Design

This homage to the Gilded Age of fine dining in America brings art back to the plate

These restaurants are getting ready to serve a public that’s bursting at the seams to get out there and wine, dine and gather again

What once was a bare wall in a soothing tone with maybe a sleek shelf of succulents is now covered in bawdy, frilly, gilded frames upon velvet wallpaper in a beguiling wood nymph design. Welcome to the new era of no-holding-back restaurant design

Wolfgang Puck’s triumphant return to West Hollywood, Chef Julian Medina’s Mexican memories come to life in Greenwich Village, an Instagrammable matcha-focused café in Chicago, Michael and Kwini Reed’s verdant greenhouse/restaurant in Anaheim and more

Despite the pandemic, chefs and restaurateurs are laying the groundwork for some splashy new openings in the new year

The Restaurant Hospitality editorial team offers a glimpse into the mist for the coming year