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A couple of quick North Beach notes for you. Hoodline reports the ORIGINAL U.S. RESTAURANT has already opened in its new home, the former Colosseo Ristorante. It’s open for lunch, with sandwiches, salads, and pasta dishes, while dinner brings white tablecloths, dishes like risotto and osso buco, and…

By Dana Eastland. La Cocina alum Binita Pradhan has opened her first brick-and-mortar location of BINI’S KITCHEN. According to Scoop, the restaurant is opening in the former Zog’s Dogs. The location will serve her signature momos (Nepalese dumplings) with meat and vegetarian fillings, two curries of chicken or…

Earlier this year, the big news was that two iconic San Francisco-born businesses, Blue Bottle Coffee and Tartine Bakery, were going to merge. And now, seven months later, the merger is off. They “ultimately decided that remaining separate companies makes the most sense,” according to a press statement from both…

By Dana Eastland. Feastly is welcoming the holiday season with a huge variety of parties, including a special Napa Provisions party on Thursday December 17th at their newest event location on Market Street. Four Napa restaurants will participate: ZuZu, Smoke, Hog Island, and Oenotri. The menu includes ZuZu wood-fired paella,…

By Dana Eastland. STARLINE SOCIAL CLUB has a new chef in the kitchen, according to Scoop: William Lue, who has been running Burmese restaurants in the Bay Area for a long time. The plan is to bring the Starline staff’s favorite Burmese dishes to their kitchen, including the tea…

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, THANKS EVERYONE! Okay folks, the holidays are here, so it’s time for some cheer—and cheers! Yes, the boozy kind. I am so excited to announce I am hosting a two-martini lunch at the one and only BIX on Friday December 18th. Is there…

A fun project is coming to the former Sugar Café called MATADOR, which will be a taco bar and tequileria. Sugar owner Keith Goodman has brought in Miriam Lipton (Tender) and Kris Esqueda (Huxley) to create, design, and operate the venture. Chef Juan Martinez, a longtime sous chef from Tres,…

At long last, the Russian Hill location of CRAFTSMAN AND WOLVES is opening this Friday December 4th. It’s conveniently where a bunch of neighborhoods intersect: Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, and Cow Hollow are all close, so folks on that side of town no longer need to trek to the…

Back in October, we mentioned that ~NOJO~ was back open for a few months, and now it has closed again as it transforms into a “brand-new ramen izakaya concept in early January” (per the website). We’ll keep you posted on AP Company’s new project. The website hints, “Soft…

There are some changes at ~ABV~, with chef Kevin Cimino, maker of the insane pimento cheeseburger, moving on. We contacted him about what’s next, and he says, “helping out friends with various projects/openings.” Assuming the role as chef is Collin Hilton, who has worked at ABV as a…