The Hart and the Hunter’s Kris Tominaga to helm new Santa Monica restaurant

Kris Tominaga, one of the chefs at the Hart and the Hunter, will helm the kitchen at a new restaurant and bar replacing the Shack in Santa Monica. The restaurant is scheduled to open mid-summer.

Jeff Weinstein, who opened the Counter and Freddy Smalls, is behind the new project, which doesn’t have a name or a type of cuisine attached to it yet.

The new space is 2,800 square feet with indoor and outdoor seating areas and will seat around 100. There will be a full bar and a brick and stone hearth with a large wood-burning grill.

Tominaga will remain involved with the Hart and the Hunter while he works on the new project.

2518 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica.

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