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Romy steakhouse replaces Little Prince in SoHo on 29 September
Cobi Levy turns his old bistro at 199 Prince Street into a 50-seat steakhouse open until 1 a.m., with chef Lucrezia Stella and Kaluga caviar at $150.
Chez Calvert opens in Tokyo's Azabudai Hills on 1 October
Daniel Calvert, who took Sézanne to three Michelin stars and No. 1 in Asia, opens his own room with a John Pawson interior. Sézanne lost its stars after he left.
Selma Medellín: Álvaro Clavijo takes his bistro to El Poblado
The El Chato chef's shared-plates restaurant opens its first address outside Bogotá, in a boutique hotel, with a Young Chef finalist in the kitchen and fish that never sees a freezer.
Hongson Rin opens Ansolence in Tokyo's Meguro
The chef opens his first restaurant under his own name five months after earning a Michelin star, betting on fermentation-driven French cooking in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood.
Bullpen sushi earns a nod from The Infatuation
The US dining guide adds the 14-seat counter to its Tokyo sushi guide, rating its $50 omakase alongside rooms that charge three times as much.
Osoba Ni-Hachi: Shoushin's Jackie Lin bets on soba in Toronto
The chef behind Michelin-starred Shoushin turns to buckwheat: noodles made in Yamagata and shipped frozen, soba sets at lunch and an izakaya with omakase at night.
Gabriel Waterhouse opens Waterhouse off Columbia Road
The successor to The Water House Project seats 24 in a Victorian workshop off Columbia Road, with an 11-course Northumbrian menu at £125 and a new wine bar.
Élan Amsterdam: the Roux team takes over the old Maris Piper
Roos Bierhoff, Allon Niesen and chef Sebastiano Guglielmucci open a 120-seat à la carte restaurant on the Frans Halsstraat in early November, with mains at €25 to €30.
Michelin Guide Tianjin: first selection due by end of October
The port city will be reviewed for the first time and revealed alongside Beijing at a joint ceremony in Tianjin. No restaurant names have been released yet.
Michelin Guide Kobe and Awaji Island set for February 2027
Michelin adds its first new Japanese area in five years. Inspectors are already eating in Kobe and on Awaji Island, and the selection will be read out in Tokyo on 16 February 2027.
Tokyo pizzeria cracks the world's top 10 ranking
RistoPizza by Napoli sta ca rises to No. 7 in the 50 Top Pizza World 2026 list, its best finish yet and the highest ever for a restaurant based in Japan.
Chi Spacca Singapore takes Osteria Mozza's old room
Nancy Silverton's Los Angeles grill house opens at the end of October in the Hilton Singapore Orchard dining room Osteria Mozza vacated, on a residency that ends after twelve months.
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