NYC Restaurant Week 2024: Check Out The Lineup + More Food News

NEW YORK CITY — New York City foodies' favorite week-long "month" is almost here yet again.

NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2024 begins this week with beaucoup deals for hungry city dwellers.

And that's not the only new food news.

Patch's dedicated New York City news team, as always, is here to serve up the latest.

Here are the choicest morsels.

NYC Restaurant Week is back.

Roughly 621 eateries are participating in the popular event, in which restaurants serve special menus with prix fixe meals ranging from $30-$65.

"From January 16 through February 4, enjoy prix-fixe dining at participating restaurants citywide," the event's official site states.

New Yorkers can search for eateries by cuisine, borough and neighborhood.

Some restaurant-rich neighborhoods with participating neighborhoods include the Upper West Side, Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights.

• Over 30 Upper West Side Eateries Join Restaurant Week 2024
• 9 Park Slope Restaurants Will Participate In NYC Restaurant Week
• 1 Bed-Stuy Restaurant Will Participate In NYC Restaurant Week
• Restaurant Week Includes 3 Spots In Crown Heights, Prospect Heights

A healthy portion of new restaurant are coming to the city.

The Granola Bar will open a spot on the Upper West Side.

The Connecticut-based eatery self-describes itself as a "day-to-night café and restaurant," offering "an elevated vision of comfort food and drinks" during the morning and at night, which includes their signature homemade granola and, of course, granola bars.

Across the park on the Upper East Side, three new spots are coming.

Akimori, which already opened on Lexington Avenue, is a kosher omakase bar.

The celebrity-loved American Bar is opening a location at Lexington Avenue and East 73rd Street.

And Bayon promises to revive a Cambodian restaurant on East 64th Street that closed during the pandemic.

In Harlem, the newly opened Island Grill will share Caribbean food and flavors.

• Crunch Time: New UWS Granola Bar Cafe Finally Opens
• New UES Restaurants: Village Buzz, Returning Cambodian, Kosher Sushi
• New Restaurant Brings Grandma's Island Cooking To Harlem

And several restaurants had a bad week, as they were ordered closed by city health inspectors.

• NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed Jan. 5 - 12