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Ittoryu Gozu, the wagyu-centric San Francisco restaurant in SoMa, opens today. The restaurant channels San Francisco’s ever-growing fascination with the Japanese breed of beef.

From right: Likha chefs Bobby Punla and Jan Dela Paz cook at the Hometown Heroes sports bar, Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Emeryville, Calif. The Filipino-American food pop-up Likha is inside the Hometown Heroes sports bar located at 4000 Adeline Street.

Filipino pop-up Likha is moving on from its Emeryville location

The chefs are looking forward to moving away from the constraints of their sports bar environment.

Quick guide to Señor Sisig’s new SF restaurant, opening today

Señor Sisig opens the doors to its first brick-and-mortar restaurant today on Valencia Street. It’s only a block from its popular food truck, and, like the truck will place an emphasis on counter ...

The Bernal Heights marketplace where Ichi Sushi, Bernal Cutlery and more got their start, 331 Cortland Marketplace, will close in December.

331 Cortland Marketplace in SF’s Bernal Heights to close Dec.

By Tilde Herrera

The Bernal Heights marketplace where many local food businesses got their start , 331 Cortland Marketplace , will close in December.

A test batch of bagels is seen at Boichik Bagels, 3170 College Ave., Berkeley.

Boichik Bagels ready to open in Berkeley with New York-style

Boichik Bagels began when engineer Emily Winston attempted to re-create her all-time favorite New York bagel.

Joe Wolf and Amy Brown of Marla Bakery in San Francisco, Calif., are seen on Saturday, August 9th, 2014.

San Francisco’s Marla Bakery to close Nov. 27 and move to Santa

The owners of Marla Bakery are moving to Santa Rosa and plan to reopen it next month as a pop-up in Wine Country before finding a permanent location.

Pine Tar Grill, an ode to the past glory of the Giants, has

Pine Tar Grill, the Giants-themed bar on Folsom Street created in early 2018 by a longtime Giants fan, closed last week.

A variety of coffee are displayed at Red Bay Coffee, located at 3098 East 10th Street, in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 7, 2019. Red Bay Coffee is a small but fast growing coffee roasting company. It had no retirement plan for employees until it enrolled this year in a pilot program for CalSavers, the state-run retirement plan for employers that don't offer their own.

Oakland’s black-owned Red Bay Coffee to open a new cafe in San

Oakland’s Red Bay Coffee is in the midst of a rapid expansion, the latest chapter of which will be a new cafe coming to California Street in San Francisco’s Financial District.

The Shanghai lumpia is completely vegan at Filipino takeout spot Nick's on Mission.

Nick’s on Mission opens with vegan Filipino classics in SF’s

A follow-up to Nick’s on Grand in the Penisula, the new restaurant is a plant-based version of a typical turo turo (“point point”) Filipino joint.

The bar at Nico, Friday, June 22, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif. The restaurant is located at 710 Montgomery Street.

The Morris to take over Michelin-starred Nico for yearlong

Nico will temporarily close at the end of the year to make way for “Gap Year at Nico” while its owners go on sabbatical.

Shake Shack to open at San Francisco’s Westfield Shopping

Shack Shack will continue its rapid Northern California expansion with a new San Francisco outpost in 2020 at the Westfield Shopping Center.

A selection of nigiri from Bamboo Sushi.

Portland’s sustainable Bamboo Sushi to open 3 Bay Area

Portland’s sustainable sushi restaurant, Bamboo Sushi, plans to open locations in San Francisco, San Ramon and San Jose in the coming months.

S + M Vegan to open Oakland restaurant, named Lion Dance Cafe

Vegan pop-up S + M Vegan, the maker of “the best sandwich in the Bay Area,” is opening a full-service restaurant next year in Oakland’s Dimond District called Lion Dance Cafe .

A gluten-free bagel sandwich from Misfits Bakehouse in Palo Alto.

Misfits Bakehouse opens gluten-free bakery and Egyptian

Misfits Bakehouse — formerly known as Ducks & Dragons — opens brick-and-mortar location in Palo Alto to serve baked goods to the gluten-free, paleo and keto crowd.

Over Proof is a new high-end bar within the Mission District cocktail spot ABV.

The new Over Proof will be a permanent cocktail lounge within ABV

The Mission District cocktail bar ABV is finally unveiling a permanent concept for its bar-within-a-bar. Over Proof, in the mezzanine above ABV’s main bar, will open Oct. 30.

Bear Republic to close Healdsburg brewpub in November

The Racer 5 IPA maker will close its 24-year-old Healdsburg brewpub. It will continue to operate its Rohnert Park brewpub and Cloverdale brewery.

Inside the new Aziza in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood.

San Francisco’s acclaimed Moroccan restaurant, Aziza, reopens

Aziza reopens today in the Richmond, bringing the blend of California and Moroccan flavors for which the restaurant became a San Francisco pioneer roughly 20 years ago. Chef Mourad Lahlou led a significant ...

Bartender Denise Tucker gets ready to open at Sam Jordan's Bar in San Francisco, Calif., Monday, January 21, 2013. The bar recently obtained landmark status.

San Francisco loses another black-owned business: 60-year-old Sam

Sam Jordan’s in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood will close on Nov. 2. The black-owned business is the oldest of its kind in the city.

Se–or Sisig, a Filipino fusion food truck, parked on Mission at Fifth streets will no longer accept cash on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.

Señor Sisig to open its SF Mission District restaurant Nov. 7

Food truck stalwart Señor Sisig will open its first full-service, brick-and-mortar restaurant on Nov. 7 in San Francisco’s Mission District. Here are the early details and menu options.

Chef Marc Zimmerman welcomes the guests as Alexander's Steakhouse hosts a benefit six course dinner, on Friday Mar. 2, 2012, in San Francisco, Ca., featuring a Foie Gras menu to raise funds to attempt to overturn the upcoming statewide Foie Gras ban.

Reservations open for Wagyu-centric Ittoryu Gozu, opening next

Reservations for Ittoryu Gozu, San Francisco’s forthcoming Wagyu restaurant, are available on Tock. The project is a solo venture from Marc Zimmerman, former executive chef of Alexander’s Steakhouse.

After 23 years in San Carlos, Edwin Caba is opening a second location of his Louisiana-style restaurant in San Francisco’s Cole Valley in early 2020.

San Carlos’ Louisiana-style CreoLa to open San Francisco

After 23 years, Edwin Caba is opening a second location of his Louisiana-style restaurant in SF’s Cole Valley in early 2020.

Empress of China building (on left) is being eyed for the first Chinese American historical museum in the U.S.

Chinatown’s famed Empress of China restaurant space to be

A chef with Michelin-starred restaurants around the globe, Ho Chee Boon, is behind a new restaurant headed to Chinatown, Empress by Boon.

Marshawn Lynch’s Emeryville restaurant to appear on reality

In a candid conversation with the Chronicle, Marshawn Lynch discussed the “Bar Rescue” experience, as well as how he never actually wanted to own a bar, gentrification and what Rob Ben’s means to the ...

Luca Osborn, 18, skates the mini ramp at Proof Lab in Mill Valley, Calif., Wednesday May 20, 2015. The compound boasts a full surf and skate shop, skate park, gallery and Equator coffee bar.

Hook Fish Co. and Proof Lab to open Mill Valley restaurant and

Hook Fish Co., the casual seafood restaurant and market in the Outer Sunset, announced it is opening a new location and beer garden in partnership with Proof Lab, the Mill Valley surf store, in November.

Vegan Mob is Oakland's newest vegan restaurant. It's located at 500 Lake Park Ave. near the Grand Lake Theater.

Vegan Mob re-opens in Oakland after selling out of food on

Vegan Mob, a new vegan restaurant in Oakland specializing in soul food and barbecue, is open on Lake Park Avenue. The restaurant sold nearly 1,000 meals during its grand opening last week.

Party Bread (top left and right) with Early Girl Tomato curry (bottom middle) and Sichuan Hummus (top middle) with Park beer by Fort Point Beer Co. seen on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. Fort Point Beer Co., San Francisco�s largest independent brewery, opens a 3,000-square-foot beer hall on Oct. 7.

Fort Point Beer Co. opens new Mission taproom

Fort Point Beer Co., San Francisco’s largest independent brewery, is opening the doors to a 3,000-square-foot beer hall on Oct. 7. The location is the company’s first true taproom in the city and ...

Boavida, a cafe and market near Ocean Beach, is seen at 3560 Taraval St., San Francisco.

Cafe-market-wine bar Boavida opens steps away from Ocean Beach

The founder of Cafe St. Jorge is behind Boavida in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset.

Jessica Furui (right) serves customers at Family, her Japanese-inspired cafe in North Beach.

Family brings Japanese cafe vibes to San Francisco

The Akiko’s Restaurant team has created an adorable daytime spot with matcha lattes, Japanese curry and sandwiches in North Beach.

Renato Sardo at his Oakland company Baia Pasta

‘I have had enough of the California dream’: Baia Pasta

Renato Sardo, a transplant from Italy who made artisan dried pasta with American-grown grains, decided to close the business when he couldn’t scale it up.

Hotbird specializes in Nashville hot chicken sandwiches.

Nashville hot chicken pop-up Hotbird finds permanent home in San

Hotbird will open in January 2020 as part of the Market’s expansion in the Twitter building.

Chef Mourad Lahlou at Aziza in the Richmond on Monday August 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Aziza is back. Mourad Lahlou plans to reopen his ground-breaking

Mourad Lahlou is reopening his seminal Moroccan restaurant Aziza in the Outer Richmond. He closed the restaurant in 2016 and planned to replace it with a new concept but the award-winning chef said the ...

Brenda's in Oakland. The restaurant opens next week.

5 things to know about Brenda’s, a French and Creole outpost

Brenda’s French Soul Food is set to open in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood next week with a menu built on po’boys and beignets.

Sam Rezendes and his son, Frankie, 20 mos., outside Dear Inga, a new Eastern European restaurant opening on 18th Street in the Mission District in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The restaurant is named after the chef David Golovin’s grandmother.

Exclusive first look at Dear Inga, the dazzling Eastern European

The team behind Liholiho Yacht Club team plans to open its highly anticipated Eastern European restaurant, Dear Inga, on 18th Street in the Mission District next week.

Hina Yakitori holds just 12 seats, as seen at 808 Divisadero St., San Francisco.

Hina Yakitori opens in San Francisco with 12 seats, 15 courses

Hina Yakitori is the Bay Area's first omakase-style yakitori restaurant.

Seth Stowaway, executive chef of Bar Agricole Group, stands for a portrait at Bar Agricole in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, March 23, 2018.

No burners, no ovens: San Francisco’s next $200 tasting menu

Chef Seth Stowaway wants to show off California’s bounty at Osito.

Cafe La Vie, has a sign saying "Heart Hayes" on the door in a protest to stop the store, Kit and Ace from moving in down the street, in San Francisco, California on August 27, 2015.Merchants throughout Hayes Valley argue that Kit and Ace should be considered a chain store, and not permitted in the area.

Neighborhood hangout Cafe La Vie closes in Hayes Valley

Cafe La Vie, a 12-year-old business on Octavia Street, closed Sunday. The business was a popular neighborhood hangout before Hayes Valley became the formidable dining hub it is today.

VooDoo Love is open in SoMa at 1599 Howard St. It's one of the only remaining New Orleans-inspired restaurants in the city.

VooDoo Love gives new spirit to black-owned, New Orleans-style

Chef Tirzah Love opened the New Orleans-inspired restaurant VooDoo Love in SoMa last week , at a time when both black businesses and Louisiana-focused ventures are closing in short order.

Castagna is seen at 2015 Chestnut St., San Francisco.

San Francisco bistro Castagna to close: ‘There will never be a

Young diners in the Marina just want fast-casual restaurants and delivery, says Castagna’s owner Stéphane Meloni.

Chef Cal Peternell at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., is seen on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014.

Longtime Chez Panisse chef Cal Peternell opens the Lede in

Cal Peternell’s new venture is a simple Cal-Italian restaurant with an unusual mission: to support journalism.

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The Redwood Room at San Francisco's Clift Hotel is known for its' mood lighting complete with lights inset into the bar and a large liquor display case.
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Historic San Francisco bar Redwood Room closes for renovations

The entire Clift Hotel is closed until January 2020.

Wildseed, San Francisco’s new vegetarian restaurant, opens

Adriano Paganini’s new plant-based restaurant Wildseed opens in Cow Hollow. The restaurant fits into a growing wave of plant-based ventures coming to bloom in San Francisco.

Chef/owner Shawn Naputi (apron) and his biz partner Shawn Camacho at Prubechu in San Francisco, Calif., are seen on Saturday, April 5th, 2014.

Guamanian restaurant Prubechu finds a new home — in the

Prubechu, San Francisco’s only Guamanian restaurant, has found a new home in the Mission District. The business is taking over the former home of Commonwealth, which closed in August after failed lease ...

Fans wait for Bruce Bochy to arrive at Amici's East Coast Pizzeria in San Francisco in August. The restaurant’s recent closure along with others was cited by restaurant owners who took their complaints about how hard it is to do business in the city to supervisors.

‘A nonviable market’: SF restaurateurs ask supervisors for

At a special committee hearing, several of San Francisco’s top restaurateurs spoke about the increasing costs and difficulties of doing business.

The Graduate Berkeley is found in the historically renovated Hotel Durant.

Tartine Bakery opens first East Bay location in Berkeley’s

The menu at Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt’s new Berkeley cafe is limited, serving a limited array of pastries, coffee drinks and breads.

Tribune Tavern reopened with one of the original owners, Chris Pastena, at the helm.

Chris Pastena gets a second chance with Tribune Tavern reopening

Tribune Tavern 2.0 has a new chef, a new menu and a brightened interior.

Rashad Armstead, 31, poses for a portrait at Grammie's Down-Home Chicken, located at 3817 Market St., in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, August 2, 2019.

Rashad Armstead’s Grammie’s Down-Home Chicken & Seafood to

Rashad Armstead is closing Grammie’s Down-Home Chicken & Seafood this weekend. The ‘Chopped’ winner plans to find a new home for the soul food restaurant.

Katherine McLain sits down for lunch while a man outside reads the menu posted on the window at the newly reopened South Park Cafe in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Tech startup Brex purchased and renovated the cafe after it had been closed for over a year.

Multibillion-dollar startup Brex opens a restaurant in San

San Francisco’s multibillion-dollar credit card startup, Brex, has ventured into the local restaurant scene with its purchase of South Park Cafe.

Chef Corey Lee of Benu in San Francisco, Calif. is seen on March 4th, 2018.

Benu’s Corey Lee to open long-promised Korean restaurant in

Corey Lee finally has a location for his long-awaited Korean restaurant, due to open next summer.

Nido's Backyard takes over a former parking lot a few blocks from Nido near Jack London Square in Oakland.

Nido’s Backyard opens with mezcal, Tequila and Mexican fare in

The follow-up to Oakland’s Nido aims to channel a nonstop Mexican backyard party.

The interior of Redd in Yountville, Calif., is seen on March 22nd, 2015.

Thomas Keller and company are taking over Yountville’s former

Thomas Keller is part of the investment group behind the purchase of former Yountville restaurant Redd. Keller representatives say a yet-to-be-named project is in the works.

Pollara Pizzeria specializes in Roman-style pizza, as seen at�1788 Fourth St., Berkeley.

Pollara Pizzeria opens in Berkeley with Roman-style slices

The new Bay Area restaurant comes from the same owners as Oakland’s longstanding Sicilian spot Dopo.

People have dinner at Chubby Noodle in San Francisco, Calif., on July 21st, 2015.

North Beach’s Chubby Noodle is moving

Chubby Noodle in North Beach will close in October and move to its original Green Street location.

The preserved egg salad from Beyond Burma, which is opening a brick-and-mortar location this year.

Beyond Burma to bring hard-to-find Burmese specialties to San

Beyond Burma’s Shan noodles and white fungus flower salad are coming to the Borobudur Restaurant space in Lower Nob Hill.

Sunday Gather is the only place in the Bay Area to get La Chinoiserie's pastries on weekdays.

Huli Huli Hawaiian Grill to become Sunday Gather. The transition

Sunday Gather in the Bayview will feature Deuki Hong’s food, La Chinoiserie’s pastries and Boba Guys’ tea.

Chef and television host Tyler Florence sits for a portrait at Sequoia in the financial district of San Francisco, California, on Thursday, March 2, 2017.

Tyler Florence to open upscale steakhouse Miller & Lux near

The latest addition to Thrive City’s food landscape will be an upscale steakhouse from celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The new project, Miller & Lux, will joine Michael Mina’s forthcoming food hall ...

People have dinner at Belga in San Francisco, Calif., on July 7th, 2015.

Belga to close and become a plant-based restaurant named Wildseed

Belga in Cow Hollow is slated to close and become Wildseed. The plant-based restaurant is the first such venture for local restaurateur Adrianao Paganini. Belga’s final service will be Sept. 1.

Toy Soldier is a restaurant, bar and brewery with a large patio located at 52 Belden Place, San Francisco.

Mexican restaurant Tin Cactus coming to San Francisco’s Belden

The owners of Toy Soldier are opening a second restaurant, Tin Cactus, in the hopes of reinvigorating San Francisco’s Belden Place.

Some of the dried seaweed available at Queens, a Korean superette in San Francisco.

Korean superette Queens opens in San Francisco with banchan by

The new Inner Sunset Korean market sells imported products, heirloom vegetables, stews, kimchi and more.

Adam Perry Lang is opening a new restaurant in Yountville. It is called Perry Lang's.

Celebrated barbecue restaurant opening outpost in Yountville

The renowned barbecue chef Adam Perry Lang is opening a barbecue restaurant in the fine dining town of Yountville.

Pitmaster and chef, Matt Horn, 31, poses for a photo on top of a meat smoker called Lucille at his home in Tracy, Calif., on Sunday, June 30, 2019.

‘This is for the culture:’ Pit master Matt Horn to take over

Matt Horn, one of the Bay Area’s premier pit masters, plans to open a full-service restaurant in West Oakland. The new project will take over the former home of Brown Sugar Kitchen.

DINE11a-C-04DEC02-FD-GG-Borobudur Indonesian restaurant in San Francsico. Photo by Gina Gayle/The SF Chronicle.

Two of the Bay Area’s few Indonesian restaurants to close

In Berkeley, Jayakarta will close on Saturday. In San Francisco, Borobudur Restaurant will likely close at the end of September.

RT Rotisserie in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, August 19, 2019.

Here’s a first look at Rich Table’s RT Rotisserie opening

The second San Francisco outpost of RT Rotisserie, Rich Table’s fast casual spinoff, opens Friday in Nopa. The new restaurant is larger and has a longer menu than its predecessor.

Tsuta's specialty is the shoyu ramen, served with char siu, bamboo shoots and a black truffle sauce.

World’s first Michelin-starred ramen restaurant Tsuta to open

Unlike the majority of the Bay Area’s ramen spots, Japanese chain Tsuta specializes in dashi-shoyu broth.

Wrecking Ball Coffee in Berkeley. The cafe is slated to open this month.

Wrecking Ball Coffee’s upcoming Berkeley cafe will be about

Wrecking Ball Coffee’s Berkeley outpost is set to open next week, pending final permits. The “fourth wave” cafe has grand ambitions for social change.

A beet and warm lentil salad with egg, yogurt, herbs and cucumber at Fava in Berkeley.

Chez Panisse alumni open casual lunch counter in Berkeley

Fava serves a mostly vegetarian menu of salads, wraps, soups and drinks in a tiny, takeout-only space.

Original Joe's, seen on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif., has reopened in North Beach.

Original Joe’s to expand in San Francisco with Little Joe’s

Original Joe’s is expanding to West Portal with a new concept called Little Joe’s Pizza, Pasta, Parmigiana. The restaurant is taking over the former Paradise Pizza space.

A view of Seal Rock from Sutro's at the Cliff house in San Francisco, Calif., during sunset on Thursday, November 10, 2011.

New operator could take over San Francisco’s Cliff House

Dan and Mary Hountalas have been running the Cliff House since 1973, and now, the National Park Service is looking for new operators to take over the landmark space in 2020.

Sunset magazines new test garden at Cornerstone

Cornerstone Sonoma welcomes new gastropub Palooza

Public Kitchen is out and Palooza Beer Garden & Eatery is in at wine country destination Cornerstone.

Louis Maldonado of Spoonbar in the restaurant in Healdsburg, Calif., on Thursday, October 22, 2015.

No longer partnering with Mourad Lahlou, Louis Maldonado is now

The Gibson in Hotel Bijou reopens Tuesday night with a new chef, Louis Maldonado. Maldonado was slated to be the executive chef of Amara, a Moroccan-Mexican restaurant in the works from Mourad Lahlou.

The Chop Burger with the Dzul cocktail at the Chop Bar in Oakland, Calif., is seen on Thursday, February 7th, 2013.

Oakland restaurant Chop Bar grows into bigger space

Jack London district gastropub Chop Bar has moved into a 3,000-square-foot space, about twice the size of the original.

Pim Techamuanvivit talks with invited guests before she opens her second San Francisco restaurant Nari on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif.

Kin Khao sister restaurant Nari opens in San Francisco with

Chef-owner Pim Techamuanvivit says Japantown’s Nari is more spacious, elegant and ambitious than her first restaurant, Kin Khao.

The exterior of Tosca in San Francisco, Calif., is seen on Tuesday, March 26th, 2014.

Tosca Cafe to reopen with new owners Nancy Oakes, Anna Weinberg

Under the new regime, Tosca's name will remain the same and its menu, crafted by Oakes, will continue to highlight Italian fare.

George Dy, the force behind Kono Food Alley, plans to open Common Grounds, a twist on a food hall, at the same Oakland location.

Kono Food Alley opens in Oakland, with a new food hall on the way

The new Oakland lunch option is a precursor to Common Grounds, an outdoor twist on a food hall.

Owner Jay Foster puts the finishing touches plate before they are sent out to guests at Isla Vida, an Afro-Caribbean restaurant in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

Isla Vida closes in San Francisco’s Fillmore

Isla Vida, the Afro-Caribbean restaurant in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood has closed less than a year after opening. The business was a spinoff project of Farmerbrown that closed last year in the ...

Don Gorwky, owner, pours ice from a bucket while working at Portals Tavern on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif.

Open since 1937, West Portal neighborhood dive bar Portals Tavern

Owners Don Gorwky and Mary King-Gorwky have owned the West Portal bar since 1989.

An aerial view of the arena as workers put on the finishing touches of the new Chase Center, in San Francisco Calif., on Monday, July 15, 2019. Work crews are in the final stages of preparing the new home of the Golden State Warriors which will open with concerts at the end of September.

Chase Center announces bars and beverage options for new Warriors

Bon Vivants Hospitality is involved, along with Pepsi Co., Pernod Ricard, Tanduay Rum and more.

Interior space of Little Creatures Brewery a new brewery opening in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood on Friday July 26. The project comes via an Australian beer company called Little Creatures. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019. San Francisco, Calif.

Little Creatures brings a huge new brewery in Mission Bay

Australian craft beer company Little Creatures has opened a new facility in Mission Bay. It’s the company’s first American outpost.

This is what a $50 burger looks like. It's topped with five ounces of truffle.

Whopper of a price for luxury burger at new Silicon Valley dining

Selby’s, a grand-scale Silicon Valley restaurant inspired by the Hollywood dining scene of the 1930s and 1940s, opened Tuesday with a $50 burger on its menu.

Outdoor patio at El Paseo restaurant in Mill Valley, California, on May 20, 2011.

Sammy Hagar sells El Paseo to new owners in Mill Valley

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar has sold his Mill Valley restaurant El Paseo to a pair of longtime Mill Valley residents. Hagar closed the business last July with hopes of opening it again.

The Korean Fried Chicken Sandwich with buttermilk fried chicken, comeback sauce, pickled jalape–os, shredded lettuce, on a potato bun, and chili cheese fries, at chef Mike Yoon's pop-up diner Lovely's, serving Americana food, inside The Lodge bar in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

Oakland burger pop-up Lovely’s moves on

Mikey Yoon’s diner-style pop-up has outgrown its space at the Lodge in Oakland.

Konbi’s mesmerizing Japanese egg sandwiches coming to San

The Konbi pop-up is a collaboration with Grand Opening, a new Chinese-American bakery pop-up within Mister Jiu’s.

Silicon Valley’s costliest city adds fine-dining spot

Selby’s, Silicon Valley’s newest fine dining destination, is a 10,000-square-foot restaurant inspired by the Hollywood dining scene of the 1930s and 1940s.

Owner and chef Heena Patel (left) and chef Jessica Hernandez (right) work in the kitchen at Besharam, a new Gujarati (West Indian) restaurant on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.

Heena Patel relaunches Besharam, now with full control

She’s moving away from “California Gujarati” food and toward the Gujarati fare she ate as a child.

Raw oysters shipped in from Washington state are shucked by diners at Hog Island Oyster Farm in Marshall, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Harvesting on Tomales Bay has been temporarily suspended following reports of a few customers becoming infected with norovirus after consuming the oysters.

Hog Island Oyster Co. to open new restaurant in Larkspur Landing

Following on the success of its San Francisco and Napa outposts, Hog Island Oyster Co. is opening another new restaurant, this time in the Marin Country Mart, the same Larkspur mall that has wooed the ...

Chef Dominique Crenn at Petit Crenn in San Francisco, Calif. is seen on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015.

Bay Area chefs confront climate change, environmental impact

Restaurant owners are increasingly seeking out carbon-friendly food options as they comply with San Francisco’s waste laws.

The "Butcher's Coffer" with Hog's Head Terrine, Potted Pork, and whipped Lardo and a Reality Czeck pilsner at Hogsapothecary in Oakland, Calif., is seen on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014.

Hog’s Apothecary in Oakland to close on Sunday

Hog’s Apothecary in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood will close Sunday after seven years on 40th Street. The popular gastropub is an elder statesman in Temescal’s notable beer scene.

Chef Jason Fox at his restaurant Commonwealth in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

Commonwealth to close on Aug. 26: ‘We were having one of our

After spending a few months this year teetering on the brink of a potential closure over a previously reported lease issue , Commonwealth in the Mission District will cease operations on Aug. 26. ...

Al’s Deli opens in the Mission District

It’s the new spot from Al’s Place chef Aaron London.

Kwame Onwuachi speaks about turning his memoir into a film:

James Beard award winner Kwame Onwuachi’s meteoric rise to fame continues with the recent announcement that his book, Notes from a Young Black Chef, is being turned into a movie. The film will be ...

Anthony Myint, co-founder of The Perennial restaurant, stands for a portrait in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015.

San Francisco chef wins international honor for battling climate

San Francisco chef Anthony Myint has won the Basque Culinary World Prize — and $114,000 — for his work battling climate change through the restaurant industry.

Michael Mina stands for a portrait at his flagship resaurant, Michael Mina, on Friday, September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.

Michael Mina to open his first restaurant in Wine Country

Michael Mina has plans to open Wit & Wisdom Tavern at The Lodge at Sonoma. The project is slated to make its debut in 2020 with a menu based around live-fire cooking.

Tartine Bakery has opened in the Inner Sunset.

New Sunset District outpost is future model for Tartine Bakery

Tartine Bakery opened its new cafe in the Inner Sunset. The shop is a model for the business moving forward — a smaller footprint with a focus on small plates and breakfast dishes.

Owner Reem Assil works in the kitchen during lunch at Reem's in Oakland, Calif, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Oakland bakery discontinues signature Draymond Green dish

A Palestinian-Syrian chef in Oakland discontinued a beloved dish at her restaurant named after NBA player Draymond Green. The decision comes in response to Green’s trip last summer to Israel.

Trick Dog bar on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif. The bar is located at 3010 20th St.

Trick Dog pays homage to counterculture catalog with Whole Dog

Trick Dog has released its 14th semiannual cocktail menu, the Whole Dog Menu, which is inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog, which served as a how-to manual and literary review during the late 1960s and ...

A server brings out food for patrons at Boot & Shoe Service Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. A year after new owners Jen Cremer and Richard Clark bought Boot & Shoe Service from Charlie Hallowell, they are unveiling a new name for the restaurant: Sister. The new name is part of the rebranding of the restaurantÕs feel, workplace culture and menu.

Say goodbye to Boot & Shoe Service and hello to Sister

The rebrand is an effort to further distance the Oakland restaurant from former owner Charlie Hallowell, who had been accused of sexual harassment.

Mama, a new red-sauce restaurant in Oakland from the team behind the Bay Grape wine shop, opens July 8, 2019.

Mama, Oakland’s new wine-focused, sub-$30 red-sauce joint,

“The Bay Area and Oakland in particular are in a bit of a tricky time right now, in terms of gentrification,” says Stevie Stacionis. “We really felt there was an opportunity for a restaurant that ...

From left, David, Dennis and Daniel Lee, brothers and owners of Mission's Namu Gaji, stand together for a portrait at their restaurant in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

Big changes for Namu crew: Namu Gaji moves to SoMa, Namu Stonepot

Namu Stonepot will replace Namu Gaji on Dolores Street following the recent completion of the building’s city-mandated seismic retrofit. Namu Gaji will move to the former home of the Perennial on 9th ...

Foxsister is one of the new bars to open within the last few months on 24th Street.

Foxsister to close and become Italian-focused Great Gold

The Mission District’s buzzy, Korean restaurant Foxsister will close next month and become Great Gold, an Italian comfort food spot that will have a menu section dedicated to spaghetti and red sauces. ...

The Damel in Uptown Oakland, a new Afro Brazilian restaurant.

The Damel brings the flavors of Brazil, Senegal and Argentina to