The Chatterbox

Last week, I announced that CASEY’S PIZZA was soft opening for business, and now I want to share a couple more things with you, like a peek at the space and the menu. You’ll see a couple of salads, plus five pies (for now!), like the Kale Pie…

Unfortunately I was not able to get in touch with Nite Yun of NYUM BAI in time for my column for details, but according to ABC license activity, it appears she will be opening her permanent brick-and-mortar location in the recently closed The Half Orange space in Fruitvale. Her homey…

Have you had a chance to visit the stylish and unique Indian restaurant that recently opened in SoMa, ROOH? It’s quite fab—we’re lucky to have this exciting restaurant from the Good Times Restaurants group, who chose to open their first restaurant in the U.S. here in…

Back in May, I released the details of the first CASEY’S PIZZA brick-and-mortar location, and it’s having its soft opening this Thursday September 14th! Chef-owner Casey Crynes launched SF’s first pizza truck in 2012, and now he’s upgrading to table service at the Douglas fir tables…

Coming to Treasure Island’s Great Lawn this fall is MERSEA from chef Parke Ulrich (Waterbar, EPIC Steak) and co-founder MeeSun Boice. The menu will be “elevated comfort casual” and span a range of cuisines, from pozole verde to clam chowder to a pork roll and egg sandwich with kimchi,…

The latest project from Lers Ros owner Tom Silagorn, ESAN CLASSIC has now opened in the former Olive on Larkin. We hilariously and finally got an email back from, oh, 2015, when we first inquired and wrote about the project. The menu is focused on Northeastern Thai (Issan/Esan) and…

Over in Bernal Heights, the former Spicy Bite is now TILAK INDIAN CUISINE, and the new owner, chef Tilak Gurung, is reportedly making things even tastier (he previously cooked at Apple and Dropbox), and the interior got a refresh. Open for pickup only Tue-Sun 11:30am-2pm, dine in nightly 5pm-10pm.…

A bunch of SF restaurants took advantage of the Labor Day holiday to close for some refreshes and updates, and here’s the reopening report. ~STATE BIRD PROVISIONS~ was closed for a bit more than the holiday. If you manage to snag a table (they totally jammed OpenTable when they…

Some fun pop-ups are happening at TRICK DOG, starting with a visit from Oakland’s KRONNERBURGER tonight from 5pm-1am, serving burgers (duh), his patty melt (my fave), an Impossible Burger (and Impossible chili-cheese fries!), hot chicken wings, tomato salad with oyster vinaigrette, his awesome chopped salad with cashew-coconut dressing (so…

There are a bunch of dinners and food events this month, so consider this a quick-fire round, and click through for more info. This Saturday September 16th is the third annual SF Cheese Fest from the California Artisan Cheese Guild, featuring more cheese than you can imagine, plus some other…