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Esse Taco
Tacos as road meals — in case your road is Park Avenue — is Enrique Olvera’s strategy at his new Brooklyn spot, his first for the borough; he owns it with Santiago Pérez, the chief govt of Casamata hospitality group. Mr. Olvera, the chef and restaurateur identified for Pujol in Mexico Metropolis and Cosme and Atla in Manhattan, right here presents tortillas made on the premises with heirloom corn filled with juicy rib-eye, pork loin and grilled hen in slices, not chopped up, and smoked oyster mushrooms. Included are salsas and a mixture of onions, scallions and cilantro. The standing-only setting has stainless-steel barrels as tables, and the kitchen is open to view. (Opens Thursday)
219 Bedford Avenue (North Fifth Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 347-763-0057, essetaco.com.
Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse
This New York authentic, closed since 2021 due to Covid, has been revived at a brand new tackle to once more beckon devotees of a boisterous room, pitchers of schmaltz and charred skirt steaks (“Roumanian tenderloin”) that drape off the plate. The in-house tummler, Dani Luv, will once more entertain. The New York Occasions restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton gave it two stars in 1978, however didn’t stay to guage the two.0. It’s open Fridays and Saturdays in Might, and can go full time in June.
112 Stanton Avenue (Ludlow Avenue), 646-410-2427, instagram.com/famous_sammys.
Mission Chinese language
Danny Bowien has taken up residence in Cha Kee, a Chinatown restaurant, with a lot of his authentic Mission Chinese language menu from 2010 in San Francisco, and some new objects. “I’m simply so excited to be again within the kitchen,” he mentioned in an e-mail. The pop-up is Wednesdays by Sundays, beginning at 5 p.m., till the autumn. Count on the hits: Chongqing hen wings, kung pao pastrami and mapo tofu.
Cha Kee, 43 Mott Avenue (Bayard Avenue), 212-577-2888, chakeenyc.com.
Ladurée Hudson Yards
The 160-year-old Parisian pastry store and restaurant group, finest identified for its stuffed macarons, has expanded its New York footprint with a restaurant in Hudson Yards. Lattes in flavors like rose and lychee, elegant finger pastries and ingenious cookies are newcomers to the roster in a verdant, softly toned setting. (Saturday)
20 Hudson Yards, laduree.us.
