Q425 Report: FOUND's best

Rounding up our favorite restaurants, bars, shops, getaways, and more

Welcome to the FOUND NY Quarterly Report. Ahead: our favorite new New York restaurants, cultural finds, and getaways of Q425.

More Q425 Reports from across the FOUND universe:

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Miami

• London

• Paris

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RESTAURANTS • FOUND Favorites Q425

Favorite new restaurants we visited during fall/early winter ’25.

→ WILD CHERRY (West Village, above), Le Rock’s Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson take over restaurant at Cherry Lane Theater, and it’s a very fun time, reserve

→ SEAHORSE (Union Square), John McDonald’s upscale seafood spot grabs pole position at remade W Union Square, reserve

→ COVE (Tribeca), chef Flynn McGarry’s new spot, for 8-course tasting menu ($210 per) or à la carte, reserve

→ YŪGIN (Midtown East), sushi counter on the 37th floor of the General Motors building, serving an original, daily-changing menu built on the world’s best ingredients: Japanese seafood, truffles, and caviar, reserve

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RESTAURANTS • Q425 Notables

• To close out 2025, we delivered a bumper edition of NYC’s Restaurants of the Year, including FOUND’s top 9 of 2025, 9 more that intrigued us, and our favorite new bars, wine bars, and sushi counters.

• And for those tracking the seasons’ hottest restaurants, here are the 9 fall openings and 9 early winter openings that have our attention.