Openings

Long Island restaurant openings we are looking forward to in 2022

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 2 weeks ago

Opening a restaurant on Long Island is a notoriously lengthy and unpredictable process — and it’s never been more challenging than during the last two years. And yet, neither supply-chain issues, constantly changing health advisories, a labor shortage nor a pandemic has slowed the march of new eateries. Here are some of the most exciting openings planned for the first quarter of 2022.

MB Ramen in Port Washington

Huntington’s MB Ramen was at the forefront of Long Island’s noodle boom when it opened in 2018. Four years later, owners Eric and Jason Machado are planning to open their second location

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Jacksonville restaurant openings closings in November

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 2 months ago

The $1 billion sale of Firehouse Subs — founded in Jacksonville by two firefighter brothers who then built the popular sandwich shop into a 1,200-plus global chain — topped November restaurant news.

The opening of the much-anticipated luxury furnishing retailer RH Jacksonville, The Gallery at St. Johns Town Center with its upscale rooftop restaurant, wine bar and lush garden dazzled.

Sugar Factory American Brasserie announced it hopes to open its upscale confectionery and restaurant with its elaborate candies and desserts at Markets at Town Center near St. Johns Town Center in early 2022.

Firehouse Subs, 1949 San Marco Blvd.

Firehouse Subs, 1949 San Marco Blvd.

Firehouse

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Gotham, and Other New York City Restaurant Openings

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 2 months ago

Peter Philis, whose great-grandfather founded Lexington Candy Shop in 1925, has teamed up with another restaurant industry veteran, Paul Modica, to open this neighborhood-style spot where easygoing American fare rules.

155 East 84th Street, 646-838-5102, homekitchennyc.com.

A brick-walled tearoom, owned by Ali Saboor and Nasim Alikhani, serves sweets like traditional cupcakes, rose-scented doughnuts and rice puddings. It’s a spinoff from Sofreh, a Persian restaurant in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, which Ms. Alikhani owns with Theodore Petroulas. The cafe also offers a few savory pastries.

252 Varet Street (Bogart Street), Bushwick, Brooklyn, sofrehnyc.com.

The

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November Round Up of New Restaurant Openings in Dallas

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 2 months ago
A few weeks ago, we caught you up on new restaurant openings and a few closures, but news is still comin’ in as hot as Nashville chicken sandwiches every day (yes, more of those too). Here’s the latest intel on Dallas restaurants and bars that have opened or closed in the last few weeks, as well as a heads up on a few super hot coming-soon spots.

After almost 25 years, vegetarian and Indian restaurant Cosmic Cafe has closed, and a donation-based yoga studio will open in its place. Hopefully, the bright, eclectic exterior decor will remain, as it’s become

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