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New Casual Bites and Openings Around SF
The Chatterbox

New Casual Bites and Openings Around SF

Hoodline announced that HOT JOHNNIE’S is now open in the former Nizario’s Pizza in the Castro (and an adjoining space), slinging house-smoked pastrami sandwiches (for $20 a pop—at that price, I’d love to at least see on the menu where chef-owner Jonathan Young is…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Sherwood, a Swanky New Bar Is Open in West Portal
The Lush

The Sherwood, a Swanky New Bar Is Open in West Portal

The former Portal’s Tavern in West Portal has been transformed into THE SHERWOOD, sloughing off its dive bar patina and now restored to highlight its 1939 bone structure, the oldest bar space in the West Portal area. The owners (Foli Media) utilized local craftspeople for every aspect of the…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Opening This Week in the Former The Cellar: Persona
The Lush

Opening This Week in the Former The Cellar: Persona

With the reopening of San Francisco comes the opening of some new bars! Opening this week in the former The Cellar is PERSONA, a space designed for happy hour, quality cocktails, events, and good times, with sound set up in four different areas (DJs and entertainment will be coming in…
Marcia Gagliardi
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