Summer 2026 is hitting different on the restaurant front. A remarkable wave of new kitchens has swung open in the past eight weeks — Enrique Olvera’s mariscos temple turning Venice into a Baja fever dream, the Pijja Palace crew prepping Indo-Chinese chaos in Silver Lake, and Nancy Silverton about to drop a steakhouse on Pacific Palisades as the neighborhood’s most meaningful post-fire flex.

One caveat: the spots marked "opening soon" are confirmed announcements, not open doors — bookmark them and check reservation platforms before you make plans. Everything else? Go now. The lines are real and the hype is mostly earned.