A running feed of New York restaurant developments: openings and soft launches, closings, chef departures, menu and format changes, awards, health grades and licensing actions. Items carry addresses, dates and whether reservations have already gone. For readers who keep a standing list of where to eat next.
Openings, closings, chef moves, menu changes and health department actions across New York restaurants, filed with addresses, dates and booking notes.
January and February delivered a dense crop of Manhattan debuts — here is what actually opened before February 23, per the city's opening trackers and operators.
The 1958 Las Vegas steakhouse that fed Elvis and Marilyn opened its first restaurant outside Nevada on January 23, in the Ground Floor of One Fifth Avenue.
New York's inflation-indexed minimum wage rose to $17.00 an hour in the city on January 1, 2026, and the tipped food-service math changed with it.