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Little Bird Opens in Fairhope
CONFIRMED76% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoGulf Coast Media[3], publishing the next morning (5 June 2025), reports the grand opening of Little Bird in downtown Fairhope "on Wednesday, June 4", and 4 June 2025 was a Wednesday. The New York Times list gives the month only (June 2025), which agrees.Chef Bill Briand opens a coastal Southern restaurant in a two-storey house in Fairhope, near Mobile, cooking Cajun-leaning dishes such as a dark-roux gumbo.0.62Albi Opens in Washington
1346, 4th Street Southeast, Capitol Waterfront Neighborhood, Ward 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United StatesAlbi
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1/36.6 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as February 2020, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Michael Rafidi opens Albi in Southeast Washington, cooking over a wood hearth; after a 2025 renovation the menu leans further into his Palestinian heritage.0.62Meju Opens in Long Island City
5-28, 49th Avenue, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, Queens County, New York, 11101, United StatesMeju
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1/33.6 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as January 2023, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Chef Hooni Kim opens a small, fermentation-focused Korean restaurant at the back of a banchan shop in Long Island City, Queens.0.61Junior Opens in Nashville
907, Dickerson Pike, Cumberland Heights, Nashville, Davidson County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, 37207, United StatesJunior
CONFIRMED76% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoEdible Nashville (19 August 2025) says Junior "officially opened on Friday, August 15, at 907 Dickerson Pike", and 15 August 2025 was a Friday.[1]Philip Krajeck, of Rolf & Daughters and Folk, opens a calm New American bistro in a former Piggly Wiggly on Dickerson Pike.0.60Khue's Kitchen Opens in St. Paul
Khue's Kitchen, 693, Raymond Avenue, South Saint Anthony Park, Saint Anthony Park, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 55114, United StatesKhue's Kitchen
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoThe Minnesota Star Tribune[3][4] announced on 18 February 2025 that Khue's Kitchen "will open March 6 inside MidCity Kitchen" at 693 Raymond Av., and its review of 19 March 2025 finds it open. No report after the event states the day, so 6 March is the announced date, not a confirmed one.Eric Pham opens his first sit-down restaurant in St. Anthony Park, a tribute to his mother Khue Pham of Minneapolis's Quang, with most mains at $21 or less.0.59Māze Opens in Honolulu
604, Ala Moana Boulevard, Kakaako Waterfront, Kaka‘ako, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, 96813, United StatesMāze
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE5.1 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as August 2021, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Chef Ki Chung opens a tasting-menu restaurant in Kakaʻako that reworks Hawaiian and Asian staples, with drinks by Justin Kawailani Park built into the menu.0.58Stix Asia Opens in Waikiki
Waikiki Shopping Plaza, 2250, Kalakaua Avenue, Kalakaua Shopping District, Waikīkī, East Honolulu, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, 96815, United StatesStix Asia
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE3.6 years agoTwo sources agree on the day. Honolulu Magazine[1] published on 6 February 2023 under the headline "Stix Asia[2] Food Hall Now Open With 13 Restaurants in Waikiki", with the standfirst "Waikiki's revamped Asian food hall grand opens today". The Honolulu Star-Advertiser[4] had trailed it on 31 January: "Hawaii's premier Asian food hall is grand opening Feb. 6."Hawaii's Asian food hall grand opens with 13 of a planned 17 restaurants in the basement of Waikiki Shopping Plaza, taking over the shuttered Waikiki Yokocho. It opens on National Chopsticks Day, and by mid-2023 the line-up has grown to 16 stalls.0.58Anjin Opens in Kansas City
Anjin, 1708, Oak Street, Kansas City Power & Light District, Downtown Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, 64108, United StatesAnjin
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as July 2025, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Chef Nick Goellner opens a Japanese izakaya in Kansas City built around a 20-seat bar that wraps the kitchen, with a deep sake list.0.58Alinea Opens in Chicago
CONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE2/321.4 years agoThe source[1] dates it to the day: "The restaurant opened on May 4, 2005, and takes its name from the symbol alinea, which is featured as a logo."Grant Achatz's "maximalist modernist" restaurant opened on a Lincoln Park side street and went on to hold three Michelin stars from 2011 to 2024. It is named after the alinea, the paragraph symbol that is also its logo.0.58Korai Kitchen Opens in Jersey City
576, Summit Avenue, Indian Square, Croxton, Journal Square, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306, United StatesKorai Kitchen
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE8.6 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as February 2018, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Nur-E Gulshan Rahman and her daughter Nur-E Farhana Rahman open a small Bangladeshi restaurant in Jersey City, starting out as a daily home-cooking buffet.0.58The French Laundry Opens in Yountville
ESTIMATED73% CONFIDENCE3/347.7 years agoThe source[1] gives the year but no day - "Sally Schmitt opened The French Laundry in 1978 and designed her menus around local, seasonal ingredients" - so the pin sits on that year's last day, as a year-only date does.Sally Schmitt opened the restaurant in a stone building in Napa Valley in 1978 and built her menus around local, seasonal produce. Thomas Keller bought it in 1994 and it now holds three Michelin stars.0.58Canlis Opens Above Lake Union
CanlisCanlis, 2576, Aurora Avenue North, Fremont, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98109, United StatesESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE75.7 years agoThe article's infobox gives the year only - established 1950 - so the pin sits on that year's last day.[1]Peter Canlis opened his restaurant in 1950 on the slope above Lake Union, in a post-and-beam pavilion of glass and stone that became a landmark of north-west modernism, and it has stayed in the family. Its kimono-clad service and copper-fired charcoal grill were both unusual for an American dining room of the period.0.57
