The Best New Restaurants in NYC for 2026
Seven openings that actually changed where I eat this year — wood fire in Nolita, Tokyo pizza on St. Marks, flour tortillas in Greenpoint.
13 dispatches on the desk.
Seven openings that actually changed where I eat this year — wood fire in Nolita, Tokyo pizza on St. Marks, flour tortillas in Greenpoint.
Seven LA tables that justify the drive — three Michelin stars on Melrose, a Nordic newcomer in Beverlywood, Detroit pizza in Echo Park.
Seven Melbourne coffee roasters worth crossing town for — a Collingwood roastery on the World's 100 Best list, the laneway hole-in-the-wall, the city's
Seven Tokyo ramen counters worth the queue — the first Michelin shoyu, a Michelin tantanmen near Otsuka, and a chicken consommé from a 36-year French chef.
Eight Parte Vieja pintxos bars worth the elbows — the foie temple, the runny tortilla counter with a cult, and the anchovy bar three generations deep.
Seven Barcelona tables that earn the trip — the World's Best Restaurant in the Eixample, a twin-chef three-star, and a 1914 tapas bar in Poble Sec.
Seven Rome tables that earn the meal — the city's only three-star above the rooftops, the deli that perfected carbonara, a Testaccio pasta temple.
Seven Tokyo tables worth the flight — a 12-seat sushi counter in Minato, a playful two-star kaiseki in Shibuya, and French-Japanese precision in Azabudai.
Seven verified CDMX tables — two-star tasting menus in Polanco, Roma Norte seafood, and a Condesa bakery that turned chef Elena Reygadas into a star.
Seven Copenhagen tables that define the city after Noma — a three-star atop a football stadium, a new three-star Bornholm kitchen, and a 50-course epic.
Seven Paris tables that earn the trip — a vegetable three-star on Rue de Varenne, a Breton three-star in a palace hotel, and the bistro the world copies.
Seven London tables that hold up — a new two-star in the old Le Gavroche room, Basque fire in Shoreditch, and the offal temple that started it all.
Seven Paris natural wine bars worth the detour — the Canal Saint-Martin cave that started it all, a sidewalk-spilling Septime annex, and a 16-seat Belleville