Richard Blais's San Diego Restaurant; Restaurateur BFFs

BLAIS IN SAN DIEGO— Eater San Diego has a new update on Richard Blais's Southern California venture, Juniper & Ivy. The restaurant will likely have table-side nitrogen cocktails, house-made pasta, and a variation of The Spence's oysters and pearls dish when it opens early next year. [-ESD-]

BFFS— This month, Christiane Lauterbach praises "upstart restaurateurs," groups of young collaborators who open restaurants with their friends. She highlights Villains, Paper Plane, Kimball House, and Sobban in Atlanta Magazine. [Atlanta]

REMEMBERING RIA— The benefit and memorial for chef Ria Pell, who passed away in late November, will be held this Friday, December 13, at the Variety Playhouse. Learn more here and purchase tickets here. [EaterWire]