NYC Restaurants: New Michelin Guide Honors + Hate Beans Edition

NEW YORK CITY — A typically "only in New York" week in food news saw 10 eateries snag a prestigious honor and a can of beans used in a potential hate crime.

The two — thankfully unrelated — incidents were quickly gobbled up by Patch's tiny news team and served up for our dear readers.

Check out the latest food news, and come back next week for seconds.

Ten city restaurants were added to the 2024 Michelin Guide New York.

The new additions join more than 300 restaurants in the esteemed guide.

They are, along with a snippets from Michelin's announcement:

• Bangkok Supper Club, Cuisine: Thai. "This spot with Chef Max Wittawat at the helm is very chic and on trend with a contemporary Thai menu pulling from family recipes while adding a touch of refinement."
• Bar Miller, Cuisine: Sushi. "These confident chefs deliver an omakase that is a showpiece of local sourcing—even the rice is sourced from New York."
• Barrio, Cuisine: Puerto Rican. "Barrio may not be directly accessible by subway, but that doesn't stop the locals and those in the know from making their way over to this Puerto Rican hot spot."
• Cecily, Cuisine: American. "This little restaurant in Greenpoint has all the makings of a neighborhood essential, thanks to its relaxed staff, an impressively lengthy and thoughtful wine list, and food that goes far beyond the usual meat-and-cheese offerings of a bar."
• Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, Cuisine: Contemporary. "Recent highlights include langoustine with yuzu and koshihikari rice, a large sea scallop in a lush brown butter sauce, and a slender block of turbot with firefly squid sauce and herb-oil swirled buttermilk."
• L’abeille à Côté, Cuisine: French. "Nothing here is inexpensive or everyday, but for those who appreciate intimacy, privacy, and quality, it is a welcome addition to the neighborhood."
• Moono, Cuisine: Korean. "The Korean cooking is elegant without being fussy: Think twice-fried chicken and beef tartare alongside a brilliant, dry-aged branzino that’s grilled until the skin is as chip-crisp and served with soy mustard sauce."
• Nōksu, Cuisine: Contemporary. "The restaurant’s signature is obvious once you spot the flock of pigeons dry-aging in a fridge. Against the backdrop of 80s hits playing overhead, a chef holds the bird up and repeatedly ladles hot oil over it in the style of Beijing duck."
• Shota Omakase, Cuisine: Japanese. "Chef Cheng Lin sets the tone as a friendly, relaxed guide for the night’s proceedings. And whereas some chefs practically take vows of silence with regards to sourcing and technique, he is quick to share where in Japan the fish is from, why he uses Inochi-no Ichi rice, and what it took to find his special aged soys and vinegars."
• Untable, Cuisine: Thai. "This cozy, Thai newcomer in Cobble Hill lists a 'What the Hell' fried rice on the menu with 12 chili symbols. True to its name, the entrée is ferociously spicy, but this restaurant is so much more than a fiery dare."

Food news wasn't all good this past week, just ask the straphanger who got beaned with a can of beans.

A man hurled the tinned legumes along with a surfeit of hateful slurs inside the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station, police said.

The incident is being investigated as a potential hate crime.

In more restaurant-focused happenings, Gertrude, an Australian coffee shop on the Upper West Side, announced it would close April 21.

And, finally, a KFC and Dippin Dots were among the restaurants ordered closed by health inspectors.

• Man Hurls Hate, Can Of Beans, At Upper East Side Straphanger: NYPD
• Upper West Side Coffee Shop Set To Close
• NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed April 5 - 12