New on Resy: Pig and Khao, Double Chicken Please, Chama Mama, Tasca, and More

With cocktails on tap, terrific chicken sandwiches, and one design-savvy lounge space, Double Chicken Please is the seriously cool first venture from Taiwanese cocktail mavens Faye Chen and GN Chan, whose bar shaking experience includes Shanghai’s acclaimed Speak Low and New York’s very own Angel’s Share. Open for takeout.

The city’s rollicking ode to southeast Asia, Pig & Khao feels like eating through the night markets and hawker stalls of the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and beyond. There’s hip-hop in the air and colorful plates heaped with all sorts of enticing street food. Pro Tip: Get the coconut rice! Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

This isn’t just any old French bistro. This is an Alain Ducasse Parisian import, powered by chef Laëtitia Rouabah, who breathes new life into the time-honored genre. And Benoit straddles the Paris and New York lines beautifully, in both the space and the ambitious plates, which sing of tradition yet still surprise. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

A brasserie for the modern age, Francie is the glitzy labor of love of two industry vets. Housed in an old bank, Francie reimagines the usual suspects. You’re going to want to try the duck rillettes, or the soufflé cakes with yuzu and seaweed butter. To get the full rundown on this hot new opening, head over here. Open for takeout soon.

You can add Red Paper Clip to New York’s list of buzzy Taiwanese American destinations. Helmed by a Blue Hill alum of Taiwanese descent, Red Paper Clip is a clever mashup of cultures and cuisines, serving up playful fine dining hits like xiao long bao agnolotti, everything brioche, and lobster three ways. Open for outdoor dining. 

When Koi New York made its 2005 debut, the lavish West Coast import was the scene to end all scenes. And Koi still seduces the well-heeled today, with its precise menu of sushi bar meets Japanese steakhouse, clubby hotel digs, and a real-life koi pond to tie it all together. Open for outdoor dining and takeout. 

Inside a sprawling Upper West Side locale (we’re talking 5,500 square feet), Tasca tells the shared food histories of Spain and the Caribbean diaspora. Think favorites from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, with pit stops in the Iberian Peninsula — Spanish wine, tea service, artisanal rum, and a stunning tavern backdrop included. Open for takeout (call 212-362-2211 or visit Tasca’s website to place your order). 

You’d expect a Georgian restaurant of this caliber to be tucked away in South Brooklyn. But no, Chama Mama — with its incredible regional specialties, Georgian natural wines, and large clay oven firing fresh bread (for everyone’s favorite khachapuri) — sits in a sleek space off 14th Street, courtesy of a Tbilisi native and a chef who cooked for Georgia’s president in a previous life. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

With a menu inspired by the Union Square Greenmarket’s best, Isabelle’s is the sort of homey osteria where the pastas are made fresh, in house, and on the daily. Expect singular seasonal salads and luscious pastas, like pumpkin pappardelle and mushroom lasagna. Open for outdoor dining and takeout. 

Blink and you might miss one of Greenpoint’s favorite drinking spots. Niftily hidden by Transmitter Park, 21 Greenpoint is one snug and welcoming haunt that’s anchored by a wood-burning oven spitting out lamb shanks and whole branzino. Come for the serious cocktail program, stay for the ever-seasonal plates. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

Because this is City Winery’s most ambitious space yet, clocking in 32,000 square feet of Hudson River views. Add to that over 1,000 labels from across the world, an urban winery, a restaurant, a pizza bar, and a music venue, and it’s no wonder why this waterfront locale is the group’s flagship. Open for outdoor dining.

Throw together an ex-Fedora chef and an industry vet so invested in his very first restaurant that he’s tiled the kitchen floor himself, and what do you get? You get Leland, a corner shop in Prospect Heights focused on Mediterranean plates, with freshly baked focaccia and afternoon “vinyl hour” (records, drinks, and bites) every day. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

As Flatiron’s splashy answer to the seafood shack, Sagaponack gathers a crew of fine dining alums, whose collective résumés include Gabriel Kreuther, Boulud Sud, and Jean-Georges. And the experience shows, with classic dishes of chowder and lobster-ladled rolls taken to new heights. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.

Those who know head to The Clam for their bivalve needs. Not just for the name, but for the level of technique and love that chef-owner Mike Price bestows upon the humble shells, studding them in dips, chowders, spaghetti, and sliders. But look beyond and the rest of the seafaring menu shines just as brightly too, with an excellent raw bar to boot. Open for outdoor dining and takeout.