Florence Fabricant

The renamed Kent Hospitality Group has reshuffled staff, brought in the chef of Clover Hill and made plans for the future.

After closing their restaurant a year ago, Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske Valtierra are back with the drinks expert Dave Arnold for Bar Contra, serving snacks and cocktails.

The vegan chef has reopened in her original Greenwich Village location; Afghan delights in Beacon, N.Y.; and more restaurant news.

Costa serves Mediterranean on the Upper East Side, Lucky’s Steakhouse opens a location in NoLIta and more.

Jungsik Yim and his executive chef, Jun Hee Park, serve Thai pork links with sticky rice, and fried chicken with som tum and zabb spices.

Oh! Calcutta opens in Long Island City; Grand Brasserie fills Vanderbilt Hall with Parisian flair and more restaurant news.

The season’s marquee openings in New York City include the next move from Kent Hospitality, the first Manhattan restaurant from Andrew Tarlow and more.

Plus cocktails inspired by red sauce standards, bistro fare for the East Village and more restaurant news.

Alex Stupak serves New England fare at the Otter and Sloane’s, Bridges pulls from the larder of Europe and North America, and more restaurant news.

The menu for this trattoria stretches the boundaries of Italy’s boot.