Marcia Gagliardi

74-year-old LOUIS’ RESTAURANT, the kitschy restaurant out by the Sutro Baths, has finished its renovation, approvals, and permits, and is reopening this Wednesday August 3rd. The family-owned restaurant almost lost their lease with the National Park Service, but fortunately the community rallied to help the Hontalas family…

SoMa workers have been lining up for sandwiches from DELI BOARD on Howard Street for months (it’s like they’re giving away sandwiches or something). But what’s funny is the line is at the door of their catering kitchen, and not an actual sandwich shop. Well, not for…

Nope, it’s not just pizza and burger places dominating our local culinary scene: banh mi is quickly proving to be the “it” sandwich of 2011. Not too long ago, Eater announced the closure of 33-year-old Indonesian Java Restaurant in the Inner Richmond (the owner reportedly retired). Now…

The Inside Scoop broke the story about the upcoming HAYES VALLEY BAKEWORKS project coming to the corner of Gough and Fulton (I’ve been wondering what was going in there since it’s on one of my bike routes). Alice Cravens (previously at Modern Tea) is working with the local…

Lots of groovy baked goods are coming onto the scene lately. Just found out Oakland’s STARTER BAKERY will now have some of their fantastic pastries available at super-cute farm:table in the TenderNob. Sadly, no kouign amann, but they will carry some of Starter Bakery’s mini croissants,…

Pig continues to be the new black. First up, both Grub Street and Mission Mission have been tracking what is going into the former Discolandia space in the Mission: PIG AND PIE. One of the owners handily wrote in some comments on the MM post, so here are the details,…

A tablehopper reader sent me this picture of the window sign in Glen Park’s wine bar spinoff of P’tit Laurent, SEL ET VIN. No official word from the owners yet about what’s going on, so stand by. 678 Chenery St. at Diamond, 415-333-2200. Yelper about…

August is chock-full of pop-up meals and shindigs (like it’s different from any other month). Here’s a sampling of the lineup that has blipped across my radar—and I am quite sure there will be more to announce in coming weeks: Chef Jeremy Fox will be…