- Blue Bottle looks to expand in to selling bottled iced coffee drinks in stores, but you can get them now at the Ferry Building. [NBCBayArea]
- Big Nate's BBQ in SoMa becomes CatHead's BBQ. Big Nate might not be around anymore, but Maker's Mark-rubbed pulled pork is. [InsideScoopSF]
- Sanjiv Handa, the last of Oakland City Hall's true gadflies, has passed away. [EastBayExpress]
- Local Mission Eatery, which serves locally sourced eats in the Mission (obviously), is expanding in to the forthcoming Local Mission Market and a Local's Corner Café. [GrubSF]
- Snoozeflash, we're calling neighborhood grocery stores "Hyper-local markets" now. (Note: please do not call them that.) [Chron]
- The New York Times Company sells off a slew of local newspapers, including the Santa Rosa Press Democrat which sold to a company in Daytona Beach, Florida [SFBiz]
- It's year-in-review season, check out the Best Muni Photos of 2011. [MuniDiaries]
