From left: Johnny Rockets at 1134 First Avenue, Monkeytown at 58 North 3rd Street

In the Financial District, Wall Street Burger is now open at 110 John Street. Robert Restaurant has opened at 2 Columbus Circle in  Lincoln Center. In the East Village, Korean restaurant Nadoori opened Wednesday in the
former SuRa space on 9th Street between Third and Fourth avenues. In
Chelsea, Socarrat Bar de Vinos, is now open at 261 West 19th Street.
On the Upper East Side, Johnny Rockets opened Monday at 1134 First Avenue near 62nd Street, according to a press release. In Brooklyn, Cafe 474 opened earlier this week at 474 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. In Queens, a wine shop called Table Wine just opened at 79-14 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Hayashi Sushi opens at 2901 Ocean Avenue near Avenue Y in Sheepshead Bay. Brooklyn Fare will expand into a stand alone, 50-seat reatuarant next door at 200 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
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From left: Xi’an Famous Foods at 88 East Broadway, Silent H at 88 Berry Street

In the Financial District, the yet-to-be open Grimaldi’s has received another eviction notice at 135 John Street for non-payment of rent. In Tribeca, Tokyo-themed restaurant TriBeCafe is slated to open in the former Tokyo Bar at 277 Church Street. In Chinatown, Xi’an Famous Foods has opened its first Manhattan location at 88 East Broadway, near the Manhattan Bridge. In Soho, food blogger Ben Leventhal will open a high-end sushi restaurant called Commodore
at 170 Mercer Street.
In Midtown, Le Pain Quotidien will open up a location in the Time Life
Building at 1271 Sixth Avenue near West 51st Street, according to a
press release. In the East Village, tapas bar Barrell Bar Café will open tonight at 10 Stuyvesant Street. Tully’s gluten-free bakery has opened on East 11th Street between First and Second avenues. A Chipotle is coming to the ground floor of the Zeckendorf Towers at One Irving Place. Comments

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From left: Lautrec Bistro wine bar at 111 First Avenue, Surf City Smoothies on St. Marks Place

In Soho, British erotica chain Coco de Mer will open Dec. 4 at 236 Elizabeth Street near Prince Street. On the Lower East Side, Czech-Austrian coffee shop Kinski has opened at 128 Rivington Street near Norfolk Street. Hairy Mary’s Vintage has shuttered at 147-149 Orchard Street. In the East Village, Lautrec Bistro wine bar has opened at 111 First Avenue between 6th and 7th streets. Price Wise Health & Beauty Aids,
which currently has three Manhattan locations, will open a fourth
location at 10 Union Square East.  2 U Karaoke Lounge Suites has
received signage in the former Mondo Kim’s space on St. Mark’s.
Bluebird Coffee Shop will open at 72 East 1st Street between First and
Second avenues. A new Venezuelan restaurant called Guayoyo is coming to the corner of East 4th Street and First Avenue in the former Ishikura Sushi space. Carroll Gardens pub P.J. Hanley’s is opening an outpost on First Avenue between 7th Street and St. Mark’s Place.
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From left: La Lucha at 147 Avenue A, Cappucinno on the Bay at Avenue Z and East 17th Street

In Soho, a new prototype of Banana Republic
has opened at 522 Broadway near Prince Street.  Gap has opened a
holiday-themed “1969” store at 548 Broadway near Spring Street. Victoria’s Secret has opened its remodeled and expanded Soho outpost at 565 Broadway. In the East Village, Mexican joint La Lucha has opened at 147 Avenue A. Restaurant Michael “Bao” Huynh may open an Asian taco joint on St. Marks Place. On the Lower East Side, Organic Avenue
will open another location in the old Rothko location at 116 Suffolk
Street. CV lounge has opened in the Hotel on Rivington at 105
Rivington Street. Swedish clothing store Fjällräven has opened at 262
Mott Street. Another secret speakeasy is opening at 149 Mulberry Street. Comments

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From left: Superdry at Broadway and Washington Place, Bruno Ravioli on Broadway between 78th and 79th streets

On the Lower East Side, a secret speakeasy
bar has opened in an
undisclosed location a “little farther east than weekend revelers
usually go.” In Soho, Shecky’s Media company has moved from its offices
at 678 Broadway to a larger space at 155 Sixth Avenue in Soho next to
the Trump Soho building, according to a press release. In Tribeca, Baja News Café has opened at 225 Varick Street, according to another release. Baby clothing store Petite Pomme
has opened at 186 Duane Street. In the East Village, the owners of the
Brooklyn flea will open a 6,500-square-feet holiday flea market called Gifted
in the old Tower Records space at 20 East 4th Street at Lafayette
Street. In Noho, Japanese-inspired British clothing store Superdry has
opened at Broadway and Washington Place. A Jodi Arnold pop-up shop has opened on University Place and 10th Street. Further uptown, Lucy’s Mexican Cantina will open at 1 Penn Plaza on 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. The annual Holiday shops
at Bryant Park are now open until Jan. 3. Gourmet pastry shop Sprig
will open in the first quarter of 2010 in the Lipstick Building at 885
Third Avenue, according to a release. Salad joint Chop’t is opening a new location on Broadway between 41st and 42nd streets. Comments

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From left: Mario’s Pizza at 147 East Houston Street, Tokyo Bar at 277 Church Street

On the Lower East Side, Mario’s Pizza
is coming to 147 East Houston Street in the former Chickpea space.
Multipurpose store and event space Puro Chile has arrived at 221 Centre
Street at Grand Street. In Soho, a temporary Gucci Icon pop-up has opened for two weeks on Crosby Street. Joe’s Bar has reopened after a temporary closing at 520 East 6th Street between avenues A and B. Construction is moving along at Pulinos Bar and Pizzeria
on the corner of Bowery and Houston Street. Smoothie shop Xoom is
slated to open on 7th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A.
In Greenwich Village, Italian bakery Piccola Cucina Focacceria has opened at 120 MacDougal Street between Bleecker and West 3rd streets. In Union Square, Burrito joint Dos Toros is coming to 137 Fourth Avenue between 13th and 14th streets.
An “artisanal” chocolate shop called Chocolate is opening on Ninth Avenue near 20th Street in Chelsea. In Midtown, athletic shoe store Asics has opened its first Manhattan location at 51 West 42nd Street, near Bryant Park. Chilean sandwich shop Barros Locos celebrated its grand opening today on Second Avenue and 52nd Street. Sandwich shop Financier Patisserie has opened on Sixth Avenue between 47th and 48th streets in the walkway that goes through the Fox News Building.  More

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From left: Oceana at 1221 Sixth Avenue, Indian Newsstand on Sixth Avenue between 37th and 38th streets

La Crêpe Parisienne opened in Soho yesterday at 51 Spring Street near Lafayette Street. St. Marks Burger is slated to open at 33 St. Marks Place. Modern British restaurant Silkstone is coming to the Lower East Side at 17 Orchard Street  Sushi Samba may open in the former Merkato55 space at 55 Gansevoort Street. Italian restaurant and wine bar SD26 opened yesterday at 19 East 26th Street. Baja Fresh is slated to open on Monday at Broadway and 41st Street. Restaurant Oceana opened yesterday in the McGraw Hill Building at 1221 Sixth Avenue at 49th Street. Mexican restaurant Hecho en Dumbo has moved to 354 Bowery in the former Marion’s space.
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