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'Pre-Zahav we would do all this refining, all this technique-driven stuff, and then we'd go home to Israel and sit down at a casual restaurant, or shipudiya, and all these different salads would come out, and fresh bread, and meat cooked over charcoal. 'This is a traditional way to eat in Israel,' the James Beard Award-winning Solomonov said.

And look at this great big beautiful piece of art we have in the dining room!' he said, gesturing at the view of the East River, and the Manhattan skyline beyond.īut even if you come to Laser Wolf Brooklyn for the lovely vistas and vibes, both of which are lovely, you'll return for the food, which is amazing. 'Mike and I have been talking about doing something like this for a long, long time, and it's a lot more fun to do it than talk about it. 'I'm just excited that it's finally here,' Boehm told Gothamist during Laser Wolf's opening week. Boehm and Solomonov are old friends, Boka runs a couple of spots in the Hoxton out in the Midwest and things kind of fell into place from there.

Laser Wolf Brooklyn is a partnership between CookNSolo, chef Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook's Philadelphia-based restaurant group, which operated the very good hummus cafe Dizengoff in the Chelsea Market back in 2016, and boasts the likes of the acclaimed Zahav, the beloved Federal Donuts and the original Laser Wolf in its portfolio and the Chicago-based Boka Restaurant Group, headed by Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz. The ownership story is a bit complicated. Named after Lazar Wolf, the butcher in the iconic Jewish musical 'Fiddler on the Roof,' it's an instant contender, in a very crowded field, for Brooklyn's best new restaurant. As of last week, the Hoxton's rooftop is home to Laser Wolf, a fantastic Israel-style shipudiya (skewer house) that comes to us via Philadelphia (and Chicago). Esquire named Tate as Chef of the Year in 2020.The rooftop bar and restaurant at Williamsburg's Hoxton Hotel has, like most of the city's vista-forward venues - there are at least four such aeries on this stretch of Wythe Avenue alone - been serving food entirely unworthy of its views since it first opened in the fall in 2018. Omar Tate's Honeysuckle in West Philly also got a brief mention by the magazine for using crowdfunding to turn the pop-up into a brick-and-mortar spot.

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The full 2021 Hot List is available online, too. The restaurant is now open for indoor and outdoor dining, as well as takeout.Ĭondé Nast Traveler's full list of best new restaurants on the Hot List can be viewed online. Through the pandemic, Laser Wolf offered takeout meals that could be purchased fully prepared and ready to eat, or taken home to grill. On the 'Best New Restaurants in the World' list, Condé Nast Traveler highlighted restaurants that managed to open their doors amid the pandemic, and those that reinvented themselves and adapted their businesses in creative ways. This year, for the 25th anniversary edition, the magazine expanded for the first time to include additional categories: restaurants changing the way we dine, destinations that have reinvented themselves and updates in transportation that make getting there more exciting. In May of 2020, despite the struggles of operating a restaurant amid COVID-19 restrictions, Laser Wolf was named one of GQ's best restaurants in America.Ĭondé Nast Traveler's annual Hot List recognizes the best new hotel openings around the world. The restaurant serves grilled meats, veggies and fish alongside hummus and salatim (small salads, spreads and sides). Laser Wolf opened in early 2020, right before the pandemic. RELATED: Pennsylvania Libations is new merchant at Reading Terminal Market Philadelphia's Laser Wolf, a skewer house concept from Michael Solomonov in Kensington, made the 2021 list. Condé Nast Traveler has revealed its 25th edition of the Hot List, which includes the magazine's picks for the best new restaurants in the world.