{"id":293694,"date":"2026-02-16T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293694\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:55:09","slug":"february-2026-restaurant-bar-and-exhibitions-to-have-on-your-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293694\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026 Restaurant, Bar and Exhibitions to Have on Your Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFebruary brings a global mix of art, design and culinary flair. In New York, the Noguchi Museum spotlights the late sculptor\u2019s lasting bond with the city in a new exhibition, while the London-born Punjabi spot Ambassador Clubhouse opens its lavish NoMad outpost. Across the Atlantic, London\u2019s 200-year-old Simpson\u2019s in the Strand returns as \u201cthe last grande dame restaurant,\u201d restored by Jeremy King. Milan offers two hidden gems \u2014 a hardhat-only glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Sala delle Asse mural at Sforza Castle, and a new speakeasy at boutique hotel Vico Milano, blending design and indulgence. Here, learn more about these notable openings across the world and more.<\/p>\n

\t\tNEW YORK\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2018Noguchi\u2019s New York\u2019 Exhibition<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tIsamu Noguchi at one of his sculpture installations in New York, 1979. Photo: Donna Svennevik<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonna Svennevik\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

\n\tIsamu Noguchi, the late, great Japanese-American sculptor, lived in several cities around the world, but always returned to New York.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really a New Yorker,\u201d he said late in his career. \u201cNot Japanese, not a citizen of the world, just a New Yorker who goes wandering around like many New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA new exhibition, \u201cNoguchi\u2019s New York,\u201d runs through Sept. 13 at The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, N.Y. The show features sculptures\u2019 project models, blueprints, photographs, short films and archival materials tracing Noguchi\u2019s public works, including those altered or destroyed or never realized.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNoguchi\u2019s relationship with New York was one of constant return and reinvention,\u201d said Kate Wiener, curator, The Noguchi Museum. \u201cThe city shaped him, challenged him, and ultimately became the ground on which some of his most ambitious ideas were tested.\u201d \u2014 David Moin<\/p>\n

\n\tAmbassador Clubhouse Expands Stateside<\/p>\n

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\n\tAmbassador Clubhouse, London\u2019s beloved Punjabi restaurant, has opened its doors in New York\u2019s NoMad neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\n\tHelmed by chef Karan Mittal in New York, the menu is inspired by Northern India\u2019s royal kitchens, street food, and family recipes. Favorite dishes from London include Original BBQ Butter Chicken Chops and Ranjit Shai Lobster, featured alongside new offerings like Aloo Mattar Satpura and Warqi Lamb Seekh Kebab. The cocktail menu is anchored by tequila and mezcal, blended with Punjab ingredients.<\/p>\n

\n\tOwned by the sibling-founded JKS Restaurants group<\/a>, Ambassador Clubhouse is named for the owners\u2019 grandfather, who served as an Indian ambassador throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. The opulent restaurant interiors, spanning two levels, are inspired by the ambassador\u2019s home in Dalhousie and grandeur of Northern Indian party mansions. Design details include original work by Punjab artists and also pay tribute to the region\u2019s heritage, like the blue banding on the bar reflective of the Uch Sharif tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. \u2014 Kristen Tauer<\/p>\n

\t\tLONDON\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u2018Last Grande Dame Restaurant\u2018<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe historic London hot spot Simpson\u2019s in the Strand, beloved of literary greats, politicians and bon viveurs including Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, is reopening late February after a major refurbishment under the capital\u2019s restaurateur-in-chief Jeremy King. The 200-year-old space at 100 Strand spans five floors and will house two restaurants, two bars and a big events space, with period features preserved and melded with modern elements courtesy of Studio Shayne Brady. King, who owns Arlington in Mayfair and The Park in Bayswater, calls Simpson\u2019s \u201cLondon\u2019s last grande dame restaurant, and the prospect of restoring it to its former glory is the apotheosis of my career.\u201d \u2014 Samantha Conti<\/p>\n

\t\tMILAN\t<\/p>\n

\n\tHidden da Vinci<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe restoration of Leonardo da Vinci painting during the re-opening of the Sala delle Asse at the Castello Sforzesco in 2019 in Milan.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tA rare mural by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting an enchanting pergola, will be on display for a limited time \u2014 but visitors will need a hardhat for this experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tUntil March 14,\u00a0visitors will have a privileged view, via scaffolding, of one of the most guarded da Vinci masterpieces: Sforza Castle\u2019s Sala delle Asse, painted in the late 15th century. The hall is currently under renovation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe mural spans the expanse of the hall and is framed within a concave ceiling and whimsical arches and is said to bear inscriptions that chronicle landmark chapters of the life of 15th century duke Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, including the marriage of his niece Bianca Maria to emperor Maximilian and the victory of Louis XII, king of France, over Ludovico il Moro.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the nearly two decades in Milan, da Vinci<\/a> honed in on his talent as an architect and city planner, propelling the city to its early glory. He improved the canal system and completed one of the most famous paintings of all time: The Last Supper.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor reservations, visit https:\/\/adartem.it\/ \u2014 Sofia Celeste<\/p>\n

\n\tA Speakeasy, Milanese Style<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSeating inside Vico Milano\u2019s new speakeasy. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Vico Milano<\/p>\n

\n\tA new hidden locale is likely to entice the design curious. Luxury boutique hotel Vico Milano is accepting reservations for its speakeasy and restaurant where the mixologist is serving up new cocktails like Vico sours made with mediterranean gin, elderflower and basil and the chef is serving up small bites of wagyu beef brioches.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe seven-suite boutique hotel \u2014 the winner of two Michelin keys for 2025 and 2024 \u2014 is tucked away in a courtyard on Milan\u2019s Corso Genova, just south of the city\u2019s center.
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Accented with handwoven carpets from Morocco and rattan chairs from Italian designer Carminati, the bar and dining area features just 18 seats, arranged across two nightly seatings, and will operate exclusively by reservation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe hospitality space opened in 2021 and is a passion project of Neri Baccheschi Berti, who converted a fashion showroom, operated by his mother Aurora in the 1980s, into a shrine to design. \u2014 S.C.<\/p>\n

\t\tPARIS \t<\/p>\n

\n\tL\u2019Aventure Gets Roomy<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt may have been the place to be for endlessly glamorous nights in the 1970s, and perhaps again with the revival of its restaurant and club last year, but L\u2019Aventure is also a place where you can now wake up with a view of the Arc de Triomphe.<\/p>\n

\n\tHospitality cornerstones Gilbert and Thierry Costes called on interiors mogul Vincent Darr\u00e9 for the 15-key five-star hotel on the tree-lined Avenue Victor Hugo off Place de L\u2019\u00c9toile. Articulated around a majestic central staircase serving all five floors, each of the rooms and suites has been imagined like a refuge with a touch of the theatrical.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the very top is L\u2019Appartement, a 1,500 square foot two-bedroom suite that takes the idea of a home away from home to its most luxurious expression, giving full play to rich textures, noble materials and motifs hand-sketched by Darr\u00e9. \u2014 Lily Templeton<\/p>\n

\n\tA Trip to the Levant<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMickael A. BANDASSAK<\/p>\n

\n\tTake a sidestep away from the Haussmann-style stretch of Avenue de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra and it\u2019s a trip to the Levant that awaits behind the luminous garnet-toned facade of Kubaba. The brainchild of Benjamin Cohen and Julien Casbas, who are behind noted Parisian eateries Jolia and Dalia, this new address unfurls a vision of Middle Eastern hospitality over three floors and some 4,000 square feet imagined by interior architect Laleh Asmi Assefi.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the ground floor, the open kitchen draws the eyes with its bustling activity for the 100 or so diners who can be seated on this level. The first floor offers a more intimate experience, with an eye toward lingering over dinner and long tables for celebrations, while the top floor is modeled after the interior of a traditional kha\u00efma tent, with fabric panels draping from the ceiling.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut wherever you alight, prepare for a feast, with pastillas of seasonal vegetables, a kefta-style smash burger, raki-flamb\u00e9ed clams and on weekends, shawarma served with bread freshly baked on a traditional saj griddle specially brought from Lebanon.\u00a0\u2014 L.T.<\/p>\n

\t\tLOS ANGELES\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDamn, I Miss Paris <\/p>\n

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\n\tCelebrity stylist Jason Bolden and his husband, interior designer Adair Curtis, are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their hot Los Angeles-based cocktail bar, Damn, I Miss Paris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor us, a bar serves as more than just a place to enjoy drinks; bars are unique spaces where creativity, design and community intersect. Damn, I Miss Paris is our opportunity to curate an atmosphere that encourages connection, conversation, and celebration of life\u2019s moments,\u201d Curtis and Bolden said of their West Adams contemporary creative cocktail bar, which was built on their shared passion for hosting and crafting experiences. \u2014 Emily Mercer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February brings a global mix of art, design and culinary flair. In New York, the Noguchi Museum spotlights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,49048,149089],"class_list":{"0":"post-293694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-wwd-weekend","12":"tag-wwd-weekend-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}