The Chatterbox

Big news that’s been brewing in Cow Hollow, well, the Triangle to be exact: Rob Lam of butterfly restaurant has taken over ~EASTSIDE WEST~ and will be launching a groovy new restaurant and lounge this spring/summer. While the concept (and name) are still being fine tuned, look for…

Been watch-dogging the restaurant project slated to moved into the InterContinental San Francisco for a while, and the word is finally out about ~LUCE~. This new restaurant will be opening when the hotel opens, most likely by the end of February. The executive chef is Dominique Crenn, who was recently…

Because I am feeling a little punchy, I decided to do some quick haikus for this week’s news. Please don’t forget these are hung over haikus, so if I got some syllable counts wrong, I don’t want to hear about it. The Excedrin hasn’t kicked in…

Things are seriously ticking in the Fillmore. Opening this Friday is the ~SUNDANCE CINEMAS KABUKI~ in Japantown. The multi-level project will include a cheese and wine bar, with a wine list from Courtney Cochran of Hip Tastes. Cochran tells me indie films inspired the 100-strong selections: they’re small production,…

Friday the tablehopper was on the town for twelve hours (I crawled home at 5am); I painted it vermilion. I started with some celebratory bubbles at ~CORKAGE~, the new sake and retail wine and tasting shop from the Dajani Group—it’s where the magazine stand used to be, in…

After almost a year of closure from a fire sparked by a faulty electric car, the ~WARMING HUT~ at Crissy Field will be reopening on December 3! Walkers and picnickers rejoice. They will continue serving food made with local and organic ingredients (“local and luscious,” as they like to call…

BIG news over in Ghirardelli Square: the deal has been finalized for ~GARY DANKO’S NEXT RESTAURANT~, slated to open in June. I can’t mention the name yet because of some trademark legalities in the mix, but for now it looks like it will be a 200-seat space offering…

Could this be the moment many city dwellers have been waiting for? Word on the street is the ~NOPA~ crew will be opening a Spanish restaurant in the Mission on Harrison Street, not far from El Metate and Blowfish is what I heard. I can’t get any confirmation or…

Town Hall and Salt House’s talented trio of Rosenthal x 2 and Washington (wow, they’d make a great law firm!) are at it again: come spring, look for an oyster bar and fish shack called ~ANCHOR AND HOPE~ opening in SOMA. The space was previously void, so it’…