What's New in California
In this newsletter we will highlight openings of restaurants, museums, hotels and tours across The Golden State. If you want a full overview, click here and read more about new openings and development across California.

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Debut of Revamped Solvang Amber & Viking Museum Exhibit at The Copenhagen House
The Copenhagen House, Solvang’s premier Danish design destination, celebrated the opening of the space’s revamped and combined Solvang Amber Museum and The Great Hall of the Danes Viking Exhibit in April 2022. The high-end retailer and Danish culture center, located in the heart of the Santa Barbara County wine country town of Solvang – affectionately known as “The Danish Capital of America” – invites guests to view its new collection of 28 authentic Viking items with certain pieces dating back to the years 850-950 A.D. The reformatted display space, housed in the building’s original bank vault, is now called “Solvang Amber & Viking Museum.” The Copenhagen House, a 6,500-square-foot space occupying one of Solvang’s original structures, aims to represent some of the best design products from contemporary Denmark. The interior features Danish design in furnishing and flooring inspired by the Copenhagen Airport

New Restaurants & Hotels
The Paloma Resort Opening in Summer 2022
The Paloma Resort, a full-service boutique resort hotel located just south of downtown Palm Springs, is opening in summer 2022. The Paloma is a partnership between the property developers, local restaurateur Chad Gardner, and Tim and Amy Brinkman – the power couple behind LIT hospitality group. Featuring 66 modernist bungalows and suites, the resort juxtaposes mid-century architecture against the property’s central feature, a mission-style Adobe built in the 1930s. Palm Springs hospitality icon Chad Gardner is the culinary force behind The Paloma’s indoor/outdoor restaurant, Sol y Sombra, a tapas-style spot housed in the poolside Adobe. Gardner tapped the desert’s agricultural roots as inspiration for Sol y Sombra, incorporating local ingredients like dates, grapefruit and chilis into its menu of shareable small plates and signature drinks. Known for their Palm Canyon spa, Grounded Bodyworks brought their signature wellness offerings to The Paloma Resort with the opening of their second location, Grounded at The Paloma.
Asterid by Chef Ray Garcia Now Open in Downtown Los Angeles
Asterid – the newest restaurant from award-winning Chef Ray Garcia – opened for dinner service in late March 2022. Located in front of one of Los Angeles’ most iconic cultural and architectural landmarks, The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, the new restaurant delivers California-inspired cuisine in sophisticated dining, bar, and lounge settings, continuing Chef Garcia’s culinary narrative of the Angeleno dining experience in his native Los Angeles. Asterid’s menu features an expanse of local, hyper-seasonal ingredients that come together using both cherished and evolved culinary traditions and techniques to create a familial dining experience for groups large and small. While it delivers a sense of familiarity through Chef Garcia’s signature vibrant flavors and lively ingredients the menu is also unexpected, inspiring curiosity and paying respect to the independent spirit of Los Angeles. From dinner parties, private dining, receptions, full & partial buyouts, asterid offers a range of options for groups.

Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa Welcomes Coastal Kitchen 

Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa recently welcomed Coastal Kitchen, a new elevated dining experience that features a carefully crafted tasting menu – the only of its kind on the Monterey Peninsula. With new Executive Chef Michael Rotondo at the helm, the ever-changing menu highlights local, seasonal produce – the treasures that abound in the hotel’s coastal region. Each course is coupled with pairings curated by Sommelier Conrad Reddick. Coastal Kitchen is open for dinner service Thursday through Sunday.

LUMA Hotel San Francisco Debuting 

LUMA Hotel San Francisco is a modern, innovative hotel set to debut in June 2022. Located in the heart of the city’s vibrant Mission Bay neighborhood — adjacent to Oracle Park, Chase Center and UCSF Medical Center, the 299-room property is the first-ever hotel development in the area. The hotel will feature 7,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a spacious penthouse suite, a state-of-the-art fitness center featuring FORME fitness, partnerships with San Francisco’s community-driven craft cocktail and specialty coffee scene and a rooftop lounge with views of the city skyline and surrounding bay. The hotel will also feature several large-scale art installations, including one by San Francisco-based contemporary visual artist Jim Campbell.

Tours & Transportation
New Private Jeep Tour Company Offers Unique Experiences 

San Francisco Jeep Tours officially opened in spring 2022, offering visitors the chance to see San Francisco while maintaining some social distancing with its fleet of convertible jeeps. Each Jeep is driven by an entertaining and knowledgeable guide, and is named after parks in the Golden Gate Recreation Area – Point Reyes, Point Bonita and Lands End. Tours can take groups of six on the adventure of their choosing, on one of four different tour routes that include off-the-beaten track destinations where larger tour vehicles dare not go. These tours range in duration from 2 hours to full day experiences. Jeep riders can customize any of the following itineraries: City Tours, Evening & Sunset Tours, Muir Giant Redwoods and Sausalito Tours, and Full Day Muir Woods and City Tours. Every tour includes a memorable ride over the Golden Gate Bridge.

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