Exciting Restaurant News And Openings Around The Globe This April

Holy mole, you guys! How the heck did it get to be April already? This is insane. As I sit here there are April showers pouring down outside my window, but from the looks of things, there are plenty of flowers on the horizon. And by flowers I mean a bevy of blossoming new restaurants and exciting food events.

I rounded up the world's biggest food news for Departures in my monthly Dining Agenda column, which you can check out here. Some of my most anticipated openings are the super rad new magic show Upstairs at The Nomad called The Magician starring Dan White, and the stunning new SoHo House Istanbul, which includes two rooftop pools overlooking The Bosphorus. I'll be heading to the show Upstairs later this month, and fingers crossed on trip to Turkey — still one of my bucket list destinations! (Do you blame me? Those markets tho!)