May is in full bloom, and with it comes spring menus. Courses are changing across the city, with the freshest produce peeking in and a sense of brightness coming back onto the plate.
Get out your datebook: The MICHELIN Guide has plans for you, New Yorker.
New Mexico-City style tacos from the Cosme team
Santo Taco, a new counter-service taquería, opens May 22 in Nolita. From Santiago Perez of Mexican food royalty – he debuted the Flatiron groundbreaker Cosme and founded the Casamata Group alongside Pujol’s (Two MICHELIN Stars) Chef Enrique Olvera – the tiny spot screams Mexico City, with carnitas, carne asada, and steak trompo among its small menu.
Christian Rodriguez / Santo Taco
Mexico City’s Masala y Maíz visits Manhattan
Norma Listman and Saqib Keval, the husband and wife duo behind the can’t-miss Mexico City restaurant Masala y Maíz (Bib Gourmand), will be in New York for a one-night-only collaboration with Corima (One MICHELIN Star) at The James Beard Foundation's Platform at Pier 57. On the menu at the May 31 dinner: the signature blend of Indian, East African and Mexican flavors that has distinguished Masala y Maíz globally, including in a green chileatole corn soup with crab, mint, and peas and a braised cuttlefish tetela.
Jovani Demetrie / Fidel Caballero | Ana Lorenzana / Norma Listman and Saqib Keval
Two Star seafood from LA in the East Village
Chef Michael Cimarusti from Providence in Los Angeles (Two MICHELIN Stars, MICHELIN Green Star), will be in town on June 4 and 5 offering à la carte specials at Penny, the chic East Village raw bar. The east-meets-west coast menu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Providence.
Penny X Providence | Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet / Penny
Sushi greats converge at Shota Omakase
One MICHELIN Star Shota Omakase in Williamsburg will host Chef Kazushige Suzuki of icca, the Tribeca One MICHELIN Star omakase, on June 9 for a 20-course menu featuring the highest-quality Japanese seafood, like wild bluefin tuna and auction-grade uni. It's a rare link-up: Chef Suzuki and Shota Omakase’s Chef Cheng Lin will each use their own signature sushi rice and vinegar mix for the feast.
Sophia Bella Cucci / Shota Omakase | icca / Icca
Hotel Chelsea’s new Japanese restaurant
The legendary Hotel Chelsea (One MICHELIN Key) has a new restaurant, Teruko, a below-ground Japanese offering styled with a salvaged Tokyo backbar and asymmetric wabi-sabi design. Executive Chef Tadashi Ono is in charge of a menu that includes a dover sole karaage and a robata grilled oazaki wagyu, plus a sushi list from Head Sushi Chef Hideaki Watanabe.
Hotel Chelsea / Teruko
Joomak’s four-course dessert collab series
Joomak, the West Village recreation of Chef Jiho Kim’s formerly MICHELIN Starred Joomak Banjum, is hosting a dessert collab series with pastry chefs from across the city. Each Sunday in June will feature a new visitor, including Celia Lee of Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare (Two MICHELIN Stars) and Shaun Velez of Daniel (One MICHELIN Star), offering up a four-course menu in concert with Chef Kim.
@Joomak / Dessert Series
Crane Club’s new spring menu
Celeb-cruising steakhouse Crane Club is launching a spring menu that’s big on fresh veg. From Chef Melissa Rodriguez, there’s a new golden beets and labne starter, trumpet Mushrooms with black garlic, marjoram, and purple daikon, and a chicken served nearly fully deboned and reconstructed, a crispy technical feat.
Evan Sung / Crane Club
COQODAQ goes big on brunch
COQODAQ, the cult favorite Korean fried chicken Bib Gourmand in Flatiron, is out with their new brunch menu, a prix-fixe meal that’s straight out of their winning high-low formula. Among the options in each course: French toast sticks with crème anglaise, chicken and waffles with a maple butter soy drizzle, and a soft scrambled egg sandwich on an English muffin with caviar, truffle, and smoked salmon add-on possibilities.
Coqodaq / The Brucket List | OJ of the Day
Luxury sailing with The Mark hotel
Naturally, The Mark hotel (Two MICHELIN Keys), the very picture of timeless Upper East Side class, has a 70-foot sailboat – and you’re invited on board. Ticketed sunset cruises, from Tribeca southwards towards the Statue of Liberty, are available on Resy for departures beginning later this month. The menu – featuring lobster rolls, oysters, and a champagne toast – is from the legendary Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
The Mark / Kaspia | Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Hero image: The Mark / Sailboat Daytime
