Tag: restaurants
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The many resurrections of Valencia Street’s restaurants
As documented on this very blog many businesses in San Francisco were boarded up during the beginning of the pandemic, with many if not most gradually returning. But what’s more surprising are the places that officially went out of business only to reopen — some of which closed long before the pandemic. Here are the…
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Namu Gaji’s colorful new paint job
A few months ago a building at the corner of Dolores and 18th Street started a somewhat belated seismic retrofit, which meant the temporary closure of its two ground floor tenants: hip Korean restaurant Namu Gaji and the ever popular Bi-Rite Creamery. Bi-Rite Creamery never closed entirely, instead operating out of a food truck parked…
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Details leaked regarding mysterious new restaurant at 17th and Valencia
Almost a year ago I reported that the team behind Garcon seemed to be quietly working on a new restaurant at the former site of Young’s BBQ in the Mission. Normally restaurant openings involve some press releases and fanfare, but this one seemed to fly under the radar. Naturally, that made it all the more…
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Garcon team apparently taking over Young’s BBQ space
Young’s BBQ, the (ostensibly) Korean hole in the wall restaurant behind El Toro that you never went to finally closed a few months ago. Recently the space has undergone a soft story retrofit. Now a new liquor license application has appeared on the window with the name “Jerartdon LLC.” What could it mean? Two of…
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Top 5 strangest things in Little Delhi’s Twitter feed
One of my favorite Indian restaurants in San Francisco is Little Delhi in the Tenderloin. Great food, reasonable prices, and they offer takeout and delivery. Can’t recommend them enough! But you’d never know how great Little Delhi’s food is judging by their completely off the rails Twitter feed. Here’s the top 5 strangest things they’ve…
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Mission Public SF moves before opening
Mission Public SF, an upcoming gastropub one can only assume is named after a public restroom, has relocated prior to opening. Originally slated to open on Mission and 15th, the restaurant is now being built instead in the former Om Shan Tea space at the corner of 14th and Natoma. As you may recall, Om…
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Curry Village takes over Cafe Petra space
The long-shuttered Cafe Petra finally has some action, with a new sign promising a second outpost of the Inner Sunset’s popular Curry Village Indian buffet. It remains to be seen if this particularly quiet stretch of Guerrero can support a restaurant, or how this tiny storefront can house a full buffet. With Pakwan, Gajalee, and…
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Grill no longer thrilling
The former Thrill of the Grill on Valencia has closed up shop, and is now a Nizario’s Pizza, part of a small local chain apparently owned by someone named Nizar. While I was never a huge fan of Thrill of the Grill, and their “whenever we feel like it” operating hours couldn’t have been good…
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Food trucks officially jump the shark
The Whole Foods food truck was embarrassing enough. But now that Burger King has entered the game, the game is officially over. The items sold by Burger King do not qualify as “food” by any normal standard, and their attempt to disguise this fact by placing them inside of an imitation food truck seems eerily…
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West of Pecos opens Monday, May 14th
West of Pecos, the new restaurant from the Woodhouse Fish Company folks, is slated to open this Monday, May 14th. As you may recall, this newly built-out restaurant replaces the old Valencia St location of beloved Indian ice cream joint, Bombay Bazar. For more on West of Pecos, check Eater’s coverage here.
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