The Daily Meal's 2014 Spring Restaurant Preview

From a rotating chefs in residence project in Los Angeles, to a slew of mysterious projects from Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas in Chicago, to the return of Tavern on the Green in New York, this spring is a particularly exciting time for restaurant lovers. A 13-seat ramen bar, a food truck park, and expansions from David Chang, Mario Batali, and Morimoto to look out for, and so much more. Although new restaurants open nearly every day, we've put together a list of some of the most exciting openings we know of so far.

West

San Francisco

Monsieur Benjamin — James Beard award finalist for Best Chef of the West, Corey Lee will be opening his next San Francisco restaurant in Hayes Valley, and will feature French bistro cuisine. The restaurant, according to Hoodline, will be a late-night spot, and will feature chef Jason Berthold from Per Se and French Laundry. 

Location: 300 Ivy, Hayes Valley

Opening: Early Summer 2014

Aveline — Casey Thompson, executive chef of The European, makes her San Francisco culinary debut this spring where she will be showcasing "progressive California cuisine." Expect lots of fresh veggies, and (from Aveline's Facebook page), a dish of cubed Iberico pork made with buttermilk curd, green tomato jelly, and ranch consommé.

Location: 490 Geary St.

Opening: Spring 2014

The Progress — The Progress is the much-anticipated next project from James Beard award winners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski who closed the wildly-popular State Bird Provision for a renovation. They told Eater it will be "the polar opposite of State Bird:" it will be "comfortably big" and will feature small plates.

Location: Next door to State Bird Provisions at 1529 Fillmore St.

Opening: Late 2014

San Diego

Mary Jo's English Kitchen — Mary Jo's will focus on a menu of breakfast, brunch, lunch, and afternoon tea, all in classic British style. Beginning at 2 p.m. each afternoon, the restaurant will serve high tea with finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream, and assorted cakes.

Location: 7918 Ivanhoe Ave. La Jolla

Opening: April 6th

Expansions — Pacific Beach Fish Shop owner Billy Ramirez will open another Fish Shop in Encinitas, hopefully by June (followed by another in North County). Slater 50/50 will open another location in San Marcos in the spring.

Los Angeles

Pot at the Line Hotel, Facebook/Pot

POT— Roy Choi's POT offers "Koreatown and Korean food through the eyes of an American with Korean blood, hot pots, blood soups, frenetic energy, and BBQ." Located inside The Line Hotel, POT also includes a classic hotel bar, café, and commissary that focuses on fresh produce.

Location: 3515 Wilshire Boulevard

Opening: March 25th

Faith and Flower — Faith and Flower is the first full-fledged restaurant from David Alan Bernahl and Robert Weakley, the team behind LA Food and Wine, Restaurant 1833, and Cannery Row Brewing Company. Executive chef Michael Hung hails from the Michelin-starred La Folie, and executive pastry chef Ben Spungin worked previously at French Laundry. The interior, designed by AvroKO, is an exploration of how Los Angeles has been shaped by the Gilded Age and modern day.

Location: 705 W. 9th St.

Opening: March 31st

Fifty Seven — Chef David Nayfield, previously of the three-Michelin starred Eleven Madison Park, will serve as the first chef in residence for this exciting new project from hospitality group Cardiff Giant. Fifty Seven will feature a rotating list of talented chefs from all over the country for season-long residencies.

"With a limited engagement of a concert or play, you're more likely to go see it and experience it for what it's worth versus knowing it's there forever," Beau Laughlin of Cardiff Giant told Vogue.

Location: 712 South Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021

Opening: March 27th

Petit Trois  — Petit Trois, from restaurateur team Ludo Lefebvre, Jon Shook, and Vinny Dotolo, will serve as the sister restaurant to the wildly successful Trois Mec. An opening date has not been announced for the "new little baby” that will be next door to Trois Mec. Shook and Dotolo are reportedly also working on another restaurant on Fairfax Ave., across the street from trendy restaurant Animal.

Location: 718 Highland Ave.

Opening:  TBD

Unnamed Bryant Ng and Zoe Nathan Project — Bryant and Kim Ng of The Spice Table, along with Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb (Sweet Rose Creamery, Huckleberry, Rustic Canyon) have teamed up for an upcoming restaurant in Santa Monica featuring Southeast Asian cuisine. Nathan and Loeb will also open a wine shop and wine bar next door.

Location: Arizona and 7th St., Santa Monica

Opening: Summer 2014

The Spotted Pig Los Angeles — Although neither April Bloomfield or her business partner Ken Friedman have confirmed the expansion, The Hollywood Reporter suggests that a second location of The Spotted Pig is headed to Los Angeles.

Location: Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Opening: TBD

Las Vegas

Giada — TV personality and cookbook guru Giada De Laurentiis is finally opening her first-ever restaurant, located inside a boutique hotel on the Vegas strip. De Laurentiis described it to Lifestyle Mirror as "warm, cozy Italian." She is following in her grandfather's footsteps, who owned the DDL Foodshow.

Location: the upcoming boutique hotel, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd.

Opening: TBD

Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen and Bar — TV personality Guy Fieri is coming to Vegas with his new Kitchen and Bar, which will have an almost 100 percent original menu and won't pull too much from Johnny Garlic's or Guy's American Kitchen. The restaurant will feature comfort food basics like General Tso's chicken lollipops, and will have an extensive Bloody Mary Brunch.

Location: The Quad Hotel 3535 S Las Vegas Blvd.

Opening:  April 2014

Morimoto Las Vegas —Renowned Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto will be bringing his famed culinary skills to Morimoto Las Vegas inside The Mirage Casino and Hotel. The restaurant, according to The Mirage, will feature "contemporary Japanese cuisine and signature sushi." 

Location: The Mirage Hotel and Casino, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd.

Opening: Late 2014

DB Brasserie Las Vegas, Facebook/DB Brasserie

DB Brasserie — Daniel Boulud makes his way to Vegas with the opening of the Nevada location of his infamous DB Brasserie restaurant inside the Venetian, where David Middleton will be head of the kitchen. Expect Boulud-style French classics like the DB Burger and smoked fish. 

Location: The Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas 3355 Las Vegas Blvd.

Opening: May 2014

Portland

Son of a Biscuit — Restaurateur Micah Camden of Little Big Burger, Blue Star Donuts, Boxer Sushi, and Boxer Ramen, will soon expand his extensive Portland food empire to include Son of a Biscuit, a fried chicken shack that will serve Southern-style hot chicken and house-baked biscuits.

Location: Southeast Division St.

Opening: Spring 2014

Coopers Hall — Kurt Huffman of Chefstable and AlexEli Vineyards in Willamette Valley have partnered up for a restaurant and taproom with what aims to be the largest on-tap wine program in the country. Roscoe Roberson, formerly of Racion, will be in charge of  the rotisserie-inspired menu, and Joel Gunderson, formerly of St. Jack, will serve as sommelier.

Location: Central Eastside Industrial District

Opening: April 21st

 

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Philadelphia

Lo Spiedo — Talented Philadelphia chef, restaurateur, and dedicated community organizer Marc Vetri will open Lo Spiedo at the Navy Yard in South Philly. Details are scarce, but we've come to expect good things from Vetri, whose team has three James Beard Award nominations for 2014, including Vetri for Outstanding Chef.

Location: Navy Yard, South Philadelphia

Opening: Late April/Early May

Volver — Iron Chef Jose Garces will open his experimental ticketed dining restaurant Volver in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Dinner tickets for the restaurant, open Wednesday through Sunday, are already sold out nearly through the end of June.

Location: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Avenue of the Arts

Opening: April 16th

Dizengoff and Abe Fisher — Restaurateur team Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook (ZahavFederal Donuts, and Percy Street Barbecue) will open two adjacent restaurants. Dizengoff will focus on hummus, and Abe Fisher will feature cuisine of the Jewish diaspora.

Location:  1605-1627 Sansom St.

Opening: Late May

Unnamed Stephen Starr and Aimee Oxley Project — Stephen Starr of Starr Restaurant Group and Aimee Oxley of Talula's Garden are opening a new restaurant in Fishtown. The project is expected to contain a vegetable garden.

Location:  1526-30 Frankford Avenue

Opening: Spring 2014

Expansions — Eataly and Hill Country Barbecue and Market are said to be headed for Philadelphia, while Federal Donuts and Distrito will open additional locations.

Washington, D.C.

Just opened: The Partisan —The Partisan will be opening up as a part of the popular Red Apron Butchery in Penn Quarter. As a product of Neighborhood Restaurant Group, this meat-centric spot will showcase the hundreds of cured and aged meats inside the Butchery, as well as an extensive craft beer list.

Location:  Next to the Red Apron Butchery, 1309 Fifth St. NE

Opening: Spring 2014

Chef José Andrés at the International Culinary Center, Facebook/José Andrés

China Chilcano — José Andrés, the culinary king of the nation's capital, will be opening another restaurant in Washington, D.C., making it his third restaurant on one street in D.C. China Chilcano will focus on the Chifa cuisine of Peru, which is a Chinese/Latin flavor fusion. Expect dim sum and Peruvian potato salad.

Location: 418 Seventh St. NW

Opening: Spring 2014

DBGB — Daniel Boulud is bringing one of his most famous New York eateries to Washington, D.C., and it will feature the same French brasserie/American food New Yorkers have loved for years inside of the city's brand-new CityCenter. 

Location: CityCenter, downtown Washington, D.C.

Opening: TBD

Boston

Liquid Art House —This innovative space from founder Ruta Laukien and chef Rachel Klein — part restaurant, part art gallery — will feature "re-imagined" comfort food classics, as well as several visual art installations to delight diners' palates for beauty and great food. 

Location: 100 Arlington St, Back Bay

Opening: Late Spring 2014

La Brasa — This much-buzzed-about spot in East Somerville is expected to open sometime later this spring. Much of the details have been kept under-wraps but expect some serious wood-fired cuisine from chef Daniel Bojorquez with Mexican, Peruvian, Middle Eastern, and French influences.  

Location: 124 Broadway, East Somerville

Opening: Late Spring 2014

Shake Shack — After opening locations in Harvard Square and Cambridge, Danny Myer's beloved and fast-growing burger chain is coming to the city of Boston. The Newbury Street location is set to open later this summer. 

Location: 236 Newbury St.

Opening: Late Summer 2014

Bar Boulud — Bostonians are probably getting pretty anxious about the highly-anticipated Boston location of Daniel Boulud's infamous Bar Boulud. The menu at this Bar Boulud will resemble the one at the New York location, and chef de cuisine will be Aaron Chambers, according to The Boston Globe.

Location: The Mandarin Hotel, 776 Boylston St.

Opening: Fall 2014

 

 
New York City

ABC Homegrown — This highly-anticipated all- veggie spot from Jean-Georges Vongerichten will present vegetarian and vegan food from a "global perspective," and will be like "an indoor Union Square green market."

Location: 38 East 19th St. between Broadway and Park

Opening: Spring 2014

Dirty French — Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone are finally breaking away from the Italian scene, and are opening up a French bistro in the Ludlow Hotel on the Lower East Side, serving "roughed up" French cuisine like a lamb carpaccio with apricot dish. 

Location: The yet to be opened Ludlow Hotel on the Lower East Side

Opening: Summer 2014

Parm Expansion — Major Food Group has become a seriously major influence in the New York Italian food scene with their outrageously popular Parm, Torrisi, and Carbone restaurants. Word just got out that Parm, famous for its mouthwatering parmesan sandwiches, will be expanding to various locations in Brooklyn and the Upper West Side

Location: Williamsburg (162 N. 4th Street), the Upper West Side (235 Columbus Ave. between 70th and 71st St.), Brookfield Place in Battery Park City (200 Vesey Street), and (unofficially), the Parm squad may be moving across the street from Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Flushing Avenue.

Opening: Summer and Fall 2014

Porchlight — This eagerly-anticipated offshoot of Blue Smoke is brought to you by the King of Shake Shack, Danny Meyer. The West Chelsea spot will focus more on cocktails and microbrews while also featuring Southern comfort food.

Location: 28th St. and 11th Ave.

Opening: Fall 2014

Arepa Lady — New Yorkers have fallen in love with the Arepa Lady who became a street legend while making sweet corn pancakes filled with mozzarella cheese. Now she and her family are opening their own brick and mortar location in Jackson Heights.

Location: 77-02AA Roosevelt Ave. Queens, N.Y.

Opening: April (tentative) 

Tavern on the Green- This historic restaurant in Central Park, which became known over the years as one of the city's gaudiest tourist traps, closed in 2009 but it will be opening its doors to the public again soon. The new Tavern will focus on locally sourced cuisine from Jim Caiola, a Philly creperie owner. 

Location: Central Park at West 66th St. and Central Park West

Opening: April

Rendering of Le District, Facebook/Brookfield Place

Brookfield Place — After more than a decade, the World Financial Center is finally getting a new life as the newly-christened Brookfield Place, which will feature a gigantic mall of upscale shops and eateries including the gigantic food megaplex called Hudson Eats. You'll be able to experience a Num Pang, Umami Burger, Mighty Quinn's Barbeque, a brand new Parm, and an as-yet-to-be-named Jose Garces restaurant—his first in New York. Coming next year to Brookfield will be "Le District" a French Eataly. 

Location: Financial District

Opening: Brookfield Place will open on a rolling basis from now until Spring 2015

Unnamed Artisanal Food Market Near Grand Central — 2014 is the year of the giant, upscale supermarket. Most of the details are still unknown, but according to Grub Street, an unnamed landlord has signed the lease on a space near Grand Central Terminal and the Met Life building to build an artisanal food market, much like Brookfield or Anthony Bourdain's new food hall project. The market may eventually expand to the Vanderbilt passageway inside Grand Central. 

Location: Near Grand Central Terminal

Opening: Unknown

Cosme — Enrique Olvera, one of Mexico City's premiere chefs, will be opening his first New York City restaurant in the Flatiron district this spring. Cosme will be a very casual restaurant serving traditional and simple Mexican cooking. Olvera will also be operating a tortilleria in Brooklyn to service his restaurant. 

Location: Restaurant will be in the Flatiron District, tortilleria in Brooklyn

Opening: June 2014

Tijuana Picnic — This Latin-Asian fusion restaurant is brought to you by the IndoChine/Acme team, where the best of Asian and Latin cuisines and flavors, like "roasted pork neck with Thai-spiced chimichurri" will be served by chef Alex Lopez of Kittichai. 

Location: 151 Essex St. at Stanton St.

Opening: May 2014

Café El Presidente — It seems that Eataly was just the first of the ethnic cuisine-based mega-centers. Café El Presidente, from the owners of Tacombe, will feature two floors of Mexican food and drinks with a taquería called Tacos Madison, a tortilla bar, and a juice bar, amongst other Mexican artisanal goodies.

Location:  30 W. 24th St. between Fifth and Sixth Avenues

Opening: April 2014

Pies n' Thighs — The genius combination of mouthwatering pies like choco-peanut butter-crunch pie, with juicy fried chicken thighs is coming to the Lower East Side.

Location: 43 Canal Street, between Orchard and Ludlow Streets

Opening: Late Summer 2014

South

Houston

Bradley's Fine Diner — James Beard Award winner Brad Ogden will open Bradley's Fine Diner, with "updated classic items" from his Lark Creek menu days while harnessing new perspectives inspired by the Houston marketplace.

Location: 191 Heights Blvd.

Opening: April 3rd 

Food Truck Park — An upcoming food truck park is slated to open in Midtown and will feature a rotating list of food trucks.

Location: Midtown

Opening: April 4th

Red Ox Bar and Grill — Terry Flores and Lily Hernandez of the shuttered Bocados will open a Mexican restaurant serving old Bocados favorites and a new menu with items like chorizo burgers and Cuban sandwiches. There's also talk of something called an '80s brunch.

Location: 811 Collingsworth St.

Opening: Late April/Early May

Dallas

Chef John Tesar, Facebook/John Tesar

Knife — John Tesar of Spoon Bar & Kitchen will open Knife Modern Steakhouse at the Hotel Palomar. Jeff Kent will serve as executive chef  for the restaurant which will feature menu items such as  "grilled pizette" with toppings like lobster and Peking duck..

Location: Hotel Palomar 5300 E Mockingbird Ln.

Opening: Late April 2014

Ten — Ramen legend Teiichi Sakurai of Tei-An will open Ten, a tiny ramen shop in West Dallas that will be an "old school" spot and harken back to the ramen shops of Tokyo. Ten's ("heaven" in Japanese) 13 seats will be arranged around a ramen toppings bar. Each bowl of ramen will be $10 or less.

Location: Sylvan Thirty

Opening: May 2014

Pecan Lodge — Dallas' beloved barbecue joint from Diane and Justin Fourton, previously at the Dallas Farmers Market, is headed to a new location in Deep Ellum. The Lodge, which has been featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and named among the top four of Texas Monthly's best barbecue joints in Texas, is finally getting its first standalone restaurant.

Location: Deep Ellum

Opening: Summer 2014

Expansions  — Popular Austin-based Sushi restaurant Uchi is headed to Dallas in late 2014 or early 2015.

Nashville

Adele's — Barbuto's Jonathan Waxman and his business partners Ken Levitan and Howard Greenstone will open Adele's, named after Waxman's mother, in a converted 1950's garage in the Gulch neighborhood. The menu will feature seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients prepared in an open kitchen.

Location:  1210 McGavock Street

Opening: Summer 2014

Butchertown Hall — Terry Raley, the restaurateur behind Holland House Bar & Refuge and The Pharmacy will open a "bier hall/garten" inspired by the historic culture of Germantown. Butchertown will be the first biergarten in Germantown since 1909.

Location: 1416 4th Ave. N

Opening: Summer 2014

Austin

St. Philip — What's better than a sweet bakery and a classic pizzeria? How about two in one? The Uchi team will be launching St. Philip in Sunset Valley, which is dubbed as "part pizza parlor, part bakery and part culinary workshop." Pastry chef Philip Speer will head the project. 

Location: 4715 South Lamar, Sunset Valley

Opening: Summer

Launderette and Angry Bear — This much-anticipated restaurant-grocery store duo will be spearheaded by Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki. The main restaurant will be Launderette, while the attached grocery store/Chinese takeout joint will be called The Angry Bear. Sawicki is a widely-known pastry chef, so expect some amazing sweets. 

Location: 2115 Holly Street

Opening: Summer

Shake Shack — This is the moment Austin's been waiting for since the Shake Shack food truck teaser at SXSW this year. Danny Meyer's beloved burger joint is finally coming to Texas. Burger fans will have to wait until later this year to choose sides between In N' Out and Shake Shack though.

Location: Lamar Union Center on South Lamar

Opening: Late 2014

Midwest

Chicago

Unnamed Grant Achatz/Nick Kokonas Projects: In October 2013, Nick Kokonas told the Chicago Tribune "We're going to do a couple more places in Chicago next year," about himself and business partner Grant Achatz. Together, the team owns AlineaThe Aviary, and Next.

"We're looking for spaces right now on two different concepts, one of which is not an upscale concept," Kokonas said.

The pair are also reportedly developing another bar in Chicago that he hopes to open in late 2014 while also been looking to expand The Aviary to "several cities never the next few years."

Locations: TBD

Opening: TBD

Rick Bayless and Edgar Núñez, Twitter/Rick Bayless

Unnamed Rick Bayless Project — Mexican cuisine encyclopedia Rick Bayless has been working on two projects for several months now: His first standalone XOCO in Wicker Park, and an as yet unnamed restaurant on Randolph Row which he described to Eater Chicago as "a completely new concept that you've never seen before."

Location: Randolph Row

Opening: TBA

Denver

 

Stoic & Genuine — James Beard Award winner Jennifer Jasinski and her business partner Beth Gruitch will open Stoic & Genuine, a seafood restaurant in Union Square in the style of New York's Grand Central Oyster Bar. The restaurant will serve a selection of New England-style seafood rolls, fresh oysters, raw and smoked fish preparations, and more.

Location: Union Square

Opening: July 2014

Argyll Whisky Beer — Uptown Denver's former Argyll pub returns after two years as Argyll Whisky Beer. The new bar hopes to house Colorado's largest collection of whisky. John Broening of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar and Spuntino will run the kitchen.

Location:  1035 E. 17th Ave.

Opening: Summer 2014

Indianapolis

Yolk — This Chicago-based breakfast joint will be coming to Indiana and features a unique way at presenting the most important meal of the day. Fresh-pressed juices, and their famous "good morning burger" topped with bacon and an over-easy egg sound simple but Yolk was voted "Best in Town" last year in Chicago. 

Location: CityWay, Delaware and South St.

Opening: Summer

Ezra's Enlightened Café — Ezra's just may be the "hippest" restaurant in Indianapolis when it opens this spring. It's raw, vegan, gluten-free, and GMO-free, plus its logo features a cute, smiling Buddha. The menu contains all kinds of herbal teas, vegan chocolates and cakes, as well as different dips, breads, wraps, and soups. 

Location: 6516 Ferguson St.

Opening: Late Spring

Detroit

Selden Standard — Selden Standard is one of the nation's most highly-anticipated openings this year, chef Andy Hollyday and Evan Hansen will be creating a seasonal, shared plates atmosphere in midtown Detroit. 

Location: 3921 Second Ave.

Opening: Late Summer

 

Minneapolis

Merchant — Gavin Kaysen, longtime executive chef of one-star Michelin restaurant Café Boulud, and head coach of the Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation, will return to his hometown of Minneapolis to open his own restaurant.

Location: North Loop

Opening: Late 2014

Brasserie Zentral — Meritage owner Russell Klein will open a family of Austrian restaurants, with Brasserie Zentral at the center. The brasserie will serve weiner schnitzel, beer, and other Austrian staples. Klein will also open a related café, wine shop, and wine bar.

Location: 505 Marquette Ave. S.

Opening: April 2014

Southeast

New Orleans

Square Root — The forthcoming project from Phillip Lopez is said to feature a "revolutionary" tasting menu-only concept of between 15 and 22 courses. The restaurant's downstairs will seat 16 people for dinner, twice a night, and the menu will change weekly. The upstairs will focus on cocktails and small plates.

Location:  1800 Magazine St.

Opening: Spring 2014 (Projected)

John Besh Bakery- Details are scarce, but rumor has it that The Paramount in the South Market District, an upcoming retail space, will include a bakery from John Besh, native son of Lousiana and recent inductee into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America 2014.

Location: South Market District

Opening: TBA

Atlanta

The Luminary — Former Top Chef contestant Eli Kirshtein will be opening the first restaurant in Atlanta's new Krog Street Market, where the menu is being kept secret, but there will allegedly be a focus on the traditional "appetizer, entrée, dessert" structure, instead of the small plates craze. The restaurant will have an outdoor patio and an oyster bar as well. 

Location: The planned Krog Street Market, Inman Park

Opening: Summer

Facebook/The Staplehouse

Staplehouse — This restaurant, under the helm of chef Ryan Smith, may be different than other openings in Atlanta. Smith's partners, the husband and wife duo Ryan and Jen Hidinger, had a dream of opening a supper club, and were touched by the effort of the culinary community to help them after Ryan Hidinger was diagnosed with Stage IV gall bladder cancer. After he passed away in January, Jen Hidinger and Smith continued with opening Staplehouse in Ryan Hidinger's memory.  

Location: The Old Fourth Ward

Opening: TBD

Polaris — Good news! Polaris, that blue dome saucer atop the Hyatt Regency, is actually set to open again as a new rotating restaurant and bar. Chef Martin Pfefferkorn told Atlanta Magazine that he's not limiting himself to Southern cuisine, and that the kitchen will be less industrial and more of an open, "home-like" kitchen where you can see inside the fridge. 

Location: 265 Peachtree St. NE

Opening: April

Chicken n' Beer — Rappers just get straight to the point, don't they? Ludacris will be opening another restaurant in the South — this one is set to premiere in the Atlanta airport. It's named after Luda's first album, and based on the name, you can anticipate a fair selection of chicken and beer on the menu. 

Location: Hartsfield-Jackson's Concourse D, Atlanta Airport

Opening: Later this spring

Miami

Touché Restaurant and Rooftop Lounge — Coming to Miami this month will be Top Chef's Carla Pellegrino's new restaurant will have as much attitude and boldness as the sassy chef herself. Located on top of a strip club, the restaurant will feature lots of small plates like meatballs, lamb lollipops, and carpaccio. 

Location: 15 N.E. 11th St.

Opening: April 3rd

Unnamed Tom Colicchio Project — The charismatic Top Chef will be heading to South Beach this fall to open up an unnamed organic seafood restaurant at One Hotel and Homes South Beach. This will be Colicchio's first Miami venture.

Location: One Hotel and Homes 2377 Collins Ave. South Beach, Miami

Opening: Fall 2014