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Thanks to a longtime tablehopper reader, I received word about a new café that has opened up in the Excelsior called EXCELSIOR COFFEE. It’s from a husband-and-wife team who have been living in the neighborhood for the past eight years, and they kept waiting for a café to open…

I know many folks in the Castro have been patiently waiting for a second location of IL CASARO to open, and that day finally arrived. It’s from owners Francesco Covucci and Peter Fazio, who are also behind the original Il Casaro in North Beach, as well as Barbara and…

Some details have emerged about Aaron London’s (AL’s Place) latest project that is opening mid-July, AL’S DELI. As previously mentioned, it’s opening in the former Izakaya Yuzuki space on Guererro. With this fast-casual concept, he’s going to pull influences from Israeli street food and East…

Some quick updates on future projects: Eater reported that the upcoming project from Liholiho Yacht Club’s Ravi Kapur and Jeff Hanak and chef David Golovin (Nopa, Spruce, Rubicon, La Folie) will be called DEAR INGA, an homage to Golovin’s grandmother. As I previously mentioned, there will be Eastern…

There’s a good-looking new restaurant that just opened in the Inner Sunset (in the former The Korean Kitchen space) called UM.MA, serving Korean food from chef Chris Oh (a busy guy in L.A., who’s the founder of Seoul Sausage Co., co-founder of Hanjip, managing partner of…

Looking for a new Saturday lunch spot? The chic VERJUS is now open for Saturday lunch (12pm until late), and you won’t have to battle the Financial District crowd so much for a table. 528 Washington St. at Hotaling. BARVALE has a brand-new happy hour  at the bar, which…