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Eater
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
The Biggest Restaurant Openings in June
This is Eater's guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes that opened in June 2025. This list will be updated weekly and is a round-up of new places in the city we're interested in checking out. When we've been to a place, and like it, we will then include an abbreviated number of openings on our heatmap to let you know the ones that are actually worth it. Stay tuned. If there's an opening in your neighborhood that we've missed, let us know at ny@ Bushwick: Debbie's Burgers, a burger stand, has opened in a Bushwick roll-gate garage. It serves American wagyu smashed patties with its speciality topped with chili, cheddar, grilled onions, and pickled jalapeños. 192 Seigel Street, at Bushwick Avenue Hudson Yards: Outdoor bar from Crew, behind boat bars like Grand Banks, has opened the 200-seat outdoor Sailor's Choice. The name refers to a shorthand for a cold brew over ice with a lime. 350 11th Avenue, at 30th Street Lower East Side: Gazebo from Eddie Huang has opened for the summer in the Flower Shop. It offers a three-course dinner for $80 that displays olive oil from his wife's family property in Greece. Look for dan dan noodles with cherrystone clams and pancetta, lion's head meatballs, and whole-tail lobster toast with Hainan-style lobster claws over rice. 107 Eldridge Street, at Grand Street Midtown: Fast-casual Yumpling has opened a Manhattan location. The Taiwanese spot from Chris Yu serves pan-fried dumplings, rice bowls, and the classic beef noodle soup. 16 E. 52nd Street, near Madison Avenue Upper East Side: Housed in the longtime La Grenouille for around 50 years, a Chinese restaurant serving fancy variations on Beijing duck has opened: iDen & Quanjude Beijing Duck House kept the fancy dining room as-is. 3 E. 52nd Street, at Fifth Avenue West Village: A clubhouse for what's left of the media elite has opened in the Marlton Hotel. Chez Nous, a brasserie from former book editor and agent David Kuhn, has opened with former chef of Le Bibloquet, Flossie Gilles overseeing the menu. 5 W. Eighth Street, at Fifth Avenue West Village:Foursome has opened, a Mediterranean restaurant that leans Turkish, is serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a 60-seat art-filled room. 9 Jones Street, at West Fourth Street See More:
Eater
2 days ago
- Business
- Eater
A Fast-Casual Taiwanese Spot Joins the Midtown Lunch Fray
Yumpling, a Taiwanese fast-casual food business, began as a flea market stand before expanding with a Midtown food truck under the same name. In 2020, owner Chris Yu and partners opened a full-on takeout restaurant in Long Island City, which, over the past five years, has cemented itself as a standby in the Queens neighborhood. Now, he has returned to the neighborhood where it all began, opening a new outpost of Yumpling that joins the Midtown lunch fray, a couple of blocks from where the food truck launched. First announced in 2024, Yumpling Midtown is finally open as of this week: 'Truck days have proven that our food will do well in the city and, since we are more fast-casual than dine-in, we are hoping the young millennial work crowd will treat us well,' Yu told Eater upon initially announcing the expansion. The menu is similar to the LIC restaurant: their pan-fried dumplings (pork, chicken, veggie, or a mix), rice bowls (with fried pork chop, crispy chicken, lou rou fan, or basil eggplant), and noodle dishes, such as the classic beef noodle soup. There are a few seats, but the intent is to keep things moving. It follows on the heels of another Taiwanese spot that opened in the neighborhood last month, Jabä, over on East 58th Street, which showcases the cuisine in a sit-down environment. Yumpling Midtown is nearby at 16 E. 52nd Street, near Madison Avenue, accessible to office workers farther east and those closer to Rockefeller Center. Yumpling's set-up brings to mind spots like Milu, the fast-casual Chinese American bowl spot that debuted in Gramercy from Eleven Madison Park alum, Connie Chung, during the pandemic (it opened and then closed in Williamsburg, and there's a second remaining outpost in Battery Park's Brookfield Place). In the past five years, there have been several new bowl spots diversifying office lunch options in Manhattan, taking it to far more intriguing and personal places than your average Chipotle. These include the Indian-leaning and well-financed Inday, which has rebranded and cannibalized another bowl spot; Dùndú, just south of Grand Central, with Nigerian bowls; Sopo, a Korean bowl spot near Penn Station; and ThisBowl, a poke-ish bowl spot hailing from Sydney, now with two Manhattan locations, that has managed to make fast-casual cool in a chrome setting that could be a fashion boutique. See More: NYC Restaurant News NYC Restaurant Openings
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Rivian's New Startup, "Also", Targets Lightweight EVs and Micromobility
Electric micromobility—the area of transportation concerning things like e-bikes and e-scooters from brands like Lime and Bird—is still in its infancy. Up until now, the industry has been plagued by fads (Segway, anyone?), financial pitfalls, and reliability concerns around theft and overall organization. Apparently, Rivian thinks it can change that and has spun out its self-incubated "Also" startup, which will produce light electric vehicles (LEVs) and other personal transportation. View the 3 images of this gallery on the original article Formerly a small team working inside of Rivian, the new micromobility business now stands technically alone. Also was started around three and a half years ago as a bit of an exploratory journey to see if Rivian could leverage its existing strengths to develop affordable (and profitable) personal transportation. As it turns out, Rivian concluded that it can provide a "greatly enhanced product relative to currently available offerings," leading to the decision for Rivian to have Also, Inc. stand alone. While Rivian maintains a "substantial minority ownership stake," venture capital fund Eclipse Ventures has ponied up an additional $105 million. Also's site claims the new company's flagship product will arrive in the first half of next year, but doesn't mention any other markets by name except the US and Europe. What that "flagship" looks like, exactly, is anyone's guess. Also says that it's "building an exciting range of electric vehicles that are efficient, sustainable, and delightful to use." Another key detail to note is that they're using a completely proprietary platform, encompassing everything from software to motors. There's little doubt Also's leaned heavily on its Rivian origin for a lot of this, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. In an interview with InsideEVs, Chris Yu, Also's president, hints that the brand will rely on a "skateboard" approach and will feature two-, three-, and four-wheel machinations. Everything will be made in-house, just like with Rivian's vehicles. You won't see any cars wearing an Also badge—the brand stops "just south of a homologated car," says Yu—because that would really be missing the point. Also, which Yu refers to as a former "skunkworks program," is another resource in Rivian's tool belt that will help it continue to survive and thrive. When you add this to Rivian's excellent roadmap (the R2 and R3 electric SUVs), its very public Amazon partnership, and joint ventures with Mercedes-Benz to power European market vans, those whispers questioning the brand's longevity might as well be the ravings of a lunatic. Electrification in micromobility has long legs and is only in the beginning stages of relevancy. Heck, the term "micromobility" itself has only been around for ten years or so. As cities get denser, cars get pricier, and inflation marches on, more and more people will start considering alternatives to vehicle ownership. Rivian, and by extension, Also, have the experience and messaging down; all they need now is a product that actually excites people.
