The Chatterbox

Now open in the former ~ALTA CA~ location on Market is KAYA from chef and co-owner Nigel Jones of Oakland’s Kingston 11, who partnered with Daniel Patterson’s Alta Group on the project. (Alta is easing on down the road, reopening in the nearby Yotel.) It’s the Jamaican-born…

There are a bunch of new openings, starting with some groovy Korean in the former Gussie’s in the Fillmore at FILLMORE SOCIAL CLUB. The menu is a bit fusion-y: you can tuck into kimchi jun pancake, some KFC (Korean fried chicken) served two ways, tako (octopus) wasabi, ssam (marinated…

There’s a new addition to your brunch playbook up for consideration: SON’S ADDITION in the Mission launched brunch service, with dishes like spicy corned beef hash with breakfast potatoes, braised dino kale, Fresno chiles, and a poached egg; malted waffles with satsuma butter; or a fried chicken sandwich…

The latest BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE to open is in the Financial District on California Street. The café was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, and the press release shares: “inspired by American artist James Turrell, the cafe is wrapped in wood planks on all sides with the exception of the back…

The specialty coffee world joined the #metoo fray when The Chronicle revealed in an article on Friday that former female employees of ~FOUR BARREL COFFEE~ filed a lawsuit against company founder Jeremy Tooker, alleging sexual assult and harassment. The Chronicle also spoke with other Four Barrel employees and uncovered a…

There’s a new project from the IL CASARO team (Francesco Covucci and Peter Fazio) in their former Vicoletto location in North Beach, and now they have opened PASTA POP-UP, although it’s actually going to be permanent. Anyway, the idea is that it’s supposed to be an easy…

Things are getting closer for Dominique Crenn’s new wine bar project, BAR CRENN, which is slated to open in the former Cellar Door in Cow Hollow on February 20th. In a post on Instagram, she shared that “wine director Matt Montrose has amassed a collection of the great wines…

A bunch of new openings have joined the scene, so here are some quick recaps for ya. Over in Bernal, there’s a new sushi restaurant called DOMA, serving omakase for $45, $65, and $85, and a “brunch” omakase, which one Yelper outlines: “aji, uni, hamachi, scallop, tuna, amaebi plus…

At the beginning of the year, there’s always a slew of restaurant closures, many of them downright unfortunate. Here we go. A reader let me know that THE BUTLER & THE CHEF BISTRO officially closed over the New Year, and owner Joël Martin has served his last pain perdu…

Gang, whoa, the 510 is en fuego right now with new openings. So many places I want to visit! To be honest, I wish I had the time to recap all these openings from the past two weeks, but I don’t, and I have some carpal tunnel flaring up…