Marlow Bistro
This Mediterranean restaurant has reopened after a pandemic sabbatical, during which it donated meals through organizations like Rethink Food and City Harvest. Now, it has a new flower-bedecked look and a new chef, Alexander Gallegos. His spring menu features salt-cured fluke; scallops with stinging nettles and morels; ramp agnolotti done carbonara-style; salmon with asparagus; and beef tenderloin with artichokes, sun-dried tomato pesto and green olives. There’s attractive sidewalk seating.
1018 Amsterdam Avenue (Cathedral Parkway), 212-662-9020, marlowbistro.com.
Essex Pearl
The chef Daniel Le, who worked at the Tyger and Hanoi House, has opened this Southeast Asian spot in the Essex Market’s Market Line area. Cambodian grilled pork jowl, crispy baby octopus and garlic noodles are some highlights.
Essex Market (Market Line), Lower Level, 88 Essex Street (Delancey Street), 347-899-4998, essexpearl.com.
Martiny’s
Takuma Watanabe, who was at the now-closed Angel’s Share, has opened this bar in a carriage house. The name is not just a play on the classic cocktail, but also summons a sculptor, Philip Martiny (1858-1927), whose studio was in the space. Mr. Watanabe’s cocktails, like the Dirty Tonic with vodka, olive oil, spices and tonic, and the Royal Horse’s Neck with Cognac, Champagne, ginger ale, orange, lemon and egg, are divided, like a food menu, into appetizers, dessert and so forth; all bear main-course prices, from $21 to $31. (Thursday)
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121 East 17th Street, 917-472-7393.
Looking Ahead
Noma
René Redzepi will bring a taste of his much-lauded Copenhagen restaurant to Brooklyn next month, from May 16 to 20. A former foundry from 1912 will be decorated to suggest the restaurant’s original industrial vibe. A multicourse tasting menu, $700 plus tax, will be served to 50 diners nightly. Mr. Redzepi and some of his staff will be on hand each night. American Express Platinum and Resy have collaborated on this roadshow, which is open to those enrolled in Global Dining Access by Resy or who hold U.S. American Express Platinum, Centurion, Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Hilton Honors American Express Aspire cards. Reservations are available starting at noon on April 27.
26 Bridge Street (John Street), Dumbo, Brooklyn, resy.com/noma-new-york.
Le Gratin
On May 6, Daniel Boulud will open this Lyonnaise bistro in what was Keith McNally’s Augustine, a French restaurant in the Beekman Hotel near City Hall that closed at the start of the pandemic. The name evokes the Lyonnaise cooking of Mr. Boulud’s youth, in his mother’s kitchen, and in the restaurants and bistros like the bouchons Lyonnais of that food-centric city. He’s calling the restaurant informal, rustic even, and plans to serve baked gratins, both sweet and savory, on an à la carte menu, and to showcase a special dish monthly. The executive chef will be Guillaume Ginther, who worked at Restaurant Daniel and Le Coq Rico in New York. The wines of Southern Burgundy, Beaujolais and the Northern Rhône will be featured, along with cocktails like a Kir Communard, made with red wine. As for the lovely vintage décor, Mr. Boulud said he likes Mr. McNally’s setting. “I’m not doing much; I want to keep the charm of the place,” he said.
5 Beekman Street (Nassau Street), 212-597-9020, legratinnyc.com.