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- Field Notes
Chef Michael White Opens Mika Coral Gables in Florida
Michael White’s first standalone Florida restaurant opened at The Plaza with French Riviera cooking and 15 pounds of gnocchi a day.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 20, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Benito Gómez Opens Ocean Club by Benito Gómez in Phu Quoc
Benito Gómez brings Ocean Club by Benito Gómez to Regent Phu Quoc on 18 November 2026, with Mediterranean cooking on Long Beach.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 17, 2026 - Field Notes
Katie Renshaw of Bar Bambi and High Proof
Katie Renshaw of Bar Bambi and High Proof works through heat, dilution, garnish, and pressure with a bartender's station discipline.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 16, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Sherry Cardoso Leads Cynthia West Village Kitchen
Top Chef finalist Sherry Cardoso brings Brazilian-influenced New American cooking and trim-conscious technique to Cynthia.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 16, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Zubair Mohajir Opens Muhājir Restaurant in Chicago
Zubair Mohajir opens Muhājir in Chicago with live fire, a seven-day dry-aged duck, and Jacob Dela Cruz’s Filipino lounge Bobo behind it.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 15, 2026 - Field Notes
Chefs Leicel Ros and Nancy Dominguez Open Anako in Little River
Leicel Ros and Nancy Dominguez open Anako Little River on October 22, bringing Filipino-Southeast Asian cooking to a small Miami room.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 15, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Tyler Vorce Opens Lilli, a Las Vegas Restaurant in Chinatown
French Laundry alum Tyler Vorce opened Lilli in Chinatown with $98 and $188 tasting menus, Maine seafood runs, and a compact wine list.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 15, 2026 - Field Notes
Snail Bar veterans plan Taller Pepe in Richmond on Clement Street
Snail Bar veterans plan Taller Pepe at 2229 Clement St., with mole dashi, Offshore Wines, and spring service after renovation.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 13, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Jay Lee Opens Jin Guk in Macquarie Park for Gomtang
Former Soul Dining chef Jay Lee opens Jin Guk in Macquarie Park with 35 seats, Cheorwon rice and a clear gomtang focus.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 12, 2026 - Field Notes
Richard Seale makes The Last Drop and Foursquare rum history
Richard Seale’s 22-year Barbados rum gives The Last Drop its first rum Signature Creation and Foursquare its oldest release.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 9, 2026 - Field Notes
Mat Lindsay’s team opens Pig Mary wine bar in Chippendale
Mat Lindsay’s Ester crew opens Pig Mary, a 20-seat Chippendale wine bar with Pete Campbell on pork and a weekend Pig Mac.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 8, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Anthony Falco's Williamsburg pizzeria plans take shape
Anthony Falco returns to Brooklyn with Pizzeria the Pantheon Bar, a sit-down Williamsburg project shaped by Roberta’s and the road.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 7, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Daniel Humm Opens His Namesake Restaurant in West Village
Daniel Humm’s first namesake restaurant opens October 10 at 435 Hudson Street, with wood-fired, seasonal American cooking.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 6, 2026 - Field Notes
May Chow Leads Little Bao Regent Hong Kong Residency
May Chow brings Little Bao to Regent Hong Kong from 2 to 31 October 2026, pairing six Hong Kong street-food creations with Dom Pérignon.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 4, 2026 - Field Notes
Lettie Teague Joins New York Sun as Wine Columnist
Lettie Teague joins New York Sun after her Wall Street Journal wine column, carrying a journalist's method into the glass.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 3, 2026 - Field Notes
Winemaker Lalou Bize-Leroy Takes Decanter Hall of Fame 2026
Decanter honors Lalou Bize-Leroy for 2026, while Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Pérez share Rising Star for Jerez work.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 3, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Hugh Allen’s Yiaga Melbourne Restaurant Wins One to Watch
Hugh Allen’s 44-seat Yiaga wins the 2026 Visa One to Watch Award in its first year, adding global notice to a three-hat debut.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 2, 2026 - Field Notes
Vietnamese Chef Hiep Truong Is Turning Vit Hon Toward Fire
Vietnamese chef Hiep Truong is turning vit hon into Upstairs Tasting Room's 21-day dry-aged duck dish with charcoal, sausage, peanuts, and wild fig.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 2, 2026 - Field Notes
Sang Yoon and the Making of Tiny's Burger
Sang Yoon and the Making of Tiny's Burger Chef Sang Yoon sets Tiny's Burger on the mall floor, close to the carousel, and lets that threshold carry an argument for the work.
Hugo MarchettiOctober 1, 2026 - Field Notes
The Team Behind Smyth Marks Smyth Chicago Anniversary
John Shields and Karen Urie Shields mark 10 years at Smyth, the West Loop restaurant with three Michelin stars and a 2026 No. 1 ranking.
Hugo MarchettiSeptember 29, 2026 - Field Notes
Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger at French Bloom
Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger's French Bloom wine program follows organic Chardonnay through oak, steel, and low-temperature vacuum distillation.
Hugo MarchettiSeptember 27, 2026 - Field Notes
Mister Jiu's Brandon Jew Marks Ten Years in Chinatown
Brandon Jew opened Mister Jiu's in April 2016; ten years later, chefs still trace their own kitchens back to his Chinatown bench.
Hugo MarchettiSeptember 26, 2026 - Field Notes
Chef Rasika Venkatesa Opens Mythily Williamsburg Restaurant
Rasika Venkatesa opens Mythily in Williamsburg, a Tamil Nadu-focused restaurant named for her grandmother, on September 30.
Hugo MarchettiSeptember 26, 2026 - Field Notes
Restaurateur Thierry Galichet Opens Pas de Chichi Brisbane
Thierry Galichet returns to Fortitude Valley with Pas de Chichi, a 30-seat French room built against onion-soup trend chasing.
Hugo MarchettiSeptember 25, 2026
