The Chatterbox

Some quick tidbits for you. It’s kind of fun to be reporting on a business that is just blocks from me in New York that is coming to SF: Blatteis Realty reached out to let us know that THE HALAL GUYS are opening a location in the Tenderloin in…

Back in August, we announced that brothers Chris and Thomas Newbury of RÉVEILLE COFFEE CO. were preparing to open their fourth and largest location in Mission Bay, and it’s now open. The location will serve as their flagship and headquarters, with a roasting facility, training center, and espresso bar.…

In a rather speedy turnaround, DPG (Daniel Patterson Group) will be reopening ALFRED’S STEAKHOUSE this Thursday February 18th (opening night reservations are already all booked up!). As we previously mentioned, this is not about a big reconcepting—it’s about preserving this juicy slice of SF steakhouse history. DPG…

We mentioned this project a couple of months ago, and now MOSU is opening tonight (Tuesday February 16th), just across the street from State Bird Provisions. The fine dining restaurant has posted a sample of its kaiseki-style tasting menu online, which will clock in at 10-12 courses, and feature Asian…

A couple of quick Hayes Valley updates for you. First up, Eater has noted that ~PETIT CRENN~ has cut breakfast service but has added some of their more-popular dinner items to the lunch menu, like their Parisienne gnocchi. You can also enjoy their Petit Madame (Gruyère Mornay, sunny egg), a…

If you have been curious about trying the cuisine of chef Flynn McGarry, the 17-year-old chef who is known for his fine dining pop-up in Los Angeles and New York, Eureka, he’s going to be in town for a series of Feastly dinners March 1st-4th. Tickets are going fast—…

Chef Dominique Crenn’s new project, ANTOINETTE, has opened at the historic and restored Claremont Club & Spa in Berkeley (it’s opening in the former Paragon). She partnered with the property to consult on and develop this ingredient-driven brasserie and brought on chef de cuisine Justin Mauz (he was…

Cue the bagel excitement, really and truly, because Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman of WISE SONS are very, very close to opening WISE SONS BAGEL & BAKERY, their 2,200-square-foot commissary kitchen, production bakery, and shop on Fillmore. They’re about 95 percent finished, and barring any last-minute hiccups, are…

Great news, ramen fans/fanatics/fiends: MENSHO TOKYO ramen is now open in the TenderNob (just next door to wine bar Resolute). Chef-owner Tomoharu Shono has six ramen shops in Tokyo (he opened his first in 2005), and this will be his first in the U.S. Each one has…

Here’s a quick roundup of openings for you, starting with MATADOR, which we first told you about in detail back in December. To recap, this is the taco bar and tequileria (with frozen margaritas, holla!) opening in the former Sugar Café. Sugar owner Keith Goodman has brought in Miriam…