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.
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.
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;
Disneyland is bringing in the most famous chef to ever open a restaurant at the resort: Gordon Ramsay just announced that he's opening a new dining spot in Downtown Disney. Gordon Ramsay at the Carnaby will be a 1960s London-themed restaurant serving some of the globally recognized chef's signature dishes, like sticky toffee pudding, fish and chips, and the beef Wellington familiar to anyone who's ever watched "Hell's Kitchen."
"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.
"Just knock three times and whisper low, that you and I were sent by Joe," from the old song Hernando's Hideaway, came to mind as we approached the new Amai by Viktor on Dublin's Harry Street.
Named after the Greek flatbread, Lagana, the group's most casual restaurant, will be led by Group Executive Chef Tzoulio Loulai, who's doing a menu of skewers, flatbreads and small plates, including dishes like: courgette tempura with spiced red pepper sauce savoury loukoumades with graviera cheese fresh anthotiro cheese with thyme and truffle oil charred corn on the cob with yellow chilli butter and cumin salt dry-aged picanha with beef jus lamb kebab with oregano-tomato sauce, cumin yoghurt and roasted fennel
Named after Beethoven's Für Elise, the restaurant will represent a showcase of the culinary arts, and it's in good company with the Woodruff Arts Center, home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alliance Theatre, and High Museum of Art.
Palivan emphasizes that her goal with Lao Garden is to educate people about Lao culture and cuisine, which she believes is often overshadowed by neighboring Thai food.
As designers who often do digital things, we feel specifically within our community that algorithms are pushing us further [apart]. Campillo saw those spaces, where friends could spend hours, slipping from espresso to wine without having to move locations, across Latin America and Europe, but felt like they were missing from Los Angeles.
When the reservation-only supper club gets into full swing, the kitchen shifts from high-end Italian bar menu to full dinner service. Four pastas, including gnocchi dressed in lamb-tomato ragu and lasagna verde Bolognese composed of veal, pork, beef, and house-cured salumi will rotate through the lineup. Whole branzino and pollo al mattone are also on the table as options for these limited menus, and Dimo's Italian Specialities expects to complete two dinner services on those evenings.
To celebrate the restaurant moo-ving into town, cows will eat free on opening day. Local owner-operator Rafael Camargo and his team will be looking for patrons dressed like the animals or at least sporting black and white spots to offer each of them one free breakfast or lunch/dinner entrée inside the restaurant.
