Between swearing to make New Year’s resolutions and dreaming about what the future holds, we’re all looking towards 2022 (and who can blame us after last year’s roller coaster?). While the future is still a little uncertain due to the impact of the Omicron variant on New York City, now is a great time to support your current favorite places in the city with take-out, dining and dining. ‘indoor and outdoor, and field trips to all the much anticipated new restaurants. the horizon of the new year.

In 2022, residents of Philadelphia in Naples, Italy will arrive in New York City to establish their own outposts, and local restaurateurs are also expected to expand their reach, with many flocking to Midtown. With new top restaurants emerging across the city, 2022 is shaping up to be a busy year for dining out. Here are all the openings that excite us.

Bar Cicchetti

Address: 113 W. 24th Street, Chelsea
Opening date : Mid-January
Known for its appearance on Excellent chef and popular restaurants in Los Angeles and Chicago, Chef Fabio Viviani is opening his first restaurant in New York this year. The Cicchetti Bar will be located inside the recently unveiled Motto by Hilton hotel and will offer Italian dishes from various regions of the country, including Mediterranean lobster ravioli, ricotta gnocchi with oxtail sugo, crudo, etc.

Address: 97 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg
Opening date : At the end of January
Laser Wolf, an Israeli steakhouse known as one of the best restaurants in Philly, will debut on the roof of the Hoxton Hotel in late January. Almost everything on the restaurant’s menu is cooked over a charcoal grill, and favorites include dips with fresh pita, grilled skewers, and larger dishes like a whole branzino or chicken rubbed in baharat. The restaurant is the first seat for chef Michael Solomonov and Boka Restaurant Group owner Steve Cook in New York City.

Oiji Mi

Address: Flatiron Quarter
Opening date : At the end of January
The team behind Oiji, the inventive contemporary Korean restaurant in the East Village, is opening another upscale Korean restaurant this year. At Oiji Mi, Chef and Owner Brian Kim and Managing Partner Max Soh will continue to offer traditional Korean flavors prepared in new ways, but this time around, the restaurant will feature a full bar, dining room and bar counter. Korean omakase focused on dry aged products. Meat.

Mena

Address: 28 Cortlandt Alley, Tribeca
Opening date : January
After acclaimed years at restaurants like Gotham Bar & Grill and Chumley’s, Chef Victoria Blamey will be opening her first solo spot this year. Blamey draws on her South American roots with Mena, a restaurant she named after her great aunt.

Mel’s, Al Coro, and Discolo

Address: 85 Tenth Avenue, Chelsea
Opening date : February and end of 2022
Melissa Rodriguez, the former executive chef of the rented (and now closed) Italian restaurant, Del Posto, is teaming up with Jeff Katz and James Kent, the managing partners of Crown Shy, SAGA and Overstory, to open three new concepts this year. . A sourdough pizzeria called Mel’s will be the first to debut in February and feature a slate of pies alongside antipasti, salads and other dishes prepared on a wood-fired grill. Following the opening of Mel’s, Rodriguez and the team also plan to launch a cocktail bar called Discolo and a gourmet Italian restaurant called Al Coro later this year in the booming dining room that was once the home of Del Posto. .

Address: 46 Bowery, Chinatown
Opening date : February
After nearly two decades honing his skills in Japan and as Executive Chef of Michelin-starred Yakitori Torishin and popular pop-up Chikarashi Isso, Atsushi “ATS” Kono is opening his eponymous restaurant this year. Nestled in Bowery’s Canal Arcade, KONO will feature a 14-seat chef’s counter and large group dining area where the acclaimed chef will treat guests to a Kappo-style yakitori omakase that will change with the seasons.

Address: 25 W. Houston Street, SoHo
Opening date : January February
Chef Justin Bazdarich, owner of popular Mexican restaurants Oxomoco and Xilonen, will expand his repertoire later this month with Bar Tulix. New SoHo restaurant, which Bazdarich is opening with restaurateur John McDonald of Mercer Street Hospitality, will explore coastal Mexican cuisine with a seafood-focused menu including crudo, seafood tostadas, whole fish in batter. masa, and more.

Nena

Address: 63 Carmine Street, West Village
Opening date : February
Jajaja, a popular vegan Mexican chain that can be found across town, will be opening an underground bar-style cocktail menu below its West Village location next year. Nena will serve juice cocktails fermented with Mexican spirits like tequila and mezcal and the space will be decorated with a disco ball, colorful tones and a fun atmosphere to match the upstairs restaurant.

Address: 67 W 49th Street, Rockefeller Center
Opening date : February
After a popular summer pop-up, this legendary bar and restaurant will officially reopen to the public this year. The century-old space was once known as Hurley’s, an iconic watering hotel for guys in the TV industry, and could boast late-night stars like Johnny Carson and David Letterman (who was even known to broadcast from the third floor on occasion) as regulars. Now, the team behind spots like The Smile, Grand Army, Ray’s, and more, are bringing the restaurant to life to deliver three stories of eating and drinking in a historic space.

Patti ann

Address: 570 Vanderbilt Ave, Perspective heights
Opening date : February
Fresh out of the early days of all-day cafe and bakery Evi’s Bäckeri, Greg Baxtrom is adding more restaurants to his portfolio in 2022. The chef and owner of neighborhood favorites like Olmsted and Maison Yaki is considering a family-run restaurant called Patti Ann’s . The space, located right next to Evi’s Bäckeri, is built by his father and will feature design elements inspired by a traditional classroom as a tribute to his mother who is a retired teacher.

Address: 2 Bank Street, West Village
Opening date : Early spring
Antica Pizzeria da Michele has been making pies in Naples for over 150 years. And at the start of this year, born and bred Neapolitan pies will land in the West Village. The 6,000 square foot location will be the restaurant’s second US outpost and feature a selection of pizzas, pastas, cold cuts and more from Chef Michele Rubini.

New openings at Rockefeller Center

Address: rockefeller center
Opening date : Spring summer
Several new restaurants from some of New York’s biggest names will be opening around Rockefeller Center this year. In addition to the Pebble Bar debut in February, the team behind Frenchette will take over the former Brasserie Ruhlman space and transform it into another French restaurant in early spring. In the summer, Atomix’s husband-and-wife team Junghyun “JP” and Ellia Park will open an upscale Korean restaurant, and Clare de Boer, Jess Shambolt and Annie Sui of SoHo’s King will launch their second project. And in addition to Patti Ann’s, Chef Greg Baxtrom will expand to Manhattan with a new all-day restaurant that stays true to his seasonal cooking style on the ground floor of Rockefeller Center coming this summer.

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