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Update: FYI, due to technical difficulties with equipment, Namu Gaji will postpone their opening until Wednesday April 11th. You can look at their brand-new menu here. Over the weekend, I had a chance to swing by and check out the soon-to-open ~NAMU GAJI~ from the Lee brothers (Dennis, David, and…

More details have been released about Charlie Palmer’s project in the former Crescent Hotel, now the Mystic Hotel. The 79-room hotel holds the Burritt Room, which will be keeping its name and is under head bartender Liam Gilmore. As for the afore-mentioned restaurant project, it will be the BURRITT…

Yesterday’s announcement of the official 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards nominations fueled a Twitter tidal wave, but here’s a quick recap of our local nominees: for Best Chef: Pacific, four of the five nominees include Michael Chiarello (Bottega), Chris Cosentino (Incanto), Christopher Kostow (Meadowood), and Daniel Patterson (COI)…

Daytime walkers on the Marina Green are going to have a new temptation to contend with starting this summer: DYNAMO DONUT AND COFFEE is going to be opening a second location in an SF Recreation and Park Department kiosk. Owner/baker Sara Spearin said they will be serving about 7-10…

Open as of yesterday is HARROW, a rustic and petite Financial District lunch spot. Eater had the backstory on the owners: “former Tsar Nicolai Caviar exec chef Daniel Hemmingsson and wine industry person Jayne Droese, last seen working at the Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant.” A look at the opening menu…

Oh so many new bites to tempt you! First up, look at that sandwich. You can find that bad boy banh mi at DUC LOI SUPERMARKET, with housemade charcuterie made by owner Amanda Ngo, on a La Brea baguette. Mission Mission mentions it comes with cured ham, pork belly, chicken…

A few names for your upcoming project radar: first, a Kickstarter page reveals Evan and Sarah Rich’s Hayes Valley restaurant will be called ~RICH TABLE~. Next, a Twitter tipster let me know William Werner’s upcoming pâtisserie will be called CRAFTSMAN AND WOLVES. Ryan Scott’s upcoming project in…

Last week, I received an email that SAUCE in the Financial District is now open. 56 Belden Pl. at Bush, 415-397-8800. SFoodie brings word that LE SOLEIL in the Inner Richmond is back open after closing for renovations last summer. 133 Clement St. at 3rd Ave. Two readers alerted me…

Starting this Friday March 23rd, OFF THE GRID: Fort Mason Center returns, bigger and badder than ever. There will be 6 new vendors (including the Lower Haight’s Wing Wings, Kirimachi ramen, Don Bugito, and more), bringing the total to a whopping 35. There will also be a beer garden,…

After Iso Rabins was forced by the city to close his wildly (heh) popular SF Underground Market, he is now announcing his latest project, FORAGE KITCHEN, a food business incubator. Here’s more: “This will be a space not only for professional food makers, but for the entire Bay Area…