{"id":192558,"date":"2026-04-10T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192558\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:11:54","slug":"the-best-new-restaurants-in-queens-according-to-eater-editors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192558\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best New Restaurants in Queens, According to Eater Editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Welcome to the Eater Heatmap, focusing on the hottest new openings in Queens this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eater editors do thorough reporting on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/2025\/1\/8\/24334485\/nyc-new-restaurant-openings-2025-list-preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:most exciting restaurant openings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;most exciting restaurant openings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">most exciting restaurant openings <\/a> to hit their city, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/restaurant-openings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:smaller debuts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;smaller debuts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">smaller debuts <\/a>on the radar. In this map, we narrow the field to those places in Queens that are drawing the most excitement, buzz, and crowds, focusing largely on restaurants that have only been open for six months or less. When an Eater editor has already been to a place \u2014 even if it just opened \u2014 we share insider tips on what to expect and what\u2019s worth ordering, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New to the list in April: Nigerian restaurant Wakky\u2019s D in Jamaica and Sophie\u2019s Rangoon Kitchen in Elmhurst.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more New York dining recommendations, check out the new hotspots in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-restaurants-brooklyn-heatmap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brooklyn&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-nyc-restaurants-heatmap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Manhattan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Manhattan&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Manhattan<\/a>. And for an insider\u2019s perspective on how to eat well no matter where you are in NYC, pick up our book:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1419765817?ots=1&amp;tag=curbedcom06-20&amp;linkCode=w50&amp;maas=maas_adg_5D28703455C0927F62A789D30D654908_afap_abs&amp;ref_=aa_maas&amp;tag=\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Eater Guide to New York City;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Eater Guide to New York City&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">The Eater Guide to New York City<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Eater Heatmap, focusing on the hottest new openings in Queens this month. Eater editors do&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[77044,63665,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-192558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-eater-heatmap","9":"tag-exciting-restaurant-openings","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}