After a sweltering summer dominated by raw food bars and ice cream, thank goodness, autumn is shaping up to be a season for serious eating. Long-awaited eateries are finally opening their doors: Phoenix Palace (August; 85 Bowery), by a group of friends who opened the Potluck Club, is an homage to the now-vanished movie theaters of Chinatown, complete with ticket booth and canopy, and a menu that combines Cantonese feast foods and international pantry adventures, like olive-studded Subscribefried dough sticks with a nduja-like jam made from Chinese sausage. Uptown, Kitchen Consuelo (August; 130 Hamilton Place), which evolved from an apartment supper club—but one run by a couple who are former employees of some of the city’s best restaurants—will serve artful interpretations of Puebla’s Mexican cuisine: bone marrow birria for dinner, dulce de leche doughnuts by day. Personally, I couldn’t be more excited about the collaboration between the brilliant baker Zoë Kanan and the guys at Court Street Grocers, whose Elbow bread (September; 1 Ludlow St.) offers inventive knish, rye flour palmiers and other Jewish-inspired dishes. Williamsburg’s historic Kellogg’s Diner (September; 518 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn) was rescued from its long descent into charismatic decay by restaurant owner Louis Skibar (of the revamped Old John’s); the new version will have a Tex-Mex-influenced menu crafted by talented chef Jackie Carnesi, and—most importantly—it will be open 24 hours.

High rollers are probably already boasting about having a share of Clemente Bar (October; 11 Madison Ave.), a more relaxed—but not exactly casual—upstairs sibling of Eleven Madison Park designed with (and named after) artist Francesco Clemente, whose gilded frescoes will fill the walls; expect high-end cocktails, chic bar snacks, and a fleet of tech bros. The history and terrain of Australia take center stage Acrú (August; 79 MacDougal St.), a fancy tasting menu from the folks behind Atomix, the group’s first restaurant that isn’t specifically Korean; there are rumors of a seaweed-based take on Vegemite. Transcontinental comparisons and contrasts will be inevitable when Joo Ok (August; 22 W. 32nd St.) is getting started; after seven years in Seoul, the high-end, cutting-edge Korean restaurant has given up all of its operations (including some of its staff) and relocated to New York—a new yet well-established restaurant.

Ciao, Gloria from Prospect Heights expands with Pasta Night (September; 575 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn) – a chic little trattoria in the back, for aperitif and dinner, a chic little food front, with Italian specialties to take away. Andrew Tarlow, the restaurateur who brought us Marlow & Sons, is building Village (September; 124 E. 27th St.), his first restaurant in Manhattan, built around a wood-fired oven. familiar (October; 67 35th St., Brooklyn) has the dubious honor of being the first full-service restaurant to open in the Industry City complex—not exactly a dinner destination—but with former Roberta employees at the helm, it’s worth paying attention to. The two hottest trends of the summer (French, seafood) come together at Seahorse (September; 201 Park Ave. South), from the folks behind Lure Fishbar, which will hopefully finally breathe some life back into the W hotel in Union Square. Commerce, the popular West Village spot that closed in 2015, is being reborn in Uptown as Café Commerce (September; 964 Lexington Ave.); fingers crossed that the Steak Diane and the coconut cake survive the revival. A friend tells me that Rooms (September; 72 Bedford St.), a French-inspired restaurant run by drinks maven Jenni Guizio and featuring food from a former Flora Bar member, “could be the restaurant that saves the West Village.” I didn’t fully realize it needed saving, but I’m ready to receive the gospel. ♦