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New places and design from the magazines we read, in taggg’s words. Updated 6 October.

Eat & drink

22 stories about new restaurants, bars and cafés, newest first.

DubaiNewest · Dubai · Now openA garden-led table arrives at Jumeirah Marsa Al ArabThe resort’s last opening is a British-rooted restaurant shaped by whole-ingredient cooking, local sourcing and a terrace herb garden.
LvivA compact Lviv café shaped by awkward roomsMitte’s second address turns a former apartment and barbershop into a warm, carefully planned neighbourhood café.LondonMay Chow brings Hong Kong roasting to BelgraviaA month-long residency at The Peninsula London puts siu mei, char siu and late-night Hong Kong energy at the centre.LondonA Chelsea bistro with art on the wallsThe Sloane Club is opening a public-facing all-day bistro beside its members’ club in Chelsea.New YorkA South Indian kitchen shaped by family in WilliamsburgChef Rasika Venkatesa’s new Brooklyn restaurant brings Chennai memories, regional cooking and a thoughtful room of deep reds and greens.MiamiJo’s Bar settles into The Setai’s lobbyA new bar at The Setai in Miami draws on Art Deco and Asian influences without turning either into a theme.LondonA literary afternoon tea at Café RoyalHotel Café Royal is turning Wilde, Woolf and le Carré into pastries, sandwiches and shared chocolate books.LondonA members’ club pub arrives on Portman SquareHome House has opened Cedric’s, a British pub with Russell Sage interiors and classic dishes for members.LondonA last chef-to-chef dinner at Pavyllon LondonJason Atherton joins Yannick Alléno on 26 October for the final night of a year-long collaboration series.LondonA new bar settles into Corinthia LondonTom Kerridge’s restaurant now has a companion bar, with freezer Martinis, bar food and a smarter divide between drinks and dinner.LvivA Lviv all-day spot with a DJ booth in disguiseReplus Bureau has turned a century-old ground floor in central Lviv into a café, restaurant and bar that changes mood as the day goes on.New YorkÓOL, New York's first cacao caféSingle-origin drinking cacao and Mexican design on Spring Street in SoHo.Las VegasFour Michelin nods for The Venetian in Las VegasBouchon, Cote, Estiatorio Milos and Mott 32 make the first Michelin Guide Southwest.WorldwideThe chef collaborations and pop-ups worth booking this yearFrom fried chicken above Eleven Madison Park to Wolfgang Puck's world tour.ParisSaltoBar gives a social-media chef a home in ParisDiego Alary's Iberian sharing plates meet PANELA's honest, tile-flecked interior.New YorkHommali brings the warmth of a Thai home to the West VillageThree women from Thailand open their first restaurant together, designed by Surrane Design.LondonAndrew Sawyer on cooking with the seasons at Brown's HotelThe executive chef behind Charlie's talks provenance, focus and a first day slicing peppers.Arandas, JaliscoFamilia Mesa, a family tequila made for sippingFounder Daniel Mesa on highland agave, wild yeast and winning over European bars.WorldwideHow the negroni became everyone's favourite blueprintTop bartenders on why the classic endures, and how far it can bend.New YorkBar Leone brings Milanese cool and Italo disco to SoHoA two-level cocktail lounge by BOND mixes velvet, travertine and chrome.KuantanKorean barbecue on a Kuantan rooftopJUJURWORK turns a 1970s roof into Jibungae KBBQ, full of Seoul street energy.GdańskA heating substation becomes a warm restaurant in GdańskAt Węzeł Cieplny, CON S mixes industrial grit with grandmother's-kitchen nostalgia.