#restaurant-expansion

#restaurant-expansion

After opening a second outpost of Speedboat Bar in Notting Hill in the summer, Luke Farrell is now gearing up to open another branch of his southern Thai restaurant Plaza Khao Gaeng. The venue, part of the Chaiyo Restaurants group (run by Farrell with JKS Restaurants), is opening in Borough Yards this November, and will follow the same format as the original site in Arcade Food Hall on Tottenham Court Road.

Ryan and restaurant owner Mohamad Al-Zein weren't ready to share every detail, but here's what we do know about Moona 2.0. The concept will be different from day to night. It starts as a cafe, serving breakfast, pastries, and coffee beverages. But by night, it transforms into a convivial dining room with a Levantine-inspired menu that marries staple pantry items from the Levant with New England seasonality.

Following a Campbell opening in August, the Bay Area-founded Square Pie Guys venture is now baking Detroit-style pizzas in Palo Alto. The restaurant credited with introducing San Franciscans to Detroit-style, crispy-edged square pizza is in expansion mode. After this California Avenue opening, the plan is to head to Walnut Creek, founder-owner Marc Schechter has announced. The group opened its first brick-and-mortar in 2019 in SoMa after running a successful pop-up.

Tyler Perry said something to me I'll never forget, because I battle this all the time, I always try to bring everybody with me," Hayes tells Fortune. "'Sometimes you've got to leave them in the sand. Sometimes you've got to go in the water, row the boat, leave them in the sand, and offer to come back and get on the boat' ... Sometimes people aren't going to understand the mission.

You'd think that having the Kardashians, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Barack Obama as fans would protect a restaurant chain from bankruptcy, but in the unusual case of Il Mulino, sometimes success also attracts more problems. You may not have heard of Il Mulino, because even at its height it only had 17 locations. It occupies that strange, rarefied space of high-end chains with a handful of locations in major hotspots, often from name-brand chefs like Gordon Ramsay.

It was getting really [tricky] in terms of capacity," he says.

Famed Milanese institution Sant Ambroeus lands on the West Coast for the first time next year. The celebrity-favorite Italian restaurant will open in Beverly Hills in 2026 on the corner of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way, just a block from Rodeo Drive. The first Sant Ambroeus, named after Milan's patron saint, opened in 1936 as an all-day cafe and patisserie. In 1982, the restaurant crossed the Atlantic to open its first stateside location on the Upper East Side in New York.

"a curated menu of New England and Sicilian-style seafood classics,"

Wonder's latest opening in Washington Heights features 20 new restaurants under one roof, continuing the company's rapid expansion across Manhattan with plans for more growth.

"We've always admired Boston's thriving and inclusive restaurant community - its proximity to New York made it a natural next step for us," CEO Chip Wade said in a press release.

Show De Carnes introduces a dynamic dining experience in San Jose, featuring rodizio-style service with gauchos carving grilled meats tableside, enhancing the culinary landscape.

Grégoire, a gourmet sandwich spot that has served Berkeley for 23 years, is opening its first San Francisco location - a franchise - in the Inner Sunset in November.

Arquet is set to open at the former Slanted Door in the Ferry Building, offering full-service dinner and a bakery named Parachute.

Speedboat Bar is bringing its popular Thai-inspired cuisine to Notting Hill, doubling the opportunity for diners to enjoy its award-winning food.

We've built something really special in Astoria, and the Lower East Side felt like the right place to grow. We're thrilled to have found a space that feels true to who we are.

"We're looking to expand into doing something CPG with farmers, doing more extensive events off-premise and on-premise. We found that we really needed more help and guidance."

We're incredibly excited to bring Randy's Donuts to the Bay Area. Randy's is more than just a donut shop - it's a cultural icon with an unmatched legacy of quality and community.

Reza Manion's new Bloom Eatery location in Downtown San Jose will bring an acclaimed brunch experience to the city, characterized by quality food and community spirit.

Nation's Giant Hamburgers is making a triumphant return to San Jose, opening three new locations due to high local demand, marking a new chapter for the brand.

Dumplings' Legend founders are expanding with a new site, Love Dumplings' Legend, in Chancery Lane, London, expected to open on May 12, 2025.

"It's hard to have a communal style with individual bowls of pho. We wanted to branch out."