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CLOVE & HOOF, the butchery shop and restaurant that opened last year in Oakland, has started dinner service. Owners John Blevins and Analiesa Gosnell have their lunchtime sandwiches making appearances on the menu, including their signature cheeseburger and cheesesteak sandwich, as well as shrimp and grits with squash confit and…

Due to open this Friday in Mint Plaza is ORO, a fitting name for a restaurant that is just across the plaza from the historic Mint building (it’s opening in the former Thermidor space). Executive chef and owner Jason Fox of Commonwealth has partnered with Timothy Felkner (founder of…

When a beer and wine license filing for a place called INDIAN PARADOX for 258 Divisadero hit the wires a few weeks ago, I wasn’t only happy because an Indian place appears to be opening soon near hopper HQ, but more so because the name on the license was…

The delicious Dogpatch lasagna specialist Massimo DiScullo of Marcella’s Lasagneria is opening a second location in SoMa, right downtown. His second location is called MASSIMO’S LASAGNERIA and is located inside the new Rincon Center. The menu offers seven different choices, including several vegetarian selections, and a lunch special…

While I was enjoying my sandwich on the beach at Lake Tahoe, I received a text from a bartender with a cold, proudly proclaiming that SUNFLOWER AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT in the Mission had reopened, and he had a delicious bowl of pho in front of him to prove it. Well,…

File this under “interesting”: the Los Angeles Times (via LAist) reports that Charles Phan will be opening a location of the ~SLANTED DOOR~ in the City Market South development in downtown L.A.’s Fashion District. Olle Lundberg will be designing the space (like all his other locations). Plan on…