A Running List of New Restaurants That Opened in New York City, February 2021
A pop-up with Pueblan and Oaxacan fare in Boerum Hill, a source for kosher barbecue on the Upper West Side, and more restaurant openings this month
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Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants across the city continue to move forward with openings, sometimes because their concepts could be adapted for delivery and outdoor dining service, but more often because their owners saw no other choice but to forge ahead. Since mid-March, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened their doors. This list of pandemic-born businesses includes an exciting Indian concept, a tortillería, and a classic, old-school Brooklyn restaurant that’s finally opening.
Debajo, From a Former Ferris Chef, Opens in the Made Hotel
A pizzeria from Pino Luongo, Vietnamese on the Upper West Side, and more restaurant news.
Debajo, a new spot for tapas, has outdoor seating in its covered, heated sunken garden.Credit.Rachel Vanni for The New York Times
Debajo
Ferris, the restaurant in the Made Hotel that got two stars from Pete Wells three years ago as a “modest restaurant that overdelivers,” closed in March as a result of the pandemic. By that time, the chef Greg Proechel, formerly of Le Turtle, who garnered positive attention, was gone for almost a year. Last fall Mr. Proechel came back and turned it into a pop-up called Day Off, with Sam Gelin, who runs the Made Hotel. That pop-up has been replaced by this new spot for tapas, with outdoor seating in its covered, heated sunken garden. Mr. Proechel called on Victor Manuel Amarilla, also in the kitchen at the Turtle, to join him as the chef. Standard-bearing tapas include plates of cheeses and cured