Michael Solomonov is building a headquarters for his Philadelphia restaurant hits at the Williamsburg Hoxton Hotel. First up was grill house Laser Wolf, which opened on the rooftop inApril, followed by an outpost of his bakery and cafe K’Far, at the basement level, inNovember. The pastel and plant-cloaked dining rooms make K’Far the kind of place that’s palatable to parents visiting from out of town or friends celebrating a night out. At brunch, look for pistachio sticky buns, olive omelets, and breakfast sandwiches on chewy Jerusalem bagels.

If fighting over lobster french fries and singing karaoke sounds like a night well spent, Chino Grande might be for you. This Williamsburg restaurant from a co-owner of Win Son bills itself as a“karaoke saloon”— and even though singing is only permitted after 10 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 p.m. on weekends, the bar usually starts buzzing after sundown. Look out for a short menu of finger foods like swordfish skewers, five-spice pork ribs, and an order of $65 french fries topped with a whole lobster.

Iranian small plates and wood-fired cooking are the focus at this Persian restaurant from Ali Saboor, who previously ran the kitchen at Prospect Heights’sacclaimedSofreh. Now in Bushwick, the chef is serving barbari bread with borani (a mix of potatoes, saffron yogurt, and pickled red peppers) and a handful of kebabs — octopus, chicken thigh, scallop, and more — that got anod of approvalfrom Eater critic Ryan Sutton earlier this year.

Dekalb Market remains one of the best places to find actually interesting food hall fare. Case in point: Baby’s Buns and Buckets. The newer underground food stall sells in Thai meats and seafoods that come overflowing frommini sandwichesor loaded into buckets with rice, herbs, and onions. However you do it, expect reasonable prices and generous portions.

Oma Grassa landed in Fort Greene last summer, serving charred sourdough pies that might remind you ofOps in Bushwick, even if they’re baked in an electric oven. The half-dozen or so pizzas on the menu rotate in and out; look out for ones topped with curled pepperoni cups, mussels, and farmer's market vegetables. Not much other that pizza is served here, but there’s usually an antipasti plate or small salad on the menu for rounding out a meal.

Chicago dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and other foods from the Windy Cityarrivedin Cobble Hill last fall with the opening of Bobbi’s Italian Beef. The restaurant used to operate out of the Dekalb Market Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, but the standalone storefront means more sandwiches — a baker’s dozen on the menu, by the half or whole — and a 30-seat dining room for spreading out. Save yourself some time, and order the Italian beef: marinated top round sliced thin, tucked into a sandwich roll, then dunked in meat juice before serving.

Gus’s straddles the line between cool neighborhood hangout and family-friendly restaurant: There’s a full-length bathroom mirror for documenting your youth, but also a changing table for mourning it; a $30 steak for the masses, and a bo-bo chicken served with its head and feet still on for those with taste. This chophouse contains multitudes, and quality cuts of meat are the glue that holds it all together. Get there early and ask for the off-menu burger — a thick patty made from a blend of pork and beef that the restaurant makes a handful of each night.

Pecking House, a fried chicken pop-up that once had a waitlist of around 10,000 people, found a permanent home in Prospect Heights last summer. The greatest hits from the restaurant’s two years on the road — chile fried chicken sandwiches, mapo tofu sloppy joes — are served here, too, along with new items like chicken salt french fries, canned beer, and cocktails. Don’t be deterred by the small crowd of customers you might find waiting out front on weekends; the line moves quick at this fine-tuned, fast-casual spot.

Find Syrian and Korean food, but not Syrian Korean fusion, at this charming Windsor Terrace takeout counter with exactly one table parked out front. The prices and portions of dishes like the bulgogi “fat boy” — a Korean burrito of sorts wrapped up in a greasy pancake for around $14 — seem to defy inflation. Larger plates like chicken shawarma and bibimbap, which come with a choice of mezze and banchan, make for good sharing.

從小型的侍酒師安德烈Hueston麥克了l empire of restaurants in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in recent years. There’s the ham bar & Sons; a walk-up window dispensing breakfast tacos; and a bakery called Chickadee Bread. Kingfisher, a restaurant with an eye for seafood that opened last fall, is his sixth. Plates priced between $6 and $36 include oysters, monkfish with crushed kettle chips, and anoverperformingshrimp cocktail.

Abdul Elenani, the owner of acclaimed Palestinian restaurants Ayat andAl Badawi, opened Fatto Mano last fall — one of few places in the city to serve Italian cuisine that’s also halal. The Bay Ridge restaurant is churning out mostly hits, Eater critic Robert Sietsema saidin an early review: The chicken Milanese was as “massive” as he hoped, while the fettuccine Bolognese “tasted as if the noodles had been rolled and cut minutes before.” BYOB.