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Opening tonight (November 5th) in the former Luella on Russian Hill is STONES THROW. This welcoming neighborhood restaurant will feature Cal-American cuisine from chef Jason Halverson (previously Michael Mina)—some photos from test dinners looked marvy. As previously mentioned on tablehopper, he is partnering with general manager Ryan Cole,…

After a short delay, the latest Mid-Market/SoMa project from the AQ duo (Matt Semmelhack and chef Mark Liberman) is now open as of this evening. Introducing TBD RESTAURANT, a 50-seat restaurant with a menu focused on open-fire grilling, smoking, rotisserie, and hearth-baking methods for both…

I was following up with SUSHI RAN’s owner Yoshi Tome about some ABC license activity I spotted: It looks like his executive sushi chef, Mitsunori “Nori” Kusakabe, is planning to open a place with a current DBA of KUSAKABE in San Francisco (the license points to the Machka location…

Well, it looks like this will be the last holiday season we’ll be able to spend in the ~BIG 4~ as we know it. The new owners of The Huntington Hotel, Grace International (a Singapore-based company) have announced they will be closing the 66-year-old hotel and…

Wow, can you believe that after five years of laying dormant, that someone is restoring JULIUS’ CASTLE on Telegraph Hill? I know! I also can’t believe the damn thing caught fire last week—thank God a neighbor quickly noticed the fire on the roof and the damage isn’t…

I heard a few months ago that the talented chef Suvir Saran (previously of Dévi in New York, a cookbook author, and a contestant on Top Chef: Masters) was planning to open a restaurant in San Francisco, and now the location has been revealed. He is opening his new restaurant…

I was happy to read that there are some changes coming to the corner of 16th Street and Guerrero: someone has finally taken over the highly desirable ANDALU location and is doing something new with it. And that someone is Joe Hargrave (Tacolicious), who is partnering with Brandon Jew to…

Last week, Hayeswire was the first to catch the license transfer news of which business is taking over the now-closed Sebo location. It’s going to be the home of SOUVLA, a concept that was originally mentioned in tablehopper almost two years ago. This modern souvlaki and gyro joint…

The chaps behind ~LOCAL MISSION EATERY~ and ~LOCAL’S CORNER~, Jake Des Voignes and Yaron Milgrom, have opened their latest venture, LOCAL MISSION MARKET. This is not your standard market, since everything is made in-house, from the vinegars to the smoked fish to the pickles to the pastas to…

Carb lovers, here are two tidbits for you. While Amy Brown and Joe Wolf of MARLA BAKERY are busy getting their Outer Richmond bakery up and running (opening in 2014), they are also opening a walk-up café at the commissary kitchen where they do all their current wholesale baking.…