The best new restaurants in NYC for March 2020

The cozy Cobble Hill restaurant Awash has been a destination for Ethiopian cuisine and at their new 65-seat restaurant—formerly a sports bar—the focus is on a 100 percent vegan menu that draws on organic and local ingredients as much as possible.

New York is full of French-style bistros, but this restaurant from the hospitality group Quality Branded is putting a modern spin on the classic menu with items like crabcake paillard, Moroccan fried chicken and hasselback butternut squash.

Just like at the team’s other concepts, Loosie Rogue and Etiquette, you can order wine alongside snacks—in this case, chips with creme fraiche, caramelized onions, and caviar—as well as dance under a disco ball at this bar. In the summer, the backyard will host table tennis.

Unlike many Indian restaurants in town focused on one region, chef Peter Beck (formerly of Tamarind) explores the subcontinent’s diverse culinary offerings. The result is a menu showcasing flavor-packed dishes, including Konkan fish curry and a lamb soup known as Kashmiri yakhni.

The menu here is like a scrapbook of the travels chefs Leah Cohen and her husband, co-owner Ben Byruch, have taken throughout Asia: crisp shrimp-toast okonomiyaki (a nod to Japan), turmeric fish with noodles (a Vietnamese specialty), a pho French dip and other inventive takes.

The team behind the Flower Shop, the popular LES  bar known for its '70s basement party vibe, has debuted a more upscale sister restaurant. The kitchen is led by chef Michael Hamilton and features dishes such as chicken schnitzel and tiramisu.