After two years of hibernation and careful menu planning, celebrated chef Aitor Zabala is reopening his lauded two-Michelin-star restaurant Somni (@somnirestaurant) in summer 2023 in a new West Hollywood location. The former tasting menu restaurant opened inside the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills back in 2018, featuring just 10 seats per night and backed by José Andrés’s former ThinkFoodGroup (now José Andrés Group). Zabala’s remake of the restaurant will feature an expanded menu and space, and is no longer under the Andrés umbrella at all. Somni (which means dream in Catalan) and its sister restaurant the Bazaar closed during the pandemic, likely due to the overall difficulties of operating at the time, but potentially also because of a change in ownership of the hotel. The new Somni goes into a former clothing retail space in West Hollywood at 9045 Nemo Street and will feature a spacious tree-lined patio for diners to take in appetizers and welcome drinks before settling into their dinner seats. Click on the link in the bio to read the story by @mattatouille. Photo by @wonhophoto.