Wine + Eggs is opening a wine bar and shop at 6142 Washington Blvd in Culver City; owners filed for an ABC permit and expect to start with drinks and packaged snacks before expanding the menu.

Ferndale mainstay Drifter Coffee will close Sunday after expansion plans stalled and mounting costs forced the decision.

Raleigh’s 42nd Street Oyster Bar remains closed more than a year after its March 2025 shutdown. Revival plans have yet to produce a firm reopening date.

Flower Child is expanding into the West Valley with new locations in Peoria, Goodyear and Surprise. The openings bring its bowl‑and‑salad menu, dine‑in service and to‑go options to suburban shoppers and diners.

Kotobuki has filed for a full liquor license at 8 Stuyvesant Street as it eyes a return to the East Village after halting dine‑in in 2023. No opening date yet.

Karak House Coffee plans an August 2026 Uptown opening at 220 N. Pine St., bringing karak tea and spice-forward desserts to downtown.

Jantra opens May 8 in Houston’s East End: an eight-seat tasting counter from the Street to Kitchen team offering an 8–12 course dinner for $175.

The downtown Chili's on 400 South will close this Sunday after more than 30 years, ending a familiar late‑night hangout for students and locals. The chain lists other nearby locations.

Potbelly Sandwich Works will open four East Tennessee locations — including downtown Knoxville — under local franchisees the Patel brothers. Addresses and opening dates were not included in the company's release.

Atla, Enrique Olvera’s NoHo restaurant, will close May 31, 2026; the space will be reimagined with a new concept from Olvera and architect Alonso de Garay this fall.

A fresh wave of bakeries, noodle shops and coffee spots has opened north of the Ship Canal, from Greenwood to the U‑District.

A Design District food truck scored a perfect Yelp rating and was ranked Florida’s top independent restaurant, vaulting TRC Burger to No. 2 nationally.

Foodies Eat First Fest will run across two weekends in 2026 and add a citywide Restaurant Week Sept. 1–13, organizers say. The May kickoff is set for May 2–3 downtown.