Smorgasburg’s 16th Season Is Its Biggest Yet: Your Field Guide to NYC’s Outdoor Food Markets (2026)
The weather turned, the tents went up, and Brooklyn’s greatest outdoor eating ritual is back at full strength. Here’s your field guide to Smorgasburg’s biggest season yet — plus the borough’s other open-air markets — with the new vendors worth building a Saturday around. Quick Bites Smorgasburg is in its 16th season, running weekends April […]
NYC Restaurant Openings & Closings: June 3, 2026 — Chama Mama’s Georgian Carb Palace Lands in Bushwick, Oriana Fires Up Nolita, and Ayat Reaches the Upper West Side
Your daily borough-by-borough look at what’s opening and closing across New York City’s food scene. Today: a Georgian carb palace lands in Bushwick, a live-fire stunner settles into Nolita, and a Jordanian favorite plants a flag on the Upper West Side. Quick Bites Chama Mama / Let’s Chama — Bushwick, Brooklyn (81 Morgan Ave). Georgian […]
Eritrean Food in Queens: Why Sunnyside Is the Borough’s Most Exciting Destination for Habesha Cuisine
Quick Bites: Makina Cafe at 46-11 Skillman Ave is the only brick-and-mortar Eritrean-Ethiopian restaurant in all of Queens — and it is outstanding. Start with the berbere-spiced prawns, order the Asmara platter for the table, and finish with the kitfo. The injera alone is worth the trip to Sunnyside. Most New Yorkers who want Eritrean […]
NYC Restaurant Openings & Closings: June 2, 2026 — Socceria Is Brooklyn’s Best New Sports Bar, Grimm Tavern Takes the Olmsted Space, and Cozy Soup ‘n’ Burger Sets a Farewell Date
Quick Bites: Socceria — from the Taqueria Ramirez team — just opened in Greenpoint and is already the best sports bar in Brooklyn. Grimm Tavern is coming to the former Olmsted space in Prospect Heights this month. Café Bar J.F. transformed the old Llama Inn into a South American tavern in Williamsburg. And a few […]
Cheap Eats in Sunset Park: 7 Spots Under $15 in Brooklyn’s Best-Kept Food Secret
Sunset Park’s 8th Avenue is Brooklyn’s original Chinatown — and one of NYC’s best cheap-eat corridors. Here are 7 real spots where $15 goes a very long way: $2.50 dumplings, $8 banh mi, $1.75 egg tarts, and dim sum baskets for $3 each.
NYC Restaurant Openings & Closings: June 1, 2026 — Cozy Soup ‘n’ Burger’s Final Countdown, Let’s Chama in Bushwick, and Six Coasts Opens on the Waterfront
Cozy Soup ‘n’ Burger announces June 21 as its last day after 54 years. Plus: Let’s Chama Georgian bakery opens in Bushwick, Lonnies debuts in Boerum Hill, and Six Coasts brings Pan-American seafood to the Brooklyn waterfront.
Where NYC Night Shift Workers Eat at 3am: Your Borough-by-Borough Fuel Guide (2026)
Verified 24-hour and late-night food options near NYC hospitals, transit hubs, and overnight workplaces. For nurses, transit workers, hotel staff, and everyone else who clocks out after midnight. Every hours claim confirmed from multiple 2026 sources.
Cheap Sunday Brunch in Astoria and Beyond: 6 Spots Under $15 That New Yorkers Actually Eat At
Astoria is one of NYC’s most underrated brunch boroughs. Six verified spots where you eat well for under $15 — from Greek diners to Ukrainian pierogis to the legendary Clinton St. pancake.
NYC Restaurant Openings & Closings: May 31, 2026 — Dishoom Confirms NYC, June Baby Promises 4 AM Last Calls, and Bar Susanne Opens on the Williamsburg Waterfront
Quick Bites: London cult-favorite Dishoom confirms its first-ever U.S. location is coming to Lower Manhattan this year. Filipino-American cocktail bar June Baby is gunning for 4 AM last calls. Bar Susanne is already pouring scallop crudo on the Williamsburg waterfront. And Café Bar J.F. rises from the Llama Inn ashes with a South American soul. […]
Sri Lankan Food on Staten Island: A Hoppers, Kottu, and Banana-Leaf Buffet Tour of Little Sri Lanka
Take the free ferry to Staten Island and walk into Little Sri Lanka, the largest Sri Lankan community in the U.S. New Asha, Lakruwana, Ceylon Curry and more — where to eat hoppers, kottu, and banana-leaf curry feasts.