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Sophia's Cafe: South Boston gets a cozy café featuring an organic-when-possible menu served on recycled, renewable dishware.
Dallas
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The Chef's Room: This 20 seat room at the five star Mansion on Turtle Creek serves set menus of chef John Tesar's haute cuisine.
Los Angeles
• Central: Nibble on caviar and sip champagne at Shereen Arazm's luxurious new Hollywood lounge, which opened last week.
• Crooks & Castles: Designer streetwear brand opens a boutique in West Hollywood.
• Chloe: This Santa Monica bar, which opened last week, features a small plates menu and old-fashioned cocktails served in a space inspired by 1930's Paris.
• Mamash: Serving Asian fusion Kosher cuisine (seriously), this restaurant debuted dinner service last week.
Macau
• Blue Frog: The recently opened Venetian unveiled a branch of this popular Shanghai restaurant last week.
• MGM Grand: Macau continues to become the Vegas of the East with yesterday's grand opening of this casino and hotel.
Miami
• Bourbon Steak: Celebrity chef Michael Mina opens a steakhouse at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura.
• Brosia: Ambitious Mediterranean restaurant, featuring a 4,000 square foot dining terrace, opens in the Design District this week.
• Parkwest: This converted warehouse, formerly Twilo, re-opened on Friday with five bars, VIP rooms and nearly 6,000 square feet of room to dance.
Minneapolis
• Buffalo Exchange: This buy-sell-trade clothing chain from Chicago expands with its first Minnesota location; opens this week.
New York
• Bar Blanc: New West Village space from a team of Bouley alums is overwhelmingly blanc in its design and features a menu of creative French dishes.
• Dovetail: Former Compass chef John Fraser brings a much needed, refined American restaurant to a townhouse on the Upper West Side; scheduled to open this week.
• Duane Street Hotel: Stylish, intimate boutique hotel (there are only 45 rooms and six stories) opens in Tribeca this week; rooms starts at $300.
• Haru: Japanese mega-restaurant chain opened its newest location last week in the Cocoa Exchange Building on Wall Street.
• Kiss and Fly: New bottle service nightclub opened last Friday in the Meatpacking District.
• Omido: Theater District goers now have a cutting edge dining option with this AvroKo-designed restaurant; more importantly, chef Eiji Takase provides equally creative Japanese cuisine.
• Second Avenue Deli: This institution for chopped liver moved one avenue over near Third, but the menu remains deliciously the same.
Philadelphia
• Yakitori Boy: 90 seat Japanese restaurant and karaoke bar with private rooms opens this week in Chinatown.
San Francisco
• Frontera Fresco: Chicago celebrity chef Rick Bayless brings his signature Mexican cuisine to an ultra-casual space inside Macy's Union Square.
• Serpentine: The Dogpatch gets a respectable restaurant, thanks to chef Chris Kronner's rustic French menu and classic cocktail list.
• Sundance Kabuki: Indie filmhouse and Japanese restaurant opened on Friday.
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Dec 19 2007, 06:00 AM
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