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Jungsik Opens in Seoul's Gangnam District
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCE16.7 years agoWikipedia[1] says only that "the restaurant first opened in Seoul in 2009", giving no month or day, so the pin sits on that year's last day.Jungsik Yim opened Jungsik in Seoul in 2009 with an argument to make: that Korean cooking belonged in fine dining on its own terms rather than as a set of borrowed French techniques. The restaurant went on to hold two Michelin stars in Seoul and opened a New York sibling that earned three, making it one of the few Korean names to carry that weight abroad.0.65Hayward Opens in Carlton
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-owner Kari Shaughnessy opens a polished, seasonal restaurant in Carlton, a town of about 2,100 in Oregon's wine country.0.64InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Opens in a Flooded Quarry
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE7.9 years agoHappened as dated: IHG's own release announcing 'the grand opening of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland' is dated 15 November 2018, and ArchDaily's project entry gives 'Opened: 15th November 2018'. Wikipedia's[2] 20 November 2018 start of operations is the outlier.IHG opened the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an 18-storey hotel built into the walls of a disused quarry with two underwater floors set against a lit aquarium.0.64Tai Ping Koon Opens as Hong Kong's Soy-Sauce Western House
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE165.7 years agoWikipedia[1] states that the founder "established it in 1860 as a restaurant serving Western cuisine" and gives no month or day, so the pin takes that year's last day.Tai Ping Koon was established in 1860 serving Western food to Chinese diners, and in doing so more or less invented the genre Hong Kong calls soy-sauce Western - Swiss chicken wings in a sweet soy braise, baked pork chop rice, souffle to finish. It began in Canton and became a Hong Kong business alone when the Canton branch was confiscated and closed in 1956.0.64Maido Opens in Miraflores
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCE16.9 years agoThe source[1] gives the month only - Maido is "a fusion restaurant opened in October 2009 in Miraflores, Lima, Peru" and "Tsumura opened Maido in Mirafores District of Lima, Peru, in October 2009" - so the pin sits on that month's last day.Mitsuharu "Micha" Tsumura opened his Nikkei restaurant in Lima, cooking the blend of Peruvian and Japanese traditions built by Japanese migration to Peru. It was ranked the best restaurant in the world in 2025.0.64Stix 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.0.63Sany Opens Its Lingang Excavator Factory Near Shanghai
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE14.1 years agoMultiple contemporaneous trade-press reports (Equipment World, Construction Equipment Guide[3], OEM Off-Highway) independently give 24 August 2012 as the opening date of the Lingang factory.Sany opened its $818 million Lingang facility near Shanghai, calling it the world's largest excavator factory. Automated underground tunnels move structures and components through 5.9 million square feet of production space.0.62Restaurant Naides Opens in San Francisco
708, Bush Street, Lower Nob Hill, Nob Hill, San Francisco, California, 94108, United StatesRestaurant Naides
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1/3266 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as December 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]A small Filipino tasting-menu restaurant on Nob Hill, with chef Patrick Gabon in an open kitchen and Celine Wuu running wine and the room.0.62Shanghai Metro Line 19's Northern Section Opens
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsEnglish Wikipedia[1] says the line is "planned to finish construction and open between Baoshan Railway Station and Yierba Jinian Road in December 2027", a month with no day.Line 19 will run 46.2 km with 34 stations from Baoshan Railway Station to Hongjian Road through six districts, built to ease traffic on Pudong South Road and crowding on the southern end of line 8 and the northern ends of lines 1 and 3. The northern section from Baoshan Railway Station to Yierba Jinian Road comes first; the southern section follows in 2029 and the middle section in 2031.0.62Meju 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.0.62Anjin 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.0.61Māze 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.0.61
