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Restaurant Week South Africa opens its spring run
VIP bookings open today for Restaurant Week South Africa's spring run, putting more than 200 restaurants across five regions on sale before general reservations follow.
Juno restaurant Olympia to open with 300 pizzas an hour
Incipio Group's 265-cover Italian restaurant opens on 16 October inside London's Grade II-listed National Hall, with a dedicated pizza counter.
Sushi Kaiseki Okuno opens inside Tokyo National Museum
The museum's third new restaurant seats 16 in the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures and serves one chef's-choice course, with dinner by reservation only.
Slow & Low Barcelona trades its Michelin star for tapas
Frank Beltri's one-star restaurant in the Eixample serves its last tasting menu on 17 October. His company keeps Bar Canyí, the tapas bar a minute away that draws thousands of customers a month.
Michelin Guide Great Lakes picks Detroit for its first gala
Michigan Central, derelict for thirty years until Ford spent $950m on it, will host the first starred-restaurant ceremony the American Midwest has ever had.
Petit Crenn Melbourne opens in October with 40 seats
Dominique Crenn's first restaurant outside the United States takes a ground-floor corner of the InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto, with mussels, tartare and madeleines with caviar.
Michelin Guide Netherlands adds eight new restaurants
Sichuan cooking on the Rokin, a sake bar in the Rivierenbuurt and six regional kitchens enter the Dutch selection four weeks before the ceremony in Maastricht.
Sushidan Singapore opens a second counter at Parkway Parade
Thirty-five seats in the east of the city, omakase-style sets from S$19.90++ and a chef's name from Ginza. The price is the news, not the ribbon.
Juno at Olympia opens with 265 covers on 16 October
Incipio Group is putting 11,500 sq ft of Italian restaurant into Olympia's listed National Hall, with a pizza counter rated at 300 pizzas an hour.
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.
Anne-Sophie Pic opens a Paris restaurant at Fondation Cartier
The dining room inside Jean Nouvel's building on rue de Rivoli takes its first bookings on 18 September, five days after her cocktail bar opened around the corner.
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