New Restaurants in Greenwich Village: Your Fall 2026 Guide

From mid-July through the end of September, more than a dozen restaurants, bars and cafes opened in the Village west of Sixth Avenue. On the east side of the avenue, the restaurant opening in that stretch was a rebrand of a room that was already operating. Daniel Humm's new restaurant, which opens October 10 on Hudson Street, adds another to the west side.

For most of the year that split costs a resident a few extra blocks. On Saturday, October 31, it costs more. The Village Halloween Parade fills Sixth Avenue from Canal Street to West 15th Street starting at 7 p.m. That same evening, many people living around Washington Square will have dinner plans on the far side of it.

The west side added rooms

The openings bunch along a few corridors. The streets are listed here in the order the restaurants opened along them:

Greenwich Avenue and Eighth Avenue

• Graciela, an Argentine tavern from restaurateur Pablo Rivero, opened July 14 at 81 Greenwich Avenue. Victoria DeGiorgio runs the kitchen as chef de cuisine and Nicolas Stadnitchi works the grill.
• Nepita, a gelato shop founded in Corsica, opened July 24 at 15 Eighth Avenue. Founder Terence Mesana serves Mediterranean flavors and coffee drinks.
• Keepers, a pizza and cocktail bar from the team behind Dandelion, opened July 29 at 34 Eighth Avenue. Louis Tomczak consulted on the pizza menu.

Hudson Street

• Mary's Fish Camp came back July 31 at 626 Hudson Street. Owner Mary Redding moved the restaurant there from its old Charles Street address.
• H. Valley opened September 23 at 569 Hudson Street. It's a market, bakery and café built around the Hudson Valley, led by chef Austin Johnson and restaurateur Eytan Sugarman.
• Humm opens October 10 at 435 Hudson Street, between Leroy and Morton streets, in the former En Japanese Brasserie space. Reservations opened October 1. It's a casual restaurant from Daniel Humm and the team behind Eleven Madison Park.

Seventh Avenue South, Bleecker and Cornelia

• Rok Coffee and Tea, an LA-born cafe known for matcha, made its NYC debut in late August at 156 Seventh Avenue South.
• Hommali, a contemporary Thai restaurant, opened September 2 at 28 Seventh Avenue South. It comes from chef Chattchakorn "Benz" Khajornchaisan, general manager Kritayanee "Air" Promsarin and operations lead Pichalak "Picha" Srigungvarl.
• Cafe Charmant, a French brasserie from Catch Hospitality, opened September 15 at 340 Bleecker Street with chef Jake Tyler Brodsky in the kitchen.
• El Camarón Peludo, a Mexican seafood and wine bar from Giovanni Cervantes, Tania Apolinar and chef Carlos Barrera, opened September 16 at 20 Cornelia Street.
• Santo Taco opened its third location September 25 at 232 Bleecker Street. Owner Santiago Perez co-founded Cosme.

Charles, West 10th and Bedford

• Legion opened September 12 at 140 Charles Street with a menu that leans Southern. It comes from Truman Parsons, with Emilio Cerra as chef de cuisine.
• Galo, a Portuguese restaurant from chef Nuno Sousa, opened September 15 at 142 West 10th Street.
• Bar à Part opened September 28 at 72 Bedford Street, next door to Zimmi's. It's a wine bar and café from Zimmi's owners Maxime Pradié and Jenni Guizio, with Cory Holt as wine director and Clodagh Manning on pastry.

More is on the way. Chef Camari Mick's Afro-Caribbean restaurant and bakery, Calabash, is slated for fall at 183 Christopher Street with Tajeh Porter as chef de cuisine. Eater hasn't reported an opening day, and as of early October the restaurant's own site was still hiring for every position.

The east side mostly swapped tenants

East of Sixth Avenue, around Washington Square, the summer looked different. Spaces changed hands more often than new ones opened.

At 205 Thompson Street, the owners of Chateau Royale, Cody Pruitt and Jacob Cohen, reopened the room on August 27 as Floradora. It's a more casual concept, with executive chef Vanessa Velez. On MacDougal Street, the wine bar Parcelle closed its Greenwich Village location at number 72 on July 28. A cocktail bar called Vodka Bar is taking over the space and was expected to open this fall, though no date has been announced. Sarabeth's closed its restaurant at 100 West Houston Street in mid-August.

The newest east-side arrival is a shop. The Shelf, a curated goods store owned by Sloane Kraftsow, is moving into 58 West 8th Street. The Village Reader reported that it is aiming for the week of October 12. Back in June, the company had announced an August 15 opening, so the date has already moved once. The store's own page says members of its "First 100" list will hear the date before the public does.

The Hive, a cinnamon-roll bakery, is close to the line at 9 Greenwich Avenue, just off Sixth. Andrea Strong's fall preview expected it to open in October. In September, The Infatuation still listed it as upcoming.

This affects ordinary weeknights. If you live near the square, a new dinner spot most likely means walking west across Sixth. If you live near Hudson Street, you have more than a dozen new places within a few blocks.

The October calendar, in order

The month's dates run in this order, and several of them involve the streets between those two groups:

1. October 10. Humm opens at 435 Hudson Street. Reservations went live October 1.
2. Week of October 12. The Shelf's target opening at 58 West 8th Street.
3. October 17, 10 a.m. to noon. The Washington Square Park Conservancy's Dog Halloween Costume Contest.
4. Through October 30. Perry Street work, weekdays and Saturdays, according to Community Board 2's street-closure list.
5. Through October 31. Work on Thompson Street, the block where Floradora reopened.
6. October 31. The Children's Halloween Parade in the afternoon and the Village Halloween Parade at night.
7. Weekends through November 1. ADA ramp and sidewalk work on West 10th Street between Hudson and Bleecker.
8. Through November 4. Jane Street work.
9. Through November 14. Ramp and sidewalk work on East 10th Street at University Place.

Community Board 2's bulletin is a rolling page, so check it again before planning around any of these end dates.

October 31 has two parades, east and then on the avenue

This year Halloween falls on a Saturday, and the day happens in two places at two different times.

The afternoon belongs to the east side. NYU and Community Board 2 hold the 36th Children's Halloween Parade at Washington Square Park and West 3rd Street. Their co-branded flyer lists 3 to 6 p.m. The city's Trick-or-Streets listing shows an earlier window, so confirm the time with the organizers before you plan a nap schedule around it.

The evening moves to the avenue. The 53rd Village Halloween Parade has the theme "Body & Soul," with Joey Arias as grand marshal and a new "Firehorse" puppet performance. It steps off at 7 p.m. from Canal Street and heads north on Sixth Avenue to 15th Street, and it's expected to run until about 11 p.m. Spectators can watch anywhere between King Street and West 15th Street. Time Out notes that the stretch from Bleecker to 14th Street, which runs right through the Village, is usually the most crowded.

The lineup changes the streets before the parade begins. According to Time Out's October 2 guide, entrances on the north and west sides of Sixth Avenue will be blocked for the lineup by 6:30 p.m., and marchers are told to come in from East Broome, Sullivan and Canal streets, east of the avenue. Anyone in costume can march for free by joining at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue between 6:30 and 9 p.m. People in street clothes can't enter the route.

The 2026 guides we reviewed don't name pedestrian crossing points along the route or list subway changes. The parade's own viewing page says only that you can watch from either side of the avenue. That matters given where this fall's openings are. Suppose you have a reservation at Cafe Charmant on Bleecker, Galo on West 10th or Humm on Hudson, and you live near the square. You'll want to be across Sixth Avenue before 7 p.m. If you live west of Sixth, the afternoon parade is the one you'll have to cross over for.

On a regular weeknight, the west side's new restaurants are a short walk from Washington Square. On October 31, Sixth Avenue is closed between the two from 7 p.m. until about 11.

If you're thinking about where you want to live in the Village, the side of Sixth Avenue you pick affects more than one night a year, and the walk to dinner is part of it. Danielle Nazinitsky can show you how the blocks on each side compare. Book a market consultation and bring the list of places you'd like to have within walking distance.