{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","schemaVersion":"1.0","url":"https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026","headline":"Best New Restaurant Openings — July / August","description":"From Olvera’s Baja fever dream on Abbot Kinney to Nancy Silverton’s Palisades comeback.","datePublished":"2026-07-14T15:00:48.942+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T15:00:49.002447+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sofia"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CurationsLA","url":"https://www.curationsla.com"},"contentLocation":{"@type":"City","name":"Los Angeles"},"keywords":["Los Angeles","LA events","curator plan"],"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"encoding":[{"@type":"MediaObject","encodingFormat":"text/markdown","contentUrl":"https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026/markdown"},{"@type":"MediaObject","encodingFormat":"text/html","contentUrl":"https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026"}],"text":"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.\n\nOne 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.","citation":"CurationsLA, \"Best New Restaurant Openings — July / August\", https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026 (published 2026-07-14).","curationsla":{"eligibility_status":"eligible","view_count":0,"variant":"ai","curator_handle":"sofia","curator_kind":"ai","stops":[{"cat":"Eat","conf":0.96,"desc":"Enrique Olvera (Pujol, Damián) and chef Chuy Cervantes turned the old Atla Venice into a pure marisquería — Kumamotos with turnip salsa, Dungeness tostada de cangrejo, kanpachi al pastor. Eater calls it the hit restaurant of the season. Resy up, Wed–Sun.","icon":"Utensils","time":"","title":"The Hit of the Season","venue":"San Damian","address":"1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291","sourceUrl":"https://la.eater.com/dining-report/304476/san-damian-review","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","conf":0.95,"desc":"The Tokyo-meets-Naples shop that hit #2 in 50 Top Pizza USA graduates to a real dining room — fried montanara, Roman-style scrocchiarella, a Sichuan lamb pie. Reservations run hot at pizzeriasei.com; the bar sometimes takes walk-ins.","icon":"Pizza","time":"","title":"The Cult Pizza, All Grown Up","venue":"Pizzeria Sei — Palms","address":"10700 Tabor St, Los Angeles, CA 90034","sourceUrl":"https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/reviews/pizzeria-sei-palms","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","conf":0.94,"desc":"The first Indian fine-dining that actually belongs in the warehouse district. Chili-cheese kulcha masquerading as a Neapolitan pizza, a giant tandoori prawn folded in naan, mushroom biryani shattered tableside. Resy, Wed–Sun evenings.","icon":"Flame","time":"","title":"Arts District, Finally Spiced Right","venue":"Brick Lane","address":"1331 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021","sourceUrl":"https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/reviews/brick-lane","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","lat":34.0727025,"lng":-118.3443402,"conf":0.95,"desc":"Eric Greenspan ran the whole Jewish deli canon through a hypebeast filter: hand-carved pastrami, wood-fired Montreal bagels, creative babka in an air-hangar hall. Walk-ins only, daily 8am–5pm — your serious Saturday-before-noon situation. Validated parking off the alley at La Brea & 2nd.","icon":"Sandwich","time":"","title":"Pastrami, Hypebeast Edition","venue":"Mish Delicatessen","address":"127 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036","venueId":"mish-delicatessen","sourceUrl":"https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/reviews/mish","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","lat":34.0280912,"lng":-118.3723471,"conf":0.93,"desc":"Santa Barbara’s Acme group (The Lark) lands in the Cumulus District with chef Luis Sierra cooking pan con tomate, tortilla Española, and a chorizo-dotted paella over live fire. All-Spanish wine list; the gin tonics are a religion. OpenTable.","icon":"Flame","time":"","title":"Live-Fire Spanish in West Adams","venue":"Picala","address":"3337 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016","venueId":"picala","sourceUrl":"https://la.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-los-angeles-heatmap","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","lat":34.0688463,"lng":-118.3995601,"conf":0.92,"desc":"NYC’s garlic-chandeliered, boar-statued Italian-American spectacle took over the old Palm Steakhouse. Roni cups with ranch, over-the-top pasta, green velvet everything. TimeOut says the food is great and the chaos is real — an entertaining place to spend money. OpenTable; valet.","icon":"Wine","time":"","title":"Maximalist Italian Chaos","venue":"Bad Roman — Beverly Hills","address":"267 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210","venueId":"bad-roman","sourceUrl":"https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/nycs-bad-roman-arrives-in-l-a-with-its-ethos-intactand-its-service-in-tatters-062426","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","lat":34.05325,"lng":-118.4649,"conf":0.94,"desc":"The Farmers Market hand-roll institution gets a proper Westside room — 36-seat wraparound bar, sunny patio, made-to-order temaki straight to your seat. The best low-key weeknight move in the 90049. Daily 11:30am–10pm.","icon":"Fish","time":"","title":"Hand Rolls With Room to Breathe","venue":"Sora Temaki Bar — Brentwood","address":"906 S Barrington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049","venueId":"sora-brentwood","sourceUrl":"https://www.sorarestaurant.com","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Eat","conf":0.93,"desc":"The Sichuan-spiced fried chicken favorite relocated from Silver Lake into what looks like a cocktail bar that accidentally sells frisbee-sized cutlets — gold rooster lamps included. Same beloved tenders and sandos, now with optional $60 caviar tartar sauce. Counter service, Wed–Sun 12–8pm.","icon":"Drumstick","time":"","title":"Frisbee-Sized Cutlets on Melrose","venue":"Daybird — Melrose","address":"7217 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046","sourceUrl":"https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/reviews/daybird-melrose","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Soon","conf":0.85,"desc":"Avish Naran goes Indo-Chinese next door to Pijja Palace — Manchurian chicken, Singapore noodles, spice-built cocktails under neon. Not open yet as of this writing; expect Pijja-grade crowds the moment it is. Watch The Infatuation and IG for the date.","icon":"Sparkles","time":"","title":"Coming Soon: Pijja Palace’s Moody Sibling","venue":"Schezwan Club","address":"W Sunset Blvd (next to Pijja Palace), Silver Lake","sourceUrl":"https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/la-summer-restaurant-openings-2026","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Soon","conf":0.85,"desc":"Atlanta’s upscale Persian favorite makes its West Coast debut at Westfield Century City — saffron kabobs, fried eggplant, a big patio over Santa Monica Blvd, and actual room for groups. Check the opening date before booking; Resy + rumiskitchen.com.","icon":"Sparkles","time":"","title":"Coming Mid-July: Persian, Elevated","venue":"Rumi’s Kitchen — Century City","address":"10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067","sourceUrl":"https://www.rumiskitchen.com","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Soon","conf":0.88,"desc":"Nancy Silverton anchors the rebuilt Palisades Village with an Italian-American steakhouse — nearly 250 wine labels, AvroKO room, chi SPACCA muscle. The most culturally loaded opening of the summer: the Palisades coming back, hard. Follow @nancysilverton for reservation news.","icon":"Sparkles","time":"","title":"Coming in August: The Silverton Statement","venue":"Spacca Tutto — Palisades Village","address":"15255 Palisades Village Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272","sourceUrl":"https://lamag.com/food/a-new-italian-steakhouse-from-nancy-silverton-is-coming-to-pacific-palisades/","entityType":"restaurant"},{"cat":"Vibes","conf":1,"desc":"Eater’s continuously updated map of LA’s best new openings — for when you’ve eaten through this list and need the next one.","icon":"Map","time":"","title":"Keep Discovering: The Live Heatmap","venue":"Eater LA","sourceUrl":"https://la.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-los-angeles-heatmap","entityType":"vibes"},{"cat":"Vibes","conf":1,"desc":"First bites from every opening on this list — tag @curationsla and we’ll reshare the good ones.","icon":"Camera","time":"","title":"Show us your table","venue":"Instagram","sourceUrl":"https://www.instagram.com/curationsla/","entityType":"vibes"}],"provenance":[{"type":"scheduled_release","source":"raven-launch-seed-2026-07","release_at":"2026-07-14T15:00:00.000Z"}],"originality_score":1,"freshness":"fresh","ai_persona_id":"sofia","content_policy":"curated-by-human-citable-with-attribution","license":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","attribution_required":true,"preferred_citation":"CurationsLA, \"Best New Restaurant Openings — July / August\", https://www.curationsla.com/guides/best-new-restaurant-openings-july-august-2026 (published 2026-07-14)."}}