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If the restaurants on your "to-eat" list are many, and your new year's resolution included eating more uni, we've got you. With the onset of the new year comes a slew of promising bars and eateries, including a few you may soon find yourself frequenting.
These are the spots we're most looking forward to sampling this year. Here's to a rocky relationship with your scale and trying everything at least twice in 2014.
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All'onda
Who's involved: Chris Jaeckle (Ai Fiori) and Chris Cannon (Convivio, Alto)
Opening date: Just opened
Neighborhood: Union Square
Address: 22 East 13th St.
Website: allondanyc.com
Why you should go: The Northern Italian spot features Venitian-inspired Japanese seafood with an emphasis on raw creations, and is seriously stunning.
El Gato
Who's involved: Bobby Flay
Opening date: TBA
Neighborhood: East Village
Address: 324 Lafayette St.
Website: N/A
Why you should go: Flay says his newest restaurant (his first opening in NYC in almost nine years) will be inspired by "the ghost of Bolo." If you didn't experience Flay's flair for Mediterranean-Spanish cuisine at the original spot (which closed in 2007), here's your shot.
Den
Who's involved: Soho House alums Brice Jones, Brad Gallagher, and Juan Carlos Vasquez
Opening date: Slated to open in April
Neighborhood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Address: 43 South 3rd St.
Website: N/A
Why you should go: This hybrid space will feature a bar, a restaurant, a communal workspace, and a coffee shop serving Stumptown coffee and cold brew on tap.
Empire Diner
Who's involved: Food Network's Amanda Freitag
Opening date: Just opened
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Address: 210 Tenth Ave.
Website: empire-diner.com
Why you should go: Reimagined takes on comfort food in the former space of Manhattan's most iconic greasy spoon.
Danny Meyer's unnamed project in King and Grove Hotel
Who's involved: Danny Meyer (Shake Shack) and Nick Anderer (Mailino)
Opening date: TBA
Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Address: 29 E 29th St.
Website: kingandgrove.com
Why you should go: Chef Anderer's Italian offerings will inevitably be incredible (and available via room service).
BarBacon
Who's Involved: Peter Sherman (The Breslin, Danube)
Opening date: Just opened
Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
Address: 836 Ninth Ave.
Website: barbacon.com
Why you should go: Despite the gimmicky name, this swine-centric spot promises to bring reasonably-priced gastropub fare, including beer and bacon flights, which we're not as mad at as we want to be.
Parm
Who's involved: Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick
Opening date: TBA
Neighborhood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Address: 162 North 4th St.
Website: N/A
Why you should go: Because the Torrisi team never fails. Also, word on the street is Umami Burger has also signed a lease on the same street. #grubfordayz
Dirck the Norseman
Who's involved: Ed Raven (Brouwerij Lane)
Opening date: Expected to open this week
Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Address: 7 North 15th St.
Website: N/A
Why you should go: This handsome brewpub boasts a wood-burning stove, 16 beers on tap, and eclectic bites, including Belgian mussels and fries.
Porchlight
Who's involved: Danny Meyer (Shake Shack) and Blue Smoke co-founder Mark Maynard-Parisi
Opening date: Slated to open this fall
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Address: 28th Street and Eleventh Ave.
Website: N/A
Why you should go: Meyer's new bar will focus on regional microbrews, potent cocktails, and "soulful, Southern-inspired bar food."
800 Degrees
Who's involved: Adam Fleischman and Allen Ravert (the duo behind Umami Burger)
Opening date: TBA
Neighborhood: NoMad
Address: TBA
Website: 800degreespizza.com
Why you should go: This West coast pizza chain let's you build your own pie ala Chipotle.
