Starting with an update on Colombia Circle, Blackbird’s sister restaurant now has a name, Table Black. The bar, as you might guess, is Bar Black.
Other new venues are European dining concept Inkwood, a branch of Sumo Cat ramen, a bakery called Miss Sth and a new Popolo concept, Circo that will have circus elements. Brew Bear is also moving into Columbia Circle with their nice selection of draft and bottled beers at reasonable prices.
We stopped by Mercado de Waima’s new location Mercado 505 on Wulumuqi Lu. They are currently serving food from noon to 10.30pm with plans to open for breakfast soon and we see ourselves downing many glasses of white wine on their lovely terrace in the near future.
Summer also means its ice cream season, so try out Gelato Dal Cuore on Shaanxi Bei Lu or head to De Medici below The Fellas on the Bund.
Over at The Waterhouse, they spent three days turning Table No 1 into French ‘bistronomie’ concept Oxalis headed by L’Atelier by Joël Robuchon alum, Chef Jonas Noël. On the Robuchon front, Le Salon de Joël Robuchon has just opened in the Réel Mall.
In other openings, Elijah Holland is transforming The Plump Oyster’s rooftop into a restaurant and bar with a garden containing hundreds of species of edible plants, flowers, trees, bushes, fruits and vines called Botanik. The Australian chef and forager extraordinaire spent a year in Foshan, opening The Locksmith before coming to Shanghai via Beijing.
Smoked meat experts, Tock’s, are looking to try again in Jing’an with a spot next to Charlie’s Burgers in Fengshengli. Meanwhile, Beijing’s restaurant incubator, The Hatchery, has halted plans to set up shop in Shanghai.
This month’s big news is a taco and tequila bar from our favorite purveyor of punch and very own cocktail columnist, Logan Brouse, who is taking Brad Turley’s Goga space and turning it into Tacolicious. Expect to wash down those tacos with plenty of margaritas and other tequila-based beverages. Saira Shazad, Thijs Oomens (BYFO Hot Sauce) and Adrian Wall (Joe’s Pizza) are also on board. Read more about it here.
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Cages Bar and Sports is seeing a lot of action these days. First, Jason Oakley (former executive chef of Coquille and Scarpetta) has joined as partner, which is great news because he’s adding new pizzas, burgers and Asian mains to the food menu. The sports bar is also getting a new downstairs neighbor called SOS. We hear it is the kind of Shanghai megaclub with shark tanks. Sounds wild.
Wonderland has gone down the rabbit hole forever and Gecko has crawled into its place. Things are much less whimsical with generic Western dishes some standard cocktails on offer. Lunch specials and happy hours keep it cheap. Not too far away, Melo’s is now in the old Dogtown spot. Wonder how long before the neighbors complain again?
By the way, the Peddler’s Gin Pop-Up next to Anfu Lu’s SUITSUPPLY is good fun with the West Nanjing Negroni and the Spice Trade being are our two favorite new ways to consume gin. They are open on Saturdays from 2-8pm.
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