The Best New Restaurants in New York City

"For a long time, the first thing you saw when you emerged from the Metropolitan-Lorimer station in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg was the classic, neon-lighted Kellogg’s Diner on the same corner. When that 24/7 iteration shuttered last year, it seemed a sad end to casual, affordable eating in a neighborhood so overrated and overpriced that it can at times feel like a New York outpost of LA's The Grove. And while Kellogg’s, which reopened in September after a redesign of its space and menu, is now absolutely in the former category in ways both welcome (gold-hued mood lighting, a neutral palette that’s easier on the eyes) and less so (the present impossibility of getting a table being antithetical to the very concept of a diner, for one thing), the menu is available 24/7, mostly delicious, and well-priced. Chef Jackie Carnesi's menu is at its best with its traditional Tex-Mex options—eminently shareable nachos ($12, with or without steak), enchiladas with red chili gravy and rice and beans ($20). Pastry chef Amanda Perdomo’s cakes, pies, and other sweet treats shine brightest, displayed as they are in a glass case at the counter, in particular a passionfruit key lime pie ditty doused in cool whip. —C.H." - CNT Editors