🚕 Fall Food Events to Book

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New York City’s fall food calendar is already filling up with exciting dinners, festivals, collaborations, and major culinary events.

Forbes has highlighted nine events worth putting on your radar as the city heads into the new season.

The lineup includes a September kaiseki celebration at Muku and the Taste of Times Square, which will bring more than 30 local restaurants together.

Food lovers can also look forward to the ALL IN fundraiser at Union Square Cafe, a Top Chef collaborative dinner at Cynthia, and the free Ferragosto Festival on Arthur Avenue.

October brings even more options, including the Creole Food Festival in DUMBO, EEEEEATS Con at Hudson River Park, and a Dishoom collaboration benefiting Food Bank for NYC.

The season will culminate with the New York City Wine & Food Festival, running October 15–18 at the Seaport.

From intimate tasting menus to large-scale food festivals, NYC has plenty of reasons to keep your fall calendar busy.

Creola Brings the Diaspora Uptown

Chef Lana Lagomarsini is opening her first restaurant, Creola, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side this September.

Named after her grandmother, who taught her to cook, the restaurant explores the Black culinary diaspora through Lagomarsini’s experiences, heritage, and culinary influences.

The intimate 14-seat restaurant will offer a $125 tasting menu, with an optional $65 wine pairing.

Dishes include potlikker consommé, oxtail pâté en croûte with plantain, peanut soup, crudos, quail, and a potato salad inspired by family cookouts.

Desserts include passionfruit tiramisu and goose egg pavlova with sorrel-poached berries and rhubarb.

Lagomarsini, a Top Chef Season 22 semifinalist, previously worked at several acclaimed restaurants and ran pop-ups and a private catering business in Harlem.

Creola is set to open September 9, serving Wednesday through Saturday evenings.

Fall Food Events to Book

New York City’s fall food calendar is filling up with special dinners, neighborhood festivals, and major culinary events.

Forbes highlights nine events to put on your radar, including a September kaiseki celebration at Muku and the Taste of Times Square, featuring more than 30 local restaurants.

Food lovers can also check out the ALL IN fundraiser at Union Square Cafe, a Top Chef collaborative dinner at Cynthia, and the free Ferragosto Festival on Arthur Avenue.

October brings the Creole Food Festival in DUMBO, EEEEEATS Con at Hudson River Park, and a Dishoom collaboration benefiting Food Bank for NYC.

The season wraps with the New York City Wine & Food Festival, running October 15–18 at the Seaport.

With options ranging from intimate tasting menus to large-scale food festivals, there’s plenty to book this fall.

Texas Barbecue Lands in Greenpoint

Kirbee’s, a new Texas-style barbecue restaurant from acclaimed pitmasters Chuck Charnichart and Jonny White, is opening in Greenpoint on August 30.

Located at 55 McGuinness Boulevard South, the restaurant will initially offer limited service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. before fully opening over Labor Day weekend.

The menu combines Charnichart’s South Texan and Mexican-influenced barbecue with White’s modern approach.

Expect dishes including pork ribs with lime zest, Mexican-spiced brisket, smoked turkey, charro beans, green spaghetti, potato salad, and coleslaw.

Dessert brings together chocolate pudding from Barbs B Q and banana pudding from Goldee’s, with diners able to order a swirl of both.

The 24-seat restaurant will follow a traditional Texas barbecue setup, with customers ordering at one window before collecting their plated trays at another.

A New Thai Spot Where Rice Takes Center Stage

Hommali, a new contemporary Thai restaurant, is opening in the West Village on September 2 at 28 Seventh Avenue South.

Founded by three Bangkok natives, the restaurant puts jasmine rice at the heart of its concept, with complimentary white jasmine rice served alongside every meal.

The menu brings modern interpretations of Thai dishes, including beef tartare larb with dry-aged beef heart, tom yum seafood cocktail, dry-aged duck breast, and Penang curry with beef cheeks.

Dessert options include roselle sorbet topped with fermented rice cream.

The drinks menu features Asian-inspired creations, including jasmine-rice-infused whiskey, a Singaporean rice wine drink, and Thai beer.

The restaurant’s interior is designed to evoke a Thai home, with colors inspired by the life cycle of rice plants.

Hommali will serve dinner Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m., bringing another fresh Thai option to the West Village.

NYC’s Restaurant Scene Keeps Shifting

August is bringing plenty of movement to New York City’s dining scene, with major openings, closures, and changes across the boroughs.

Brooklyn Brewery is preparing to leave its longtime Williamsburg home, while Santo Taco is getting ready to open its third NYC location in the West Village.

Sarabeth’s is closing two locations, leaving its Central Park South restaurant as its only remaining NYC outpost.

Meanwhile, new spots are arriving, including Brazilian restaurant Iara on the Lower East Side and Pony’s, a new daytime café and evening bar in Red Hook.

The city is also embracing year-round outdoor dining after the City Council passed bills allowing restaurants to keep their dining structures through winter.

Elsewhere, Grand Central is expanding its food offerings, Michelin’s Northeast awards are returning to NYC, and new restaurants continue to reshape neighborhoods across the city.

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