Restaurant Rush, late 2025

9 hot openings for the season

RESTAURANTS • The Nines

• Stars (East Village), cozy new wine bar w/ short menu from Claud and Penny team, walk-ins only

• Arvine (Greenwich Village, above), neighborhood spot for inventive cuisine like bison tartare, duck liver hush puppies, reserve

• Babbo (Greenwich Village), chef Mark Ladner returns to the kitchen at reborn Italian, intel, reserve

• Búfon (Lower East Side), team behind Village wine bar Demo debuts European-style bistro w/ focus on steak and fish, reserve

• YUGIN (Midtown), ascend to 37th floor for one of NYC’s most exciting omakases, $475 per, intel, reserve

• Togyushi (Koreatown), beef omakase spotlighting rare Zao wagyu, $195 per, intel, reserve

• Ziggy’s Roman Cafe (Dumbo), thin-crust pizza and ice cold martinis at a restaurant tuned for kids and parents alike, intel, reserve

• Il Leone (Park Slope), pizza forged on an island in Maine comes to Brooklyn, reserve

• Vato (Park Slope), tortilleria and all-day café from Corima team, dinner service coming soon, walk-ins only