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Sexto opens its 20-seat tasting menu in Madrid
Chef Juan Suárez de Lezo swaps the kitchen at Quintoelemento for his own address: a 12-course, €150 tasting menu drawing on Córdoba, Peru and Tokyo.
Filippo Bucarelli opens Locanda Bucarelli in Rome
The 34-year-old Roman chef's debut restaurant sits between the Colosseum and San Giovanni, with a menu built on baccalà, offal and Lazio wine.
Shih Ching-Hui opens Chinese omakase Yun in Hong Kong
The chef behind Taipei's two-Michelin-starred Yu Kapo opens a seafood-only omakase on Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan, bookable only once every three months.
Stanley opens with 200 seats at Sydney's Manly Wharf
Chef Louis Tikaram has brought his Brisbane Cantonese hit north to Sydney, with tableside Peking duck and live seafood tanks at Manly Wharf.
Hokkien House opens with modern Fujian food in Hong Kong
Chef Levi You, winner of the first Michelin Fujian Young Chef Award, has opened his debut solo restaurant on the top floor of H Queen's in Central.
Bulbul restaurant Blackfriars opens with regional India menu
Chef Rohan D'Souza and restaurateur Twinkle Keswani have turned a 130-year-old printing press into a micro-regional Indian dining room in London.
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.
Denū Hotel & Spa opens its doors in Downtown Phoenix
The 236-room hotel brings a Sonoran-inspired, live-fire restaurant and a Hammam-inspired spa to Downtown Phoenix ahead of its September debut.
Bon Bao brings pan-fried and steamed bao to Soho
The grab-and-go counter opens at 4 Tisbury Court on 18 September, with sheng jian and zheng bao from founder Nelson Yang, who built the concept around his childhood in China.
Nancy Silverton opens a steakhouse in rebuilt Palisades Village
Spacca Tutto brings a wide steak program and Chi Spacca favourites to Pacific Palisades this autumn, in a shopping centre rebuilt from the studs up after last year's wildfire.
Gymkhana Dubai opens its doors inside the DIFC
The two-Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant has moved into a 137-seat room at the Dubai International Financial Centre, its first permanent Gulf outpost.
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.
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