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KARVÉR BRASSERIE AND BAKERY CAFÉ KarVér Hospitality, a new restaurant company owned by a group of investors and the chef Lisa Brefere, the Culinary Institute of America graduate behind the food programs at Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum, isn’t starting small. This 4,800-square-foot Brooklyn restaurant is the first of several projects for which Ms. Brefere is the culinary director. A sleek, modernized brasserie with an open kitchen and seats for 120, it also has a separate retail bakery and cafe. The company’s executive chef, Rostislav Kemelman, who worked at restaurants owned by Bobby Flay, April Bloomfield and Shelly Fireman, relies on local purveyors whenever possible, and the restaurant proudly lists more than a dozen. The menu includes dishes like bouillabaisse, pot-au-feu, salmon choucroute and French onion soup. Lighter fare, like a croque-monsieur and various tartines, will also be served. In the fall, there will be a bigger KarVér (pronounced kar-VAIR) opening in Chelsea, and another in Downtown Brooklyn. Ms. Brefere said the location for the company’s first restaurant was chosen because many of the investors were Russian-Americans with roots in the neighborhood. “It also makes for a good testing ground for the launch before we go into Manhattan,” she said. (Opens Wednesday): 1809 Emmons Avenue (19th Street), Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 718-521-2777, karver.com.

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FAIRFAX Gabriel Stulman wasted no time in turning Perla into an all-day cafe that starts with breakfast and becomes a wine bar just before noon. The Perla chef Jack Harris is still in the kitchen, but he’s now preparing casual Mediterranean fare, mostly as small plates ($20 with a glass of wine until 7 p.m.). The décor is homey, like someone’s living room, if that living room also had a bar and a communal table: 234 West Fourth Street (West 10th Street), 212-933-1824, fairfax.nyc.

GOLDA All-day dining from breakfast to early supper is what Danny Nusbaum, whose family owns Pick a Bagel, is offering at this cafe bearing his grandmother’s first name. Sandwiches, small plates and a few more substantial dishes combining Middle Eastern and American flavors dominate the menu. (Thursday): 504 Franklin Avenue (Fulton Street), Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 718-484-7065, goldakitchen.com.

JEAN-GEORGES AT THE CONNAUGHT The unstoppable Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who once opened a branch of his Asian restaurant, Vong, in London, has returned to the city with a brightly windowed restaurant that’s about as casual as one can get in high-end London. It’s open from breakfast through dinner, offering dishes that highlight English ingredients with some signature Asian touches. It also offers a proper afternoon tea: The Connaught, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London, 011-44-207-107-8861.