Motel Morris

It’s not a hotel, motel or Holiday Inn; instead, the rookie restaurant from the team behind the Commons Chelsea is partially a punchy ode to 1960s motel culture, decorated with nostalgic touches like a deep-blue lacquered bar, chenille banquettes and all-pink bathrooms. In the kitchen, executive chef Bill McDaniel (the Red Cat) trades standard roadside fare for more elevated American plates like rock shrimp fish cakes with green papaya, grilled brook trout, and oven-roasted chicken with Chinese sausage and cauliflower egg "fried rice."