Goop Kitchen has leased a sit‑down café at 405 Howard St. in San Francisco’s Financial District as the delivery‑first brand expands across the Bay Area and beyond. No opening date has been announced.

Chelsea Living Room has landed at Gurney’s Montauk for the summer, bringing champagne, caviar and late-night DJs to the Dune Lounge. The residency launched over Memorial Day weekend.

Alesta has quietly opened at 7233 Healdsburg Ave., bringing Turkish and Eastern Mediterranean meze to a Sebastopol strip‑mall spot. Expect manti, saganaki and branzino.

Banh Mi House has opened in the Mill District at 1024 Washington Ave S, serving banh mi, rice and noodle bowls and Vietnamese coffee with a family-run touch.

A "coming soon" sign for Heights of Brazil has been posted at Greenback Square in Citrus Heights, hinting at a Brazilian restaurant taking over the former Wasabi House space.

Cafe9 Pisolino opened at Italian Village in the Loop, serving gianduja lattes, house pastries and a Tuscan chicken salad sandwich. The streetside counter occupies the Vivere space at 71 W. Monroe.

NYC smash-burger favorite 7th Street Burger is opening at 370 W. Pleasantview Ave in Hackensack, bringing its signature smash patties to Bergen County.

EJ's Hot Pot & Sushi opened April 22 at The Shops at Arbor Walk, offering all-you-can-eat hot pot, sushi and boba to northwest Austin diners.

Austin's P. Terry's is shifting into an Employee Ownership Trust that will make roughly 1,800 workers across 38 Texas locations beneficiaries of the brand's future profits. The move includes an immediate profit-sharing program and aims to lock the company into employee-centered stewardship.

Papercut, an East Austin cocktail lounge and gallery, made Esquire’s 2026 Best Bars list. Its rotating art program and experimental 'Expressions' cocktails drew national and industry attention.

A new vermouth‑focused bar on South Rainbow opened with roughly 140 cocktails and a daily vermouth hour.

Two new Bay View spots are staging launch parties this month: a three‑day tea‑house celebration and an all‑day coffee‑shop opening.

Dar Rafiki's is relocating to Academy Plaza this summer, adding indoor seating, a breakfast menu and plans to hire more staff as it grows.