Japan-based restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai is opening its first U.S. location in Los Angeles’s Koreatown. Kiyoshi Kimura opened the first location of Sushi Zanmai in Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market in 2001 in response to falling traffic in the market. When the restaurant opened, it quickly set itself apart by operating 24 hours, feeding hungry…
One of New York’s most famous chefs, April Bloomfield has dazzled critics and diners alike with her soulful cooking at Fort Greene’s Sailor from restaurateur Gabe Stulman since it opened in 2023. Now, the chef has announced she is headed to a restaurant group in Austin, Texas while she continues to steer the kitchen in…
Multi-hyphenate musician, producer, and DJ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is opening a burger spot with a twist in Westlake Village food hall, Neighborly. Mixtape, which opens May 19, has all the signs of an old-school burger joint with soft serve “Saturdaes,” double-stacked patties, and chicken tenders — but without any beef, gluten, or seed oils. All…
After the 2023 closure of Tokyo’s New York outpost for the renowned 200-year-old soba shop Sarashina Horii, a new spin-off restaurant is set to open in Midtown later this year. The intimate, eight-seat izakaya, called Hori, is led by chef Tsuyoshi Hori — who trained at the original soba shop. (Despite the shared name, a…
Casa Dani from chef Dani García is on track to finally debut inside the Westfield Century City in June 2025 after a three-year build. Originally opened inside New York City’s Citizens food hall in Midtown West in December 2021, Casa Dani earned a Michelin star but quietly closed earlier this year. The closure came due…
There’s yet another piece of entertainment currently in the works about late culinary figure Anthony Bourdain — and, this time, the Hollywood production is looking to involve Massachusetts restaurant workers in the project. According to Boston.com, Tony, an upcoming biopic about Bourdain’s early years spent working in restaurants in Provincetown — including local icon the…
For part of his study abroad trip to India in 2010 Bert Mueller stayed with a host family in Jaipur. Mueller and some of his classmates who were also studying abroad brought their respective families food from their home countries. “They didn’t like it very much,” Mueller says of the food he brought from the…
Chef and Joon owner Chris Morgan has been a mentee of legendary chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij since 2013 and created Joon’s Persian and Middle Eastern menu with her. Now he’s serving up whole fish, slow-cooked meats, and kabobs that play with traditional flavors and have garnered national acclaim for the upscale Northern Virginia…
Plenty of restaurants have been run by absolute monsters so it makes perfect sense that Elon Musk has long wanted to toss his MAGA hat into the ring. Pete Wells reports that Tesla, Musk’s tanking company and producers of the ugliest car you’ve ever seen, will soon open a diner and drive-in theater in West…
The world’s oldest Michelin-starred restaurant, Georges Blanc, has lost its third star, according to French media reports. Georges Blanc, the 82-year-old French chef in charge of the restaurant in south-east France, told the AFP news agency that they “weren’t expecting it”. “We’ll make do with the two stars… maybe we’ll be less elitist and a…
