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While restaurants work on a shorter lead time than hotels, 2024 already has plenty of exciting new restaurant openings on the horizon.

How much would you be willing to pay for a sushi omakase meal? A top sushi chef from Tokyo will be opening a members-only sushi restaurant in Miami, Florida. The fee just to get in is US$10,000.

Miami is set to host a $10,000 members-only sushi restaurant, Ura, featuring renowned Tokyo-based chef Hidefumi Namba. Making a deal: Namba, known for his meticulous approach to temperature control, has dreamt of expanding to a "beautiful city that always has good weather,” according to Bloomberg. In a departure from the usual trend of Japanese chefs choosing New York for expansion, first-time restaurateurs Samuel and Jose Tcherassi convinced the admired craftsman of Tokyo's Sus...

Ura, which will feature renowned chef Hidefumi Namba, will feature a multi-concept space with a jazz lounge and a cocktail bar

When top Japanese chefs and restaurateurs expand to the US, they have invariably headed to New York. Just look at the jammed counters at Yoshino, Odo and Sushi Nakazawa.

In summer 2024, the Tcherassi brothers and Namba will open the multiconcept Ura, a 1,700-square-foot space that includes Sushi Namba and the Listening Room, a jazz lounge that will also host Cocktailante Oboro.

In summer 2024, Ura will open, a 1,700-square-foot space that includes Sushi Namba and a jazz lounge.

A $10,000 fee will give members access to monthly seats at the sushi counter, as well as the bar and jazz lounge.