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A few items for the food lover’s calendar (that would be yours): Katie Parla is in town from Rome on Thursday April 28th to talk about and sign her beautiful new book, Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City, at ~OMNIVORE BOOKS~ at 6:30pm.…

There is a new izakaya in Oakland that pays homage to grilled chicken (yakitori) called HINA YAKITORI. Owner Jonathan Moon has brought on Tommy Clearly, previously at Tori + Salon in Tokyo, and  Ippuku and B-Dama in the 510. There is a limited number of whole chickens they break down each…

Ladies and gents, it makes me happy to report that MISTER JIU’S is now open in Chinatown. I’d like to give a slow clap to Brandon Jew and his entire team for getting this beast of a project open—it was a huge undertaking and will continue to…

I broke the news about a month ago that the former ~CHINO~ was transforming into BAR SAN PANCHO, and the Cal-Mex cantina is now open. To recap, the Tacolicious team is offering a booze-friendly menu that includes tortas, the totally irresistible-sounding quesoburguesa (a chile con queso-stuffed burger, with ancho fries)…

The folks at FIORELLA have been happily cooking up pizzas and more for the Richmond, and now it’s time to fry up some eggs! Starting Saturday April 16th, Fiorella will be offering brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. The menu includes Italian-inspired eggs (like with polenta), pizza, pasta, specialty cocktails (like a…

Good news for folks trying to get a coveted seat at Aaron London’s delicious AL’S PLACE in the Mission. Starting Wednesday April 13th, they are opening an outdoor dining area on the sidewalk. What this means is that when dinner service starts at 5:30pm, there will now…

Over the weekend, the Gather team’s comfort food replacement for ~VERBENA~, REVERB KITCHEN & BAR, closed. 2323 Polk St. at Green. Meanwhile, the SF location of Sachin Chopra and Shoshana Wolff’s ALL SPICE, which replaced their restaurant Game in the former Masa’s space, has closed. 648 Bush…

Here’s a quick roundup of all kinds of fun food events and tastings around the bay—click the links for more info if something catches your eye. City College of San Francisco’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies Department is hosting their annual Wok on the Wild Side fundraiser…

Well folks, it’s time to release the burgers. We gave you the full write-up and sneak peek of WESBURGER ‘N’ MORE opening in the Mission, and now you get to get your Wes Burger on and queso tots and Nashville hot fried chicken on and and and…It has…

Looks like there is something going on at SoMa’s RED DOG, which opened just shy of two years ago. Lauren Kiino has temporarily closed the restaurant as of March 29th, but she tells me it’s not officially closed and they are looking at options for moving forward. Stand…