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Close-up of nigiri sushi topped with caviar on a dark ceramic plate
Restaurants · Boston

Uchi Boston: Hai Hospitality's 11th sushi room lands in 2027

Hai Hospitality's eleventh sushi restaurant takes a 210-seat space in Fort Point, a Boston neighbourhood built on the city's old waterfront trade.

25 October 2026 · 2 min read
A chef plating a dish at a wooden open-kitchen counter
Chefs · Vallejo

Michael Warring closes in Vallejo, moves into chef's home

The Bay Area tasting-menu restaurant serves its last dinner on December 5. Chef Michael Warring is converting his Benicia garage into an eight-seat counter.

25 October 2026 · 2 min read
An elegant sashimi platter with tuna, salmon and yellowtail on traditional Japanese tableware
Chefs · Toronto

Nobu Matsuhisa: 'I still look for the next step'

At a one-night tasting inside Nobu Toronto, the chef marked 30 years of his brand and explained why it still has to move like a fashion house, not a hotel chain.

24 October 2026 · 2 min read
Close-up of hands slicing a block of raw tuna into even pieces on a wooden board
Restaurants · Osaka

Mold-aged sushi restaurant Sushi Toka opens in Osaka

Chef Taniguchi and researcher Papi-Cheru pair mould ageing with tuna at an eight-seat Kitashinchi counter, serving fish cut at different stages of ageing side by side.

24 October 2026 · 2 min read
Empty fine-dining table set for two in a dim Paris-style restaurant interior
Chefs · Paris

Bruno Verjus closes Table, calls fine dining dead

The two-Michelin-star chef will shut his Paris restaurant on 22 December after 13 years, saying its €480 tasting menu excludes too many diners.

24 October 2026 · 2 min read
A waiter in a dark waistcoat stands at the bar of a warmly lit, wood-panelled dining room
Chefs · London

Tom Booton to open Ralphie's, his first solo restaurant

The Dorchester Grill chef leaves the hotel for Pimlico Road, naming the Belgravia restaurant after his Maltipoo and cooking the dishes he grew up on.

23 October 2026 · 2 min read
Glass-fronted wine cabinets and shelved bottles lit warmly inside a fine-dining restaurant
Restaurants · London

Les 110 de Taillevent closes in London after 11 years

The Gardinier family's wine-by-the-glass restaurant in Marylebone has entered creditors' liquidation, with liquidators appointed earlier this month.

23 October 2026 · 2 min read
Candlelit table set with wine glasses and folded napkins in a New York dining room
Hospitality · New York

Fireman Hospitality Group sells to Landry's out of Chapter 11

Three of Sheldon Fireman's New York dining rooms are heading to a Houston buyer, a year after his death and a cash crunch fed by merchant cash advances.

22 October 2026 · 2 min read
A griddled steak lifted off the grill with tongs at a London chophouse
Restaurants · London

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.

22 October 2026 · 2 min read
Wine glasses and place settings lined along a fine-dining table
Hospitality · Nashville

Michelin Guide American South returns to Nashville

Six Southern states and one city pay Michelin up to $350,000 a year to be rated in its 2026 American South guide, unveiled tonight in Nashville.

21 October 2026 · 2 min read
Plated dish and glass of red wine in a Berlin fine-dining room
Lists & Rankings · Berlin

Best restaurants in Berlin 2026: 13 tables worth booking

The MICHELIN Guide Germany 2026 selection, read as a map: Rutz’s three stars, CODA’s all-dessert menu and ten more Berlin dining rooms worth the wait and the reservation.

21 October 2026 · 5 min read
Whitewashed restaurant terrace above Santorini's caldera at Oia
Chefs · Santorini

Christos Karagiannis wins two Michelin stars in Santorini

Michelin's newly expanded guide for Greece, now covering Santorini and Thessaloniki for the first time, placed Lycabettus straight into the two-star tier.

21 October 2026 · 2 min read
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