Chef William Shen and restaurateur Johnny Tung are lining up a new Baldwin Park restaurant that will move in next to Shen’s Two‑MICHELIN‑Star Sorekara, turning the block into a serious dining double feature. The still‑unnamed concept will take over the former Colibri space and is pitched as a more relaxed, à la carte counterpart to Sorekara’s tightly scripted tasting‑menu experience. The partners are eyeing a late‑2026 debut, with a menu that blends Spanish and Japanese influences and leans hard into sustainability.
According to WhatNow, the restaurant is set to move into 4963 New Broad Street, the former home of Colibri Mexican Restaurant. A local business writeup that first surfaced details on the menu and format in Orlando Business Journal described a large‑format, shared‑plate and à la carte setup, with an attached culinary lab dedicated to sustainable sourcing.
Menu and approach
Local reporting notes that Shen is framing the kitchen as a love letter from Tokyo to Barcelona, with playful, Spanish‑leaning small plates grounded in Japanese technique. Bungalower cites Tung explaining that the team wants a livelier atmosphere and wider reach than Sorekara’s limited‑seating tasting format allows, and that the on‑site test kitchen will be used to trial sustainable preparations before they hit the menu.
Where it fits in Baldwin Park
Sorekara, Shen’s tasting‑menu flagship, holds two MICHELIN stars and is known for an intimate, multi‑room service with only a few seatings on select nights, according to the MICHELIN Guide. The new Shen and Tung venture is slated to join other high‑end neighbors in Baldwin Park, including Camille, and signals a shift toward making the team’s cooking available to more diners without the usual reservation‑only barrier.
