Expanding empire: Samyukta Nair of Jamavar, Bombay Bustle and MiMi is opening her new site, Koyn
(Picture: Steven Joyce )An unusually bumper summer of high-profile openings — from revelatory south Asian cooking at The Tamil Prince and game-changing Mexican at Cavita to new sites for old favourites Barrafina, Le Bab, Lina Stores and Honey & Co — means that the back-to-school rush of September restaurant launches is more of a trickle this year.
That and the fact that, like the rest of us, chefs and restaurateurs face ever-rising bills and uncertainty about what the months ahead hold for the economy. The restaurants below, at least, all prove there are still reasons to be cheerful — and all of them deserve supporting.
