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Bedford Post Tavern
When submit roads had been horse and buggy interstates, the Bedford Post Inn, relationship from 1762, was a relaxation cease. Its gracious restaurant is now reopening after renovations with the chef Sam Mason turning out tavern fare like oysters, onion tart, skirt steak and grilled rooster, not simply his traditional pastries. Like the remainder of the inn, Sunday Hospitality, which additionally runs El Quijote and Cafe Chelsea in Manhattan, is managing it in partnership with the actor Richard Gere, an proprietor. Bedford Post Barn, an informal spot on the property for all-day fare and baked items from BreadsNbakes close by, is opening quickly. (Opens Wednesday)
Bedford Post Inn, 924 Old Post Road, Bedford, N.Y, 914-292-9516, bedfordpostinn.com.
Nomad Tea Parlour
A Cantonese-born chef, Ai Shin Wu, who has been working within the United States since 2001, is cooking, with enter from Mandy Zhang, a New York restaurateur and an proprietor right here. The menu contains dim sum and reconfigured Chinese American specialties like Coca-Cola rooster wings, plum sauce roast duck and lobster spring rolls. There’s an inventory of teas, and the cocktail menu presents Hong Kong milk tea and a lychee martini. The décor within the two degree house with an open kitchen, has striped awnings and signage suggesting a Hong Kong road. (Friday)
244 Fifth Avenue (twenty eighth Street), 212-320-9311, nomadteaparlour.com.
CasaSalvo
Amsterdam Avenue shouldn’t be Palermo’s Via Roma, however in his grissini of a storefront, the genial Sicilian-born chef Salvo Lo Castro is doing his finest. He produces espresso-based coffees (all $2.50) and Americanos scorching or chilly; cappuccino with pistachio cream is a signature. Freshly made pastries like cornetti are served. There is outside seating. Italian merchandise, many from Sicily, line cabinets. If you’ve by no means tried ultra-creamy peanut butter from Italy seasoned with Trapani salt, now could be your likelihood. Mr. Lo Castro additionally presents a catering menu and sells ready pastas and salads to go. Next month he’ll open one other cafe at 66th Street and Madison Avenue.
473 Amsterdam Avenue (83rd Street), 917-691-7975, casasalvonyc.com.
Veselka
The venerable Ukrainian East Village restaurant has opened an outpost in Brooklyn. Along with its traditional specialties, there are new pierogies, referred to as pastrogis, stuffed with Katz’s Delicatessen pastrami on the menu. (Wednesday)
646 Lorimer Street (Meeker Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 917-781-4829, veselka.com.
