Thelma on Clinton

Chef-owner Melissa O'Donnell has transformed her decade-old Salt Bar—a Lower East Side staple since 2003—into a New American bistro, updating the space with white-oak floors, a marble-topped bar and banquette seats. Named after her Lebanese grandmother, the restaurant mirrors the nabe's melting-pot sensibility with dishes like house-kippered salmon, chicken-liver mousse and risotto with caramelized onions.