The autumn chill is in the air. This week NYC gets dressed up in wacky and spooky costumes, and so do these sandwich collaborations. We’re also looking forward to new menu items and fresh brunch services that you should know about.
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Chatti’s Seafood Fest
The restaurant specializing in south Indian fare, Chatti has just unveiled its Seafood Fest & Toddy Tales, happening from October 28 until November 5. During this time, the restaurant will feature Kerala seafood dishes such as Njandu & Kappa Unda, prawn-laced Biriyani, and Chatti Meen Curry, fish cooked in a claypot with buttermilk and coconut, among other fishy delights.
Erewhon is Coming to NYC
The Los Angeles-based food market with a loyal cult following for its over-priced smoothies and single strawberries is finally setting up shop in New York. On Bleecker St. and Broadway, to be exact. Erewhon made news last year when it opened in a private New York club but the future location in NoHo will be fully public. Yay, another place with perpetual lines down the street
NYC Chef’s Dinner Series Welcomes Pierre Magnolini
The on-going Chef’s Dinner Series, hosted in a handsome, exposed-brick-walled private space on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, features chef Pierre Magnolini. Magnolini is best known for leading the kitchen at Frevo in Greenwich Village when it earned a Michelin star. The multi-course meal is on November 5 at 6 p.m. and costs $195 per person (includes wine, tax, and gratuity).
The New Sanwits and Golden Diner Sandwich
Golden Diner and Filipino sandwich spot Sanwits are teaming up for the first “Make It Filipino” sandwich collaboration. The sandwich, available at the East Village Sanwits from October 28 to November 1, is a Sisig Tuna Melt. It’s made with smoked tuna loin, pinoy tuna salad, onion salsa, salt and vinegar fish skin chicharron, and melted American cheese, and served on garlic toasted white bread.
Cider Comes to Brooklyn
Point yourself to Red Hook, Brooklyn on Saturday, November 14, if you love cider. The Red Hook Cidery will be hosting the NY Cider Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a handful of New York cider makers there offering tastings of delicious cider. It’s autumn in a glass. Tickets start at $30 per person.
Ferguson’s Country is Fixin’ to Offer Brunch
The Southern-accented Williamsburg restaurant, Ferguson’s Country, has just unleashed brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Stop in for Biscuits & Gravy, Hot Honey Chicken & Waffles, and Pecan French Toast.
New Rotisserie Chicken Spot in the West Village
The rotisserie chicken trend continues. Two restaurant veterans from Roberta’s and Foul Witch are behind Big Trouble located on Seventh Avenue South in the space that housed Italian spot, Rafele. Big Trouble will be firing up its rotisserie some time in November.
Martini Mondays at Sloane’s
Sloane’s, the sleek, intimate cocktail bar in the Manner hotel in SoHo, has begun hosting Martini Mondays. Order the $34 Martini Edit and not only do you get a cold and robust martini, but you also get an order of crispy fries and a caviar bump. If you’re with a few friends, you can also get the Grand Martini for $165, a large-format martini experience done tableside.
STK Gets Spooky in NYC
The steakhouse chain, STK, is embracing the Halloween and Dia de los Muertos seasons by offering some spooky-themed cocktails from October 29 to November 1. You can sip on an Old Skull Fashioned that riffs on the classic cocktail with bourbon, tequila, agave nectar, and peach bitters. You can also imbibe a Sugar Skull Shooter, a blend of tequila, watermelon liqueur, mango purée, and Tabasco sauce, among other drinks.
Bowtie Bar Embraces Pasta
The Times Square cocktail bar, Bowtie, has partnered with De Cecco pasta for “The De Cecco Farfalle Residency,” a limited-time menu that offers bowtie- (or, more accurately, “butterfly”) shaped pasta dishes. While you’re sipping a limited-time Parmesan Dirty Martini, you can graze on a pesto pasta with De Cecco farfalle. The NYC pasta special will last until the end of November.
Chef Alexia Duchêne’s New Partnership
Chef Alexia Duchêne, co-owner and chef ot Le Chêne in the West Village, has partnered with French hospitality group Experimental*. She will be creating new menus for Experimental Cocktail Club and the Centre Street and Flatiron locations of the Gallic wine bar La Compagnie. She begins on November 8.
Blackbarn’s New Chef and Menu
Israel Reyes has just been promoted to executive chef at Blackbarn, the New American restaurant on the north side of Madison Square Park in NYC. His new menu items include Grapefruit-Braised Habanero Pork Chops, Smoked Duck Breast, and, on the bar menu, Chicken Empanadas with a mole sauce.
Traveler’s New Pan-Asian Menu
Traveler is a pan-Asian bistro on the ground floor of Hue House and it’s just debuting a new menu. Now diners can feast on Blue Fin Tuna Crispy Rice, Hong Kong Sticky Rice with quail, and Thai Chimichurri Skirt Steak, among other dishes. The restaurant has also just begun serving a three-course set menu for $54.
This Week’s NYC Restaurant Closings
Sixteen-year-old West Village restaurant, Mémé, has served its last tagine and chicken kebab. The Mediterranean restaurant permanently shut down last week. The Hell’s Kitchen outlet remains open. Likewise, the Domino Park, Brooklyn location of Roberta’s also shuttered this week.
