From the Philly chef duo behind Her Place Supper Club and My Loup, Bon Appétit Best New Restaurants of 2022 and 2024 respectively, comes Pine Street Grill, a neighborhood restaurant serving thoughtfully prepared American classics in Fitler Square. What is a neighborhood restaurant, you might ask? Amanda Shulman and Alex Kemp want diners to become regulars, gathering for fondue-stuffed acorn squash, au poivre French dip, rotisserie chicken, or a PSG burger with two dry-aged beef patties on a seeded milk bun. Desserts also tug on nostalgia with a sourdough chocolate chip cookie skillet with malted ice cream, a sundae, or carrot cake.

OK Chicken & Khao Soi

Portland, OR
Opening: January

The James Beard award-winning team behind Portland’s Langbaan is opening a new restaurant in the former space of Pok Pok, chef Andy Ricker’s legendary restaurant that rose to fame for its fish sauce sticky wings and that closed during the pandemic. The space will now become OK Chicken & Khao Soi, a Northern Thai spot with a focus on the noodle soup from the owner trio behind celebrated Portland Thai spots like Langbaan, Yaowarat, and Eem. Of course, there will be khao soi, a coconut curry egg noodle soup, and chicken, with both fried and grilled options, and wings. Diners can also expect Larb Mueng, a Northern-style ground meat salad with warm spices and dry fried pork, and Sia Oua herbal sausage made in-house and grilled. Plus, the restaurant will eventually open for lunch and late night karaoke.

Emelina

West Palm Beach, FL
Opening: January

Miami diners (and Michelin alike) loved EntreNos, the Miami Shores pop-up that churned out seasonal, local cooking from husband-wife team Osmel Gonzalez and Camila Salazar. The long-standing pop-up came to an end earlier this summer, but Gonzalez and Salazar, who had worked together at the three Michelin-starred Singlethread, now have their sights set a bit further north in West Palm Beach. The duo is teaming up with APM Restaurant Group’s Álvaro Perez Miranda, behind Miami spots like the omakase stunner Ogawa and sushi favorite Hiyawaka, to open Emelina. Named after Gonzalez’s Cuban-born grandmother, Emelina features an 18-seat chef’s counter with Cuban flavors and Florida ingredients in the spotlight. The rotating menu will have produce-forward dishes like oregano-marinated Redland tomatoes with green mojo and Florida macadamia milk foam and desserts like cocada baracoense—sweetened coconut with pure cacao, Florida Eliot pecans, coconut crème fraîche, and key lime-white wine raspado.