New restaurants opening in New York
In the 30 days to Nov 11, we logged 424 new restaurant and bar leads across New York City, Long Island & Westchester: 234 liquor license applications, 174 new food, building, and sign permits, and 16 researched openings.
Coming soon to New York
Annam Tân
Vietnamese coffee and banh mi at a front café open onto a 10,700-square-foot dining room with French Indochine touches, where chef Joel Watthanawongwat of the Michelin-recommended Soothr turns from Thai food to his Vietnamese roots, just off Park Avenue.
Kappo Sono
Soft-shell turtle from Tokyo's Toyosu market was one of the big surprises at his Union Square penthouse. Now Chikara Sono, Kyo Ya's executive chef from 2007 to 2019, is moving his kaiseki counter into the Bank of America Tower on 42nd Street, a few steps from…
Neighbors Famous Ice Cream
Hani's cult weekend-only soft serve is getting its own front door: the Cooper Square bakery's team is opening a scoop shop right next door, pairing soft serve with classic hard ice cream in flavors expected to run along the lines of tomato-melon, carrot cake…
Just opened
Café Gitane
The lemon-and-chili avocado toast is back on seven-grain, with Jimi Hendrix still watching over the room: Café Gitane, the Nolita hangout loved by everyone from Bowie to Leo, closed suddenly on Mott Street last year and has reopened on East Broadway, with…
Lou Yau Kee
Chicken poached in pandan-and-ginger broth, then shocked in ice water for that gelatinous skin, with house chili, ginger and dark-soy sauces on the side: Alan Choong's Lou Yau Kee, whose Hainan chicken rice The Infatuation called excellent, is back on 14th…
Dovetail Bakery
Twisted cardamom buns, sourdough and focaccia now have a permanent home on 35th Ave: Kate Kadet's Dovetail, the Sunnyside pop-up that baked out of a gelato shop, has moved into the old Elevenses storefront in Astoria.
Teodoro Osteria & Bar
Supplì al telefono with molten mozzarella, braised carciofi alla Romana and porchetta d'Ariccia: Plado chef German Rizzo goes all-in on Rome in the South Street storefront he wanted before he ever opened in Glen Cove.
Bar Cosme
Freshly pressed tortillas and salsas come with every order at Bar Cosme, where Enrique Olvera turns his old Atla corner on Lafayette into a cocktail-bar version of Cosme, pouring mezcal drinks rimmed with elote salt.
Boucherie Upper West Side
A Palm Room under an arched glass roof is now pouring moules frites and dry-aged steaks: Boucherie has fused the old Milling Room with the Starbucks next door into a French brasserie across from the Natural History museum, with a pewter bar out front.
Āzar
Slow-braised beef cheek ghorme sabzi rolled into flatbread made in-house: Sofreh and Eyval alum Soroosh Golbabae turns Persian home cooking into handheld 'loghmeh' at a 10-seat Driggs Avenue counter named for his mother.
Taquería El Chato
The trompo al pastor The Infatuation calls the thing to get here is now on Bedford at South 4th. El Chato, the taqueria with a Michelin Bib from Aldama's Chris Reyes, has opened its biggest room yet, double the size of its 700-square-foot Greenpoint and West…
Mili
After 18 pop-ups from Park Slope to Naples and Mexico City, Mili has a permanent home: a 34-seat Ludlow Street room named for chef Jorge Luis Pabón's mother, Milagros, who taught him to cook. The ex-Estela chef is plating cured scallops with melon and shiso…
Altbau
An everything croissant bursting with piped cream cheese is already drawing raves at Altbau, the 7,500-square-foot Williamsburg megabakery where Tartine co-founder Chad Robertson has finally brought his bread to New York.
Dario's Pizza
The viral Philly cheesesteak has crossed Nassau to Merrick Road, where Pier Dario Carosi's second Dario's was packed minutes after opening, serving Roman-style slices like the Diavola with spicy soppressata, burrata and hot honey.
June Baby
NYC's first Filipino-American cocktail bar pours purple ube coladas and turon-inspired daiquiris on Second Avenue, with lumpiang Shanghai and an In-N-Out-style burger to eat; June Baby started as a 2025 pop-up from couple Roxanne Diaz Bangalan and Darwin…
New restaurant leads in New York: filed in the last 30 days
The earliest signals: liquor applications and new food, building, and sign permits, often months before any press. Names of filings from the last two weeks, plus every address and record, are for subscribers.
| Filed | Stage | Where | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 | Liquor application (possible new owner) | 30 Hudson Yards | Q•••• B••• P•••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Brooklyn | K•••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application (possible new owner) | Sunnyside | L•••••• C•••••• L•• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Brooklyn | L•••• D•• B•••••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | 339 Broadway | M•• C••• M••••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | 1040 Avenue of the Americas | P•••••• P•••••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | 251 W 85th St | K••••• G•••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Rockaway Park | St J•••• N•• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Ozone Park | O•••• P•••••• I•• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Brooklyn | R••• T••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Ground Floor East | B•••••• 55 N•• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | 157 3rd Ave | B•• E••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application (possible new owner) | Mamaroneck | B•••••• L••• |
| Nov 10 | Liquor application | Brooklyn | M•• A•••• F••••• |
This month's leads include Brooklyn, Sunnyside, Rockaway Park, Ozone Park, Mamaroneck, Corona, Smithtown, Mount Vernon, Hicksville, Astoria, Flushing, Lindenhurst, Levittown, Bay Shore.
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Questions
How do you find new restaurants in New York before they open?
We read the public record every day: state liquor license applications (often months before opening), county health and city building permits (weeks before), local press, and a daily web sweep. Duplicates are merged and the substantive leads are researched against the venue's own site and press.
How many new restaurants are opening in New York?
In the 30 days to Nov 11, we logged 424 new restaurant and bar leads across New York City, Long Island & Westchester: 234 liquor license applications, 174 new food, building, and sign permits, and 16 researched openings. Not every filing becomes a restaurant, which is why the researched openings are listed separately.
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