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Il Totano
With Harold Dieterle as the manager chef and a companion, Alexandra Shapiro, and her mother and father, Laura and Robert, have reworked their former Flex Mussels within the West Village into this Italian spot. That they had reopened Hoexter’s on the Higher East Aspect late final yr. Mr. Dieterle — previously of Kin Store and Perilla, and the winner of the primary season of “Prime Chef” — has southern Italian roots, as does his chef de delicacies, Steven Lopin. Il Totano will serve crudos, grilled shrimp with pepperoncini butter, bucatini con le Sarde, pork cotaletta, roast hen Marsala and a child calamari salad. The room — completed in blues, mustard and rust — has seaside touches. (Friday)
154 West thirteenth Road, 212-929-0222, iltotano.com.
Marsanne NYC
Igor Drca and Miljan Komnenic, who personal the Consulate on the Higher West Aspect and Recette in Brooklyn, have teamed up with Milos Kostadinovic, their beverage director, to maneuver into the previous Forager’s Market house in Chelsea with an formidable, greenery-filled Mediterranean restaurant. Commanding an open kitchen within the 150-seat house, the chef, Zivko Radojcic, is placing collectively plates of shrimp with chorizo and tomato, eggplant caponata, branzino with sun-dried tomato and fennel and a vegan risotto. Seasonal drinks are featured. There are a few non-public rooms.
233 Eighth Avenue (twenty second Road), 646-726-4614, marsannenyc.com.
Tacalle
The identify, fusing taco and calle (road in Spanish), tells the story. An alleyway strung with lights results in a backyard behind the brand new Grayson Resort, the place a meals truck dishes out cornmeal tacos with varied fillings, quesadillas, guacamole, elotes and the drinks you’d anticipate, all to remain or go. Something in need of a heavy downpour retains it open, however solely Mondays via Fridays.
19 West thirty eighth Road, 646-741-9626, tacallenyc.com.
NoMad Diner
Tucked into an Arlo lodge, a counter and tables provide breakfast enlivened by cornmeal pancakes and chickpea fritter French toast. The all-day menu takes a midcentury American journey down reminiscence lane with meatloaf and mashed potatoes, ham salad with Ritz crackers, and grilled cheese with tomato soup together with detours like deviled eggs with Japanese seasonings. The Greek diner custom additionally slips in with spanakopita and a Cypriot salad.
11 East thirty first Road, 212-806-7000, nomaddinernyc.com.
