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A report by Dana Massey-Todd. Heidi Gibson of grilled cheese fame has opened a second location of AMERICAN GRILLED CHEESE KITCHEN (with Nathan Pollak) in the former Café Gratitude space in the Mission. The new spot serves breakfast and lunch for now, and will add dinner service in the coming…

A report by Dana Massey-Todd. Divisadero has a new spot for a casual glass of wine and a snack. WINE KITCHEN opened January 10th and is now serving its full menu, with a wide selection of international wines (you can check out a PDF of both here). Co-owners and chefs…

With the closure of Marbella (previously Rex Cafe) on Polk Street, the new takers have arrived: Ari Derfel, Eric Fenster, and chef Sean Baker of ~GATHER~ in Berkeley. While the project doesn’t have a name yet, Eater has some additional details: Abueg Morris Architects is redesigning the 64-seat space,…

Some openings around town: as previously mentioned on tablehopper, MISSION STREET OYSTER BAR from Fredy Gamez, previously at Anchor Oyster Bar, has opened on Mission Street. The menu focuses on San Francisco classic seafood, and there’s a happy hour with $1 oysters and $2.50 beer until 6pm. Open…

Over in North Beach, business partners Ryan Maxey and chef Ian Begg made the decision to close ~TXOKO~ on New Year’s Eve, but they are moving their neighboring Naked Lunch sandwich shop into the space. They are also adding a burger and fries, and some other straightforward dishes. There’…

Some new cafés are coming to our local scene. James Stolich of Cook with James is consulting on a new café opening on Van Ness, SPIRO COFFEE. He’s consulting for Mike and Roger Abuyaghi of R&M Automotive (located around the corner on Ellis)—in a funny connection,…

It’s a new year, with some chef shuffling happening around town at places with alphanumeric names. Over at ~PARALLEL 37~, they have found a replacement for Ron Siegel, who is now at Michael Mina. Taking the helm is Michael Rotondo, who was most recently executive chef at Charlie Trotter’…

Looking for some new menu offerings and deals? Well, check it out. First up, I was pretty blown away with the prime rib I tasted at ~ALEXANDER’S STEAKHOUSE~ a couple of weeks ago, and it ends up they have a nice special on it: Prime Rib Sunday. You get…