Openings
Who cooks, where to go and what it is actually like once you sit down.
Our Scottish Hotel follows the Murrays' Cromlix revamp
A three-part Channel 4 series tracks Andy and Kim Murray's year-long renovation of their Dunblane hotel, including two new restaurants.
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Carrot: a London-style tearoom opens in Paris
Franco-British founder Amelia Duverger brings an all-day English breakfast, scones and a Sunday roast in disguise to rue du Dragon this November.
No-kids zone and 99,000 won: Don Spike defends his barbecue
The composer's Gyeongju restaurant bars children under eight and charges 99,000 won for unlimited short ribs. His answer to the criticism: it was never meant to be fine dining.
Roast opens second restaurant at Shoreditch hotel
Borough Market's roast specialist opens a 135-cover dining room inside Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, its first new site in more than two decades.
Wishbone opens in Melbourne's new Midtown tower
Chris and Sarah Lucas turn the base of a 48-storey Midtown tower into a Hong Kong diner, with chef Dan Chan cooking char siu over two woodfire ovens.
Bar Fortuna opens on Santa Monica's Main Street
Chef Brian Bornemann has opened a casual Italian wine bar one block from his restaurant Crudo e Nudo, in the space Vamos Vamos left behind.
Dave's Hot Chicken opens second Manchester site
The Nashville-style chain has taken a unit inside the Trafford Centre, its 16th UK restaurant, as owner Azzurri Group pushes toward a European rollout.
Nammos opens its first US restaurant in Midtown Manhattan
The Mykonos beach-club brand follows its Mayfair debut with a three-floor address on 51st Street — its first restaurant in the United States.
Little Bird opens in Houston's Heights near old Bernadine's
Chef Graham Laborde returns to his old Heights corner with a 168-seat Creole and Cajun dining room built around a hand-carved oyster bar and two patios.
France's largest bouillon pushes opening to November
The 570-seat restaurant billed as France's largest bouillon was due to open on Paris's Île Seguin on October 1. It now says early November, with no menu or prices yet.
Nonna Bakery opens second London site in Covent Garden
The Shanghai-born Italian bakery, founded by a Sicilian lawyer and a Holborn GP, follows its first London opening with a bigger bet on Drury Lane.
Bouillon A closes: Christophe Aribert shuts his Grenoble bouillon
The low-price restaurant opened on the Presqu'île in May 2022. Its management blames a struggling district and a hostile climate for restaurants; Maison Aribert in Uriage stays open.
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