NYC openings & pizza boom
New York’s spring openings just hit Resy and Eater — Resy rounded up the freshest bookable debuts and Eater flags expansion for local pizza favorites like L’Industrie and Paulie Gee’s rolling out new locations. Food & Wine also spots a live-fire and brasserie trend among the season’s most-talked-about launches. (blog.resy.com) (ny.eater.com) (foodandwine.com)
Resy’s New on Resy guide was updated March 11, 2026 by Ellie Plass and Deanna Ting and names specific spring debuts including Highball Ltd. from Jeff Bell, Estelle’s in the Meatpacking District, Sama Za in Hell’s Kitchen, and The Eighth in Chelsea. (blog.resy.com) Food & Wine published “The 12 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of Spring 2026” on March 19, 2026 and flagged a live‑fire destination and “a surprising number of brasseries,” singling out projects such as Bar Rocco from Rocco DiSpirito. (foodandwine.com) L’Industrie has added a third New York City outpost at 197 Grand Street in Little Italy, opening this spring next to Ferrara Bakery in the former Margherita space. (eater.com) The L’Industrie Little Italy project is run by founder Massimo Laveglia with partners Nick Baglivo and former GM Manuel Jimenez, and the shop follows the counter‑service, no‑tables model of its Williamsburg and West Village locations. (theinfatuation.com) Paulie Gee’s is expanding with a planned Gowanus location at 305 Nevins Street that will include a bar and roof deck and is expected to open later this summer, while the original 60 Greenpoint Avenue site closed for renovations on January 4, 2026 and is being rebranded as a tavern. (patch.com) (greenpointers.com) Eater’s roundups on March 19, 2026 frame these moves as part of a broader “no slowdown” wave for New York pizza, calling out L’Industrie, See No Evil, and Paulie Gee’s among this season’s expansion stories. (ny.eater.com)
