Kotobuki has filed for a full liquor license at 8 Stuyvesant Street as it eyes a return to the East Village after halting dine‑in in 2023. No opening date yet.

Atla, Enrique Olvera’s NoHo restaurant, will close May 31, 2026; the space will be reimagined with a new concept from Olvera and architect Alonso de Garay this fall.

A 40,000‑sq‑ft Red Hook Barrel Yard opens next Saturday with a winery, cidery and a Lundy’s waterfront menu. The distillery and cocktail bar follow later this year.

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito has opened Bar Rocco at the Kimpton Era in Midtown — his first full‑scale New York restaurant in roughly six years, serving Italian‑American staples and a Pat LaFrieda wagyu burger.

Sewage backups, mold and rats have forced GG's House of Cookup in East Flatbush to close for weeks, the owners say.

After nearly two years away, the Morini name is returning to Nolita this summer as Piccolo Morini at The Nolitan Hotel.

Tokyo's cult‑favorite Pizza Studio Tamaki opens its first U.S. restaurant in the East Village on May 5, serving 30‑hour‑fermented Tokyo‑Neapolitan pies.

Daniel Boulud will operate Bilt Café and Bilt Supperclub inside Bilt’s new Meatpacking headquarters, filings show. Menus list breakfast staples and modestly priced supper dishes.

The Milling Room quietly closed in December after its owner suffered a serious injury; reports say the restaurant may owe more than $1M in unpaid rent.

TNT Pineapple moved from festivals into The Hungry Pearl at 100 Pearl St, serving jerk-style dishes stuffed into hollowed-out pineapples.

A late‑April freeze baked Hudson Valley blossoms, wiping out stone fruits and damaging some apple varieties. Farmers used fires, fans and even helicopters to try to save buds.

Wonder opened its first Bronx location in Parkchester last Thursday, folding dozens of cuisines under one roof and handing freebies to early guests.

Chef Bonnie Saran has reimagined her Main Street storefront as Little Pink Cup, a pink-hued coffee shop and mocktail bar that began serving in December and eyes a May grand opening.