14 Restaurants to Try in Your Neighborhood Right Now

Open Since: Oct. 10
Type of Cuisine: Regional Mexican from the Yucatan Peninsula
Tacombi opened its fourth location in the funky pagoda-style building at the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia streets last month, with 70 seats and a little bar area enclosed in exposed brick walls complemented by decorative hand-painted tiles and string lights — an appropriately West Village version of the Tacombi’s Nolita garage. The unique menu designed by former Peels chef Jason Debriere adds unusual Yucatan specialities, like a puffed tortilla filled with suckling pig, to the usual and well-loved fare of fish tacos and the like.

Open Since: Late September
Type of Cuisine: Ramen

Ramen is making its way to the Upper West Side — first with the famous Jin Ramen and now the mini-chain Naruto Ramen. Customers say the signature Naruto Ramen is tasty and rich — it comes with a boiled egg, pork and noodles and isn’t too spicy. This small spot also serves alcohol and has appetizers like pork buns, kimchi and kale salad. Note: it’s cash only.

Open Since: Late October
Type of Cuisine: Buffalo Wings

Dan & John’s Wings are the latest Smorgasburg vendor to open a brick-and-mortar location in the East Village. As its name suggests, the eatery specializes in Buffalo wings and offers the traditional and boneless kinds, as well as a vegetarian version made with fried seitan. Tater tots, onion rings and French fries are also available to order.

Open Since: Last week of October
Type of Cuisine: San Francisco Street Food

The owner of La Bodega decided to transform his Latin restaurant into a new Mexican food place that specializes in “authentic San Francisco street food.” The menu includes steak and onion stir fry, slow roasted pulled pork, short rib chili nachos and sweet potato pancakes.

Open Since: Summer 2015
Type of Cuisine: Peruvian

This recently opened Peruvian restaurant offers a menu with an Asian twist. The owners, who are Peruvians of Chinese and Japanese descent, said they wanted the eatery to reflect their heritage so in addition to typical Peruvian cuisine they also included dishes likes Tallatin Chifa, a Peruvian-style lo mein. The restaurant also boasts a Pisco bar, which serves several varieties of the popular Peruvian cocktail Pisco Sour, including strawberry, melon and passion fruit flavors.

Open Since: August
Type of Cuisine: Gastro pub fare

Tasty pub grub like Bavarian pretzels, beer-brined chicken and sliders are the perfect compliment to World of Beers' 50 beers, ciders and gluten-free options on tap and more than 400 available by the bottle.

Open Since: Oct. 27
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

The upscale restaurant, which has three other locations in Manhattan, serves up their twists on Mexican classics. The new location is two floors: a more formal upstairs and a downstairs that focuses on tacos and tequila.

Open Since: Sept. 26
Type of Cuisine: Organic

According to the bloggers at We Heart Astoria, local hair salon Studio Nova added a unique addition to their space last month by opening a cafe and adjoining food truck called No. 5. The menu at the new eatery is all organic and includes sliders, salads and smoothies.

Type of Cuisine: American

This burger and whiskey joint takes over the former Mark Bar space, where diners can build their own burgers or chow down on “tavern classics” that include chili, chicken wings, nachos and salads. The new eatery features an extensive whiskey and cocktail list, along with beer, wine and cider.

Open Since: Oct. 20  
Type of Cuisine: Sandwiches

City Subs is the rebirth of the beloved City Sub, the neighborhood favorite sandwich shop (with a slightly different name) that closed in 2014 after 28 years in business. The bare-bones shop has just a counter for seating, but the menu delivers the same classic sandwiches, all for under $10, that made the original City Subs a local institution.

Open Since: Nov. 1
Type of Cuisine: Mediterranean/Israeli

Upscale falafel, hummus and shawarma dishes are on the menu at this new “fast casual” restaurant, the second location for Kulushkat, run by a family with roots in Israel and Morocco. The new 26-table spot is open for dinner every day and for brunch on weekends.