New tacos in Nolita, new sushi in Chelsea, and a smorgasbord of A-grade chef collabs. Get out your datebook, New Yorkers: The MICHELIN Guide has plans for you.
New Mexico-City style tacos from the founder of Cosme
Santo Taco, a new counter-service taquería, is now open in Nolita. From Santiago Perez of Mexican food royalty – he debuted the Flatiron groundbreaker Cosme and founded the Casamata Group alongside Pujol’s (Two MICHELIN Stars) Chef Enrique Olvera – the tiny spot screams Mexico City, with carnitas, carne asada, and steak trompo among its small menu.
Christian Rodriguez / Santo Taco
Two-Star seafood from LA in the East Village
Chef Michael Cimarusti from Providence in Los Angeles (Two MICHELIN Stars, MICHELIN Green Star) will be in town on June 4 and 5 offering à la carte specials at Penny, the chic East Village raw bar. The east-meets-west coast menu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Providence.
Penny X Providence | Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet / Penny
Sushi greats converge at Shota Omakase
One-MICHELIN-Star Shota Omakase in Williamsburg will host Chef Kazushige Suzuki of icca, the Tribeca One-MICHELIN-Star omakase, on June 9 for a 20-course menu featuring the highest-quality Japanese seafood, like wild bluefin tuna and auction-grade uni. It's a rare link-up: Chef Suzuki and Shota Omakase’s Chef Cheng Lin will each use their own signature sushi rice and vinegar mix for the feast.
Sophia Bella Cucci / Shota Omakase | icca / Icca
Hotel Chelsea’s new Japanese restaurant
The legendary Hotel Chelsea (One MICHELIN Key) has a new restaurant, Teruko, a below-ground Japanese offering styled with a salvaged Tokyo backbar and asymmetric wabi-sabi design. Executive Chef Tadashi Ono along with Sunday Hospitality and partner Charles Seich are in charge of a menu that includes a dover sole karaage and a robata grilled oazaki wagyu, plus a sushi list from Head Sushi Chef Hideaki Watanabe.
Hotel Chelsea / Teruko
Joomak’s four-course dessert collab series
Joomak, the West Village recreation of Chef Jiho Kim’s formerly MICHELIN-Starred Joomak Banjum, is hosting a dessert collab series with pastry chefs from across the city. Each Sunday in June will feature a new visitor, including Celia Lee of Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare (Two MICHELIN Stars) and Shaun Velez of Daniel (One MICHELIN Star), offering up a four-course menu in concert with Chef Kim.
@Joomak / Dessert Series
Crane Club’s new menu
Celeb-cruising steakhouse Crane Club is launching a spring menu that’s big on fresh veg. From Chef Melissa Rodriguez, there’s a new golden beets and labne starter, trumpet Mushrooms with black garlic, marjoram, and purple daikon, and a chicken served nearly fully deboned and reconstructed, a crispy technical feat.
Evan Sung / Crane Club
Hero image: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet / Penny
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