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Since SPIRE RESTAURANT & BAR’s liquor license came through, dinner service has now been added. Starters include poached diver scallop ($14) with sweet corn succotash and green chili butter; and roasted pork belly and smoked hog jowls ($11) with collard greens and sweet corn bread; mains include Serrano-wrapped rabbit…

Financial District workers should be super stoked at some point next week when Dennis Leary’s (Canteen, The Sentinel) ~GOLDEN WEST~ hopefully and officially opens its doors. (Early or late next week? It’s anyone’s guess. I hear the current target is Wednesday.) The take-out bakery and sandwich spot…

Do you have kids and you’re looking for the perfect location for little Bella’s birthday? Or maybe you have a hipster party posse and want access to a private rumpus room. No matter what your story, you’ll be happy with the news (thanks to Mission Local for…

I was pretty stoked to read this tidbit on Chowhound about the new VIVA GOA (N.B. beware the website music—the link to turn it off is tricky) Indian restaurant that recently opened in the Marina. My sis and I only had limited time to eat in Goa when…

Awwww, BISTRO CLOVIS, that Frenchie place on Market Street that you have probably driven by a thousand times as you zip up Franklin Street, has closed its doors after 20 years of feeding the symphony crowd. (Originally reported by Tasting Table.) 1596 Market St. at Franklin.…

A couple sites (Tenderblog, 7x7) just percolated the news of LITTLE BIRD, a new cafe that has opened in the former Caffeine space (next door to Whiskey Thieves in the Tenderloin). According to the Tenderblog post, the owners are Dave Blood (don’t piss him off, because he will cut…

Just in case you have a sweet tooth and limited funds this Saturday August 7th, swing by SUSIECAKES in the Marina for their birthday party, with 40-cent cookies all day, including chocolate chip, snickerdoodles, and iced molasses. The main shindig will be at the Greenbrae location in Marin, which is…