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This Week In Food: Horn Barbecue Moves Further East

A new hi-fi bar and restaurant moves into the former Universal Cafe, Rose Pizzeria is opening a new cafe nearby in Berkeley, and Horn Barbecue has reopened its flagship, but in Lafayette.

Fillmore Food Legend and Nia Soul Cafe Owner Pia Harris Has Died, Services This Weekend

The Fillmore restaurant Nia Soul Cafe just opened last month after owner Pia Harris’s 15-year quest to make her catering business a brick-and-mortar restaurant. But Harris died from pancreatic disease complications just weeks after its grand opening.

FiDi Restaurant Owners Accused of Using Pandemic Relief Funds to Flip Houses

A husband and wife who ran a now defunct SF Financial District lunch spot have been indicted by the feds for improperly using pandemic relief funds for personal expenses, and allegedly laundering a large portion of the money through house flips.

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Dogpatch Stalwart Piccino Is Expanding to the Presidio, and Marin

For 18 years, Piccino has been one of the reliably delicious favorites of the Dogpatch neighborhood, and now, after nearly two decades, the owners have decided to expand.

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This Week In Food: Magnolia Brewing Makes a Comeback

Magnolia Brewing has reopened under its new ownership in the Haight, Turtle Tower might be making a comeback downtown, and the owner of The Kon-Tiki in Oakland has some choice words for haters and city leaders as the bar closes.

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SF’s Next Boozy ‘Entertainment Zone’ Could Be Coming to Cole Valley

Three blocks of Cole Valley are poised to be the next “entertainment zone” where bars can sell to-go cocktails during certain outdoor events and gatherings, adding to the two existing entertainment zones on Front Street and outside the Chase Center.

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La Mediterranee Staying Put on Fillmore After All, With Lease Extension After Bout of Uncertainty

The fate of 45-year-old Middle Eastern restaurant La Mediterranee was up in the air after a new controversial landlord on a buying spree bought its Upper Fillmore building, but the restaurant and owner jointly announced a four-year lease extension for the legacy business.

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Pebble Beach Food & Wine Announces Lineup of Celeb Chefs, Ticket On-Sale Dates

Rub elbows with Giada De Lauretiis, Maneet Chauhan, Jonathan Waxman and others at Pebble Beach Food & Wine in April 2025, with ticket pre-sales beginning today.

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This Week In Food: Two North Beach Classics See Some Fresh Change

North Beach Restaurant makes a big comeback, there's some legal drama between partners at Farmshop in Marin, and the Chronicle's MacKenzie Chung Fegan has named her favorite new restaurant of the year.

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Six Holiday Cocktail Pop-Ups and Special Menus to Check Out Before Xmas

It's become a bona fide thing to host a holiday-themed pop-up or "experience" in your bar for the month of December, and that is happening once again at a bunch of spots around San Francisco and beyond.

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Supervisors Eliminate $10 Million Per Year In Licensing Fees for Bars and Restaurants

SF food and drink establishments will no longer have to pay licensing fees for outdoor seating and a host of other add-ons under newly passed legislation, though the breaks don’t kick in until 2026.

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House of Prime Rib Sued For the Second Time In Two Years Over Alleged Labor Violations

One of San Francisco's most popular and beloved restaurants, The House of Prime Rib, is being sued by a former employee in a class action suit — the second such suit in 18 months — for alleged labor violations including denying rest breaks.

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Yellow Moto Pizzeria Calls It Quits on Valencia Street

When even a once-popular pizzeria can't make a go of it on Valencia Street, you know things must be slumping on the once-buzzy corridor, as we hear of yet another end-of-year closure.

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This Week In Food: Post Thanksgiving Edition

A new Palestinian restaurant is coming soon to Noe Valley, Thomas Keller is closing his Yountville Mexican spot after this weekend, and downtown Oakland has a new cocktail bar — with pickles! — all in This Week In Food.

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Whiskey Lovers Line Up For Rare Finds at New Pleasanton Costco

In case you weren't aware (I wasn't), grand openings at Costco are treasure hunts for a certain band of whiskey lovers and wine aficionados, with certain labels getting stocked just for opening events.

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This Week In Food: Say Hello, Again, to Park Tavern

Park Tavern is reopening tonight with a famous new chef, a Top Chef alum opens a new Divisadero wine bar, and the Fillmore neighborhood is up in arms about the closure of their only grocery store, all in This Week In Food.

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The Five Best Cozy Cocktail Spots In SF, Including Three With Fireplaces

Tis the season, regardless of what you celebrate, to hunker down in a cozy place and warm yourself with a drink — which sometimes has the added benefit of numbing you to the increasingly cruel world outside.

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Acclaimed Oakland Restaurant Daytrip Is Calling It Quits, Owners Say Costs Are Too High

In another disappointing end-of-year closure announcement in the local restaurant world, a restaurant that won national accolades is shutting its doors in Oakland after three years in business.

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Lower Haight's New Cocktail Spot Stoa Lands on National Best New Bars List

Stoa, the one-year-old cocktail bar with food in the Lower Haight from the team behind Nopalito, just landed on a national list of the best new cocktail bars in the country.

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This Week In Food: Multiple New Openings Ahead of the Holidays

In addition to Morella and Kayah by Burma Love opening in San Francisco this week, we have news of a splashy new, Michelin-hopeful prix-fixe spot opening around the corner from Sonoma Square in early December, all in This Week In Food.

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New Argentinian-Italian Spot Morella Debuts In the Marina

The former Dorian space is coming alive again, and after a significant remodel, it reopened over the weekend as Morella, and Italian restaurant with Argentinian influences.

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This Week In Food: A Fancy Wine Tasting Spot Reopens, and the Fillmore Gets a New Soul Food Spot

Nia Soul Cafe opens in the Fillmore, a new Mexican-Italian spot has arrived at the Transit Center, and three holiday-themed Mistletoe bar pop-ups are popping up in different neighborhoods in December, all in This Week in Food.

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Chronicle Critic Raves About Pakistani Restaurant In Basement Mall Food Court

Both the former and the current lead restaurant critics at the San Francisco Chronicle agree: There is a hidden gem in the food court at the former Westfield mall, soon to rebrand again to become the San Francisco Centre.

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San Francisco Republicans Celebrate Trump Victory at North Beach Restaurant Known For Hosting Anti-Trans Event

A small cabal of proud Republicans in San Francisco gathered Tuesday night at American Bites, a restaurant in North Beach that last year hosted a bizarre and hateful anti-trans dinner event.

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Uber and Lyft Offering Half-Price Rides to Polling Places; Uber Eats, Others Offering Election Night Discounts Too

Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are both offering 50%-off rides to polling places all day today, so you should take advantage if you're feeling lazy and still haven't voted. And you can score discounts and freebies on GrubHub, Uber Eats, and at Krispy Kreme.