Openings
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Berenjak brings Tehran-style grilling to Chicago
JKS Restaurants' London kebab house opens its fourth outpost inside Soho House's Fulton Market building, open to walk-ins as well as members.
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Duda Diner brings Malaysian cooking to a Paddington hotel
The Nunhead pop-up's Hakeem and Zura Ahmad take over The Pilgrm's kitchen from 17 September, closing out a year of guest-chef residencies with tempoyak oyster and laksa-glazed fish.

Marküs opens in Zurich after Stoeckle's years at The Fat Duck
Chef Markus Stoeckle has taken over a 700-year-old address in Zurich's old town, cooking Bavarian roots through a Japanese and Spanish lens.

Monsieur Dior Milan brings Enrico Bartolini to Montenapoleone
The fashion house's first Italian restaurant opens inside its renovated Via Monte Napoleone boutique, with €25 lunch dishes, a €150 dinner menu and Giuseppe Allegretta as resident chef.

High Stakes by Bartolotta opens in downtown Milwaukee
Paul Bartolotta returns to the kitchen for High Stakes, a European steakhouse replacing Rumpus Room on Water Street, opening Thursday with a wagyu-heavy menu.

Black Briar opens in Chicago with chef Jimmy Papadopoulos
Chef Jimmy Papadopoulos returns to Chicago after five years away, opening a bar-first American tavern in the former Bar Takito space on Fulton Market.

Carnegie Deli reopens on Seventh Avenue after 10 years
Carnegie Deli reopens today at 834 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, inside the old Stage Deli space, with a $29 pastrami sandwich and the original Wall of Fame back on the walls.

Rocambolesco opens with theatrical Italian food in Dubai
Chef Luigi Stinga brings a two-storey, shared-dining Italian menu to SO/ Uptown Dubai Hotel, with tableside spaghetti and a dessert built as a cocktail.

Osteria Mozza reopens bigger on Orchard Road
Nancy Silverton's only restaurant in Asia leaves its hotel lobby for a street-level home on Orchard Road, with a new Roman-style pizza.

Pearl Mayfair opens with Lisa Goodwin-Allen's menu
The Beaumont's second restaurant opens today in Mayfair, its Mediterranean menu spilling onto a replanted Brown Hart Gardens.

Lucas Carton reopens in Paris with Cyril Lignac in the kitchen
The TV chef succeeds Hugo Bourny in the listed Art Nouveau dining room on Place de la Madeleine, now owned by Lapérouse Holding, with a promise of classical French cooking.

Beefbar opens a London flagship at Broadwick Soho
The Monaco-founded steakhouse group takes over Dear Jackie's Broadwick Soho space with Kobe and Wagyu cuts, plus two dishes made only for London.
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