In the new year, Kansas City foodies will be able to visit a smorgasbord of new restaurants across the metro area.

• Oregano & Thyme Mediterranean Market & Deli opened in December in downtown Mission, 6116 Johnson Drive. The deli offers soup, sandwiches and other specialty items for lunch, along with fresh-baked cookies and bread. The shop also offers Mediterranean goods including dry pasta and oils. It also offers recipe cards for the ingredients sold there. The owners are Daisy Rodriguez and Ted Gavalas.
• In January, Brookside Poultry Co. will open at 408 E. 63rd St., Kansas City. The family-friendly restaurant will focus on locally sourced poultry, including chicken, duck and turkey from Barham Cattle Co. & Family Farm in Kearney. Chef Charles D’Ablaing, who has served as executive chef at Chaz on the Plaza and Webster House, aims to reconnect with his southern roots. The restaurant will serve fried chicken, cheddar biscuits, shrimp and grits, and fried green tomatoes.
• A Hawaiian-themed concept will open in Februrary at 1112 E. North Ave., Belton. Hawaiian Bros Island Grill is a spinoff of Oregon restaurant chain Hawaiian Time. Brothers Cameron and Tyler McNie grew the Oregon restaurants and wanted to add new touches for the Midwest concept. The signature offering is Huli Huli Chicken, a teriyaki chicken dish. The McNies already are scouting a second area location.
• Summit Grill will open its third area location at 601 NE 70th St. in the Heights at Linden Square mixed-use development in Gladstone. The new location is expected to open in late summer of 2018 and will be the largest, seating up to 300 guests. Summit Grill first opened in 2012 in Lee’s Summit and added a Waldo location in 2014. The restaurants are led by Andy Lock and Domhnall Molloy, who were named as Restaurateurs of the Year in 2017 by the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association.