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A few bites for you nightowl types: ~DOBBS FERRY~ is serving a $5 meal-in-a-bowl inspired by the daily staff meal. Past meals have included pork confit and an apple-Brussels sprout salad, or fish and chips with fries. It’s served from 10:30pm-12am (Sunday starts at 9:30pm). Updates on…

A few cool dinners for your radar: first up, while chef Joseph Humphrey gets ready to open ~DIXIE~ in the Presidio very soon, he is hosting a series of sneak peek pop-up dinners at Guest Chef in Oakland from January 3rd-15th. It’s a simple two-course prix-fixe menu, with choices…

Yo yo yo and ho ho ho! Have you finished your holiday shopping? I know, I haven’t either. Just in case you’re stumped on what to get the gourmand in your life, I have a few last-minute holiday gift ideas for you that are quick and fabulous. Let’…

Over the weekend, I swung by ~STATE BIRD PROVISIONS~ to see how things were progressing and to get a look at the space. Chef-owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski are currently gunning to open on New Year’s Eve—there are still a couple contingencies, so it’s not totally…

Opening right around the corner from State Bird Provisions is THE SOCIAL STUDY (site not live) from Harmony Fraga. It was originally going to be The Library from Jay Foster and Deanna Sison (Farmerbrown and Little Skillet), but Foster put me in touch with Fraga, who was a manager at…

Opening tomorrow evening in the former RNM location is ~MAVEN~, a project from David Kurtz (Saison, COI, Michael Mina, Gary Danko, Bacar) and Jay Bordeleau (Beretta, Bacar, Mecca, Laïola). The team envisions Maven as a neighborhood hangout, whether you’re coming by for a drink and some snacks, a casual…

The next time you’re gettin’ your suds on at the recently expanded CITY BEER STORE on Folsom, you’ll also be able to get your sausage on (I know, that sounds kind of wrong), thanks to ~CITIZEN’S BAND~. Chef Chris Beerman (it was fate that he’d be…

Last week I mentioned the opening of Precita Park Café, and Bernalwood brings the news of CAFETO that just opened in South Bernal. Lots of reclaimed wood, free Wi-Fi, it’s dog friendly, and there are things to eat like sandwiches and pastries. 111 Richland St. at Mission. This was…

In the unsuccessful comebacks department: a tablehopper reader informed me LETICIA’S in the Castro has a sign on the door stating that it’s closing December 31st. 2200 Market St. at Sanchez, 415-864-5384. Eater notes that MORPH has closed in the Richmond. 5344 Geary Blvd. at 17th Ave. Chowhound…

Chef Preeti Mistry of JUHU BEACH CLUB is going to be popping up on Thursday nights at La Victoria Bakery in the Mission, starting on January 5th. She is doing a prix-fixe menu for the first dinner (four courses for $35), but there will most likely be à la carte…