The Chatterbox

I heard some rumors that Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone (Ame, Terra, Bar Terra) were taking over Charles Phan’s closed ~WO HING GENERAL STORE~ space on Valencia, but when I got in touch with Doumani for confirmation, all I got was “Can’t talk swamped by tax work. Rumors…

The to-go window at BUTTERFLY has morphed from Pan Grill (we previously mentioned it here) into Sammy’s Aloha, under the watchful eye of Sammy Kong Kee, a two-time ahi poke recipe contest winner both here and in Hawaii. The kitchen is still stuffing the same awesome housemade milk buns,…

A Twitter tip from Cafe Flore tipped us off to some changes at recently opened BRASS KNUCKLE, and a call to the restaurant revealed some details. It turns out that Brass Knuckle has been bought by Tina Zamacona, and original owner Shellie Kitchen is no longer there (though she does…

As previously reported in tablehopper, husband-and-wife team Michael McCrory and Lauren Crabbe are bringing ANDYTOWN, a new coffee roaster and café, to the Outer Sunset. We’ve been tracking them for some time, and the pair are getting ready for their grand opening this Saturday March 22nd (hurrah!), after some…

Eater reports (via Bernalwood) that 903 CORTLAND by Matsumi Takhara (of Sandbox Bakery) has closed in order to focus more on the catering side of the business. It sounds like the evening pop-ups (Kinfolk, Nute’s Noodle Night) will continue for now, and 903’s sandwiches and more will be…

Chef Jonnatan Leiva, who is back from his five-year tour of cooking in New York and gearing up to open BAY CUISINE & COCKTAILS here in SF (it’s going to be in SoMa), is hosting a second pop-up on Monday March 24th at ~THE CORNER STORE~. Leiva has most…

San Francisco’s celebration of all things comestible, SF Chefs, has changed its name to Eat Drink SF, and moved from its Union Square location to Fort Mason. The move comes about because the festival has become so well attended that it had simply outgrown the smaller Union Square location.…

There’s a stylish new spot in downtown Mill Valley MOLINA from chef-owner Todd Shoberg, who has worked in kitchens for the past 20 years at places like Town Hall Restaurant and Liberty Café (alongside Julia McClasky); he also helped Ed Carew open the Cottage Eatery. Most recently he was…

We first mentioned this project back in November, and now it’s open, according to Diablo Dish. CUGINI MANZONE is from owner Giuseppe Manzone, with his brother Michele and sister-in-law Leslie. They’ve installed a wood-burning oven from Italy, and will be using it to prepare wood-fired pizzas. The menu…

According to a piece in Scoop and an announcement on their website, Mark Pastore and Chris Cosentino of ~INCANTO~ are closing their 12-year-old Noe Valley restaurant on Monday March 24th. They plan to reopen later this spring, possibly as early as April, as PORCELLINO, which will have a new, more…