NYC Restaurants To Try This Weekend

NEW YORK, NY – Eating out in New York City can be a daunting prospect. With new restaurants opening virtually every day, keeping up with the best spots to try isn't easy — but Patch is here to help. Every week, we’ll showcase recently opened places in your neighborhood.

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Serafina TriBeCa

Neighborhood: TriBeCa

Address: 95 West Broadway

Serafina TriBeCa's July 19 debut coincided with Serafina's 20th anniversary. The new, three-story space marks the celebrity pizza-and-pasta chain's 10th location in NYC. The menu consists of multiple spins on magherita pies, among other traditional Italian dishes, and an extensive dessert selection that includes a Nutella-infused souffle and an Italian cheesecake made with ricotta.

Cervo's

Neighborhood: Lower East Side

Address: 43 Canal St.

Cervo's comes to the LES as an offshoot of Hart's in Bed-Stuy. Similar to Hart's, Cervo's offers a small space, with a bar in front and a more intimate room in the rear. The menu is predominantly seafood, with such dishes as clams with steak tartare and grass-fed lamb with anchovies.

Seamore's

Neighborhood: Chelsea

Address: 161 8th Ave.

Seamore's emerged in Chelsea back in May. The beachy eatery touts sustainable seafood alongside beer, wine and cocktails amid a light-filled setting, and in the basement, guests will find Seamore's fully stocked rum bar. The Chelsea location is open for brunch, lunch and dinner, serving salads, soups, fish tacos, seafood and non-seafood sandwiches and shareable plates.

Taqueria El Atoradero

Neighborhood: Gowanus

Address: 636 Degraw St.

Since June, Prospect Heights' El Atoradero has been offering carnitas tacos in Gowanus at its new extension Taqueria El Atoradero. Taqueria El Atorader is a walk-up window setup that primarily serves tacos and burritos with such fillings as carne asada and chicken tinga and, of course, carnitas. Nachos, chips, salsa and queso are also served.

Bunker

Neighborhood: Williamsburg

Address: 99 Scott Ave.

Yelp reviews praise Bunker for its decor, which reminded one user of Vietnam street culture, and such dishes as the crab spring rolls, beef jerky papaya salad, shrimp and turf vermicelli and pastured curry chicken. The Vietnamese spot describes itself on the Bunker website as a sharer of home-style Vietnamese street food "on which our family was raised," believing in sourcing only "the best ingredients that hold true to our core values in food."

Lead image courtesy of Serafina TriBeCa