Dip into New York's Shinji's at True Laurel, a new concept from Square Pie Guys at Mago, and a Michelin-powered dinner at Songbird Parlour. For fans of blends and bubbles, check out the Festival of Undiscovered Grapes in San Jose, a celebration of oysters and bubbly wine in Mendo, or an afternoon of sparkling wine and wellness in Napa. Save some calendar space to close out SF Sketchfest. Jump ahead to this week's top events.
Every December, Art Basel Miami Beach turns the city into a weeklong collision of creativity - and not just inside the Miami Beach Convention Center, where more than 250 leading galleries descend with blue-chip works, emerging artists, and plenty of spectacle. Across Miami, Art Week spills into hotels, restaurants, rooftops, and beach clubs, transforming the city into a pop-up playground where art, fashion, and food mingle late into the night.
When it comes to operating a food and drink business in Atlanta, there's one factor that sets the city's entrepreneurs above the rest: grit. We talk about it as a phoenix rising from the ashes, but a better metaphor might be an oyster and a pearl, created under pressure. And perhaps no way tests a business model than running as a pop-up, providing an opportunity for those without a lot of capital or a culinary background.
