The Empress Room opened above Madam Mikette’s in Midtown East, offering tarot-named cocktails, small plates and live jazz in a candlelit upstairs lounge.

After a sold‑out debut, Camp Rubirosa will return to East Hampton as an annual summer fixture, reopening May 15 with Rubirosa classics and a campy outdoor vibe.

A new Red Hook bakehouse run by sisters Maya and Eva Ebbesen is selling seeded Danish rye loaves across Brooklyn for $16 a pop.

Citi Field refreshed its concessions with chef-driven vendors and rotating Queens spots — from Seoul Bird’s bulgogi spring rolls to Chef Kwame’s curried patty and kosher options.

The family-run Peter Pan Diner reopened in Bay Shore this week, nearly two years after a July 1, 2024 kitchen fire closed the restaurant. The longtime counter is serving regular hours again.

Speaker Julie Menin and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are backing changes that could let roadway dining operate year‑round while lawmakers weigh bills to simplify approvals.

Buckhead’s Umi will open a Manhattan outpost at 63 Madison Ave later this year, bringing a sushi bar, private dining and an omakase counter to Flatiron–NoMad. Owners say New York feels like a natural evolution after 12 years in Atlanta.

Twin Hot Dogs brings Kyiv‑style vertical hot dogs and automatic coffee to Brighton Beach from twin brothers who tested 20 sausages before opening. The compact counter is open daily.

A surprise March inspection at the beloved Prospect Heights donut shop turned up mice, contaminated food, and eight violations in all. For a shop that had sailed through its last three inspections without a single infraction, the findings are hard to glaze over.

L.A. roastery Canyon Coffee opened a Prospect Heights café at 601 Vanderbilt Ave., bringing its Echo Park menu, pastries and a new mural to Brooklyn.

A March law now lets licensed bars and restaurants buy up to six bottles a week from local liquor stores, a small fix aimed at avoiding weekend stockouts. Operators and industry groups say the tweak will keep service running when deliveries lag.

A new Crown Heights tamalería is serving stone-ground masa tamales from family recipes more than 100 years old, sold daily in limited batches.

A March health inspection at Patsy's Pizzeria on East 60th Street turned up evidence of both rats and mice — plus five other violations — enough to potentially knock the longtime A-grader down to a C. Here's what inspectors found, and what it means for a well-known New York pizza name.