Bistro Luneta Closes in San Mateo
The downtown San Mateo Filipino restaurant was about 30 months old.
The downtown San Mateo Filipino restaurant was about 30 months old.
The Edge closed after some lease negotiation trouble with a new landlord.
Sixteen-month-old pan-Asian restaurant Mazu (3809 Geary Boulevard), a fave of the We Eatin' boys, appears to have shuttered. No more Korean kalbi and lumpia for you. [Eater]...
Also, Darwin Cafe gets a new chef.
Also, Monk's Kettle has a new menu.
Dogpatch: The new chef at the soon-to-relocate Piccino (1001 Minnesota) is Rachel Silcocks, formerly of Nopa. They're aiming for a March reopening. [Chron, Earlier] La Lengua: Remember how we told you that Belinda's bar was becoming The Royal Cuckoo? Well,...
Also, Quattro Stagioni just opened at Kearny and Belden.
Civic Center: Tomorrow night, Jardinière is launching Wednesday Wine Nights, in which bottles from a particular region will be 50% off the list price between 7:30 and 10 p.m. (tough luck, opera- and ballet-goers!). The first region featured will be...
Well, turns out it was a liquor license issue, but they may still reopen.
A correction regarding an earlier rumor about a liquor license and a porn shoot.
Sunset: Pasión (737 Irving), which we mentioned last week, opens tomorrow night. [Grub Street, Earlier] Polk Gulch: Brenda's French Soul Food (652 Polk) opens their new expansion space next door either tonight or tomorrow, and will be open for New...
Marina: A16's founding chef Christophe Hille (currently at Northern Spy Food Co.) wasn't able to get out of New York due to the snow, and therefore won't be making his return guest appearance alongside Liza Shaw this evening. Instead, the...
Also, Bistro SF Grill is now open in Pac Heights.
The Pac Heights club will transform into something, presumably, more cocktailian.
SoMa: Leticia Luna, who owns Leticia's in the Castro, is returning to the space she operated for 26 years known most recently as the Overtime Bar & Grill (398 7th Street), and to be known once again as The Lineup....
The jazz venue has not had enough business this year, and closes after sixteen months.