A Chinese fine-dining Happy Meal, Herring Fest 2025, and a smorgasbord of A-grade chef collabs. Get out your calendars, New Yorkers: The MICHELIN Guide has plans for you.
An homage to a London-Caribbean upbringing from a SAGA alum
Chef India Doris, the former executive sous chef at SAGA (Two MICHELIN Stars), has opened Haymarket in Chelsea, a modern European restaurant with a menu inspired by her upbringing in a Caribbean household in London. On the menu: sardine linguine with preserved lemon and Calabrian chili and a strawberry cheesecake Swiss roll.
A Chinese fine-dining Happy Meal at YingTao
How’s this for a combo? Yingtao, the stylish One-MICHELIN-Star Chinese spot in Hell’s Kitchen, is launching a Happy Meal with Chinatown’s Pecking House, complete with Pecking House’s signature buttermilk-brined chili fried chicken sandwich, cornbread, homemade beer ice cream, and a Duvel beer to wash it down. The special is available all month at Yingtao’s bar à la carte and as an add-on to the tasting menu.
Una Night Only Mexican-American-pizza team-up
Celebrated downtown Bib Gourmand Una Pizza Napoletana has a collaboration series naturally called Una Night Only. And it’s back on July 10 with Chef Yara Herrera of Hellbender, the popular Mexican-American spot in Queens. Reservations are available on OpenTable and a portion of the sales of each special pizza goes to Refettorio Harlem, which combats food waste and serves food-insecure communities.
A Two-MICHELIN-Star herringapalooza
Herring, the mini Scandinavian staple fish, is in the spotlight at the region’s New York City epicurean embassy, Aquavit (Two MICHELIN Stars) in Midtown. From July 14 to 25, the fine dining establishment’s Herring Festival will feature the fish across a three-course tasting menu – in cakes, tartlets and schnitzels. We presume the dessert – summer berry gateaux with blackberry, vanilla and elderflower ice cream – is herring-free.
Eye-catching French-American in the Lower East Side
Chef Richard Farnabe, a veteran New York chef with stops at Daniel, Jean Gorges, and the offices of Tommy Hilfiger, is leading the kitchen at Maison Nur, a newly opened French-American fine dining spot in the Lower East Side. On the menu: an eye-catching plating of parmesan wrapped in spaghetti and a Colorado rack of lamb with a bone marrow bordelaise.
A Star-powered Bastille Day dinner
Chef Andrea Calstier of La Bastide in Westchester and Chef Mitsunobu Nagae of l’abeille in TriBeCa – each with One MICHELIN Star and exquisite French cuisine – will join together in the kitchen on July 14 for a tasting menu that honors France. Plates include barbajuan, a south of France pastry stuffed with black truffle, swiss chard, and stracciatella. Reservations for the event, at Platform by JBF, are available on the James Beard Foundation website.
A rare Thai tasting menu makes its debut
Bangkok Supper Club, the charming west side Thai spot, is debuting its first tasting menu, a parade of single-bite plates served at an intimate chef’s counter. Like the main à la carte menu, dishes – including an octopus chutoro and prawn satay – honor the city’s street life.
Top international chefs collab at L’abeille
L’Abeille, the smart TriBeCa Star spot, is hosting major international talent for a pair of back-to-back collaborations this month. On July 16 and 17, Chef Chet Sharma of Bibi, a buzzy Indian spot in London, will join the L’Abeille team for a menu that weaves together each restaurant’s background with plates like duck kulcha, an Indian flatbread. On July 22, Chef Shiro Yamazaki of Yamazaki in Tokyo will be in the kitchen for a traditional Japanese Kaiseki tasting menu with wines paired by Yamazaki – a sommelier – himself. Reservations are available on Resy and OpenTable.
Hero image: Liz Clayman / Maison Nur
