The Chatterbox

A new spot in the TL: Inside Scoop mentions AHN SUSHI AND SOJU has opened from Kash Feng of Live Sushi Bistro in SoMa and Live Sushi Bar in Potrero Hill. It’s a Japanese-Korean restaurant above Pandora Karaoke. Sake. Soju. You do the math. Open nightly 5pm-2am.…

Like the last two years, there’s lots going on with La Cocina’s SAN FRANCISCO STREET FOOD FESTIVAL coming up August 20th, including the Vote Your Vendor Contest that’s already underway. Now ‘til July 29th, you can vote for your favorite street food vendor, cart, truck, restaurant, or…

Man, the food truck scene is bizzeeee. SFoodie mentions that OFF THE GRID will be assigning two rotating trucks near Linden Street (i.e. the alley with Blue Bottle Coffee’s kiosk) and Octavia Street in Hayes Valley for lunch (11am-2:30pm) and dinner (5pm-9:30pm) Tue-Sun…

No, these are not two places you’d expect to find in the same post, but whatever, it’s my column and I can do whatever the hell I want. First up, Lower Haight wing outpost WING WINGS has started offering delivery from 11am-11pm (except Tue), with a $20…

This Saturday July 16th is another NEW TASTE MARKETPLACE, with a variety of take-home products, lunchtime eats, and for dessert, Frozen Kuhsterd will be serving high-quality frozen custard (a rarity in these parts). The complete list of vendors can be found here. The event is a fundraiser for…

~OLIVETO~ is presenting the first of two Oceanic Dinners tonight through Friday July 15th, featuring sustainable seafood caught by small-boat fisherman from healthy fisheries along the California coast. The Oceanic Dinner menu will be available à la carte, along with the regular dinner menu. A sampling of the items…

This Saturday July 16th is the BAY AREA BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP at the Oakland Coliseum, a benefit for foster children hosted by Alternative Family Services. There will be dueling tastings from 32 different competitors (that enough for ya?), including Food Network champions the Bad Boyz of BBQ, the Q Masters, Bad…

A friend wanted to let me know a guy she went to high school with (Hugh Groman) recently opened a new burger place in Berkeley, just around the corner from the Berkeley Rep: PHIL’S SLIDERS. It’s open daily, and thanks to this piece by Berkeleyside, we learn Groman…

After making it through some inspections and the usual pre-opening delays in this town, ~BOTTLE CAP~ will be holding their soft opening this week, from Thursday July 7th-Saturday July 9th. To refresh your memory, Bottle Cap is the newest opening in North Beach, in the former Washington Square…