopened under the operations of Sunday Hospitality and partner Charles Seich serving Spanish cuisine like seafood paella, a selection of jamón and shareable pitchers of sangria.

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Annie Schlechter