Edited by: TJV News
As the weather cools and people come back from vacations, there’s nothing more fun than trying out some meals at new dining spots in the city. New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo has recently shared his six top picks for new restaurants he’s looking to try this fall in New York City.
Only in New York could Daniel Boulud, a sushi master from Masa and a mighty real estate company join forces to create a 10-seat omakase restaurant. (There’s also an eight-seat dining room, but the counter’s the place to be.) Opening on Sept. 14, Jōji completes SL Green Realty’s campaign to make its One Vanderbilt skyscraper the culinary capital of East Midtown. Chef George Ruan is crafting a menu that he describes as “combining elements of the traditional while also being daring and unexpected.” The omakase tasting starts at $375. Boulud, who runs the great Le Pavillon on the tower’s second floor, will lend operational support and management guidance. Hushed, elegant Jōji is tucked into an underground alcove at the bottom of the tower, just steps from the trains at Grand Central.
Chef Franklin Becker, who’s run popular Big Apple eateries such as Catch and launched several food halls and grab-and-go spots such as Little Beet, heads up this 9,000-square-foot, two-level American eatery to open in October at the Martinique Hotel, which has been reborn after years of closure and construction. Becker describes the menu as “old New York meets new New York.” The name refers to the long-ago time when newspaper people congregated at Herald Square for sports and entertainment.
Press Club Grill, Martinique Hotel, 1262 Broadway (32nd-33rd streets)
After a long wait, Tony Fortuna’s insanely popular, modern American eatery — a 27-year favorite on the Upper East Side — reopens on East 60th Street later this month in a new, three-level location 13 blocks south of the Third Avenue original. It will even have a third-floor private room, presumably for regulars such as Le Bernardin chef Éric Ripert and World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein. Let’s hope they keep the grilled salmon that was my favorite dish uptown.
Chef Jimmy Ly and Yen Vo, the husband-wife team behind casual Vietnamese spot Madame Vo, are branching out. The place was famed for its soulful, signature broth-and-short-ribs dish Madame Pho. Their new location, opening Sept. 14 on the former site of Madame Vo BBQ, is described as Ly’s modern Saigon-influenced takes on street food, comfort food, and large-format meat and seafood dishes.
There’s so much mediocre — and worse — food in Times Square that it’s cause to celebrate when a pro who elevates popular taste — namely, Trattoria dell’Arte and Bond 45 owner Shelly Fireman — takes the plunge. Like his other Brooklyn Delis, the 130-seater, set to debut in October, will offer classic New York comfort and nostalgia dishes, Roman-style pizza and specialty egg and breakfast dishes.
