Tim League is opening Metro Private Cinema in Chelsea, offering luxury private screenings with themed multi-course dinners, starting at $300. The cinema opens on October 29.

Toastique signed a lease at Maker, the new mixed‑use building near Sacramento's R Street Corridor, bringing its toast‑and‑juice concept to Midtown. Details on timing are still pending.

Two San Francisco legends are transforming a long-vacant waterfront pier into something the city has never seen: a gilded café filled with rugs, tapestries, and luxury Yemeni coffee where revolutionary ideas are meant to brew. The project reunites the author with the subject of his bestselling book for a 2026 opening.

Long Weekend Havana, a new three-story bar in San Francisco's North Beach, offers an immersive Cuban experience with themed decor, live music, and innovative cocktails, changing its theme every nine months.

Alan Wong is opening a namesake restaurant at The Kāhala, replacing Hōkū’s and bringing back signature dishes as the hotel preps for an early‑2026 launch.

After her Paris restaurant closed in just one year, San Francisco's most decorated chef is making a surprising bet on a Hill Country town of 11,000 people that's rapidly transforming into Texas wine country's answer to Napa Valley.

Sacramento's City Council is updating the Al Fresco outdoor dining program, a pandemic-era initiative that has now become permanent, supporting local businesses and enhancing the city's aesthetics and walkability.

Pittsburgh's Fat Head’s Saloon won Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, earning five medals in various beer categories and showcasing their national recognition and growth.

Andiamo Italian Chophouse is set to be the anchor restaurant at the new JW Marriott Detroit Water Square, aiming to contribute to Detroit's economic growth and revitalization.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the president's order to deploy the Oregon National Guard in Portland, overturning a previous TRO. Oregon AG Dan Rayfield criticized the decision, fearing overreach and escalations.

Ja Rule launched his whiskey brand, Amber & Opal, accompanied by an event at Amali NYC featuring signature cocktails, a southern-inspired dinner, and plans for a bar takeover tour.

A Brooklyn restaurant veteran is quietly building a cult following at Berkeley wineries and Castro sake bars, testing whether his acclaimed New York sensibility can translate to the West Coast pop-up circuit. Industry insiders are already calling it one of the region's most exciting underground dining experiences.

A mother-daughter team spent hundreds of hours baking a towering creature that's now drawing lines of children outside their First Street storefront. The massive sculpture represents more than just another entry in an annual scarecrow contest.