Monsieur Dior will mark Crenn's second collaboration with Dior; Café Dior by Dominique Crenn opened last February in Dallas with lunch, tea service, and desserts. The Beverly Hills project has been in progress since at least 2022, when the City of Beverly Hills approved plans for a rooftop French restaurant. Beverly Hills' Monsieur Dior will be the second location for the restaurant; the first location opened in Paris in 2022, and Dior plans to expand with another location in Osaka, Japan, this year.
Seahorse opens today inside the recently renovated W New York - Union Square hotel at 201 Park Avenue South, at East 17th Street. The seafood brasserie comes from John McDonald's Mercer Street Hospitality, the group behind Soho's Lure Fishbar - which just celebrated its 20th anniversary under the direction of Preston Clark's cooking. Seahorse is one of McDonald's most ambitious projects yet: It has been in the works for more than three years, unfolding alongside the W's $100 million renovation of the historic Guardian Life building.
Sirrah, a modern French restaurant in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, opens July 15, featuring a lavish design by UK-based studio Fettle. The space boasts elements like rich fabrics, burl oak paneling, and blown glass chandeliers.
Set N Rise is a semi-open-air Asian grill restaurant designed to reflect and celebrate the unique terraced landscapes of Bali. The project draws inspiration from terasering, the traditional Balinese rice terrace system, showcasing a harmony between architecture and nature.