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Atlanta • Holeman & Finch Public House: Buckhead restaurant serves dressed-up comfort grub in a communal setting.
• White Elephant: New East Point restaurant combines genuine Thai cuisine with slick decor and sexy cocktails.

Boston
• Atelier: A new Back Bay salon has just three coveted seats for haircuts with stylist Dean Mellen.

Chicago
• Big Jones: A new contemporary southern restaurant opened last week; get free Wi-Fi and tea service during the day, alligator and fine wine in the evening.
• Mado: A new Italian/Mediterranean restaurant shows true dedication to sustainability -- everything, including the decor as well as the food, is locally sourced.
• Starfruit: A new fro-yo shop had its grand opening yesterday.

Cofresi
• Social: Jeffrey Chodorow opens a new branch of his sexiest restaurant at Maxim Bungalows in the Dominican Republic.

London
• Prick Your Finger: Friends from Central St. Martins open a shop dedicated to crafty young knitters; classes supplement the shop's selection of fine yarns.

Los Angeles
• Alexander McQueen: The British designer/enfant terrible opened his first West Coast shop last week.
• Flake: Early risers in Venice Beach can head to this "cereal bar" for breakfast in a bowl; over 40 varieties of hot and cold cereals, as well as light sandwiches, are served from 6:30 am until the early evening.
• Ports 1961: Canadian label opens a new boutique for its luxury womenswear on Melrose Place.
• Shizue: Japanese handbag and jewelry label opens a shop in Beverly Hills.

Miami
• Jolie: Coral Gables women's boutique specializes in apparel from South American designers.
• So-Mi: Milly, Cosabella and Lauren Conrad (yeah, her) are among the designer labels found at this new Aventura boutique.

New York
• A Casa Fox: Melissa Fox, a downtown caterer, opens her own Latin restaurant in the Lower East Side; BYOB.
• Bar Milano: Jason and Joe Denton open a highly-anticipated, higher-end neighborhood Italian restaurant between Gramercy and Murray Hill.
• Cho Cho San: New opera-inspired restaurant on 8th St. serves Japanese cuisine with a Western spin.
• jan & aya: Handicrafts from around the globe, as well as local organic confections (gold twinkies!) are sold at this new Greenpoint shop.
• The Habitat: Cozy Greenpoint bar and restaurant offers a menu of small plates and local beers.

Philadelphia
• Shop Sixty Five: A new boutique in Doylestown stocks great labels, including Catherine Malandrino for the ladies and Ben Sherman for the guys.

San Francisco
• Devils Own: Cow Hollow boutique is a destination for avant-garde streetwear from Asia.
• Muracci's: Casual restaurant in FiDi serves classic Japanese curries.

Seattle
• The Saint: New Capitol Hill restaurant serves Mexican fare and flights of tequila from its 80+ bottles.

Washington D.C.
• Maison Living: A retail gallery for luxury home décor opens in Georgetown.
• Newseum: The long-awaited interactive museum for news and journalism had its grand opening last week.