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Yukon steakhouse: Beecher's founder serves Wagyu fast in Redmond
Kurt Beecher Dammeier's Sugar Mountain group has opened a counter-service steak restaurant by the light rail: two Wagyu cuts, pre-sliced, with potatoes, salad and sauce.

Frank Bonanno opens Rōmyō, Denver's itameshi diner
The Bonanno Concepts chef turns a year of pop-up dinners into a permanent restaurant on Larimer Square, where ramen shares the menu with wagyu katsu.

Sikwa closes its Los Yoses dining room in San José
The first Costa Rican restaurant on Latin America's 50 Best, No. 25 in 2024, gives no reason or reopening date and says only that the project will transform.

Simpson's Tavern reopens as Cloth Cornhill in London
Four years after a rent dispute closed London's oldest chophouse, new owners reopen it under a different name — same panelling, same coat hooks.

New Orleans Michelin star goes to Dakar NOLA, the city's fourth
Serigne Mbaye's Senegalese tasting menu was one of only three new stars in the 2026 American South guide. Emeril's, Saint-Germain and Zasu all kept theirs.

Waku Ghin opens a four-seat counter and a S$250 early menu
Tetsuya Wakuda's Singapore restaurant adds Hanare, a six-course counter for four guests, and Five at Five, a two-hour Chef's Table menu with lobster and Ohmi Wagyu.

Momofuku confirms Saadiyat Grove opening in Abu Dhabi
David Chang's group has locked in its first United Arab Emirates address on Saadiyat Island, next to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The opening date is still moving between quarters.

Senzanome closes in Brussels as Giovanni Bruno opens a trattoria
Five months after losing the Michelin star it held for 21 years, the Sablon restaurant shuts on 31 October. Its chef is moving his team to GIO, a simpler Italian kitchen nearby.

Bàtu Taormina joins the Michelin Guide's Italian selection
Chef Luca Miuccio's restaurant at the Grand Hotel San Pietro gets a Michelin page, not a star: two eight-course menus, one vegetarian, and a €16 million hotel overhaul behind it.

Fable opens at Crazy Bear Beaconsfield after a quick reset
Pete Gray, formerly of Heston Blumenthal's Hinds Head, leads the kitchen eight months after the hotel's last restaurant closed in three.

Michelin Guide Great Britain adds 22 new restaurants
Fourteen London openings and eight further afield join the online guide with a plain 'New' tag. No stars are confirmed until 2027.

Felix Adebahr opens Goethe & Gabel at Munich's Goetheplatz
The Munich chef leaves Mural and the Michelin Green Star kitchen Green Beetle behind for an all-day Mediterranean room on Goetheplatz, open since 17 October 2026.
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