SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Bagdad Cafe/SliderBar Space Becoming The Castro Republic, Under New Ownership Welp, the story we all knew would end this way has reached its end as Health-Department-closure-afflicted SliderBar (2295 Market Street), which was rechristened OVOK in September with basically the same menu, to not
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alfred's Steakhouse Reopens Thursday Under Daniel Patterson's Management Back in October we learned the news that the Daniel Patterson Group was getting into the steakhouse business with the purchase of SF's oldest example, Alfred's (659 Merchant Street near Kearny). Tucked away
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oh No!!: Dottie's True Blue Cafe Up For Sale Many people were panicked when brunch-time favorite Dottie's True Blue Café abruptly, temporarily closed back in February it turned out to be due to one of the employees suffering a severe burn and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tartine And Blue Bottle Merge; Bar Tartine Sold To Chefs, Will Get New Name BIG NEWS in the local food world today as Tartine Bakery, which already had vague plans to expand to New York, announces that it will be joining forces with Blue Bottle Coffee, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hapa Ramen Owners Say No One Was Fired, New Concept In The Works Here's a brief update on the Hapa Ramen upheaval story which rocked the local food world over the weekend. While chef Richie Nakano gave more of his side of the story yesterday to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Hapa Ramen Closed, Chef-Partner Richie Nakano Out In a somewhat surprising twist, chef Richie Nakano, who launched his Hapa Ramen brand through a series of pop-ups and a Ferry Plaza stand starting back in 2010, has been fired from his
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Polk Street's Verbena To Rebrand And Reopen This Week As Reverb Kitchen & Bar Following some months of upheaval at fifteen-month-old Verbena on upper Polk, the owners who also own the successful Gather in Berkeley are going for a complete revamp in order to reintroduce themselves to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Weird Fish Closure Delayed Until Summer, New Restaurant To Retain Dishes To Placate Vegans It's been a disappointing month for vegans after the announcement of the closure of their beloved Millennium, not to mention Source. But now there's a bit of good news: Weird Fish, the vegan-friendly
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Haven Takes Temporary Pause In Oakland, Patterson Calls Chef Shuffle Rumors 'Gossip' Local chef-entrepreneur Daniel Patterson seems to like having several concepts on the stove at once, with Coi and Alta CA in SF plus the coming-this-year launch of Loco'l with LA's Roy Choi. And
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In S.F. Food: Casey Thompson Explains Her Aveline Departure, Atelier Crenn Finally Gets Bauer Love, and More This week at SFist we were nacho crazy, giving you a list of the city's top ten plates and piles of the crunchy standby. We also told you about embattled Local's Corner, who
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <i>Top Chef</i> Alum Casey Thompson Leaves Aveline After Five Months One of the most hyped and anticipated new restaurants of the year has already lost its star chef: Casey Thompson, who's been toiling in Napa as a private chef for several years following
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Emmy's Spaghetti Shack Closes Tonight, Will Reopen Up The Street This Weekend Remember how Emmy's Spaghetti Shack is moving? Well, tonight will be its last night in its longtime home at Virginia and Mission, and it's set to reopen in its new digs at 3230
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Circolo / Gordon's House Of Fine Eats Space Is On The Market Again In The Mission A space that was home to one of the most popular restaurants of the first dot-com boom, but which has since become a bit of a cursed spot ever since, is on the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yoshi's Is Becoming The Addition; Poison Guitarist Will Play The New Venue We learned back in June that Yoshi's San Francisco was getting sold to a new ownership group, and would no longer be called Yoshi's. The restaurant has shuffled along the last few months,
