We found ourselves liberated from childcare one random weeknight and decided to check out the new Thai restaurant that had replaced what had been our favorite local taco joint. We found a stunningly transformed restaurant with eye-catching food.

Mable’s Smokehouse opened in 2011 on the latter end of the New York City barbecue revolution. The restaurant brings Oklahoma-style recipes to the city in a rustic saloon atmosphere, which is the perfect place for my three-year-old.

The Bombay Hot Chicken combines Indian flavor with a fried chicken sandwich common at Brooklyn restaurants.

Inday All Day brings fast casual Indian cuisine to Williamsburg Brooklyn. We had lunch at the Williamsburg flagship.

The chicken biscuit has still got it

Pies -n- Thighs helped popularize fried chicken sandwiches in gentrified Brooklyn almost two decades ago. We stopped in for lunch to see how whether it still holds up.

The place setting and menu at Ayat in Ditmas Park, including olives and oil.

There’s a lot more than falafel at this Palestinian restaurant, but of course, they have that too. Ayat opened in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn about 5 years ago at the end of 2020.