Marcia Gagliardi

Russian Hill residents are going to be very happy to hear about this new and impending addition to their neighborhood! Melissa Gugni and Jay Esopenko of the popular Little Vine speciality grocery (and sandwich shop) in North Beach are going to be opening a new concept, UNION LARDER, in Russian…

Woohoo, ICHI SUSHI + NI BAR is opening in its new digs on Tuesday February 18th (yup, tonight!). They have double the space to work in, and chef Tim Archuleta and team have been working on their new izakaya dishes. To recap, there is a 30-seat sushi counter in the…

A couple of weeks ago, we had an update and sneak peek for you on the design details of the upcoming ~KIN KHAO~ in the Parc 55. Well, it’s looking like the space will be opening to the public for lunch this Friday February 21st. Owner Pim Techamuanvivit and…

Eater was the first to catch the liquor license activity for the recently closed ZUPPA space in SoMa, and the taker is none other than Chris Cosentino (Incanto, Boccalone). Details are spare for now, so stand by on what his plans are for the space (I have always thought it’…

A report by Dana Eastland. The newest project from the team at AQ is MÉLANGE MARKET, a hybrid café and pop-up incubator in the ODC building in the Mission. We’ve mentioned it briefly, but we’ve got some details on the project now that their doors have been…

Doughnuts are not only stupidly delicious, but who knew they could be so damn gorgeous too?! We heard some buzz about new pop-up BESPOKE DOUGHNUTS from Brian Christie and Reilly Meehan, who are crafting some truly spectacular doughnut creations, including options like piña colada, or one with duck confit,…

This is the kind of news that is so hard for us to report. Over the weekend, Josh Epple, who co-owned Drewes Meats in Noe Valley with his brother, Isaac Epple, tragically died in a motorcycle accident. Noe Valley Blog has some details, and the comments are a small…

Oh boy, this is delicious and dangerous news: LOS SHUCOS LATIN HOT DOGS is now open in the Mission. The owner, Sofia Keck, originally hails from Guatemala and has brought Guatemalan-style street food hot dogs to San Francisco. The hot dogs come with two sausage types: bacon-wrapped sausage…