Your borough-by-borough rundown of what’s new and what’s winding down in NYC dining, fresh for Friday, May 29, 2026. As always, every spot below is a real place with a real address — go before the lines do.
Quick Bites
- Skinny Louie brought its award-winning smash burgers to the Upper East Side (1565 Second Ave).
- Pizzaiolo opened its first U.S. location in the East Village with a flour blend imported from Japan (123 St. Marks Pl).
- Allegretto al Forno is firing wood-oven pizza in Williamsburg from the team behind Michelin-starred Francie (132 Broadway).
- Bar Susanne is still the waterfront seafood story of the month at Domino Park (6 River St).
- Closing watch: Greenwich Village favorite Loring Place has named July 14 as its last day.
Manhattan
Skinny Louie — Upper East Side
The Miami-born smash burger cult finally crossed into the East 80s. Skinny Louie opened its newest Manhattan location at 1565 Second Avenue, between East 81st and 82nd Streets, in the space that used to hold Agora Turkish Restaurant. The menu keeps it tight: a classic smash, a cheeseburger, and an applewood bacon version, plus fries, shakes and sodas. Ask about the off-menu “Very Best Burger” with white cheddar, truffle mayo and jalapeño relish — it’s the one that won Burger Bash in both Miami and New York. Bonus for night owls: the kitchen runs until 2 a.m. on weeknights and 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Pizzaiolo — East Village
Tokyo pizzaiolo Tsubasa Tamaki picked 123 St. Marks Place for his first American restaurant. The hook is the dough: a proprietary flour blend shipped in from Japan that produces a lighter, more structured crust than the standard New York slice. If you’ve worked your way through every coal-oven and Neapolitan spot in the neighborhood, this is a genuinely different bite.
Brooklyn
Allegretto al Forno — Williamsburg
The crew behind Michelin-starred Francie went casual with Allegretto al Forno at 132 Broadway. It’s a wood-fired pizza and small-plates spot built around Southern Italian cooking — the kind of place that’s easy to walk into for a couple of pies and a glass of something red without booking weeks ahead. A welcome addition to a stretch of Broadway that keeps getting better.
Bar Susanne — Domino Park (still buzzing)
It opened mid-month, but the East River raw bar is still the conversation in north Brooklyn. Bar Susanne, 6 River Street, runs a seafood-forward menu from executive chef Jackie Carnesi — scallop crudo, crab salad, fluke Milanese, grilled squid, caviar service — with oysters on ice and cold martinis facing the water. It’s open 5 to 11 p.m. daily and shares a name (and a block) with the all-day Cafe Susanne next door. Sunset reservations are the move.
Closings & Countdowns
Loring Place — Greenwich Village (final day July 14)
Chef Dan Kluger’s vegetable-forward Greenwich Village standby Loring Place will serve its last meals on July 14, 2026, closing after nine and a half years. The team cited rising costs and financial strain. If you’ve been meaning to get back for the wood-roasted vegetables and that market-driven menu, the window is now down to weeks — book the bar if the dining room is gone.
The Takeaway
It’s a burgers-and-pizza kind of week up top, with a serious seafood patio holding court in Brooklyn — and one beloved Village kitchen on the clock. For more on what’s new around town, see our May 27 openings & closings roundup and our Astoria coffee crawl. Got a tip on an opening we missed? That’s what the comments are for.
Hours and details confirmed via each restaurant’s own listings and local reporting as of May 29, 2026. Always call ahead for the latest.
