The world’s 18 coolest food openings in 2019

How’s this for a battle of chefs? In August 2018, Alain Ducasse lost the tender on the restaurant on the second level of Paris’s most famous landmark. New chef Frédéric Anton is known (among other things) for having won three Michelin stars for Le Pré Catelan. His relaunch of the 410-foot-high Le Jules Verne should be spectacular. Tina Meyer, Time Out Paris

Opens spring.

From the team behind Time Out Dubai’s Restaurant of the Year 2018, Il Borro Tuscan Bistro, Alici Dubai promises Italian coastal dishes like mamma wishes she used to make. Stroll over to the newly reclaimed Bluewaters Island for Amalfi-inspired cuisine paired with a chilled limoncello and eye-popping views of Dubai’s bustling beaches. Holly Sands, Time Out Dubai

Open now.

Because of the slow nature of hāngi food – meat and vegetables baked in a pit of heated rocks – it’s never been easy to get your hands on this traditional and delicious Māori speciality. With their new venture in Auckland, The Māori Kitchen, hāngi master Rewi Spraggon and restaurateur Ganesh Raj are changing all that and sharing hāngi with the world. Alexia Santamaria

Opens March.

San Francisco bread behemoth Tartine has launched a bakery and restaurant in LA called The Manufactory – and that’s just the start. By the end of 2019, the massive complex in the downtown Arts District will include a market, a wine bar, a coffee roastery, a pastry window, an Italian-leaning restaurant and a coffee lab. Stephanie Breijo, Time Out Los Angeles

Openings throughout 2019.

The 132-year-old Raffles Hotel is a Singapore landmark with one of the world’s most illustrious guest lists – and it’s about to get even better. After a restoration, the Raffles reopens in 2019 with a world-beating chef line-up: Anne-Sophie Pic is opening a sophisticated restaurant paying homage to her Rhône Valley roots, and Alain Ducasse is taking over the splendid Bar & Billiard Room. Katie Lockhart

Opens August.

A 13-foot-long open fire for spit-roasting whole beasts is the centrepiece of Fogo, the new back-to-basics Lisbon joint from star Portuguese chef Alexandre Silva. A two-ton wood-fired oven and 220-pound iron pans take care of the remaining cooking duties, and the wooden decor channels rustic chic. Not one for vegans. Lucy Bryson

Opens May.

Multi-award-winning chef Tom Kitchin has escaped from Edinburgh to set up his latest venture in the golfing village of Gullane. Using only seasonal, local Scottish fare and housed in a converted stable block, The Bonnie Badger is not your regular village boozer. Order the wine-tenderised steak pie with bone marrow and sit next to a roaring open fire. Dayna McAlpine

Open now.

Lauded chef Claude Le Tohic is at the helm of the massive One65 project, taking over a historic building in San Francisco’s Union Square with a patisserie, a bistro, a luxurious lounge bar and a high-end restaurant called O’. Hop off on the second floor to watch chocolatiers make more than 24 types of bonbons. Sarah Medina, Time Out San Francisco

Opens spring.

Simon Rogan’s two Aulis restaurants in London and Cumbria function as experimental kitchens for the British culinary star and his team. Now there’s a brand new Hong Kong version, with an intimate chef’s table seating just 12. Aulis’s exceptional tasting menus showcase local ingredients and the kitchen’s boundless creativity. Dorothy So, Time Out Hong Kong

Open now.

Detroit is having a culinary renaissance, with some of the city’s standout eateries housed in the Siren Hotel. Now Detroit darling Kate Williams (chef-patron of Lady of the House) is bringing the food that put her in the national spotlight to the hotel’s latest project: an old-school luncheonette called Karl’s with a Wurlitzer jukebox, deco-inspired bar and in-house bakery. Samantha Lande

Opens spring.

There’s been a lot of architectural buzz about Manhattan Loft Gardens, a hotel/apartment combo overlooking London’s Olympic Park. Now there’s something for foodies to get excited about too. Patrick Powell, last seen at celebrity hotspot Chiltern Firehouse, will be shaking the pans at Allegra, a mega dining room with a view. Best bit? It’ll open on to its very own seventh-floor ‘sky garden’. Tania Ballantine, Time Out London

Opens April.

After rebooting Sydney’s burger scene, the local heroes behind Mary’s are now bringing much-missed music venue The Basement back to life. There’s a simple bar and burger joint at street level while, downstairs, a proper restaurant and wine bar called Mary’s Underground will host free live entertainment on every day that ends in a ‘Y’. Emily Lloyd-Tait, Time Out Sydney

Opens May.

After a number of hold-ups, Italian food hall Eataly is finally opening in Paris’s chic Marais district this spring – and the numbers are dizzying. The enormous hall holds seven dining points serving 2,500 diners per day, a cellar with 800 varieties of Italian wines, a huge grocery store and an open-air fruit and veg market. Benissimo! Tina Meyer, Time Out Paris

Opens April.

Stephanie Izard, famous for TV appearances on ‘Iron Chef’ and ‘Top Chef’, opens her fourth restaurant in Chicago this year on the roof of the new Hoxton Hotel. Cabra will specialise in Peruvian food and cocktails, with Izard travelling to Peru to research a border-pushing menu that also incorporates Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian influences. We can’t wait. Morgan Olsen, Time Out Chicago

Opens spring.

Dan Cox, former chef of Fera at Claridge’s, has spent two years building an organic restaurant and brewery on a farm in Cornwall. Everything grown, reared or foraged at Crocadon, from native sheep breeds to Japanese artichoke, stocks the kitchen. There’s even an on-site pottery to make the plates and dishes on which the food is served. Hugh Thomas

Opens summer.