http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/dining/manhattan-dining-flatiron-nomad.html 2016-09-06 21:41:40 Manhattan’s Hottest New Dining Spot: The 20s The Flatiron and NoMad areas will get a crop of new restaurants. === Manhattan has become so densely cluttered with restaurants that it’s hard to imagine a new dining neighborhood emerging. But one well-fed area is showing signs of even more activity: the area around the 20s, East and West, especially through the Flatiron district and NoMad. Meir Adoni Though Mr. Adoni has four places in Tel Aviv, he said that in New York he’s starting as an unknown. “It’s really scary,” he said. “We have only one chance, and we have to win it.” He described his casual, brasserie-style restaurant, Nur, which means “light” in Hebrew and “flame” in Arabic, as “modern Middle Eastern.” He plans to serve a Moroccan carrot salad with octopus; a buttery round Yemeni bread called kubaneh that’s better than any pull-apart Parker House; and, in winter, bowls of chicken soup he’s calling “Jewish ramen.” Boutique hotels are ushering in newcomers. At Massoni, in the Arlo NoMad, Dale Talde and his partners, David Massoni and John Bush, will freely interpret Italian fare with an international outlook. Shay & Ivy, at the Hotel Henri on West 24th The chef Jared Sippel, who is opening Italienne on West 24th Street, noted how challenging this part of the city had become. “I won’t try to compete with the NoMad and Eleven Madison Park,” he said. “But I still feel like I have something to prove in New York.” Wagamama, the first New York outlet (and the first with cocktails) for a global London-based Asian chain, will open on Fifth Avenue at 26th Street. Even the locals feel compelled to step up their game. Daniel Humm and Will Guidara, who own the opulent NoMad restaurant and bar, will open a fast-casual offshoot called Made Nice. Italienne Made Nice Massoni Nur Shay & Ivy Wagamama