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Due to open this Friday July 8th in the Swan’s Market in Old Oakland is COSECHA CAFE from owner Dominica Rice. Her menu will feature home-style (and affordable) Cal-Mexican dishes made with quality and local ingredients (like Becker Lane meats), along with handmade tortillas, chorizo, and pastries. Rice’s…

A permit reveals a new “Japanese tapas” place in Berkeley, KIRAKU. A couple brand-new posts on Yelp mention dishes like tempura corn, grilled hamachi, and Asahi on tap, 2655 Telegraph Ave. at Parker, Berkeley, 510-848-2758. A tip on Chowhound announces there will be a new place from Geta: an izakaya…

On Saturday July 16th, the sixth annual FAR WEST FEST in Point Reyes Station is an all-ages outdoor fest that celebrates all kinds of lovely things—community, arts and crafts, sustainability, and especially music—but let’s focus on the food, shall we? From 1pm-3pm, the Oyster-Off competition lets you…

Over on Mint Plaza, ~THERMIDOR~ has decided to make some adjustments to their format. Owners Bruce Binn and Neil Jorgensen are going to be emphasizing their nice lineup of cocktails and moving toward being an easygoing place to enjoy cocktails, graze on some great food, and relax. The new menu…

Over in North Beach, Eater has been tracking (and Inside Scoop chimes in with some details) the opening of LE BORDEAUX, just next door to Don Pisto’s. Owner Sylvain Castet hails from Bordeaux, and will be offering a variety of classic hors d’oeuvres like charcuterie and duck terrine,…

Chefs Sarah and Evan Rich will be doing a pop-up dinner at ~RADIUS~ in SoMa on Monday July 11th. (Sarah was a sous chef at MICHAEL MINA, and Evan was most recently chef de cuisine for Daniel Patterson at Coi, and executive sous chef for Michael Tusk at Quince before…

I don’t know how far out you book your calendar, but you should know ~BAKER & BANKER~ is hosting a fun lineup of guest chefs in the coming months. On Wednesday July 20th, Jake Godby from Humphry Slocombe will be doing a special dinner menu. No, it won’t…

A couple quick updates: LUCE at the InterContinental San Francisco has announced Daniel Corey is the new chef de cuisine (he was the executive sous chef, working under chef Dominique Crenn during her tenure); his new menu will be in place in mid-July. Over at Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito,…

If you love movies and wine, you’re in luck ‘cause every Tuesday through September 6th, the TOP OF THE MARK is hosting a free wine tasting from 5:30pm-7:30pm, followed by a free screening of a film shot in San Francisco. It’s all part of Top of…

Quick update for you on what’s happening in Oakland: via Grub Street, I learned there’s an Off the Grid-like gathering of food trucks happening on Friday evenings called BITES ON BROADWAY. It’s held at Oakland Tech High School, with vendors like Fist of Flour Pizza Company, Vesta…