Quick Bites: Boerum Hill’s Lonnies from the Ingas Bar team is officially serving its chicken-under-a-brick on Bond Street. Greenwich Village budget-omakase favorite Sendo is up and running at 43 West 8th. Out on Governors Island, Six Coasts by Smorgasburg has settled in for the season with 32,000 square feet of waterfront seafood. And the Health Department closed seven restaurants across four boroughs this week — full list below.
New Openings This Week
Brooklyn
Lonnies — 112 Bond Street, Boerum Hill. Sean Rembold and Caron Callahan, the married duo behind Ingas Bar, opened this Art Deco–leaning corner spot on Wednesday, May 20. The signature is chicken under a brick — a spatchcocked bird pressed in a cast iron skillet that Rembold has carried through his career. There’s also a daily prime rib special, a burger built on beef from Paisano’s a few blocks away, and Basque cheesecake to finish. The restaurant is named for Lonnie Lanham, a Vietnam vet turned hairdresser from Rembold’s Kentucky childhood.
Manhattan
Sendo (Greenwich Village) — 43 West 8th Street. Chef Tsuyoshi Takahashi’s budget omakase concept — formerly only at the 300-square-foot original on 6th Avenue — has opened its second outpost in a roomier 900-square-foot second-floor space. Twenty-nine total seats, fourteen at tables and fifteen at a bar with beer and wine. Edo-era-style nigiri and handrolls, Hokkaido rice, fish from Toyosu market. Omakase sets start around $32. Walk-in only.
Love Thy Neighbor — 55 Christopher Street, West Village. Shigefumi Kabashima (ROKC, NR) and chef Elias Popa (Oti) have rolled out evening service at this Japanese-NYC hybrid bar and restaurant. Expect Japanese-inspired tapas, sandos, and shareable plates alongside reinterpreted highballs and martinis. Daytime service is still to come.
Skinny Louie — 1565 2nd Avenue, Upper East Side. The Miami smash-burger import that took home top honors at the South Beach and NYC Wine & Food Festival Burger Bashes has landed its third NYC location on the Upper East Side.
The Harbor
Six Coasts by Smorgasburg — Soissons Landing, Governors Island. Smorgasburg’s first full-scale, seasonal sit-down restaurant — a 32,000-square-foot Pan-American seafood concept led by chef Scotley Innis — is now in full swing on the harbor. Snapper Tiradito with soursop leche de tigre, Blue Crab & Plantain Croquettes, coastal cocktails, sunset DJ series, and visiting-chef residencies. Ferry over from Lower Manhattan or Brooklyn.
Closings This Week
The NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene ordered seven restaurants closed between May 15 and May 22, 2026, according to Patch’s weekly inspection roundup. Closures are typically driven by immediate public-health hazards — most often vermin or roach infestations that can’t be resolved on the spot.
Manhattan: Crepe House (103 Dyckman St.); Harlem Halal Food Court (66 W. 116th St.).
Brooklyn: Lello’s Pizza (4018 Glenwood Rd.); Lucy’s Coffee (2015 Atlantic Ave.); Chilo’s (323 Franklin Ave.).
Queens: Melting Pot Cuisine (36-01 Vernon Blvd.).
The Bronx: Seis Vecinos Restaurant (640 Prospect Ave.).
A health-department closure isn’t always permanent — most spots reopen within a few days after correcting violations and passing a re-inspection. We flag any of these that don’t come back.
Sources: Patch NYC weekly inspection report (May 15–22, 2026); The Infatuation New Openings guide; Resy New on Resy; Governors Island Trust announcement.
