The xiao long bao purveyor has been one of the popular restaurants in downtown Flushing, Queens, since it opened in 2006.

If you tried to keep track of every new restaurant and bar in New York, your head might spin. So just read this list instead. These are the openings that seem like they have the most potential.

Shangri-La’s Orchard perch gives access to Newton Food Centre’s crab and fish porridge, plus Hua Ting’s Cantonese pork, ...