The owners of Park Slope's much-loved Al Di Là Trattoria opened this lower-priced northern Italian restaurant in Crown Heights on Thursday. Read more.
New East Village spot. The charcoal-grilled Vietnamese-style roast chicken is a signature, and we're also fans of the pan-fried radish cake with sweet soy. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Sardine, tartare, chanterelle and pig ear, white beet and apple salad, pig tail, broth, calamari, cod, duck, rib-eye. Read more.
Duck Sandwich: Thick slices of perfectly pan-seared duck breast on a crusty French baguette that's slathered in duck liver pate. Fresh greens, Colman's mustard & sweet onion jam add a spicy sweetness. Read more.
Pernil with a Twist: Chunks of roast pork—the kind you want to pick out and relish separately. Among the onion slivers and jalapeno-green sauce, there are homely fried lumps of sweet plantain. Read more.
Eggplant Egg Sandwich: Over a hefty, well-salted and olive-oiled eggplant steak it's got a heaping mound of soft-scrambled eggs under a blanket of melty, super-drippy cheddar on toasted ciabatta. Read more.