The Chatterbox

Some more details have emerged about Shotaro Kamio’s upcoming restaurant in Berkeley (in the former O Chamé). As noted in the Scoop, the name will be IYASARE, Japanese for “be healed.” It’s the first clue about the direction Kamio’s cuisine will be taking. A brand-new press release…

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down and meet Yoni Levy, the chef for the Daniel Patterson Group’s upcoming ~ALTA CA~, opening in the Mid-Market area. Levy has worked with some talented chefs all over the country, starting locally with his externship at Bradley Ogden’s One…

Over in the Presidio, Traci Des Jardins (working with Bon Appétit Management Company) will be opening a restaurant and more (via Inside Scoop). First, let’s discuss the restaurant: it will be Californian with Spanish influences, and one of her previous chefs at Jardinière, Robbie Lewis, will be leading the…

Cool news, Thai food lovers: Pim Techamuanvivit, of Chez Pim fame, is going to be opening a restaurant in SF called KIN KHAO in the Parc 55 Hotel in Union Square. Scoop mentions she will be taking over the 70-seat Smooth Thai location, but is working on the venture with…

Opening on the Embarcadero on Monday September 23rd is FOG CITY, the newly renovated Fog City Diner, which we covered in depth a few weeks ago here. Dinner service will begin first, and then lunch and brunch will kick in once we get into early October. You can look at…

Well, it started out as a music venue, then became a music venue serving limited snacks, and now it’s got a restaurant. The team at The Chapel is opening THE VESTRY (the name was revealed via Scoop), a Cal-Med restaurant from À Côté owner Jack Knowles and chef Matthew…

As previously mentioned on tablehopper, Bruce McDonald (Foreign Cinema), Anderson Pugash (Crossroads Nightlife Group), and David Brinkley (Vessel) have brought on bar program director Russell Davis and chef Randy Lewis for a new SoMa project, BERGERAC, which officially opens this Saturday September 21st. Cocktails include choices like the Unforgiven, with…

Tasting Table caught the whiff of this opening today on Fillmore in the former Nan Korean space. IZAKAYA HASHIBIRO KOU is from the team that runs sister Korean Barbecue restaurants Yakini Q in San Francisco and San Jose. The chef is Nick Yoon, and their Facebook page shows photos of…

Now there’s yet another way to fill your belly with the fine vittles at ~NAMU GAJI~. As of this past weekend, they’re serving weekend brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30am-4pm. Look for the Hangtown Benedict, a hollandaise-drenched take on the classic fry, or rice with slow-cooked…

A report by Dana Massey-Todd. As previously reported on tablehopper, the Mission is getting a new espresso bar, LINEA CAFFE. The pint-size espresso bar lives in the back of Duc Loi Supermarket, and is a collaboration between Andrew Barnett (the founder of Ecco Caffe), and Anthony Myint of Mission Chinese,…