A roving taqueria that amassed a local following through several successful North County pop-ups has evolved into an elegant Mexican restaurant that recently landed on Coast Highway in Encinitas. Eater Chicagos spring 2023 most anticipated restaurant opens are packed with variety. Eater Miami is closely monitoring the progress of six hotly anticipated restaurants set to open this season. Expect bright and light seasonal dishes, a strong dessert menu from Baker, and a renewed focus on cocktails and wine. newsletter, 1166 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, A Sunny Southern French Restaurant Swings Open Its Doors in the South End, 15 restaurant openings to know about around Boston, Rich birria tacos, breakfast tacos, grasshopper tacos, and more, Stacks of pancakes, endless dim sum, crispy fried chicken, and more, Sign up for the Address: To be announcedKey Players: Chef Huy, cook at Shogun sushi restaurant. Looking for restaurant recs or a place to chat about favorite restaurants? From Outer Sunset Korean takeout to an Uptown Oakland French restaurant, keep an eye out for these openings. In addition to fried chicken, she hopes to feature items that are popular at state fairs, such as fried Oreos, barbecue pulled pork sandwiches, and corn dogs with mozzarella cheese. 3560 Taraval Street, San Francisco. Address: 4144 SE 60th AvenueAnticipated opening: Late SeptemberRead more: Weve Got Deets on Street Discos Upcoming Brick-and-Mortar Restaurant and Wine Bar, Portlanders have blessedly been able to buy Ice Queens vegan paletas and ice cream bars at dozens of markets and restaurants across town since its Stark Street walk-up window shuttered, but this fall, Ice Queen will stock up its very own shop. newsletter, Chinatowns Splashy New Karaoke Cocktail Bar and Five More Openings, Italian Stalwart Oggi Trattoria Reveals Its New Home in West Town. By submitting your email, you agree to our, The freshest news from the local food world, 6 Miami Restaurant Openings to Get Excited About This Spring, Sign up for the Can you fight climate change with pizza? Expect steam pans of Korean mapo tofu; japchae; crispy mandoo; and jjajang, a thick gravy of black beans and pork served over rice. She is okay, we are hearing.. Please enter a valid email and try again. The Seaport is adding a new waterfront restaurant inside the St Regis Residences, a luxury condominium building currently under construction. Look for kalbi, rice cakes, and chap chae in early April. This isnt the typical River North beef barn with creamed spinach and roasted mushrooms. Their prices will have the cost of service baked in. Oops. Where: 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. About two years after the closure of its previous location, Indigenous restaurant Cafe Ohlone closes in on its debut at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology on the UC Berkeley campus. Look for a spring opening. Paletas will be customizable at a toppings bar, and the shop will also add floats, milkshakes, and house-made cotton candy to its lineup of vegan desserts.Address: 2014 SE 11th AvenueAnticipated opening: OctoberRead more: Ice Queen, The hotly-anticipated Northeast location of blockbuster vegan Vietnamese restaurant will bring exciting developments to Thuy Phams repertoire. Hilbert Walker III, age 23, was killed Friday, April 28 in what the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate describes as a fusillade of bullets outside of the Canal Street restaurant. A busy summer of restaurant openings has wound down, and despite the transit authority throwing a wrench into Bostonians daily commutes, exciting new restaurant and bar openings on the horizon may hopefully ease locals dreary minds. Melina, named after Moshovitiss daughter, will focus on veggie-forward dishes like salt-baked baby beets with roasted lemon Greek yogurt. Geier, who founded 555 International, stresses that Morgans remains successful. newsletter, swapped out contemporary Mexican for Tex-Mex, slide into the glass-enclosed building in Southwest, the siblings popular, H Street NE restaurant, a 24-hour shop near the 9:30 Club in Shaw. Theres a ton of ambition in this restaurant so look for more coverage soon. Where youll want to be eating in Miami this Spring. Less known, at least outside Fulton Market is also home to Lyra, a Mykonos-inspired restaurant from DineAmic Hospitality (Bar Siena, Prime & Provisions), and Nisos, a tribute to the Greek islands from the team behind the Hampton Social mini-chain. BACK BAY Mediterranean fast-casual spot Aceituna Grill has opened a new location along Newbury Street. Get in touch via our tip line. Sandos, a Japanese convenience store staple that have recently taken the US by storm, have arrived (belatedly as usual) in New Orleans, thanks to Yakuza House. Won Kim probably doesnt get enough credit for what he does behind the scenes in encouraging fellow chefs. Zees Will Trade You a Year of Free Pizza, After 40 Years Helping Launch New Orleans Musicians, the Neutral Ground Coffee House Is Closing, Willie Maes Releases a Statement Addressing the Monday Morning Fire. Owner Vittorio Wurzburger is from Naples, where his family has been roasting coffee since the late 19th century. Diners can expect classic offerings inspired by owner Eric Papachristos Greek upbringing, including chicken souvlaki, griddled spanakopita, as well as spatchcocked chicken with crispy smashed potatoes and tzatziki. The juniper spirit plays a starring role in a cocktail program from Ashley Havens and Philip Keath, with an opening list of nine drinks ($14-$18) including a house G&T dubbed Like Riding a Bike and a Vacation with pineapple tepache, Banane de Bresil and lemon. A fine-dining chef by training, Yontz explored his Hispanic heritage through several Mexican restaurants he opened in Denver before moving to Los Angeles for a corporate chef position with Plan Check, which once had several neighborhood restaurants throughout the city. Daisies closed its original space the weekend of March 4 as they prepared to move toward Fullerton and Milwaukee, inside a space that most prominently housed the German-American restaurant the Radler. Leave a comment or send an email. Nigerian fine dining in Brooklyn, Asian American pastries in Cincinnati, West Texas cuisine in Lubbock, unrivaled bagels in Shuggies Trash Pie & Natural Wine partners, who are also behind the eco-minded Ugly Pickle Co., promise to feature ugly or cosmetically challenged produce from California farms and offcuts of meat on a menu of wood-fired pizzas and small plates. 167 RAW SUSHI BAR. What: An eclectic all-day comfort foods spot serving shepherds pie, corned beef hash, lemon drop shots, and puckery cocktails inspired by grandmas candy dish will slide into the two-story space on Barracks Row that formerly housed Finn McCools. Walk through Thattu, one of Eaters most anticipated openings of the year. The handsome new restaurant opens on South Coast Highway. Shuggies Trash Pie & Natural Wine Opening: Late-March The signs have gone up in Avondale for Thattu, the South Indian restaurant thats generating buzz. By submitting your email, you agree to our, The freshest news from the local food world, Most Anticipated Spring Restaurant and Bar Openings in the Bay Area, Sign up for the Please allow us to regroup as we set our course going forward and do what we do, serve food, Mandinas statement concluded. The first restaurant is a Japanese spot called Miru thats designed to serve the daily responsibilities of hotel guests. Expect dishes to change frequently, with early examples including homemade crab spice potato chips, smoked catfish hushpuppies, ramp spaghetti, and platters of whole fried chicken. The victim, known as Hil, grew up in the Carrollton and Old Jefferson neighborhoods and went to Sophie B. Wright High School where he played football and trumpet and served as the school bands drum major. Avli, the group of Chicago-area restaurants that ushered in a modern Greek dining craze, is not only opening a rooftop restaurant in Fulton Market, but it could have up to four new restaurants inside the historic building that houses event space Morgans on Fulton and ground-floor restaurant Marvins Food and Fuel. 3213 Scott Street, San Francisco. The beef is from a farm in Pennsylvania they began growing cattle two years ago so the steak could be ready for the March 2023 opening. Kingston 11 chef and owner Nigel Jones is still inching closer to the long-awaited debut of this East Bay restaurant. 9. The 2,800-square-foot spot, which formerly housed Quarter + Glory, is almost three times larger than the siblings popular, H Street NE restaurant, which focuses on Caribbean street foods. Something went wrong. Oops. By submitting your email, you agree to our, The freshest news from the local food world, New Orleanss Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings for 2021, Sign up for the 11 Ktchn Group is introducing its latest restaurant to Miamis dining scene, Petite Comite. Kim, a Chicago native, was the opening chef at Kimski and heralded an era of Polish and Korean mashups, making sense of his employers, the Marszewski of Marz Community Brewing. There will be plenty of Italian wine, and cocktails will come from El Techos head bartender, Kevin Banegas. But with spring just around the corner, theres more to come. St. James is named after the vibrant district within Trinidads capital, Port of Spain. Founded in 2012, the independent craft brewery has been a staple in South Floridas beer scene for over a decade and even opened a brew hall inside Marlins Park in 2021. Chef Huy is a first-generation Vietnamese-American who fell in love with Japanese cuisine while working at Cafe Zen as a teenager. To wrap up the year, Eater Boston polled both local journalists and readers of this site to get their thoughts on the past year in dining: the good, the bad, and the most exciting things still to come in 2023. The results have been collected in the following series of posts. (Check out the full archive here .) Ally Hardgrave Does the Culinary World Need Its Own LinkedIn? Six06 Cafe Bars Greek Rooftop in West Town and Four More Restaurant Closings. Mandinas, which was closed Saturday and Sunday, released a statement Monday saying in part: The loss of our friend and fellow worker Hilbert Walker III has been devastating to our entire restaurant family. After the huge success of Mid City restaurant Marjies Grill, Caitlin Carney and Marcus Jacobs are expanding their New Orleans footprint with Seafood Sallys, planned as a family-friendly spot with a raw bar, Viet-Cajun seafood boils, and all-you-can-eat crab feasts. Hawaiian Paniolo cuisine meets culinary-forward cocktails, vegan paletas, and more openings to watch. by Justine Jones Mar 16, 2023, 5:39pm CDT. This is the target of customers who slam a shot glass made of ice and then hurl the receptacle at the bell. What: The massive Lebanese restaurant based in NYCs Flatiron District will slide into the glass-enclosed building in Southwest that formerly housed Mike Isabellas Requin. Their popular tacos return to the menu later this month when chale launches lunch service, which will also include tortas, ceviches, and seafood cocktails. Its a build-your-own plate situation and, while some seating will be available, the restaurants truly built for takeout with third-party delivery available. The cocktail menu will also include a wide variety of both non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, using fruits and spices from the Caribbean. When: Now open Thursdays by reservation only. Soon, theyll be joined by baked doughnuts, dessert waffles, fried crullers, and more, when Heyday opens a permanent cafe spot inside Collective Oregon Eateries food hall.Address: 3612 SE 82nd AvenueAnticipated opening: Late fallRead more: Doughnut Pop-Up Heyday Will Open a Shop in the CORE Food Pod, Gregory Gourdets subterranean sibling bar to Kann will be a more casual counterpart to the new restaurant, serving Caribbean dishes like Jamaican beef patties, Trinidadian doubles, and sweet fried plantains. Look for a spring debut. Called For the Record and inspired by the 1970s, the throwback bar will offer riffs on disco drinks like the Pink Squirrel and Mudslide, plus an Americana menu from consulting chef Frank Hua of hit Hawaiian pop-up Unco Franks. Inspired by the French Riviera and the Balearic Islands, the restaurant will serve seafood, grilled meats, pastas, and vegetables. The team plans to turn the space up the block from Balboa Cafe into a groovy hideaway with bold colors, eye-catching prints, lava lamps, and record players. Address: 8400 Oak St.Key Players: Marjies Grill owners Caitlin Carney and Marcus Jacobs. newsletter, South American wine bar and grocery store, Mighty Squirrel Is Opening a Massive Brewery in Fenway, A Trattoria Il Panino Alum Debuts a Glitzy Italian Restaurant in Downtown Boston, Employees Allege Rampant Workplace Harassment From Boston Restaurant Icon Barbara Lynch, The Team Behind Showstopping Thai Restaurant Mahaniyom Is Ready for Their Second Act, Southern Star Soleil Opens an Outpost at the Boston Public Market. 170 State Street, Los Altos. Jeff Banker and Lori Baker, the husband-and-wife behind the now-closed but much-beloved Baker & Banker, will make a comeback this spring, joining forces with chef-owner Aaron Toensing in the kitchen at Maybecks. Just three months into the new year and San Francisco and the East Bay have already welcomed an impressive roster of new restaurants, bars, and bakeries, including a Mission district sandwich shop from a star chef, a Nikkei rooftop oasis rising high above the SoMa skyline, and an Oakland restaurant backed by produce from one of the regions premier growers. A ground-floor casual restaurant, Marvins, will eventually make way for a new restaurant. Tigerella, an offshoot of essential Mount Pleasant cafe Ell, is one big attraction. Here, read on for 13 of the most anticipated upcoming restaurants and bars in San Francisco, the East Bay, and down the Peninsula. Most intriguing are plans to replicate popular Austin restaurant Elizabeth Street Cafe at the hotel, which will serve pastries and French-Vietnamese favorites for breakfast, lunch, and early dinner. This is a concept from Four Corners, and they consulted with Au Chevals Brendan Sodikoff originally on the menu seven years ago. With help from Chase, the revival of Vaucressons Creole Cafe will feature the peppery sausage its famous for, as well as hogs head cheese, chaurice, and other meats served in gumbo, poboys, and atop grits. Though the space is still under construction at the moment, Rai is hoping his cafe and restaurant will welcome customers in the first week of October. The handsome space, lined with date night nooks and silk designer scarves displayed behind frames, also offers baller buys like a bottle of Krug Champagne for $400 or caviar and chips for $115. Ossobuccco, led by chef Guillermo Eleicegui, is set to open in Miamis Wynwood district in April, showcasing a menu of vegetable-forward dishes cooked over an open fire. Yontz tells Eater that his menu for the new restaurant reimagines the gourmet fillings from his tacos through larger format, more fine-dining style plates. The duo behind the Inner Sunset Korean suprette Queens will head west with Hotline, a second restaurant taking over the former Boavida Cafe space near Ocean Beach. The century-old butcher is one of the original and most popular Jazz Fest food vendors, and the familys Vaucressons Creole Cafe in the 1960s was a rare Black-owned business in the French Quarter at the time. Oops. Ownership is excited about a new patio that will offer views of Rush Street. Season's 52. By submitting your email, you agree to our, The freshest news from the local food world, The 13 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings Around D.C., Summer 2021, Sign up for the The 160-seat restaurant will be broken up into sections meant to encourage spreading out the floor plan includes a bar/lounge area, large dining room, an outdoor terrace with enough space for a marching band to fit between tables, and a wine tasting station. Police have not named a motive for the shooting, and no arrests had been made as of Monday, according to WWL. Entering a neighborhood with pricey real estate and known for heavy hitters such as the Girl & the Goat, the Publican, and two-Michelin-starred Smyth is a big move for the team. Hes teaming up with fellow chef-owners Azalina Eusope (Mahila) and Hanif Sadr (Komaaj) to bring a restaurant and market to the ground floor of the Alta Waverly luxury apartments, a place where the neighborhood can grab a quick and quality takeout meal. Chase Dopson and Maggie Irwin currently pop up at Gracies with their handmade pasta Sunday through Tuesday, and come November, theyll take over the space. Address: 2375 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Key players: Joe Frillman, Leigh Omilinsky. Chef Paul Canales, known for his long-standing Uptown Oakland Spanish restaurant Duende, expands this spring with Occitania, a French-learning restaurant serving food from throughout the Occitan langa doc, or linguistic region. Guests can dine on shareable grilled meat platters, appetizers like popcorn chicken, Argentine-style pizzas, and main dishes ranging from meat to chicken and fish. Its Smoked 1501 California Street, San Francisco. The two-floor space will be opened seven days a week for lunch, dinner, and late-night drinks. www.fortherecordsf.com. Something went wrong. Diners can look forward to a modern French brasserie, an open-air rooftop bar and restaurant, and a Location: 306 Buckhead Avenue, Buckhead. The owners say a to-be-named chef with experience working at a Michelin-starred kitchen in Italy is also involved. Clara Lee and Eddo Kim tell the San Francisco Chronicle theyre drawing inspiration from the hybrid Korean-Chinese junghwa restaurants of their youths. newsletter, Sign up for the Federales is a taco bar in West Loop with a large patio space thats earned a reputation as a place for 20-somethings to party. Something went wrong. Address: 2471 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square. Qdoba. Sources Cited. A new restaurant featuring local seafood is about to open at the former Island Creek Oyster Bar location in Kenmore. Here is what to expect in late September and beyond. Bear in mind that the dates and concepts listed here are more of a loose target than a spot on bullseye, as restaurateurs navigate the myriad challenges of opening a restaurant. Do you have a restaurant tip? Alexakis tells Eater that the new rooftop wont be a carbon copy of his other restaurants. Where: 2232 South Nellis Boulevard. The menu will draw inspiration from coastal cuisine around the world, from southern Spain to Argentina, with a ceviche bar and elaborate cocktails. Address: 8737 N Location: 697 Haywood Road. And Rhinersons beer and wine list includes super funky, natural wines from Baja and the Valle. 23-year-old server Hilbert Walker III was killed while working Friday night. Theyre not converting the event space (which includes a 12,000-square-foot loft, penthouse, and heated roof deck with a retractable glass enclosure) to a Greek menu. Chef Margaret Pak is drawing on the recipes of her mother-in-law, who lives in Kerala, India. The two-level space that used to hold B Too will include a taco bar and an emphasis on mezcal. The L-shaped bar and open kitchen will be the main focal point of the space, and it will offer plenty of indoor and on the outdoor patio seating. Tratto Phoenix. From tropical dim sum to hot sausage poboys, these are the six restaurants were most looking forward to this year. Spring will bring a few surprises like a Spanish steakhouse and a South Side Korean restaurant. Something went wrong. It also has a vegetarian and vegan menu. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. 2120 Greenwich Street, San Francisco. According to the Advocate, two people pulled up to the Mid City restaurant in a car and ambushed the employee while he was serving diners at sidewalk tables around 8:20 p.m. Friday night. Pasta pro Joe Frillman has a dynamic all-day concept with pastries from former Boka dessert master Leigh Omilinsky. Address: 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., in the former Dick & JennysKey Players: Chef Sophina Uong and husband William Wildcat Greenwell. Sweets like banana pudding, bread pudding, and peach cobbler will also be a focus. Perhaps theyll bring traditional Japanese morning offerings in the future. What: An intimate new gin bar tucked behind a green door completes a three-part culinary complex in Eastern Market from former ThinkFoodGroup executive Hollis Silverman. The Marina restaurant, which makes its return following an 18-month-long closure, will reopen this spring with a new menu, refreshed design, additional lounge seating, and a wine shop. From opening day hurricanes to a City Hall hack halting the permitting process, aspiring restaurateurs in this town have experienced it all. Anticipated opening timeline: November 2022. That means Chicagoans wont have to endure 90-degree temps and schlep their ways around Grant Park to experience some of the best new tastes in town. Other local favorites include Roaming Rooster (fried chicken sandwiches), Capo Deli (Italian), Captain Cookie & the Milkman, Nim Ali shukos (Guatemalan hot dogs), and RAWish (from Gangster Vegan). But instead of mailing it in, LEYE has brought on chef Hisanobu Osaka to create a restaurant thats part izakaya, sushi spot, and one that serves a contemporary American breakfast. 378A Centre Street, Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain, Boston. Qdoba is a fast food chain that, much like Chipotle, offers Mexican-style burritos, bowls, tacos, and salads with a variety of fresh ingredients. instagram.com/bansang_sf. Perhaps for Fathers Day hell blast Guns n Roses and serve baby-back ribs and tell dad jokes. Bakery manager Kachina Williams will turn her attention to savory options, teasing a yakisoba pan made with pancit (to honor her Filipino roots) and vegan milk bread.Address: 1477 NE Alberta StreetAnticipated opening: OctoberRead more: Mama t and Miami Nice Will Open Their Second Locations Together on Alberta, As lauded pizza shop Gracies Apizza moves into a larger space, the restaurants former digs will be left in familiar hands. Please enter a valid email and try again. Address: 2 Canal St.Key Players: Chef Alon Shaya and Emily Shaya/Pomegranate Hospitality, the Four Seasons. A rooftop restaurant is just part of the plans inside the Morgans on Fulton building. Doug Psaltis, who led Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises RPM wing, has experience sourcing fancy beef, so look for specials diners cant find anywhere else. FULTON MARKET Nisos, a Mediterranean restaurant in Fulton Market, has closed temporarily after mutually parting ways with the head chef, leaders Hi Felicia Supper Club, the not-so-secret underground dinner club that counts star chef Alice Waters among its fans, is going permanent with a proper restaurant planned for the Uptown Oakland space previously occupied by Daughters Diner. Here, read on for 13 of the most anticipated upcoming restaurants and bars in San Francisco, the East Bay, and down the Peninsula. Read on below to find the restaurant openings that will create the most buzz NYC Restaurant Openings NYCs Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of Spring 2022 From a BYOB restaurant with Rochester-inspired cooking to a new dessert It was welcome news that the hotel was partnering with Alon Shaya and wife Emilys budding Pomegranate Hospitality restaurant group, best known for Shayas first post-John Besh restaurant Saba. newsletter, backed by produce from one of the regions premier growers. From well-known favorites to newcomers, theres much to be excited about. Located in a market built in 1802, Western Market will feature multiple entrances and outdoor patio seating. Barry John Walsh (Future Bars) will open his first bar in the Marina this spring. newsletter, Two Prominent New Orleans Restaurant Names Nominated for James Beard Book Awards, The Latest New Orleans Restaurant and Bar Closings of 2023, Willing to Part With Taylor Swift Tickets? The menu will fuse all three chefs cuisines Jamaican, Malaysian, and Persian with food served all day. Jemma di Mare is open for lunch (11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays) and dinner (daily from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. or later) at 11677 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049, At their upcoming Foster-Powell restaurant and wine bar, Pacific Northwest cuisine will take cues from old world influences, specifically coastal Spain, France, and Italy.