The Chatterbox

In addition to the opening of ~PLATE SHOP~, there’s a lot more happening in Sausalito. BAR BOCCE, the pizzeria from the Real Restaurants Group, is targeting a March opening. The executive chef (and partner in the venture) is Robert Price (Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44). I was speaking with Bruce…

I got a note from Sol Hernandez (of the popular Puerto Rican Sol Food in San Rafael) to let me know that SOL FOOD LA BODEGA is now open next door. Since it has a big kitchen, she added a rotisserie oven for chicken and ribs—check out the rosticerí…

The POP-UP GENERAL STORE is back in 2011 with a special Good Food Month edition. They’ll be selling artisan-crafted foods and more tomorrow, Wednesday February 9th, from 5pm-7pm at the historic Temescal streetcar depot (that’s in Oakland, yo), and they’ve partnered up with the local judges, finalists,…

With my mention of Southie opening in Oakland last week, a tablehopper reader wanted to let me know that ADESSO is now serving “butcher shop sandwiches” at the counter. The website mentions a porchetta sandwich and an Adesso sub (and since no one picked up the phone to answer my…

Back in November 2010, Grub Street noted Sean and Isabel Manchester (the owners of Mighty, and previously of Wish in SoMa) were the new “principal operators for a new, as yet unnamed concept in the former Bambuddha Lounge space at the Phoenix Hotel.” The Manchesters will be working symbiotically with…

Now open in the former Burger Joint space is PALMYRA (they opened on Wednesday January 26th). The owner is from Syria, and offers a menu of falafel, shawarma, hummus plates, with the addition of rotisserie chicken, espresso, and a morning breakfast menu. Most of it is pretty inexpensive. For now…

A while back, Tasting Table tweeted that La Oaxaqueña was opening a sister restaurant down the road. Well, it’s open, and it’s called PAPI’S FUSION DELI. My intern reports: “Their aim is to serve ‘global cuisine,’ but the menu reads like diluted Mexican. They’ve got tortas,…

Starting this Sunday February 6th (yes, Super Bowl Sunday), ~BAR AGRICOLE~ is launching brunch service (and you can make reservations). On the menu: dishes like buckwheat beignets with brandied prunes and Chantilly; slow-cooked oats with mascarpone, dates, and hazelnuts; two fried eggs with cardoons, leeks, and bagna cauda; and corned…

Chinese New Year is this Thursday February 3rd, and Dennis and Eloise Leung of DELISE are making their famous Peking duck scones to celebrate. The scone is made with roasted duck, both skin and meat, plus green onion and hoisin. After they hand pick the meat from the duck, they…