Food & Wine’s 10 Most Anticipated Fall Restaurant Openings

Published on September 14, 2026

by Amelia Schwartz

From a fish-and-chips shop to a 20-course omakase, these are the new restaurants from F&W Best New Chefs that we can’t wait to try.

This underrated wine region is finally on the map. Can a California chef make it a destination?

September 10, 2026

by Jess Lander

In 2022, San Luis Obispo, long overlooked for larger and buzzier Central Coast wine regions, such as Paso Robles and Santa Barbara, finally received some promising recognition: After a nine-year process, the SLO Coast AVA was approved by the federal government and became California’s most coastal U.S. wine region. 

Chef Jeremy Fox Will Open a Restaurant in San Luis Obispo’s Wine Country Next

Published on March 6, 2026

by Rebecca Roland

One of Los Angeles’s best chefs will soon be cooking on the Central Coast. 

There’s a new reason to visit this oft-overlooked coastal California wine region

by Jess Lander

September 10, 2026

I published an article today about the opening of Edna, a new wine and food emporium in San Luis Obispo’s Edna Valley. Now, I’m eager to plan a visit, and not just because it was created in partnership with Los Angeles’s Jeremy Fox, one of California’s most influential chefs. 

The Most-Anticipated Restaurant Openings This Spring

Published on March 26, 2026

by Kate Kassin

A dynamic Chicago restaurant's next chapter, Northern Thai cooking in DC, and more reasons to dine out this season.

New fine dining restaurant from Michelin-starred chef is coming to SLO. Look inside…

Published on October 5, 2026

by Hannah Poukish

Set amid lush vineyards in the center of the Edna Valley, a new fine dining restaurant led by Michelin-starred chef Jeremy Fox seeks to broaden guests’ taste buds through hyper-local, seasonal dishes that change daily.