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New openings in Switzerland — October 2026

3 openings dated October 2026, 3 of them still to come. We read the local press, watch the venues themselves and check the booking systems, so the date here is the one that turns out to be true.

Across Bern, Luzern, Zürich.

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Opening soonLogo: Restaurant Schmied

Bern · 17 Oct 2026

Restaurant · Alpine-influenced cuisine, Old town, Event location

Schmied

Schmiedenplatz 5, 3011 Bern

The restaurant in Bern's blacksmiths' guild house reopens on 17 October 2026 as Schmied — restaurant, bar and hall in one, with popular cooking under alpine influence and close to a hundred seats inside and out.

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Opening soonVermicelleria

Zürich · 29 Oct 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

Café · Pop-up, Dessert, Chestnuts

Vermicelleria

Josefstrasse 129, 8005 Zürich

Zürich's cult vermicelles pop-up returns for three weeks at a new address on Josefstrasse, serving coupes built from freshly harvested Swiss chestnuts.

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Opening soonPhoto via @schloessliutenberg

Luzern · 30 Oct 2026 – 19 Dec 2026

Restaurant · Pop-up restaurant, Set menu, Castle setting

Dusty Donkey

Utenberg 1, 6006 Luzern

The Dusty Donkey pop-up returns to the Schlössli Utenberg above Lucerne for a fourth run — «Jakob's Gute Stube», a five-course dinner in the rococo manor on the Dietschiberg, Fridays and Saturdays from 30 October to 19 December.

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