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The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink
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The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink
A second, massive location of Atelier Izakaya, a popular Japanese izakaya and bar by the Taste Buds group has just opened on the third floor of the Lost Heaven building on the Bund. It looks hella sexy and swanky. And they have that massive terrace, too. Currently in soft opening. Check it out:To get more news about shanghai cuisine, you can visit shine news official website.
And if you’re wondering, no, Lost Heaven hasn’t closed. (Though some rumors had been floating.) There’s still Lost Bakery on the first floor, and Yunnan food on the second floor.
Cages also announces its second location, Cages One East near West Bund. It officially opens on January 3, 2022. The specs: 384 seats, 1,500 sqm, batting cages, new games, and full food and drink menus. It’s located in the One East mall, which also houses clubs Space Plus and 1 Oak.
Azul Italiano opened its second location in the 1000 Trees complex, now in soft opening.There’s another Alimentari, “Alimentari Mulino” on Maoming Lu, a couple doors down from the newly opened Shanghai Love. And looks like another two Alimentaris will open, one on Wuxing Lu the other on Nanjing Xi Lu.
Borsh & Kompot, a casual Slavic café opens in the space formerly housing Swirlz. (Yes, soft serve ice cream place Swirlz closed.) On the menu are Slavic staples like borscht, blinis, and dumplings. They also have house-infused vodka.Dongping Lu is slowly picking up with Juke in soft opening on one end and Pain Chaud now open on the other end.
Black Rock, a whisky bar (with snacks) by Danyi Gao and Colin Tait of Shake, is currently in soft opening at 43 Fumin Lu.
A champagne bar opened in Grand Gateway, called Entropy. Entropy means a “lack of order or predictability; or gradual decline into disorder.” To me, it’s a lot like how I feel about new openings like these. (I don’t understand why anyone would go to a mall to drink champagne.)Yaya’s the pasta pop-up earlier this year by Andrew Moo (Taste Collective), Dan Li (formerly Bird), and Mike Liu (Lucky Mart) is going to have a brick-and-mortar! Fresh pastas! Coming to you after Chinese New Year at 329 Tongren Lu.
Oh, and there’s another project by Taste Buds coming on Changle Lu, next to Eldivino Thai. Next door to that, The Boiling Crab just opened.
Rumors! Whispers of Michelin three-star Frantzen are back. The restaurant announced it was going to open at Bund 5 in 2019, but well, Covid happened and that got halted. Now it seems they’re looking to try again. Also from the rumor mill is that a certain big name Swedish Michelin star chef is also looking to open in Shanghai.
More rumors, but this is more substantiated. The people behind Beijing restaurant group Bottega are looking to open a venue in Shanghai. Will it be Neapolitan pizzas like Bottega, a more traditional Roman restaurant like Forno, a Mexican restaurant and bar like El Barrio, or an izakaya like Daruma? Only time will tell.