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New Restaurant Pays Homage to Grand Central

Grand Brasserie pays homage to Vanderbilt Hall's historic architecture, blending the historical grandeur of New York City’s Grand Central terminal with a fresh, contemporary atmosphere.

Project Profile: Truluck’s

This high-end seafood concept is wowing guests with a prototype that’s full of life and energy.

2024 Award Winners

Let’s take a moment and celebrate these fabulous, functional designs judged to be among the best of the best in rd+d’s annual contest.

A World View: Beefbar, Milan, Italy

Beefbar, a glamorous meat-focused fine-dining chain with outposts across the globe, opened its first location in Milan, Italy.

Two-Story Waterfront Restaurant Opens in New Bay Area Development

The Anecdote debuts at Kilroy Oyster Point, one of the largest life science developments in the United States.

Esquire by Cooper’s Hawk Opens in Chicago with Focus on Visiting Chefs

Cooper’s Hawk, a winery and restaurant group, opened a new fine-dining concept in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.

Destination Dining, Reimagined

Perched on the top floors of the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel’s iconic glass tower, MDRD restaurant was conceived with one overriding goal: Create a truly transportive experience.

5 Best Practices for Extending Outdoor Dining

Across many northern states in the U.S., the weather’s rapidly cooling, which isn’t good news when the majority of your customers are dining outdoors. Here we offer up five best practices for

Fine-Dining Mainstay Updates Look

A mainstay of the St. Louis fine-dining scene for decades, The Tenderloin Room underwent a renovation that aimed at elevating and modernizing the space while maintaining historic integrity.

Dining in the Streets

With medical experts deeming the coronavirus less transmittable outside, outdoor dining is likely to appeal to many consumers and help draw them back to dining out. To aid in that effort, cities

Tips for Outfitting a Fine Dining Restaurant

Remember when fine-dining experiences were all about starched white tablecloths, tuxedoed waiters and fancy food served in quiet rooms? Such traditional characteristics still define many

New Boston Restaurant is a Tropical Wonder

Nahita, a Latin American Izakaya, brings a tropical design and global twist to Boston’s hot restaurant scene.

New Seattle Restaurant Seeks to Create Connections

Located just steps from Pike Place Market in Seattle, Wash., Conversation is the new signature restaurant at the Thompson Seattle hotel and features a design that strives to create moments of

A World View: Go Inside Kampai, New Delhi, India

Kampai, designed by Chromed Design Studio, is a contemporary Japanese restaurant with traditional underpinnings located in the midst of Aerocity, a luxury mixed-used development in New Delhi,

Auburn Offers Fresh Take on Fine Dining

Auburn is a new 105-seat restaurant that opened in Los Angeles in March. The restaurant, designed by Klein Agency, is the first stand-alone venture for co-owner and Chef Eric Bost. In this

Scarpetta Team Opens Its First International Restaurant

The team behind Scarpetta, which debuted in New York City in 2008, has opened its first location outside the US, in the UK at the Bvlgari Hotel London.

The new location, named Sette,

Akira Back: Aglow in the Dark

Since its opening in December 2017, the Toronto expression of Chef Akira Back’s eponymous restaurant has dazzled diners with a design that, like the Japanese-Korean fusion cuisine that earned

James Beard Foundation Names Canlis Its 2019 Design Icon

The James Beard Foundation named Canlis in Seattle, Wash., as its 2019 Design Icon Award winner.

Neiman Marcus Opens Multilevel Retail and Dining Experience in NYC

The first Neiman Marcus in Manhattan features 188,000 square feet of luxury shopping, dining and technology. 

Tailored London-Inspired Restaurant Opens in Northern California

Camden Spit & Larder, a modern London-inspired eatery from Chef Oliver Ridgeway, opened in Sacramento, Calif., late last year. rd+d caught up with designer Brendan Koon, principal

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Open First Los Angeles Outpost

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse opened its first unit in Los Angeles. Located in the newly remodeled Westfield Century City mall, the $15 million fine dining restaurant pays homage to

Upscale Catch Opens Casino Location

Catch Hospitality Group opened its sixth Catch restaurant, this one inside Las Vegas’ ARIA Resort & Casino.

Chicago's Proxi is Globally Inspired but Distinctly American

It took nearly 10 years for Emmanuel Nony and Chef/Partner Andrew Zimmerman to add a second restaurant after their first, Sepia, led the Chicago’s collection of seasonally-driven, fine-dining

BLVD Glows with Golden-Age Glamour

Opening a new fine-dining restaurant in Chicago’s red-hot Fulton Market neighborhood, where some of the city’s highest-profile restaurant groups now play, isn’t for the faint of heart. 

Before and After: Inside Chicago’s Iconic Topolobampo Remodel

Renowned chef Rick Bayless has operated Chicago’s Topolobompo for nearly 30 years. In

Restaurant Sales Continued to Decline in May

May was a disappointing month for chain restaurants, according to data from TDn2K’s Restaurant Industry Snapshot, which is based on weekly sales

Former Trotter Chefs Open Smyth + The Loyalist in Chicago

Former Charlie Trotter Alums and Chefs John and Karen Shields opened their first Chicago restaurant in the West Loop neighborhood. The dual-concept Smyth

Project Profile: The Dabney

This James Beard semifinalist restaurant celebrates mid-Atlantic cooking in an environment that emphasizes tradition.

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