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Vy Chao chalks it up to 'user error,' pointing out how they would hunt after finishing work, during traditional American dinner hours. At the time, locals mainly ate paella for lunch; the versions served at dinner were usually made for tourists. But on a return trip last year they found better luck, and paella, noting that the city had adapted to tourists' dining habits.

Philadelphia restaurateur Michael Schulson opens Double Knot tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18, at 1251 Avenue of the Americas at West 50th Street; it's the first New York location of the Philadelphia restaurant that originally opened in 2016. The sprawling new space brings a 12,000-square-foot, bi-level izakaya to a Midtown corner across from Rockefeller Center that's been trying to reinvent itself for at least five years.

A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha's Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened Ha's Snack Bar, an itsy-bitsy restaurant on the Lower East Side. The Snack Bar, like the pop-up, served Vietnamese-inspired dishes that were clever, cheffy (and more than a bit French-inflected), and utterly cool without any sort of hauteur.

Despite the constant churn of new development on SE Division, the labyrinthine amalgam of interlocking structures that once housed the original Pok Pok has remained vacant for more than half a decade. The Northern Thai comfort food chain began as a food cart and ended as an empire, with outposts in LA, Las Vegas, and Brooklyn, along with a small constellation of Portland locations.

The co-owner of Kin Dee and Four Bowls Catering chats about moving to Ireland from South Africa - and why his new restaurant will be keeping it simple

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Randy's Donuts is coming soon to Santa Clara. The doughnut shop began in Inglewood in 1952 and has become a staple L.A. landmark with the iconic 32-foot-tall doughnut on its roof. It's shown up in movies and TV shows like The Simpsons, Arrested Development and Iron Man 2. The chain now boasts over 50 locations worldwide, including in Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and Japan, as well as in various cities around the U.S.

Flushing doesn't need another restaurant to prove it's a food destination-but it just got one anyway. Nong Geng Ji, a Hunan cuisine group that built its name in China, will open its first New York City location in Queens on January 18, bringing unique countryside-rooted flavors to 37th Avenue. Founded in 2017, the brand has quickly expanded to more than 100 directly operated restaurants across China, Southeast Asia and Canada.

It's only the first week at Barker Cafeteria, a new daytime spot on 395 Nostrand Avenue, near Putnam Avenue, in Bed-Stuy, and people are grabbing focaccia sandwiches as soon as they're on the shelves. New York has no shortage of focaccia spots; just look at the cult followings for Radio Bakery and Superiority Burger, but Barker's versions are particularly ethereal.

"Hermon's is very special because it's for Hermon," says Holly Fox, the co-founder of Last Word Hospitality. The group's roots in the area surrounding Hermon run deep; Fox's sister called the neighborhood home for eight years, director of operations Mike Santos still lives in the region, co-founder Adam Weisblatt lives nearby in South Pasadena, and Fox herself lives less than 10 minutes away.

There may not have been an ivy festooned double decker bus parked in Dawson Street, as was the case for the opening of The Ivy in 2018, however, for the impending arrival of its new offspring, The Ivy Asia, the 'great unwashed' were treated to rickshaws in the rain with live Japanese drumming on Grafton Street and Dawson Street. Meanwhile, back at the mothership, reports were emerging, yet again, of disgruntled kitchen staff, angry over the tips dispersed to them

We chose Willow Glen because it's a neighborhood with heart. Full of families, small businesses, and a real sense of community. It reminded us of why we started Mad Yolks in the first place: to bring people together over good food made with care. The walkable streets and local charm felt like the perfect fit for our brand and our mission to serve fresh, made-from-scratch breakfast in a warm and welcoming space.

Boulevard Hospitality Group proudly announces the long-awaited opening of Yamashiro Miami at Gale Miami Hotel & Residences, marking the legendary restaurant's first expansion outside Los Angeles in over a century. Set to open on October 29, 2025, this milestone moment brings Hollywood's iconic mountaintop restaurant to the heart of Downtown Miami, fusing Japanese-inspired cuisine, architectural artistry, and cinematic legacy with the bold, tropical energy of South Florida.

[Sam] always envisioned that the bagel trend was going to happen in Chicago, and he wanted to jump on it first," says Zeitlin's CFO Andres Zapata.

The new Hylan Blvd. restaurant opens Friday, October 31 at 10:30 a.m. and will operate daily from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., serving the full menu of ShackBurgers, Crinkle Cut Fries, hand-spun shakes and limited-time offerings like the new French Onion Soup Burger. Opening day customers will receive custom mini Shake Shack tote bags, and the company will donate $1 for every sandwich sold that day to Staten Island Giving Circle, which supports children, seniors and military veterans living on Staten Island. The Great Kills-based group is a volunteer-driven nonprofit.

Din Tai Fung opened its first New York location at Broadway and West 51st Street in 2024, and it quickly garnered a cult-following for its delicate and flavorful dumplings, spicy noodles and other sought after dishes. It usually takes weeks to get a table at the 450-seat midtown restaurant, though the chain has branches in several other U.S. states, the UK, China, the UAE, other East Asian countries and more.

The fast-food chain, known for its burgers, limeades, and customizable drink combinations, opened its first-ever Manhattan location this week on Third Avenue near East 106th Street. The East Harlem restaurant is SONIC's fifth in New York City, joining locations in Crown Heights, Williamsburg, East New York, and Long Island City. To celebrate the opening, the SONIC Foundation announced a $10,000 donation to support East Harlem public schools through the education nonprofit DonorsChoose, which helps fund classroom projects across the country.

Most evenings at SE Ankeny's Normandie, diners pack into the wooden tables and line the marble bar for plates of gochujang-glazed ahi and Parisienne gnocchi with Dungeness crab, finishing with calvados and madeleine cookies. But on a Sunday evening in December 2024, things were a little different. Rather than the familiar coastal French cuisine supported by a globe-trotting pantry, heaping plates of meatballs, eggplant parmesan, and "disco fries" filled the tables.

Starting this evening, San Francisco's Union Square hopes to get a jolt of energy from two Bay Area notables: Michael Mina and Steph Curry. That's when the restaurant and bar from the acclaimed chef and the Golden State Warriors star - Bourbon Steak and The Eighth Rule - open to the public at the Hotel St. Francis. "We want to bring community. We want to bring fun. We want to bring culture. That's what San Francisco is about,," Curry told the crowd gathered at a pre-opening celebration Tuesday.

Here at Mediaite, we spend our days and nights chronicling what truly has become a fractured media environment. There are, of course, the many conflicts you see on air. And there are also the ones happening behind-the-scenes as networks, digital outlets, and big-ticket independent personalities all do battle to secure their place in an uncertain landscape.

the landlord requested that we submit a deck as well as an operator, which is something I've never had since I handled most of the operational duties myself alongside a general manager at Baohaus. That said, Baohaus was a 400-square-foot box, and most sit-down restaurants have an operator who handles the business of opening the restaurant, including finding the location; negotiating the lease; collaborating on the concept, the brand, and front of the house;

"There are so many Italian restaurants on Staten Island," Macri said. "We wanted to do something different. Todo Bien will have a beautiful menu, a beautiful vibe - wait until you see this restaurant." The name Todo Bien translates to "everything's good" in Spanish, echoing the meaning of Macri's Richmond Valley restaurant Tutto Apposto and reflecting his philosophy of hospitality and optimism. While the menu remains under wraps, Macri promises the same meticulous quality that has made his other establishments local favorites.

Husband-and-wife team Hakeem and Zura started cooking together when grounded in Morocco during the pandemic, and on returning to London, it evolved into the Duda Diner concept, their love letter to Malaysia. After popping up with it all over town, the pair have now found a permanent home for Duda Diner in Nunhead, taking over cafe Goodcup on Thursday to Saturday evenings.