For many of us around the country, spring has not yet sprung despite the calendar date. But as we await t-shirt weather, there is also a wealth of new restaurant openings to look forward to. In Chicago, the team behind the legendary Oriole is preparing to debut their first new restaurant in ten years. Down in New Orleans, the sisters behind contemporary Mexican stunner Acamaya, one of our Best New Restaurants of 2025, are opening what is poised to be the hottest breakfast spot in town.
We track restaurant openings year-round in preparation for our annual Best New Restaurants list. This spring, these eight are worth planning a trip around.
This list is organized alphabetically by city. The opening dates below are subject to change. Check restaurant websites and Instagram accounts for updates.
Heritage
Atlanta, GA
Opening: May
Demetrius Brown debuted Heritage Supper Club four years ago as an Afro-Caribbean pop-up separate from his beloved bistro Bread & Butterfly. Now, Heritage will be a brick-and-mortar in Summerhill. Partnering with restaurateur Brandon Blanchard, Brown’s second concept draws on his Trinidadian, Jamaican, and African roots coupled with his Southern upbringing. Both the tasting menu in the dining room and à la carte menu in the lounge celebrate foods of the African diaspora and Brown’s memories of cooking with his great-grandmother with dishes like Jamaican beef patties with chili labneh, oxtail waakye with plantain, rice, and peas, and lamb shepherds pie. To drink, there are cocktails like a Haitian mule made with Haitian rum and a plantain-infused old fashioned.
Rosa y Marigold
Boston, MA
Opening: April
From the team behind Boston-area favorites Celeste and La Royal comes Rosa y Marigold. It’s owners JuanMa Calderón and Maria Rondeau’s first project in Boston proper and the restaurant spotlights Calderón’s Peruvian cooking. Expect dishes like papa a la huancaina (new potatoes with creamy aji amarillo dip) and anticuchos (skewers) of chicken and shishito or beef heart, plus Peruvian-Chinese chifa dishes like chaufa de mariscos (seafood fried rice) and chancito asado, roasted pork in honey hoisin sauce. At lunchtime, Rosa y Marigold will offer sanguches, classic Peruvian sandwiches—like butifarra with Peruvian-style country ham and pan con lomito al jugo, a take on a Peruvian cheesesteak.
All Well
Chicago, IL
Opening: April
It’s been ten years since Chicago’s two Michelin-star Oriole opened its doors. Now Noah Sandoval and Larry Feldmeier are gearing up for their next chapter with All Well, a new American bistro coming to the West Loop neighborhood this spring. Diners can opt for a five-course prix fixe in the dining room with plates like délice de Bourgogne agnolotti and stuffed quail with purgatory beans, or for a more casual experience at the 30-seat bar with an à la carte menu, served until late. (We’re eyeing the short rib sandwich with horseradish aioli.)
Olōyō
Dallas, TX
Opening: April
Fan-favorite pop-up Molino Olōyō is settling into a permanent home in Old East Dallas come April, first with a tasting room, Olōyō, and followed by a more casual, larger dining room later this year. Chefs Olivia López and Jonathan Percival launched Molino Olōyō out of a commercial kitchen in 2021, which evolved into a taco pop-up and various residencies, earning them a nod on Texas Monthly’s Top 50 Tacos in 2024. At Olōyō, the chefs will continue to spotlight seasonal modern Mexican cooking with a focus on Texas produce from local farms and ranches now in a fine dining setting. Diners can look forward to menu items like a bay scallop aguachile and a pescado con moles, plus mezcal-forward cocktails from the attached mezcaleria.
