Opening
Chez Nous
Margaux in the Marlton Hotel in Greenwich Village has become a new French restaurant. The owners, Sean McPherson, Ira Drukier and Richard Born, with their partners David Kuhn and Kevin Thompson, who are in media and entertainment, have put the kitchen in the hands of Flossie Gilles, from Montpellier, France, who was executive chef at Le Bilboquet. Her menu reflects the City of Light with leeks pavé, braised endives, chicken with escargot sauce, salmon en papillote and profiteroles; a burger and a New York strip also give a taste of what’s popular in Paris. A dazzling 30-foot mural by the English painter Cecily Brown covers the back wall in a skylit room.
Marlton Hotel, 5 West Eighth Street, 212-321-0111, cheznousmarlton.com
Bascule
In a city where a glass of rosé can set you back $28 or more, what the winemaker Jordan Veran is doing with his wine bar is notable. The evening hours are decorated with candlelight at Bright Side Café in Williamsburg, and wines are served by the glass; there are 10, $12 to $15 (bottles start at $60), and are mostly low-intervention French wines like Terroirists from Gaillac in Southwest France, with which Mr. Veran has a personal connection. The wine bar will be in residence at the cafe through November.
184 Kent Avenue (North Fourth Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, basculebklyn.com.
Foursome
The name is a reference to the four partners who pay homage to their native heritage, with a Turkish approach to breakfast, lunch and dinner, prepared by three Turkish chefs. Breakfast involves Turkish sausage, for lunch there are Turkish-style tacos (fried dough enclosing beef, chicken or vegetables), and dinner starts with mezze and goes on to sumac-crusted salmon and braised short ribs with eggplant and orzo. Turkey inspires cocktails and some Turkish wines are poured in the art-filled 60-seat room. (Opens Wednesday)
9 Jones Steet (West Fourth Street), 929-697-2305.
Gazebo at the Flower Shop
Eddie Huang, who made a splash with “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir” in 2013, is popping up at the Flower Shop on the edge of Chinatown. Olive oil from his in-law’s estate in Greece gives a mostly personal Taiwanese menu a taste of the Mediterranean. Three courses are $80 with seatings at 7 and 9 p.m., June 11 through 13, July 9 to 11, Aug. 6 to 8, and Sept. 10 to 12. (Wednesday)
107 Eldridge Street (Broome Street), gazebo.nyc.
Buchette del Vino
Yes, Florence, Italy is overrun with tourists, but it’s still nothing like Times Square, which is now getting a touch of Florentine style with this sturdy new wine kiosk, a shipping container with a stucco finish. A glass of wine or beer and a bite to eat, including panini, tramezzini, salads, a pasta and gelato, will be served through two arched windows. Inspiration comes from similar wine windows that punctuate buildings in Florence, often dating back centuries. There’s seating. It’s the work of Jack Logue, the chef, and Chris Miller, who own and run the Lambs Club in the Chatwal Hotel nearby. (Thursday)
Times Square between 43rd and 44th Streets.
Café King
Through Aug. 4 at King, a breakfast inspired by French, Italian and English tastes will be available for self-service at the bar and terrace. The pastry chef Fiona Thomas is baking scones, making frittatas and layering smoked salmon tartines on homemade baguette.
18 King Street (Avenue of the Americas), no phone, kingrestaurant.nyc.
M. Wells: On the 7
Fans of M. Wells, the Long Island City restaurant that closed at the end of last year, will find it back in its old neighborhood on Sunday and Monday evenings at On the 7, a wine bar. Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis inhabit the bar when it’s closed, serving dishes like seafood coquille, monkfish liver torchon, cured duck stuffed with foie gras, and shrimp cocktail, on a revolving menu, alongside wine and cocktails.
50-04 Vernon Boulevard (50th Avenue), Long Island City, Queens, 718-786-9060, magasinwells.com.
Looking Ahead
La Boca
The Francis Mallmann restaurant in the new Faena hotel, both opening this summer, will be named for the neighborhood in Buenos Aires where he has a home. He has described his home cooking as “not intended to impress but to remember,” an approach that he hopes to replicate in Manhattan. They’re already taking reservations for Aug. 3 onward starting this week for the restaurant.
Faena New York, 500A West 18th Street, sevenrooms.com
Closing
Pig & Khao, Piggyback
The original Pig & Khao, the chef Leah Cohen’s, praiseworthy interpretation of Southeast Asia, and its sister restaurant, Piggyback, are closing; June 22 is the date for final round of mee noodles at both. A notice on Instagram explained that the Lower East Side location that opened in 2012 required extensive construction work, and the Midtown restaurant suffered from “ongoing economic challenges.”. The new Upper West Side Pig & Khao remains open.
Pig & Khao 68 Clinton Street (Rivington Street), 212-920-4485, pigandkhao.com; Piggyback by Pig & Khao, 140 West 30th Street, 212-239-0570, piggybacknyc.com.
Porter House Bar and Grill
After 19 years at the helm, the executive chef, Michael Lomanaco, announced that the restaurant in the Deutsche Bank Center will close after Labor Day. He did not give a reason or explain his next move, nor has Related, the company that runs retail in the building, revealed what might replace it.
10 Columbus Circle, 212-823-9500, porterhousenyc.com.
Teranga Cafe
The uptown African restaurant by the chef Pierre Thiam will close on Sunday. It anchored a spot in the Africa Center since 2019, with fast-casual fare, often in bowls with combinations of ingredients including the ancient grain, fonio and jollof rice. Teranga Midtown in the Hugh food hall remains open.
1280 Fifth Avenue (109th Street), 332-910-8138, itsteranga.com.
Chefs on the Move
Victoria Blamey
The Chilean-born chef who was last at the esteemed Blanca in Brooklyn, now closed, has become the culinary director for Il Buco Alimentari and Il Buco al Mare, as announced last week on Grubstreet, working with the executive chef Amelia Kirk. She will not be in any of the kitchens day-to-day, but will oversee menus, catering and other aspects of the enterprise, including the bakery and commissary kitchen in East Hampton. Roger Martinez continues as the chef of Il Buco on Bond Street.
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Florence Fabricant is a food and wine writer. She writes the weekly Front Burner and Off the Menu columns, as well as the Pairings column, which appears alongside the monthly wine reviews. She has also written 12 cookbooks.
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