Congestion pricing is live below 60th Street — here's what it means for dinner
Manhattan below 60th Street now carries a $9 daytime toll for drivers, and the restaurant industry is watching two things: weeknight covers and the delivery-app math.
Restaurant News
A running feed of New York restaurant developments: openings and soft launches, closings, chef departures, menu and format changes, awards, health grades and licensing actions. Items carry addresses, dates and whether reservations have already gone. For readers who keep a standing list of where to eat next.
Openings, closings, chef moves, menu changes and health department actions across New York restaurants, filed with addresses, dates and booking notes.
How a Manhattan restaurant actually gets permission to put tables on the sidewalk
Dining Out NYC replaced the pandemic-era honor system with a permanent license, and the city's own timeline says review can run up to six months.
Michelin adds 15 New York restaurants to its 2026 selection — stars come later this year
The July 15 additions put new names into the guide's New York selection, but the red book's stars and Bib Gourmands wait for the autumn ceremony.
Major Food Group takes the old Tribeca Grill address — and plots a Village room for the fall
The group behind Carbone confirmed in June it will take over the landmark 375 Greenwich Street space, with an American tavern concept targeted for 2027.
The Lower East Side's summer class: Xi Hu leads a June-to-June run of downtown debuts
An Eastern Chinese dining room, a dim sum counter and a batch of small-format openings are reshaping the neighborhood's blocks south of Houston.
Every Manhattan inspection is public data: how to read the city's DOHMH restaurant records
The city posts every sustained violation from its roughly 29,000-permitted restaurants on an open data portal — here is what the records show and how to search them.
Midtown East's restaurant wave arrives: Cote 550, Bar Chimera and the new Japanese row
April 18 brought two debuts in one day to Midtown East, and the rezoned office corridor's dining map is filling in fast.
How a Manhattan server's paycheck actually works under the 2026 tip credit
Cash wage $11.35, tip allowance $5.65, full minimum $17.00: the three numbers behind every tipped shift in a New York City dining room this year.
Barbett-era history thins out: Manhattan's veteran dining rooms lost this winter
Barbetta, Chez Napoleon and the Malibu Diner all served their last tables in early 2026 — three reminders that rent outlives tradition.