openings
Stories tagged “openings”

92 Degrees Coffee opens inside a Sainsbury's store
The 20-café specialty chain from north west England opens its first supermarket counter in Neston, with more sites planned before the year is out.

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.

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.

Milpero: Denver's only new Michelin star for 2026
Chef Johnny Curiel's eight-seat tasting counter joins Colorado's Michelin list as the sole new star, in a guide that also handed out three Bib Gourmands and four special awards.

Brendan Pratt opens Wayfinder's dining room in Margaret River
The former Vasse Felix head chef is back in a winery kitchen, cooking lunch from a one-acre organic market garden beside an off-grid winery built into an old dam.

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.

Food & Wine opens its Best New Chefs party to the public
For the first time in 38 years, outsiders can buy a $395 ticket to the magazine's Best New Chefs celebration in New York, where past winners cook alongside this year's class.

Wales business rates to fall 30% for pubs and cafés
The Welsh government will replace a temporary hospitality discount with a permanent, deeper one from April 2027, funded by higher rates on the most valuable properties.
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