Nineteen restaurants have been added to the Michelin Guide’s list of over 400 spots they recommend in New York, and four of those are right here on the Upper East Side.
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Bayon
Minh and Mandy Truong’s original restaurant was called Angkor Cambodian Bistro, which they opened in 2015. It was one of the many pandemic-fueled closures of 2020, but the husband and wife restaurant operators—who also ran a Thai restaurant in Chelsea called Royal Siam for two decades—returned to their former Upper East Side space to open Bayon earlier this year. Michelin’s “Top picks include chive dumplings, fried to a golden crisp and served with a ginger soy sauce, and nyoam, or thick rice noodles, tossed with a red curry sauce made with ground fish, cucumbers, long beans, and bean sprouts.”
bayonnyc.com | 408 East 64th Street
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Café Boulud
The long-running Daniel Boulud restaurant returned to the neighborhood in late 2023, this time at the former home of Vaucluse, a French restaurant that closed in 2020. “A new and improved Café Boulud has been beautifully reborn on the storied corner of 63rd street and Park Avenue with Executive Chef Romain Paumier at the helm,” Michelin writes. “The setting is appropriately posh and exudes Art Deco vibes.” Café Boulud’s original location at the Surrey Hotel (now occupied by Casa Tua) ran from 1998 until its 2021 closure. Black sea bass, seared scallops and lobster ravioli are among Michelin’s picks.
cafeboulud.com/nyc | 100 East 63rd Street
Le Veau D’Or
Le Veau d’Or originally opened in 1937, and five years after its 2019 closing, chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr (Balthazar, Minetta Tavern) stepped in to update the space and menu. The famous French bistro returned to the neighborhood in July and Michelin says “Pâté en croûte is among [its] greatest hits,” while also recommending the “golden-roasted poulet à l’estragon with an unapologetically buttery sauce flecked with tarragon.” The restaurant’s three-course (plus salad) prix-fixe menu goes for $125 per person and according to Grub Street–which also recommends the pâté en croûte (and describes it as “a thin slice of crumbly, porky bits in a burnished crust”)–”the all-natural [wine] list is probably the biggest amendment to the restaurant’s traditionalism.”
lvdnyc.com | 129 East 60th Street
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Lungi
The owners of Imli Urban Indian Food shut down the restaurant in August to make way for their new concept, Lungi, which opened in September and offers both South Indian and Sri Lankan cuisines. Imli had a seven-year run, but chef and co-owner Albin Vincent–who has “deep roots in Sri Lanka” and grew up in Kanyakumari, the southernmost city in mainland India–wanted to do something from the heart. “I wanted to do something from my childhood,” he told Eater. “Chef Vincent learned to cook at his grandmother’s knee, mastering the art of traditional Sri Lankan and Southern Indian dishes like pan-fried spicy kingfish served on a banana leaf with fried makrut lime leaves or kothu roti, a classic Sri Lankan specialty comprised of roti, meat, and sauteed vegetables mixed with scrambled eggs,” Michelin writes.
lungirestaurant.com | 1136 First Avenue
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Nothing above the 60s….huh.