Jesús Martínez
Jesús Martínez is the editor of AMUSE. and covers restaurants, chefs and the business of hospitality. As editor, Jesús answers for everything published on the platform.
Stories by Jesús Martínez
O'Charley's closes its company restaurants after 55 years
The Nashville casual-dining chain shut its remaining company-owned sites on Wednesday evening, according to trade and local reports; franchised restaurants are operated separately.
50 Best rebrands as The 50 before the Paris hotel list
The restaurant, bar, hotel and vineyard rankings owned by William Reed move under one name, the first change of identity since the first list in 2002.
Olive oil prices sit low as Spain's next crop wobbles
Extra virgin is trading around four euros a kilo at origin while early field data points to a sharp fall in flowering fertility for the 2026/27 harvest.
Cocoa crop forecasts fall across Ivory Coast and Ghana
The Ivorian main harvest opens this month with early surveys pointing to 1.8 million tonnes, down about 18%, while Ghana's regulator has cut its own range by a third.
Double Zero closes after 12 years in the East Village
The plant-based pizza and wine bar on Second Avenue shut this month, four months after reopening next door under its original name and its original chef.
Whitbread closes 106 Beefeater restaurants on 10 September
The company says the closures are part of a five-year plan to leave branded restaurants entirely and operate as a hotel business, with 3,800 roles affected.
Sidney Schutte opens The Gym in Amsterdam in November
The former gymnasium next to The College Hotel becomes an a la carte dining room, two months later than the date given when the project was announced in May.
Matthias Marc leaves Paris for a lakeside house in the Jura
La Maison des Cimes opened on 29 August at Malbuisson with nine rooms, a gastronomic table over Lake Saint-Point and a wood-fired bistro still to come in November.
Tofrom Yaesu opens by Tokyo Station with 68 food tenants
A 170-year-old kappo house, a starred tempura counter and a yakitori spin-off move into the new tower on 10 September, above a highway bus terminal.
John Fraser opens Ondine, 35 seats on Bedford Street
The New York chef is going back to the room where he first ran a kitchen, this time with his name on the lease and a wine list built out of small French regions.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants land in Lima on 4 November
Peru gets the ceremony for the first time in the list's history, eight months after Abu Dhabi was announced as host and then quietly dropped from the calendar.
Michelin Guide Toronto reveals its 2026 stars on 22 September
Chefs find out on the night at the Liberty Grand, behind closed doors. Two weeks later Texas gets the same news by press release, with nobody in the room at all.
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