In case you’re on the seek for nice new eating places to do that month (and naturally you’re), look to Hong Kong–type banquet fare pushing the boundaries of custom in Arcadia, CA, and a celebration of consolation meals from world wide in Dorchester, MA. Plus, the workforce behind beloved eating places Lazy Betty and Juniper Cafe in Atlanta opened a neighborhood pizza restaurant, and the chef behind San Francisco pop-ups Hen-Zhi and El Chino Grande discovered a everlasting house to have a good time the road markets of Asia.
Two of this month’s most enjoyable restaurant openings, Bōm in New York and Misplaced Letter in Richmond, VA, are new ideas opening inside elements of their workforce’s present eating places—Oiji Mi and Longoven (one in every of Bon Appétit’s Finest New Eating places of 2019), respectively. These restaurateurs be a part of a rising variety of meals companies harnessing the experience of their present groups to supply distinct ideas that share a standard spirit.
Hold scrolling to study extra concerning the seven eating places we had been most excited to see open within the final month. And we’ll be again right here subsequent month with an replace on one other spherical of can’t-miss restaurant openings throughout the nation.
This listing, organized alphabetically by state, consists of each eating places we’ve tried and ones we’ve added to our bucket lists.
Style Icon Humberto Leon and his household open an ode to Hong Kong within the San Gabriel Valley
Monarch
1212 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA
Opened January 14
At Monarch the highlight is on household recipes that span the Cantonese and Taiwanese heritage of siblings Rica and Humberto Leon, their mom Wendy Leon, and Rica’s husband John Liu. Monarch is an extension of the household’s Chinese language Peruvian restaurant Chifa. Right here, on the household’s second restaurant enterprise, you’ll discover Hong Kong–type dishes which can be barely completely different from iterations you’ll have seen earlier than. Lo bak go, a savory dim sum cake, is made with beets as an alternative of turnips, and fried rice is topped with fish roe. The house echoes the aesthetic of a standard Chinese language banquet corridor, with added design particulars like a waterfall mosaic and iridescent columns, pulling from co-owner Humberto Leon’s background because the cofounder of Opening Ceremony, a cult-favorite trend model initially impressed by procuring in Hong Kong. At Monarch cocktails additionally echo a give attention to custom with a twist: the Sesame Outdated Usual options sesame-oil-washed bourbon and the Lychee Butterfly consists of lychee and anise spritz.
Bistro-ish fare and wine involves Pasadena
Bar Chelou
37 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA
Opened January 24
