{"id":1051057,"date":"2026-09-08T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1051057\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:14:41","slug":"nyc-anticipated-restaurant-openings-fall-preview-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1051057\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Anticipated Restaurant Openings, Fall Preview 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fall in New York always brings a rush of restaurant openings<\/a>, but this year, some of the city\u2019s biggest names are using the season to try something different. Daniel Boulud is combining three longtime Lincoln Center restaurants into one sprawling brasserie<\/a>. Daniel Humm is heading downtown with a more casual follow-up to Eleven Madison Park. Enrique Olvera is turning the former Atla into a bar<\/a>, while London chef Thomas Straker is taking over the old Lucky Strike for his first restaurant outside the U.K<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And this is only part one. Eater NY\u2019s fall restaurant preview continues Thursday, September 10, on Eater New York Substack<\/a> \u2014 sign up online<\/a> \u2014 with another batch of openings we\u2019re watching, including Galo<\/strong>, chef Nuno Sousa\u2019s intimate Portuguese restaurant in the West Village; the ambitious three-in-one One Bryant Park<\/strong>; Kalo<\/strong>, a wood-fired Greek restaurant on the Upper East Side; the Swaine sisters\u2019 namesake Williamsburg neighborhood restaurant Swaine\u2019s<\/strong>; Cafe Wands<\/strong> in Cobble Hill; Romy<\/strong>, which is taking over the former Little Prince in Soho; and Norte<\/strong>, the more casual Mexican steakhouse sibling to Cuerno.<\/p>\n

Some of the openings we\u2019re watching most closely are more personal. Former Theodora chef Vitor Mendes is drawing on his Amazon rainforest travels for Iara<\/strong>, his first restaurant. Cookbook author Andy Baraghani is opening his first restaurant, Ditto,<\/strong> near Union Square. Zimmi\u2019s is giving pastry chef Clodagh Manning a bigger showcase<\/a> at the 15-seat Bar \u00e0 Part<\/strong>, while former Red Hook Tavern staffers Bun Cheam and Cait Callahan are opening a full-fledged Cambodian restaurant<\/a> with their former boss.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of nostalgia in the mix, though rarely as a straight revival. The Kisa team is resurrecting the country buffets<\/a> David Yun and Steve Choi grew up with around Atlanta. At the Public Theater, the longtime team behind Joe\u2019s Pub is opening the Astor<\/strong>, a tavern inspired by old New York supper clubs and neighborhood restaurants. And several familiar spaces are getting entirely new lives under new operators.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already been zeroing in on some of the season\u2019s other major openings, too: fish shop from the Dane\u2019s duo, Chippy\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>; CC\u2019s at the Crane Club<\/a><\/strong>; Bar Charmant <\/a><\/strong>from Eugene Remm; and Calabash<\/a><\/strong>, where baking star Camari Mick is exploring her own Black ancestry in a West Village restaurant opening this fall. On Tuesday, September 9, Bronx-born Top Chef semifinalist Lana Lagomarsini opens Creola<\/a><\/strong> on the Upper East Side, built around a tasting menu that explores the Black culinary diaspora. And in Red Hook, two Fort Defiance alums are part of the trio behind Val\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>, a new neighborhood diner taking over the former Pitt\u2019s this fall.<\/p>\n

Taken all together, this fall\u2019s openings run from blockbusters to tiny neighborhood restaurants, but overall, we\u2019re seeing chefs going more casual, experienced operators striking out with more personal projects, and restaurants designed as much for regulars as for opening-night buzz. Here are the New York restaurants we\u2019re most excited to see this fall 2026.<\/p>\n

A Korean-owned, Southern-styled buffet lands in the East Village<\/p>\n

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A dish from Good Time Country Buffet. Scott Semler<\/p>\n

166 First Avenue, between East 10th and 11th streets, East Village
From:<\/strong> David Yun, Steve Choi, and Yong Min Kim, the team behind Kisa and C as in Charlie
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

The Kisa<\/a> team is reviving the country buffets they grew up with around the South with a $26.99 all-you-can-eat spread of fried chicken, rib tips, collard greens, mac and cheese, and rotating Southern specials. The carpet, mismatched wallpaper, and drop ceilings are deliberately faithful to the form. But nostalgia isn\u2019t the only point. \u201cMaybe around now, when things are very expensive, what if we bring this affordable country buffet back to the city?\u201d Yun tells Eater. \u201cWhat if we can bring back the era of the buffet?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Public Theater gets a dining update<\/p>\n

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A rendering of the Astor, the new restaurant in the Public Theater. The Astor<\/p>\n

425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, Noho
From:<\/strong> Serge Becker, Josh Pickard, Paul Salmon, Kevin Abbott, and NoHo Hospitality partners Luke Ostrom and Andrew Carmellini, with managing partners Jersey Katz and Michelle Cunha, all in partnership with the Public Theater<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

The team behind Joe\u2019s Pub, which has operated inside the Public Theater since 1998, is expanding its nearly three-decade partnership with the theater with a new restaurant, the Astor, taking over what used to be the restaurant called the Library. Chef Angel Monge is working with chef-partner Andrew Carmellini on a menu inspired by old New York taverns, supper clubs, and neighborhood restaurants, with dishes including Devilish eggs, steak Diane, and French mushroom dip with au jus. Bar director Darryl Chan handles cocktails, including riffs on martinis, Manhattans, and Bijous, while Josh Nadel oversees the wine. Serge Becker designed the wood-paneled, red-banquette space as a hidden bohemian tavern layered with posters, playbills, photographs, and other artifacts from the theater\u2019s history, plus new murals and portraits by artist Andre Carrilho. Joe\u2019s Pub is a separate space that Carmellini\u2019s group operates and will remain unchanged. Bar Torino is also opening in the theater, a second location following the one in Hudson Yards.<\/p>\n

A star pastry chef gets the spotlight<\/p>\n

72 Bedford Street, at Commerce Street, West Village
From:<\/strong> Zimmi\u2019s owners Maxime Pradi\u00e9 and Jenni Guizio, with wine director Cory Holt
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

The team behind Zimmi\u2019s<\/a> is expanding next door with Bar \u00e0 Part, a tiny 15-seat wine bar and cafe. The plan includes small plates, an extensive wine list, as well as savory and sweet pastries from acclaimed pastry chef Clodagh Manning. The Ireland native, who previously worked at London\u2019s now-closed Lyle\u2019s, has become one of the reasons to visit Zimmi\u2019s in her own right; Bar \u00e0 Part will put her work more squarely in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Daniel Boulud goes big across from Lincoln Center<\/p>\n

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A rendering of Brasserie Boulud. Rendering: Rockwell Group<\/p>\n

1900 Broadway, between West 63rd and 64th streets, Upper West Side
From:<\/strong> Daniel Boulud and the Dinex Group<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

Daniel Boulud is combining his three longtime restaurants across from Lincoln Center into one sprawling 10,000-square-foot brasserie designed by Rockwell Group. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Brasserie Boulud will have a large central bar, private dining rooms, and a tucked-away speakeasy. The menu leans classic French, with seafood towers, French onion soup, steak frites, lobster souffle, and boudin blanc, along with the return of Boulud\u2019s cult-favorite DB Burger. Pre- and post-theater menus will return, too, while mornings will bring coffee and croissants to enjoy at the restaurant or to go.<\/p>\n

Fine dining vets open a Southern-leaning spot in the West Village<\/p>\n

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A dish at Legion. Legion<\/p>\n

140 Charles Street, at Greenwich Street, West Village
From: <\/strong>Truman Parsons, chef de cuisine Emilio Cerra, beverage director Nathaniel Hawn, and service director James Franchini
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

This menu draws particularly from Charleston and New Orleans, where Truman Parsons spent much of his childhood, with Southern ingredients and traditions filtered through his viewpoint. Diners can order a la carte or opt for a $155 tasting menu, with dishes including grilled bay scallops with country ham XO and sweet corn sabayon, trout with pecan-brown butter and ham hock-braised chrysanthemums, and smoked Iberico and foie gras sausage with pomme puree and gumbo. Angel biscuits, baked to order, are glazed with rose honey, chicken jus, and brown butter and served with cultured fennel butter.<\/p>\n

A team behind a three-star Michelin spot loosens up in the West Village<\/p>\n

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A summer salad from Humm. Humm<\/p>\n

435 Hudson Street, between Leroy and Morton streets, West Village
From:<\/strong> Daniel Humm Hospitality<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> October<\/p>\n

Daniel Humm is heading downtown with Humm, a more casual restaurant from the team behind Eleven Madison Park<\/a> and Clemente Bar, taking over the former (beloved) En Brasserie<\/a>. The a la carte menu will be seasonal modern American. Pierre Yovanovitch is designing the restaurant with a focus on art, with works connected to artists including Francesco Clemente, Rashid Johnson, Louise Bourgeois, and Roni Horn.<\/p>\n

A London chef imports his Instagram-famous cooking to Soho<\/p>\n

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A dish from Straker\u2019s in London. Claudia Martel<\/p>\n

59 Grand Street, at West Broadway, Soho
From:<\/strong> Thomas Straker<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> October<\/p>\n

London chef and internet butter evangelist Thomas Straker<\/a> is taking over the former Lucky Strike, Keith McNally\u2019s now-closed Soho fixture, for his first restaurant outside the U.K. Straker opened his Notting Hill original in 2022. And after lockdown, cooking videos \u2014 and a liberal deployment of butter \u2014 made him a social-media star. The New York restaurant will center on an open kitchen surrounded by steel and green stone, leather banquettes, dark wood, and warm lighting. Expect the modern British cooking style with Italian leanings that defines his London restaurant.<\/p>\n

Amazon rainforest ingredients make their way to New York<\/p>\n

205 Allen Street, near East Houston Street, Lower East Side
From:<\/strong> Former Theodora chef de cuisine Vitor Mendes<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> Fall<\/p>\n

Chef and owner Vitor Mendes is drawing on the Amazon for his modern Brazilian restaurant. The menu includes tucupi broth with butter beans; Bahian red snapper stew; tuna with tapioca crisps and smoked trout mousse; and grilled picanha with cassava fries, meant to be dipped in a\u00e7a\u00ed ketchup. Desserts include seasonal takes on Brazilian flan, such as pumpkin, plus complimentary brigadeiros. The restaurant also draws on Mendes\u2019s travels through the Amazon rainforest, where he reconnected with his birth country after his father died.<\/p>\n

An award-winning cookbook author opens his first spot<\/p>\n

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Andy Baraghani at the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony. Getty Images for The James Beard<\/p>\n

13 East 16th Street, between Union Square West and Fifth Avenue, Union Square
From:<\/strong> Cookbook author and former Bon App\u00e9tit editor Andy Baraghani<\/a>
Opening:<\/strong> October<\/p>\n

Andy Baraghani has spent years developing recipes; now he\u2019ll get to put them on a restaurant menu of his own. The cookbook author and former Bon App\u00e9tit editor is opening Ditto with business partner and investor Michael Silber. The restaurant is meant to be casual and will take walk-ins only.<\/p>\n

A famed Mexican chef gets into the nightlife scene<\/p>\n

372 Lafayette Street, at Great Jones Street, Noho
From:<\/strong> Enrique Olvera<\/a>
Opening: <\/strong>Fall<\/p>\n

Enrique Olvera may have closed his decade-old all-day Mexican restaurant Atla<\/a>, but he\u2019s holding onto the address for something new. Bar Cosme will be a bar first, with drinks developed by Sebasti\u00e1n Tollius, formerly of Clemente Bar. Food won\u2019t be an afterthought, though: There will be prix fixe and a la carte menus, along with tortillas, salsas, and dishes cooked asador-style.<\/p>\n

A long-awaited Filipino American cocktail bar<\/p>\n

197 Second Avenue, between East 12th and 13th streets, East Village
From:<\/strong> Co-owners Roxanne Diaz Bangalan, Darwin Pornel, and Ben Rojo
Opening:<\/strong> Fall<\/p>\n

Finally, co-owners Roxanne Diaz Bangalan, Darwin Pornel, and Ben Rojo are opening their Filipino American cocktail bar in Manhattan this season. Pornel had been the director of operations at Paradise Projects (behind bars like Mister Paradise and Elvis) and bartended at the Nomad Hotel; Rojo runs LA bar No Smoking and now-shuttered East Village spot Black Emperor. The drinks and food highlight the Filipino diaspora. The former includes Calamansi Hi-Ball, the ube colada, and the Turon-Tado, a daiquiri made with jackfruit and caramelized bananas. Then, for food, there\u2019s lumpia, salt-and-pepper chicken wings, and a burger tribute to In-N-Out.<\/p>\n

Tamil pop-up glows up to a full restaurant<\/p>\n

129 Havemeyer Street, between South First and Grand Streets, Williamsburg
From:<\/strong> Top Chef season 21 contender Rasika Venkatesa
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

Rasika Venkatesa is turning her New York City pop-up, named after her grandmother, into a full-on Brooklyn restaurant this fall. She competed in season 21 of Top Chef<\/a>, was named one of Time Out New York\u2019s Best Young Chefs<\/a> in 2025, and worked in San Francisco spots such as the French Laundry and Mourad. The restaurant Mythily serves up a Tamil and South Indian menu, with dishes like Green apples and fennel with a stracciatella soaked in rasam, stuffed eggplant curry, and tilefish with raw mango-coconut curry. Drinks include low-ABV and nonalcoholic drinks with cordials, ferments, and spiced-up shochus made by the team.<\/p>\n

A full-on Cambodian restaurant lands in Red Hook<\/p>\n

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Skewers at H\u014dp. H\u014dp<\/p>\n

358 Van Brunt Street, near Sullivan Street, Red Hook
From:<\/strong> Former Red Hook Tavern staffers Bun Cheam and Cait Callahan
Opening:<\/strong> November<\/p>\n

Cheam and Callahan are partnering with their former boss, Red Hook Tavern\u2019s Bill Durney, and his Four Clover group on a full-on Cambodian restaurant and cocktail bar<\/a>. Its name is the Khmer word for \u201ceat.\u201d Expect beef skewers, prahok ktiss, a funky Khmer pork dip, whole branzino roasted in banana leaves, and wok-fired dishes including fried noodles and charred vegetables.<\/p>\n

A 9,000-square-foot karaoke bar and restaurant lands in Long Island City<\/p>\n

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Entrees at Rewind. Erik Bernstein<\/p>\n

45-57 Davis Street, between Jackson and Skillman avenues, Long Island City
From:<\/strong> Beverage director Ken Chen and chef and partner Alexander Lee
Opening:<\/strong> Mid-September<\/p>\n

Rewind is a 9,000-square-foot underground restaurant, cocktail bar, and karaoke lounge coming to Long Island City. Diners enter by pressing a \u201crewind\u201d button on an \u201980s-style boombox that opens onto the bar, where beverage director Ken Chen, formerly of Taipei\u2019s Indulge Experimental Bistro, is building cocktails around tea, the Chinese zodiac, and the five elements. Partner Alexander Lee\u2019s menu includes truffle mushroom congee, Taiwanese fried chicken, and wagyu donburi. Beyond the restaurant are eight private karaoke rooms inspired by Hong Kong cinema, vintage recording studios, and other retro references. Rewind will also host a monthly guest-bartender series featuring bartenders from New York spots including Stone & Soil, Yawning Cobra, and Red Sorghum.<\/p>\n