Opening
Forgione
Gilded cast-iron columns from David Bouley’s Danube nonetheless punctuate this house on Duane and Hudson Avenue, which is now Forgione; a Bouley cookbook sits on a shelf within the late chef’s honor. The switch of the country setting embellished with yard sale memorabilia from Marc Forgione’s former Reade Avenue location was seamless, and the menu by the famously mohawked chef affords classics like hiramasa tartare and chile lobster. New are grilled Maine eel over damaged rice, and child Pennsylvania rainbow trout planked like contemporary sardines. An unlisted burger is unique to the rear bar space and the wine record has quadrupled because of extra storage.
30 Hudson Avenue (Duane Avenue), 212-941-9401, marcforgione.com.
Little Banchan Store
First in Lengthy Island Metropolis and now in Manhattan, these outlets from the chef Hooni Kim maintain the important thing to serving a constellation of banchan, the crunchy, tangy, peppery and vivid little dishes that embroider a Korean meal. The brand new location within the Pier 57 meals corridor additionally has a bibimbap bar with marinated beef, rice, greens and condiments for a one-bowl D.I.Y. meal.
Market 57, Pier 57, fifteenth Avenue and West Avenue, littlebanchanshop.com, pier57nyc.com.
Omakase Room by Shin
The chef Shin Yamaoka, previously of Blue Ribbon Sushi and Brushstroke, is providing a 14-course, $175 lineup of tastes at this comfortable eight-seat counter. It’s within the mid-block atrium at West 53rd Avenue that was beforehand Kaiseki Room by Yamada.
145 West 53rd Avenue, 212-353-0201, omakaseroom.com.
Willow and Clark
An uncommon, dare we are saying distinctive, cafe for espresso, breakfast objects, salads and sandwiches from 8:30 a.m. till 3 p.m. is now open to the general public in a senior residing residence. Within the grand, spacious foyer of the constructing, it additionally serves milk and cookies for youngsters and has a schedule of story occasions led by residents, probably grandparents.
The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights, 21 Clark Avenue (Willow Avenue), Brooklyn Heights, 347-343-4900, watermarkcommunities.com.
