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.

Belly

Neighborhood: Williamsburg

Address: 219 Grand St.

Belly is a self-described Korean bacon shop. Open since July, the restaurant offers such dishes as the chef’s bacon-steak, a bacon schnitzel, bacon sushi and the hurricane doughnut, topped with smokey whipped cream. On the Belly Facebook page, the restaurant also highlights its Sakesso, where sake meets espresso for a candied-bacon cocktail.

Mondayoff

Neighborhood: Kensington

Address: 752 Coney Island Ave.

Thai street food has arrived in Kensington. The restaurant has been open since June, and so far, Yelp reviews seem to bode well for the new Brooklyn resident. One user lauded Mondayoff for its polite, attentive and knowledgeable servers and referred to the food as “delicious to the point of sinfulness.”

Yelp user recommendations include the khao neur ga-tiem (sautéed beef strips with Thai pepper and garlic over rice) and the shareable coconut ice cream. (For more restaurant news and other stories that affect you, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts about your NYC neighborhood.)

Old Monk

Neighborhood: East Village

Address: 175 Avenue B

On its Facebook page, Old Monk describes itself as a restaurant that specializes in contemporary Indian soul food.

Old Monk, open since July, comes to Alphabet City as the newest venture from “convention-defying restaurateur Sushil Malhotra and executive chef/co-owner Navjot Arora,” the page details. On the Old Monk website, a featured gallery illustrates the restaurant’s vibrant decor and cuisine.

The Pool

Neighborhood: Midtown

Address: 99 E 52nd St.

The Pool is the sister restaurant of The Grill, which also opened this year, and both eateries are located in Midtown. Unlike its sibling, however, The Pool specializes in seafood. Patrons can dine on caviar, seafood toast, Portuguese turbot, Scottish salmon, Montauk stripped bass and other dishes.

The Pool also maintains an extensive drink menu comprising white, red and rosé wine and a selection of cocktails. For dessert, patrons can choose from six dishes, including a made-to-order frozen yogurt with seasonal toppings.

Pink Forest

Neighborhood: Forest Hills

Address: 72-01 Austin St.

Pink Forest opened in July amid Forest Hills’ ever-expanding shopping and dining scene on Austin Street. Although a self-described coffee shop, Pink Forest also offers hot and cold-brew coffee, specialty drinks, bubble teas, slushes and jianbing, a traditional Chinese street food similar to crepes. There’s also an art corner with paint, books and photographs cascading a wall of cork boards.

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