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As reported more than two years ago, Matt Semmelhack and Mark Liberman of Mercer Restaurant Group (AQ, TBD) are opening an ambitious new restaurant in Market Square. This new project is called BON MARCHÉ and is a large one, clocking in at 7,500 square feet. The idea is for…

The somewhat cursed space on the northeastern corner of Divisadero and California has a new taker, and it’s a good one: none other than Belinda Leong of neighboring ~B. PATISSERIE~. Hoodline reports that the new project is called B. ON THE GO. Leong and Michel Suas, who is her…

A quiet stretch in the Outer Richmond is going to have a café and neighborhood hangout come this summer called ORSON’S BELLY. Owner Cem Salur has a background that includes hospitality, food, and film, so he said it’s really no wonder he came up with this concept for…

We reported in late March on the new location of NATIVE JUICE CO. in the Financial District, and according to Yelp it is now open. To recap, the juicery closed their location at 250 Montgomery earlier this year and have now opened shop at 168 Sutter Street. There are juices,…

There are few things in the world as perfect as the affogato, and now you can get an especially artisanal one at SIGHTGLASS in SoMa.They’ve partnered with Portland’s own Salt & Straw ice cream for the new Affogato Bar, where you’ll have a choice of three…

For their latest dinner with Marin Roots Farm, SEVEN HILLS has a special five-course dinner chock-full of springtime dishes. Think halibut crudo with radish top pesto, mustard greens, and lemon, or a standing rib roast with Tokyo turnips and greens. Check out the menu here and remember that the dinner…

Husband-and-wife duo Jose Ramos and Elizabeth Tinajero are getting ready to open a farmers’ market stand based in the East Bay, and they need your help. The stand will be called LEÓN after the major city in Ramos’s home state of Guanajuato. Ramos was the opening chef at Nopalito,…

While a large part of Hayes Valley residents (and beyond) yelled out a collective “nooooooooo!” over the closure of ~BAR JULES~, now it’s time for a collective sigh over whose hands that special space is landing in: Dominique Crenn of two-Michelin-starred ~ATELIER CRENN~. (Shout-out to Hoodline for noticing the…

Carrie and Rupert Blease, co-chefs and a married couple, are opening a new restaurant in the former T2J Thai space on Polk Street, LORD STANLEY. We have been trying to get details on this project for a couple months, and their PR folks have finally released the hounds. The duo,…

A tipster sent us the news that there is a new taker for the former Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack space in Bernal. It’s called AKTUN COMIDA YUCATECA and will be serving local, organic food, again according to our tipster. Sadly, we weren’t able to get any information on…