February 2026 Restaurant, Bar and Exhibitions to Have on Your Radar

February brings a world mixture of artwork, design and culinary aptitude. In New York, the Noguchi Museum spotlights the late sculptor’s lasting bond with town in a brand new exhibition, whereas the London-born Punjabi spot Ambassador Clubhouse opens its lavish NoMad outpost. Throughout the Atlantic, London’s 200-year-old Simpson’s within the Strand returns as “the final grande dame restaurant,” restored by Jeremy King. Milan provides two hidden gems — a hardhat-only glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci’s Sala delle Asse mural at Sforza Citadel, and a brand new speakeasy at boutique lodge Vico Milano, mixing design and indulgence. Right here, be taught extra about these notable openings the world over and extra.

NEW YORK

‘Noguchi’s New York’ Exhibition

Isamu Noguchi, the late, nice Japanese-American sculptor, lived in a number of cities all over the world, however all the time returned to New York.

“I’m actually a New Yorker,” he mentioned late in his profession. “Not Japanese, not a citizen of the world, only a New Yorker who goes wandering round like many New Yorkers.”

A brand new exhibition, “Noguchi’s New York,” runs by means of Sept. 13 at The Noguchi Museum in Lengthy Island Metropolis, N.Y. The present options sculptures’ undertaking fashions, blueprints, pictures, quick movies and archival supplies tracing Noguchi’s public works, together with these altered or destroyed or by no means realized.

“Noguchi’s relationship with New York was certainly one of fixed return and reinvention,” mentioned Kate Wiener, curator, The Noguchi Museum. “The town formed him, challenged him, and finally grew to become the bottom on which a few of his most bold concepts had been examined.” — David Moin

Ambassador Clubhouse Expands Stateside

Ambassador Clubhouse, London’s beloved Punjabi restaurant, has opened its doorways in New York’s NoMad neighborhood.

Helmed by chef Karan Mittal in New York, the menu is impressed by Northern India’s royal kitchens, avenue meals, and household recipes. Favourite dishes from London embrace Authentic BBQ Butter Hen Chops and Ranjit Shai Lobster, featured alongside new choices like Aloo Mattar Satpura and Warqi Lamb Seekh Kebab. The cocktail menu is anchored by tequila and mezcal, blended with Punjab components.

Owned by the sibling-founded JKS Eating places group, Ambassador Clubhouse is called for the house owners’ grandfather, who served as an Indian ambassador all through Europe, Asia and Africa. The opulent restaurant interiors, spanning two ranges, are impressed by the ambassador’s dwelling in Dalhousie and grandeur of Northern Indian occasion mansions. Design particulars embrace unique work by Punjab artists and in addition pay tribute to the area’s heritage, just like the blue banding on the bar reflective of the Uch Sharif tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Website. — Kristen Tauer

LONDON

The ‘Final Grande Dame Restaurant‘

The historic London scorching spot Simpson’s within the Strand, beloved of literary greats, politicians and bon viveurs together with Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, is reopening late February after a significant refurbishment underneath the capital’s restaurateur-in-chief Jeremy King. The 200-year-old area at 100 Strand spans 5 flooring and can home two eating places, two bars and a giant occasions area, with interval options preserved and melded with fashionable components courtesy of Studio Shayne Brady. King, who owns Arlington in Mayfair and The Park in Bayswater, calls Simpson’s “London’s final grande dame restaurant, and the prospect of restoring it to its former glory is the apotheosis of my profession.” — Samantha Conti

MILAN

Hidden da Vinci

A uncommon mural by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting a fascinating pergola, shall be on show for a restricted time — however guests will want a hardhat for this expertise.

Till March 14, guests may have a privileged view, through scaffolding, of one of the vital guarded da Vinci masterpieces: Sforza Citadel’s Sala delle Asse, painted within the late fifteenth century. The corridor is at the moment underneath renovation.

The mural spans the expanse of the corridor and is framed inside a concave ceiling and kooky arches and is alleged to bear inscriptions that chronicle landmark chapters of the lifetime of fifteenth century duke Ludovico Maria Sforza, also referred to as Ludovico il Moro, together with the wedding of his niece Bianca Maria to emperor Maximilian and the victory of Louis XII, king of France, over Ludovico il Moro.

Throughout the almost 20 years in Milan, da Vinci honed in on his expertise as an architect and metropolis planner, propelling town to its early glory. He improved the canal system and accomplished one of the vital well-known work of all time: The Final Supper.

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A Speakeasy, Milanese Type

A brand new hidden locale is prone to entice the design curious. Luxurious boutique lodge Vico Milano is accepting reservations for its speakeasy and restaurant the place 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.

The seven-suite boutique lodge — the winner of two Michelin keys for 2025 and 2024 — is tucked away in a courtyard on Milan’s Corso Genova, simply south of town’s heart.
 
Accented with handwoven carpets from Morocco and rattan chairs from Italian designer Carminati, the bar and eating space options simply 18 seats, organized throughout two nightly seatings, and can function solely by reservation.

The hospitality area opened in 2021 and is a ardour undertaking of Neri Baccheschi Berti, who transformed a vogue showroom, operated by his mom Aurora within the Eighties, right into a shrine to design. — S.C.

PARIS

L’Aventure Will get Roomy

It could have been the place to be for endlessly glamorous nights within the Nineteen Seventies, and maybe once more with the revival of its restaurant and membership final yr, however L’Aventure can also be a spot the place now you can get up with a view of the Arc de Triomphe.

Hospitality cornerstones Gilbert and Thierry Costes known as on interiors mogul Vincent Darré for the 15-key five-star lodge on the tree-lined Avenue Victor Hugo off Place de L’Étoile. Articulated round an imposing central staircase serving all 5 flooring, every of the rooms and suites has been imagined like a refuge with a contact of the theatrical.

On the very high is L’Appartement, a 1,500 sq. foot two-bedroom suite that takes the concept of a house away from dwelling to its most luxurious expression, giving full play to wealthy textures, noble supplies and motifs hand-sketched by Darré. — Lily Templeton

A Journey to the Levant

Take a sidestep away from the Haussmann-style stretch of Avenue de l’Opéra and it’s a visit to the Levant that awaits behind the luminous garnet-toned facade of Kubaba. The brainchild of Benjamin Cohen and Julien Casbas, who’re behind famous Parisian eateries Jolia and Dalia, this new deal with unfurls a imaginative and prescient of Center Jap hospitality over three flooring and a few 4,000 sq. toes imagined by inside architect Laleh Asmi Assefi.

On the bottom flooring, the open kitchen attracts the eyes with its bustling exercise for the 100 or so diners who will be seated on this degree. The primary flooring provides a extra intimate expertise, with an eye fixed towards lingering over dinner and lengthy tables for celebrations, whereas the highest flooring is modeled after the inside of a standard khaïma tent, with cloth panels draping from the ceiling.

However wherever you alight, put together for a feast, with pastillas of seasonal greens, a kefta-style smash burger, raki-flambéed clams and on weekends, shawarma served with bread freshly baked on a standard saj griddle specifically introduced from Lebanon. — L.T.

LOS ANGELES

Rattling, I Miss Paris

Celeb stylist Jason Bolden and his husband, inside designer Adair Curtis, are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their scorching Los Angeles-based cocktail bar, Rattling, I Miss Paris. 

“For us, a bar serves as greater than only a place to take pleasure in drinks; bars are distinctive areas the place creativity, design and group intersect. Rattling, I Miss Paris is our alternative to curate an environment that encourages connection, dialog, and celebration of life’s moments,” Curtis and Bolden mentioned of their West Adams up to date artistic cocktail bar, which was constructed on their shared ardour for internet hosting and crafting experiences. — Emily Mercer