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by Foodie Lover
- January 31, 2023
Images courtesy Parche (Dahlia Cole), Le Find, Balkan StrEAT (Max Flatow), Quarter Acre (Emily Loving), Money Cat (Kimberly Park)
A new calendar year always brings new restaurant openings, in spite of the climate and getaway distractions.
In January we saw some extensive-awaited ideas occur to fruition, like the celebrated chef Daniel Rose’s Le Pick in Chicago, a partnership with Boka Restaurant Group. A Chicago native, Rose is regarded for the Michelin-starred Le Coucou in New York, Café Basque in Los Angeles and the restaurant La Bourse et La Vie in Paris. Boka is the multiconcept powerhouse at the rear of Girl & the Goat, Laser Wolf in Brookyn, N.Y., and Momotaro in Chicago, among the other individuals.
In Chicago, Cleveland chef Jonathan Sawyer has partnered with Fifty/50 Restaurant Group on the new Kindling, in the city’s iconic Willis Tower, which has been through a $500 million renovation. This 17,000-square-foot, two-flooring venue is opening in phases but will sooner or later be equipped to host some 500 visitors. At the heart of the restaurant will be a fireplace for wood-fireplace cooking.
In California, Toronto chef Sean MacDonald is opening his first U.S. concept with the tiny Bar Monette, a refined tapas bar with Neapolitan-style pizzas.
Up the coast in Oakland, Calif., Colombian restaurateur Paul Iglesias, known for Canela Bistro in San Francisco, has partnered with Washington, D.C.-primarily based operator Kendrick Wu to open up the new Parche, a notion made to showcase reliable Colombian dishes and ingredients.
And in Houston, hold an eye on Sherman Yeung, who is opening his next restaurant with some alums from his first: Tobiuo Sushi Bar. At the new Income Cat, Yeung brings his Tobiuo pastry chef Jiolo “Jio” Dingayan to the job of chef de delicacies.
According to press elements, Dingayan is only 22-many years previous, and staged at the really superior-conclude n/soto in Los Angeles. The two have made a menu at Revenue Cat built to tap flavors common to to start with- and second-generation Asian Us residents, who carry a extra blurred perspective on what is authentic.
In New York City, former Momofuku chef William Djuric is tapping his roots to produce the new Balkan StrEAT in partnership with Jason Correa, formerly of Tao Group. Count on to see the Balkan regional twist on kebabs, burgers and handhelds like phyllo dough savory pies, as very well as the doughnut-like pastries called krofne.
Regrettably, the end of a calendar year also provides restaurant closures, and there have been far too quite a few to listing. Bluestem in San Francisco will no doubt be skipped.
But it sounds like Matia Kitchen area & Bar, on Orcas Island—one of the San Juan Islands north of Puget Seem in Washington state—has shut with present investors but will reopen in the area as one thing new. Remain tuned.
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