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9 buzzy new restaurants we’re dying to try: Mid-autumn edition

As the season change, restaurateurs are opening doors, decks and heated atriums for new concepts in San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

October 12, 2021

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“We’ve poured our hearts and souls into this restaurant,” said Chef Philippe Massoud, who just opened ilili D.C. this month. It’s a sentiment that rings true for so many restaurateurs as they launch new concepts in the autumn months.

Check out the new kids on the block with high hopes, talented teams, on-trend menus and open, airy, leafy and cozy spaces. We are seeing lots of fusion, new ideas and daring new menu items, but with lots of authenticity, comfort and familiarity woven in too.

We’re dying to try The Vault Steakhouse in San Francisco; Mary Dumon’s PlantPub in Boston; and the Lebanese-Peruvian fusion at ilili D.C.

In Florida, there’s Niven Patel’s wood-fired Orno; and in Los Angeles, restaurateurs Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne have opened Cara Cara downtown.

In Charleston, S.C., jungle-meets-coastline Mexican cuisine at Maya; and Mesoamerican fare is featured at HOWM Cocina & Cocktails in New York.  Church and Union’s skyscraping seafood tower in Nashville, Tenn., and a beachy-tiki vibe at Belle’s Beach House in the Los Angeles area’s Venice Beach are the main attractions.

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About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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