Mission: The new chef at Monk's Kettle is Adam Dulye, who's spent some time cheffing in Colorado and knows his way around beer pairing. [Eater] Also, there's a hands-on chocolate truffle lab this Sunday at Local: Mission Eatery. [SFoodie] Castro:...
As of today, Holly's Comedy Club will be closing, setting a record for lickety split shuttering for 2010 albeit not for a stand-alone restaurant but a lounge/comedy club/restaurant. The club opened in early November, hoping to add a new...
Baguette Express (668 Larkin), one of several battlers for the banh mi title in Little Saigon, has shuttered, returning more of the market share to Saigon Sandwich. [Tenderblog]...
We knew it was just around the bend, and this morning the Scoop reports that the swan song for Mattin Noblia's North Beach restaurant Iluna Basque is coming on Sunday. The red-scarved chef is opening a wellness center of some...
SoMa: Soul food restaurant Daddy O's (9th & Folsom, in the former Schnitzel Haus space), which apparently opened briefly in November before having some PG&E troubles, is trying to get itself permanently open soon, initially for breakfast and lunch only,...
Rubio's, the San Diego-based home of the "original Baja-style Fish Taco," has shuttered their Westfield food court location. We don't know that this is significant or anything. It is, after all, a food court. Fans can still get their Rubio's...
Both the Richmond and Castro stores will be closed within weeks.
We think this is a new record for 2010. Berkeley's Locanda da Eva, opened by food scribe/ CHOWhound Robert Lauriston with the help of chef-partner Huw Thornton back in July, is closing already due to lack of business. Lauriston tells...
Also, Sean O'Toole has left Bardessono, is headed to S.F.
Dragonfly, the Vietnamese restaurant with "420" in their website URL (that's their address on Judah Street, not their drug preference) has shuttered, according to Eater and a random tweet. Their phone number is out of service. [via Eater]...
Also, Postrio's now doing a new, big brunch.
Lower Haight: The Sierra Nevada gang is going to be at Toronado tonight serving up some of that series of 30th anniversary partnership brews that we told you about. [Bits & Bites] San Anselmo: L'Appart Resto, which just opened in...
The flagship Oakland location closes tonight, but the Berkeley and Walnut Creek outposts remain.
Also, the new Patxi's in Noe Valley is due on December 1.
The barbecue place used to exist in the Richmond, but closed a few years back.