SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Farewell to Shuggie's and Anomaly, Bonjour to Esme It's a week that has seen three high-profile closure announcements as well as fire-caused closure at Che Fico, but on the brighter side, Esme is now softly open on Divis, and we have more in This Week In Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Che Fico Temporarily Closed Due to Damage From Thursday Fire Chef-owner David Nayfeld said in a social media video Friday morning that Divisadero hot spot Che Fico, which had a fire in a chimney flue Thursday, suffered some damage and will have to close for an indeterminate period of time.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Year and a Half After Reopening, Park Tavern Is Closing For Good It's always sad when a bustling restaurant that felt like it had been there forever loses its mojo and withers away. But that was the case for North Beach's Park Tavern, not just once, but twice.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Acclaimed Prix-Fixe Restaurant Noodle In a Haystack Quietly Closes as Owners Plot Fast-Casual Venture An acclaimed Japanese prix-fixe restaurant that most of us were not lucky enough to dine at, Noodle In a Haystack, has closed, and its owners are going the fast-casual route in the hopes of finally turning a decent profit.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Ciao, Del Popolo Polenta debuts in Alamo Square, Del Popolo slings its final (non-frozen) pies, and the East Bay's takeout staple Grégoire opens in the Inner Sunset, all in This Week In Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hamburger Project Closes Mission Location Following Viral Incident A long-cursed restaurant space at a prominent corner of the Mission District is vacant once more, and the curse, it seems, has not left the place.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurants at Transamerica Complex, Ama and Cafe Sebastian, Abruptly Close as Developer Gets Pushed Out After just seven months in business, Miami chef Brad Kilgore's showy Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant Ama has closed at the Transamerica complex, along with the more casual daytime spot Cafe Sebastian.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: A Major SF Pizza Spot Says Farewell Del Popolo announces it's closing, Esme sets an opening timeframe on Divis, and Grand Lake Kitchen comes to Noe Valley, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Two-Level Castro Space Finally Has a Taker A new spot called NOVA from Bar 49's owner is coming to the Castro, Clementina makes its debut in the Richmond, and Hamburguesa Bar gets a review, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Horn Barbecue Now Has No Bay Area Locations, as Lafayette Outpost Shutters Six years after a splashy opening in West Oakland and five years after getting national attention and a Food & Wine Best New Chefs honor, pitmaster Matt Horn's Bay Area businesses are now all closed.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Fresh Pastry Near Union Square A new Nepalese and Indian restaurant is on the way to the Marina, Union Square gets a fancy new French patisserie, and there's a pop-up fish market on the docks at Fisherman's Wharf, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF's Last Squat & Gobble Set to Close After 32 Years Squat & Gobble, the local creperie chain that long outlived a crepe trend that swept the country decades ago, and even outlived that trend's 90s resurgence, is having its swan song this week at its last remainin location in West Portal.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Pizza Lands In Hayes Valley A new Neapolitan pizza shop has arrived in Hayes Valley, Turtle Tower opens a new location in Cow Hollow, and Tacos Oscar comes to the Lower Haight, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Get Ready For Big 4 Cafe Jacqueline says "au revoir" after half a century, Big 4 says "hello again," and Restaurant Naides makes its debut on Nob Hill, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved North Beach Soufflé Restaurant Café Jacqueline Closes After 46 Years A full-throated "Noooo!" is being shouted around San Francisco today by anyone who knew and loved Café Jacqueline, because the stalwart, soufflé-focused restaurant has closed for good.
SF News Sausalito Waterfront Restaurant Associated With the Tequila Sunrise, The Trident, Closes Once More A famous waterfront hangout in Marin County that boasted plenty of celebrity guests in the 1970s — and where Robin Williams once worked as a busboy — has shut its doors for the second time in 45 years.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro Brunch Mainstay Kitchen Story Closing After 12 Years Castro neighborhood brunch destination Kitchen Story, well known for its Millionaire's Bacon and bottomless mimosas, is closing its doors after 12 years, though its sister businesses will remain open.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Nearing the End of the Year RT Bistro's opening nears, a Rich Table chef de cuisine is breaking out on her own, and sandwich pop-up from Berlin is coming to SoMa after Xmas, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Ama Set an Opening Date Ama sets an opening date at the Transamerica complex, sushi takeout hit Aji Kiji expands downtown, and Sunset Squares calls it quits, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Amid Fallout Over Influencer Insult, Changes Afoot (and Possible Closure) at Beloved Hayes Valley Sushi Spot After a dustup with a microinfluencer a couple weeks ago over his new restaurant, chef and restaurateur Luke Sung may also be stepping away from or closing his popular, 17-year-old sushi restaurant Domo.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Mmm, Disco Fries Precita Social readies for its close-up, San Jose's famed Burritozilla is about to go extinct, and the Chronicle's restaurant critics have published dueling reviews of State Bird Provisions, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Recently Opened Hayes Valley Restaurant Announces Closure, Departure of Chef After Dustup With TikTok Influencer For the second time this year, a social media spat between a chef and an influencer has blown up into a wider controversy, and this time is prompting the restaurant to close its doors.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Petite Lil's Arrives In North Beach The long-awaited Lillie Coit's in the former Washington Square Bar & Grill space is softly open as a pop-up, Mr. Digby's calls it quits in Noe Valley, and Le Soleil comes to Stonestown, all in This Week in Food.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Market Street’s Sushi Zone Is Closing in July, But Insists They’re Looking for a New Location The 28-year-old no-frills sushi spot Sushi Zone has announced they’re wrapping up their time on Market Street in mid-July, likely forced out by a new incoming tenant, but owners say they’re determined to find a new location.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Beloved Fog City Diner Has Closed After 40 Years The restaurant originally known as the Fog City Diner, and in the last decade simply as Fog City, has shut its doors after 40 years on the Embarcadero. The last night of service was Friday.
