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Alice Waters Opens Chez Panisse in Berkeley
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE54.7 years agoWikipedia[1] gives the year only - Waters "opened Chez Panisse in 1971 with the film producer Paul Aratow" - so the pin sits on that year's last day.Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in 1971 with the film producer Paul Aratow, in a house on Shattuck Avenue, and in doing so more or less founded what came to be called California cuisine: a short menu set by what the farms around the bay had that week rather than by a fixed carte. The block it stands on is now known as the Gourmet Ghetto.0.70Titusz Opens in Lawrenceville
4129, Butler Street, Central Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 15206, United StatesTitusz
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE146 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as April 2026, 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 Csilla Thackray opens a bright Austro-Hungarian restaurant on Butler Street, named for her great-grandfather and inspired by her Hungarian grandmother.0.66Creepies Opens in Chicago
Creepies, 1360, West Randolph Street, Fulton Market District, West Loop, Near West Side, Chicago, West Chicago Township, Cook County, Illinois, 60607, United StatesCreepies
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as August 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]David and Anna Posey open a French bistro with a Chicago accent on West Randolph Street, run day to day by chef de cuisine Tayler Ploshehanski.0.65Savoy Opens Above the Esplanade
Ravintola Savoy, 14, Eteläesplanadi, Kaartinkaupunki, Southern major district, Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Mainland Finland, 00130, FinlandSavoy
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE89.3 years agoThe article states "The restaurant opened on 3 June 1937", giving the exact day.[1]The Savoy opened on 3 June 1937 on the top floor above the Esplanade, with an interior by Alvar and Aino Aalto - the room the Savoy Vase was designed for, and the one Mannerheim ate in often enough to leave his vorschmack on the menu permanently.0.65Merci Opens in Charleston
Merci, 28, Pitt Street, Harleston Green, Radcliffeborough, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 29401, United StatesMerci
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as March 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]Michael and Courtney Zentner open a 24-seat bistro in a former corner grocery in Charleston, applying French technique to Lowcountry ingredients.0.64Café Tortoni Opens on Avenida de Mayo
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE167.7 years agoWikipedia[1] gives the year only - "First opened in 1858 by a French immigrant" - with no month or day, so the pin sits on that year's last day.Café Tortoni first opened in 1858, started by a French immigrant who named it after a Paris cafe, and became the room where Buenos Aires argued about itself - Borges, Gardel and Rubinstein among the regulars whose likenesses now sit at its tables. It still trades on Avenida de Mayo with its original marble, mirrors and tango cellar.0.64Schwartz's Opens on Saint-Laurent
Schwartz's, 3895, Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal (administrative region), Quebec, H2W 1X9, CanadaSchwartz's
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE97.7 years agoThe article's infobox gives the exact day, 31 December 1928.[1]Reuben Schwartz opened his delicatessen on Saint-Laurent Boulevard on 31 December 1928, and it has smoked brisket the same way since - dry-cured with no nitrates, ten days in the cure, served hand-cut on rye. The queue outside the narrow room is a Montreal fixture.0.63Bistrot Ha Opens on the Lower East Side
137, Eldridge Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10002, United StatesBistrot Ha
ESTIMATED90% CONFIDENCE207 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as February 2026, 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]Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha, of Ha's Snack Bar, open a French bistro seasoned by Ha's Vietnamese heritage on Eldridge Street.0.63Els Quatre Gats Opens in Barcelona's Casa Martí
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE129.3 years agoWikipedia[1] states the day outright: "The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the celebrated Casa Martí".The café that became the meeting room of Catalan modernisme opened on 12 June 1897 in the Casa Martí, a Puig i Cadafalch building in the Gothic Quarter. It lasted only six years in its first run, but in them it hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition and the circle around Rusiñol and Casas - and he drew its menu card.0.63Heretik Opens in Denver
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE138 days agoThe Denver Gazette[3] of Monday 11 May 2026 says Theo Adley "opened his second restaurant Heretík ... at 1441 26th St. on Friday", which is 8 May. Westword[4] had announced on 1 May that it would open on Wednesday (6 May); the report written after the event is taken over the announcement.Chef Theo Adley opens a Basque-leaning bistro in Denver's Five Points, sister to Marigold in Lyons, Colorado, with a rotisserie and a counter by a roll-up door.0.63Odette Opens Inside the National Gallery Singapore
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCE10.7 years agoWikipedia[1] gives the year only - "Founded in 2015 by chef Julien Royer" - with no month or day, so the pin takes that year's last day.Julien Royer opened Odette in 2015 in the National Gallery Singapore, the former Supreme Court and City Hall converted into a museum, and named it after his grandmother. It became the highest-ranked restaurant in Singapore on the Asia's 50 Best list and one of the city's three-star addresses, cooking a French menu built around named producers.0.63Leo's Opens in Santa Fe
Leo's Santa fe, 1200, Hickox Street, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, 87501, United StatesLeo's
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as August 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]Zak Pelaccio, of Manhattan's Fatty Crab, opens a Southeast Asian restaurant in a former Santa Fe furniture workshop, with 24-year-old Stella Achenbach running the kitchen.0.62
