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For a new brunch, check out PICNIC ON THIRD every Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Owners Natalia Bushyager and Leigh Loper will be serving brunch fare like chile-braised pork with sage polenta, collard greens, and poached eggs, or try Leigh’s pancakes made with custom-milled four-grain flour from The Mill…

Burger maestro WES BURGER has been doing Wednesday pop-ups up at Mojo Bicycle Café for a while now. For the month of February, Wes Rowe will be switching things up a bit, with a different style of burger each week (still on Wednesdays only). This week is the Return of…

A few places around town are starting the year with some freshening up and remodeling. So if you walk into any of these places and do a double take, now you know. First up, ~BARBACCO~ has changed their front dining area. The former communal tables are gone (owner Umberto Gibin…

BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE has just opened their first café and roastery in Tokyo’s Kiyosumi area, and now they have another exciting project under way: Blue Bottle and TARTINE BAKERY & CAFE are partnering on a bakery and café in Tokyo’s Daikanyama district. SF artisan OGs James Freeman (Blue…

Intrepid Chowhounders caught the opening of KOUZINA GREEK STREET FOOD in Oakland’s Montclair neighborhood last month. The “street food” seems to refer to souvlaki and gyros, which dominate the menu along with daily specials like moussaka and roast leg of lamb. Hours are Mon-Sat 11am-9pm and Sun 11am-8pm. 2064…

There is just one ticket left for the tablehopper cocktail crawl through North Beach with Anchor Distilling Company this Saturday February 7th! We’re kicking things off early at 5:30pm, so you can still raise Cain later in the evening if you’re so inclined (we should be all…

Just before I left town for Hong Kong, I mentioned I had an awesome night on the town in the works, specifically a tablehopper cocktail crawl through North Beach with Anchor Distilling Company! So, are you ready to join us this Saturday February 7th? We’re kicking things off early…

Opening this Friday February 6th for dinner is chef-owner Aaron London’s long-time-coming solo restaurant, AL’S PLACE. After his time at Ubuntu in Napa, the chef has been looking for a space in SF to call his own, and as we previously mentioned, he has transformed the former South…

One of the bigger openings this year has arrived: MOURAD, logging in at an eye-popping 258 seats in the historic 140 New Montgomery/Pacific Bell building designed by Timothy Pflueger (which also houses Trou Normand). This is chef-owner Mourad Lahlou’s second restaurant under his sole ownership, his first being…

A report by Dana Eastland. After months of popping up at Sugarlump coffee shop, chef Michael Mauschbaugh is opening a brick-and-mortar location of SOUS BEURRE KITCHEN on Thursday February 5th. The new spot is just down the street from Sugarlump, at 24th Street and Potrero, and offers cuisine inspired by…