The Chatterbox

This Friday March 29th, catch some special bar eats at RYE, where Chrissy’s Waffles will be popping up from 5:30pm-8:30pm. The waffle pop-up has become a standing Friday night event, called Waffles and Whiskey, and features a different waffle and whiskey cocktail each week. This week, look…

The International Association of Culinary Professionals is holding its annual conference this year from April 6th-9th, and ~M.Y. CHINA~ will be hosting a party to celebrate, on Monday April 8th. The special dinner will benefit The Culinary Trust, the philanthropic foundation of the IACP founded by Julia Child. The…

Sunday March 31st will be ASTARIA’s last day in San Mateo. Owners Alicia Petrakis and Eleni Lolas will be closing the restaurant (which is in the Benjamin Franklin Hotel) for a major remodel, with plans to reopen in June as a new place entirely: A3. The new restaurant aims…

Quite a few chef changes and hires around town. First up, Scoop caught wind of chef Jen Biesty’s departure from ~SCALA’S BISTRO~ after almost five years (they are currently conducting a nationwide chef search). I had a chance to catch up with Jen to get more details on…

A report by Dana Massey-Todd. As covered in tablehopper in November, the former Sage space in SoMa has become 1601 BAR & KITCHEN. The new restaurant should be opening in the coming weeks and will be a cool opportunity for diners to check out Sri Lankan cuisine. Chef-owner Brian Fernando…

In the former Blue Macaw space on Mission St. comes BALANÇOIRE. Balançoire means “swing” in French, for the swing that will descend over the crowd on weekend nights with a sexy, lip-synching lady à la Moulin Rouge. The spot is a combination of club, bar, and restaurant, with brunch on…

As previously reported in tablehopper, CHARLES CHOCOLATES is opening an exhibition kitchen and shop in the Mission. The new spot opened its doors Friday March 15th and is ready to fill all of your chocolate needs with pavés, brownies, chocolate-covered almonds, and more. The new space features a retail area…

Coming soon to the city is THE BONEYARD, a barbecue truck from Mike Bradford (his wife is Mutsumi Takehara of Bernal’s 903 and Sandbox Bakery) and Rich Mainzer. You may have seen Mike’s custom, mega-smoker parked in front of 903 in past months. Ends up he’s been…

Word came in from a tipster via Twitter that JERSEY’S ON 6TH is closing because the owners are moving to Los Angeles. Owner Erick Morton confirms the rumor and says their last day will be Sunday March 24th. This is sad news for the Inner Richmond, but don’t…

The Mission will soon have another spot to get a killer cup of coffee. Up this time is LINEA CAFFE, from Ecco Caffe founder Andrew Barnett and Anthony Myint of Mission Street Food and Commonwealth. The 292-square-foot spot is inside Duc Loi Market, where Myint’s Mission Burger used to…