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If you’re looking for some new lunch options around town, well, you’re in luck. Let’s start with ~KIN KHAO~, which has reinstated lunch service Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm. You can look at the menu here, which includes the delicious pretty hot wings ($8), khao soi gai ($15), and…

Last night as I was typing away at this column, an email came in from TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL, announcing the closure of the cooking school on Francisco Street at the end of September. I know, a bunch of us have taken excellent cooking classes there, and founder Mary…

Chef-partner Alexander Alioto departed Seven Hills at the end of last year, and he has a new solo project in the works, PLIN, due to open in the Mission in late July. He’s moving into the former Conduit/Another Monkey space on Valencia, and will be highlighting Italian seafood…

Local Chicago-style deep-dish pizzeria PATXI’S is celebrating their 10th anniversary on Wednesday June 4th. To commemorate the occasion there are a lot of specials, including a free pizza party that afternoon from 3pm-4pm at every Patxi’s location. There will be pizza, beer, wine, cake, and a toast for…

Yet another downtown hotel restaurant has switched up their concept, and this time it’s Kimpton’s ~GRAND CAFÉ~ that’s making the shift. They’re closing after dinner service on Thursday July 31st, and will close for a full renovation and new concepting. The front part of the restaurant…

We were very sad to read in Scoop that Lorenzo Petroni, the owner of NORTH BEACH RESTAURANT and Petroni Vineyards, has passed away after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was an icon in North Beach, where he opened North Beach Restaurant in 1970 with partner Bruno Orsi. Many noteworthy…

Legacy Bars & Restaurants, the very cool history guide that launched last year to help commemorate and celebrate San Francisco’s oldest and most iconic establishments, has announced their final round of inductees. They include The Ramp (1950), Café Du Nord (1908), Hi Dive (1916), and Roosevelt Tamale Parlor (1919)…

This is San Francisco, so obviously people are just as excited (if not more so) for the food, wine, and beer vendors as for the music lineup at OUTSIDE LANDS this year (August 8th-10th in Golden Gate Park). Tickets to the show are sold out, but if you’re going,…

Delectable pastry makers Le Dix-Sept will be popping up at Whisk on Sunday June 8th from 11am-3pm. The courtyard space will be a beautiful setting for their gorgeous, French-inspired pastry, including brioche, an apricot rosemary tart, vegetable quiche, and the “Paris-SF” cream puff. Four Barrel coffee will also be on…

To celebrate the new book, The Carnivore’s Manifesto, on sustainable meat practices and eating, ~AMERICANO~ is throwing a meat-tastic party with author Patrick Martins on Thursday June 12th. The evening includes a reception and live music, followed by a four-course dinner prepared by chef de cuisine Josh Perez with…