#restaurant reopening

#restaurant reopening

This winter, things are about to get hot in Williamsburg. The team behind the beloved and famously spicy Ugly Baby has signed a lease at 364 Grand Street, as initially reported by the Instagram account Yes Williamsburg, before chef Sirichai Sreparplarn's business partner, Som Kharazmi, confirmed the news to Grub Street. The Ugly Baby team will move into the former Emmy Squared space between Havemeyer Street and Marcy Avenue, with Kharazmi saying that while there is no official opening date set, "February seems likely."

A 41-year-old Cambridge sushi icon has lived several lives, tucked into a strip mall between Harvard and Central Squares, and a new one is about to begin. Cafe Sushi's dining room, closed since the early days of COVID, reopens December 3, marking another evolution for a business whose second-generation ownership transformed it from a dollar-sushi staple to a neighborhood omakase favorite, always behind the familiar glow of its neon signage.

Danny Meyer's shuttered Maialino is finally coming back. After closing back at the beginning of the pandemic and a 10-month wine bar pop-up stint, the Roman restaurant is reopening in Gramercy Park at 67 Irving Place, near East 18th Street, in 2027. Maialino opened under Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group in 2009 inside the Gramercy Park Hotel, becoming known for its ricotta pancakes and cacio e pepe.

The wait is over. Gold Mirror, the 56-year-old family-owned Italian restaurant out in the Sunset that has been closed since early 2024, is reopening at the corner of Taraval Street and 18th Avenue. The DiGrande family, which has owned the restaurant since 1969, is celebrating with two days of invitation-only parties for city politicos including the mayor, family, friends and neighbors, starting Saturday at 5 p.m. It will be open to the public next Wednesday.

Broadway Cuisine in Chinatown, which was damaged by an alleged arson fire in February, is reopening today, July 11, after five months of remodeling and restoration.

The reopening of Cap't Cass Rock Harbor Seafood in Orleans has brought joy to the community, as patrons share their cherished summer memories in a guest book filled with stories.

"The legendary store is ready to make a comeback-sort of. Signage went up at the address proclaiming the imminent opening of the 'New Absolute Bagel.'"