The Best New Restaurants in NYC: September 2024

"Located in the Bronx’s growing Little Yemen, this corner spot draws afternoon crowds for hearty Yemeni standards: plates of rice sprinkled with parsley served alongside lamb mandi and large, flaky mulawah flatbread; every order comes with a salad, a ramekin of fiery zahawig, and a deeply flavored cup of broth worth sipping. Other highlights include a bubbling fahsah meat stew studded with fenugreek, shrimp in a thick glossy gravy perfect for mopping up with mulawah, and an impressive aqdah—lamb stewed then stir-fried into a crescent of browned, fatty pieces mixed with biting green chili, tomato, and soft French fries." - Edward Hart