Headliner

Le Club

Formerly Le Grill de Joël Robuchon, the elegant yet informal restaurant serving French classics in front of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, is now simply Le Club. The ownership remains the same, as does the chef, Christophe Bellanca. The décor has changed: A big bar facing the wraparound windows, a holdover from Le Grill, was bronzed. The chandeliers are more elaborate, and the seating is lower, more loungelike and suited for cocktails and small bites. “The room and the food are meant to complement L’Atelier,” Mr. Bellanca said. It was inspired by hotel lounges like the Library at the NoMad hotel. The menu includes popcorn with various seasonings, a mini lobster roll, small curried rouget fish, beef tartare, sliders, tarte flambée and beignets. A number of wines are poured by the glass from large-format bottles. Mr. Bellanca has also adjusted the menu at L’Atelier, making it more seasonal, and trimming some of the portions to be the size of those originally served in France, to permit grazing. (Opens Friday)

85 10th Avenue (15th Street), 212-488-8886, leclub-newyork.com.

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Cathédrale

At this spacious restaurant from Tao Group Hospitality, the entrance, a broad staircase down two levels, gives way to a zigzag bar, lit in neon by signs commemorating downtown club s from the past. To one side is a garden room. A gleaming copper-trimmed open kitchen sits opposite. Beyond the kitchen is a soaring dining room at once majestic and romantic, with arches, pillars and other architectural details suggesting the restaurant’s name. A mesh sculpture by the Italian artist Edoardo Tresoldi is titled “Fillmore,” a nod to Fillmore East, the famed East Village music hall. The executive chef, Jason Hall, who was at Gotham Bar and Grill, worked with Ralph Scamardella, the chef and partner of the company, to develop a French-Mediterranean menu. (Thursday)

Moxy East Village, 112 East 11th Street, 212-888-1093, cathedraleny.com.

Catch Steak

Giving Catch NYC, its nearby seafood palace, some competition, Catch Hospitality Group is opening this 15,000-square-foot restaurant, with a lighter look than the typical steakhouse. It replaces La Sirena in the Maritime Hotel. The executive chef, Michael Vignola, is in charge, working with John Beatty, who is serving as culinary director. American and Japanese steaks, including Wagyu and genuine Kobe, are charbroiled in the kitchen or seared on hot tabletop stones. Among the specialty cuts are a cowgirl rib-eye, a modest 12 ounces with bone; a filet mignon with truffle butter; and several types of Japanese Wagyu sold by the ounce. Dozens of sauces and condiments are available. (Wednesday)

88 Ninth Avenue ( 17th Street ), 212-858-8899, catchrestaurants.com.

Pinks Cantina

This fluorescent-colored taqueria is a larger branch of an East Village spot.

203 Chrystie Street (Stanton Street), 646-858-0186, pinkscantinanyc.com.