New openings in Arts District
Arts District has 4 new openings on Saunter, newest first: 1 restaurant and 3 bars.
ANIMAL · Arts District · July 2026ANIMAL brings a Brooklyn queer bar to the Arts District, with an Airstream and a disco banana
In the old Resident beer garden, a frozen watermelon margarita, free house and disco, and a forest patio that is the point.
CineOpera · Arts District · July 2026CineOpera Puts a Maradona Sandwich and a 170-Inch Screen on an Arts District Roof
Muy Salsa's rooftop wine bar pairs Italian aperitivo with Latin cooking and a film every time the sun goes down.
Brick Lane · Arts District · 22 May 2026Brick Lane serves a biryani under a naan lid in an Arts District warehouse that used to be Italian
Sanjay Rawat, formerly of Kahani, cooks in a wood-fired tandoor on Sixth Street, with a bar built around jaggery, chyawanprash and cardamom.
Drink · Arts District · March 2026Lynx
The Saison chef and his bar director Brandyn Tepper won a Bib Gourmand two months into this Arts District bar, where the Sudachi daiquiri uses no lime.
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