Opening
Cha Cha Tang
Opening on Mother’s Day, May 12, this pop-up rendition of a Hong Kong diner with white tablecloths will serve Cobb salad with roast pork, a Cantonese roast duck sandwich, macaroni soup with fried Spam, Cantonese French toast with taro cream and more. It’s the work of Wilson Tang, who grew up in the Manhattan Chinatown and visited Hong Kong often, and John McDonald, the owner of Hancock Street. Mr. Tang is known for restoring Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown (no longer involved, he owns other Nom Wah outlets and the brand). It runs Sundays and Mondays until early June; the chefs Doron Wong and Akiko Thurnauer will be in the kitchen. (Opens May 12)
Piccola Cucina Casa
This rustic ground-floor restaurant features the food of the owner Philip Guardione’s native Sicily, with some Pugliese cucina povera touches, and a list of 150 Sicilian wines. He owns four other Piccola Cucina places in Manhattan, one in Montana and another on Ibiza. And here, in case you’ve had too much to eat or don’t feel like calling an Uber, the Brooklyn brownstone that houses the restaurant, has two guesthouse suites upstairs — but they rent by the month, starting at $4,500. (Wednesday)
Kin Gin
This Japanese spot serves contemporary izakaya fare, including scallop crudo with tomato water and basil, fried pig’s ears with Kewpie mayo, grilled quail with pickled perilla leaf, and grilled dry-aged whole mackerel with miso mayo. Dishes, served tableside, are by Tony Inn, who worked at Masa and Morimoto. The modern dining room has luxurious swagger. A sushi and cocktail lounge, Golden Guy, will open upstairs this summer. (Thursday)
The Onion Tree Pizza Company
Forget chance encounters on the subway; you never know what unlikely connections can be made on a pizza crust. Chicken tikka masala and saag paneer are a couple of options, along with more typical margherita and funghi. It’s all from the kitchen of Jay Jadeja, who is from Gujarat, India, at this branch of the Sea Cliff, N.Y., restaurant he owns with his wife, Raquel Jadeja. The restaurants serve Neapolitan and Roman-style pizzas, and Indian items like wings spiced with tamarind.
Burmese Bites
Myo Lin Thway, the Burmese chef and owner of this spot in the Queens Center Mall, has opened a space in Manhattan with his wife, the chef Rebecca Nant. His sister, who works at the United Nations, noticed an empty stand in the Mona Kitchen & Market, a small food hall, and he decided to give it a try with his several kaukswe dishes (noodles), dum pot (chicken biryani) and a beef rice box with vegetables.
Only Love Strangers
This bar and seafood-focused restaurant has a lower-level lounge for live music. It’s done in futuristic, Surrealist style.
Looking Ahead
Julia Child Award
The announcement of the 10th recipient of the Julia Child Award, by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, has involved a cross-country series of benefit dinners this year. On May 1 at Manhatta, Danny Meyer’s restaurant in the financial district, this year’s recipient will be announced by Mr. Meyer and Grace Young, both past recipients, at a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. The winner of the award receives a grant of $50,000 for the culinary charity of their choice. Tickets are $135.
Taste of Made in NYC
For the first time, the promotion for Made in NYC Week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and elsewhere in the city from May 10 to 18 will involve a food event with free samples from more than 20 food and drink purveyors, and items for sale. It will be May 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Market@77 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard; tickets are $49.87 ($45, plus fees).
Chefs on the Move
Abbey de la Rosa
A farm-to-table devotee, this chef, formerly at Diner, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is now at the helm of Sereneco, an all-day restaurant in Greenpoint.
Steven Barrantes
This chef, who started working with John Fraser at Dovetail in 2009 and has continued with his JF Restaurants for most of his career, is now the executive chef at Mr. Fraser’s La Marchande in the Wall Street hotel.
Michelin
The 2024 Michelin guide for Florida was published, with nine new one-star restaurants. In Miami, they are EntreNos, Ogawa and Shingo; Orlando adds Camille, Natsu, Papa Llama and Victoria & Albert’s; and for Tampa, Ebbe and Kōsen were included. That brings the total number of starred Florida restaurants to 26.
Closing
Mary’s Fish Camp
Mary Redding has announced on Instagram that her West Village staple for casual seafood will close at the end of the month.
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