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Opening on Monday January 24th is ~STRAW~, a 30-seat carnival-themed restaurant (complete with a creepy carny in the building’s mural/sign, and a booth made from a vintage Tilt-a-Whirl). In fact, everything you see was made, sanded, painted, wired, installed, and restored by partners Ari Feingold, Maura Feingold, chef…

Open as of this morning is THE GROVE HAYES VALLEY, right on the corner of Franklin and Hayes. Yup, it’s your new place for meetings, meals, and more. A unique addition to this 110-seat location will be a variety of specials available after 4pm, like seared skirt steak ($12.…

Here are some more details on THE BRIXTON, which just opened in Cow Hollow. It has 135 seats, with a menu of homey American fare like pretzel twists with Fresno chile and cheddar cheese dip ($6); grilled flatbread pizza ($11); main-dish salads like grilled steak with warm fingerling potatoes, green…

Executive chef David Bazirgan is now ensconced at ~FIFTH FLOOR~, debuting his new menu of creative and polished New American cuisine. Some highlights include a Mendocino uni flan ($16); roasted kiri squash soup ($12) with fried chestnuts, cranberry, ras el hanout, and celery leaves; Maine diver scallop crudo ($14) with…

The new chef at ~MONK’S KETTLE~, Adam Dulye, has rolled out his new menu. And boy, it’s extensive and ambitious (see for yourself), but also sounds very delicious. It includes gastro-pubby dishes like buttermilk-fried rabbit, house sauerkraut, and apple mostarda ($15); and trotter and tail cakes, espelette aioli,…

I’ve been wondering why I haven’t seen any construction going on at Emblem Market (at 736 Divisadero St.), which was slated to become the next BI-RITE MARKET. It ends up they are moving into the Divisadero Farmers Market space (550 Divisadero St.), next door to nopa. Owner Sam…

I only had one day to attend the winter FANCY FOOD SHOW this year, and it kind of felt like I was a photojournalist going into battle: camera at the ready (the ability to take pictures is a courtesy that is only extended to press), comfortable boots zipped on, and…

According to SFoodie, WOOLY PIG CAFE has opened in the Inner Sunset, serving sandwiches (like banh mi, and a pork belly sandwich with arugula, pickled shallot, and toasted garlic), fresh pastries, cream of roasted shiitake soup, and the like. Open daily 8am-4pm. 205 Hugo St. at 2nd Ave., 415-592-8015. In…

According to SFoodie, Christian Ciscle, formerly the badass chef and opening manager of Little Skillet, is going to be opening a place called WING WINGS in the former Roland’s Bagels space. Although these wings won’t be fried—instead, they’ll be the saucy kind. And here’s more:…