The northern Spain-inspired tapas restaurant has earned acclaim—and even some awards—for chef Ryan Pollnow.

Elizabeth Simon got her start in pie, but she now also serves savory dishes at the popular Duboce Triangle watering hole.

After weathering a fire and a layout shakeup, Brewcade has found its groove, with more special events and theme nights on the way.

Meet one of the new owners of the Orbit Room, which changed hands a year ago this month.

Renovations are expected to be completed this spring.

Need a quick bite without breaking the bank? Here's where to go.

Hecho plans to close down and reopen as Hecho Cantina early next year.

The 43-year-old Castro favorite is changing hands.

After being purchased two years ago, the long-running cafe is back on the market, and could become something else entirely.

This week, the building was officially designated a city landmark.

The restaurant underwent a name and concept change earlier this year, but still struggled to find its footing.

With winter nearly behind us, it’s time to veg out a bit differently.

The neighborhood bar will soon close, making way for a new concept from bar industry veterans.

The Basque eatery will go dark at the end of the month, but its owners hope to find a new home.

It will be ending its run as a full-time cocktail bar.

The new coffee shop in the Icon building is aiming to become the "best 10 minutes of your day."

Another local business temporarily closing for a seismic retrofit: Bean There Cafe, which will also be renovated while the work is being done.

The "market hall," which will eventually house 13 vendors, has launched its first three: juice bar RAW, coffee shop Cro Cafe, and cocktail bar Mrs. Jones.

Get your tote bags ready: the Castro market is back, with some new wine- and social media-centric promotions.

We've received official word that Verve is indeed moving forward with its first San Francisco location.

Since 2008, the tiny restaurant has been a neighborhood standby for its authentic bistro fare.

Founder Kelsey Witherow left a career in tech to pursue her love of cookie dough.

After 28 years, the owners plan to "start a new chapter" of their lives.

The eatery is closed, but owners Ryan Scott and Ike Shehadeh are appealing the Planning Department's decision.

A demolition permit has been granted for the building, which was built in 1906.

The café inside the supermarket will stay open, however.

"We're still in the early stages of construction," said owner Justin Lew.

A manager said the eatery will close next week after the landlord doubled its rent.

The new eatery is the latest venture for a group that operates fast-casual Mexican restaurants.

The eatery closed for a week for a quick renovation and menu revamp, but cake is still served.

Supervisor Jane Kim will be on hand for today's ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Truly Mediterranean.

The eatery has 15 days to correct the violation or appeal the notice of violation.

Co-owner Angel Davis said she has no intention of turning the space into a wine bar, however.

Kantine moves closer to opening in the former Little Hollywood Launderette.

The brewery plans to open a brew pub with a food partner this summer.

A new spot in the Castro offers Asian-inflected dogs from a "part-time Uber driver and full-time hot dog slinger."

Looking for your next great Middle Eastern meal in San Francisco?

Owners say the new watering hole has a "Polynesian noir" aesthetic.

The upscale deli, bakery and gelateria plans to open in early 2019.

Just weeks after 40-year-old Aardvark Books said its goodbyes, another longtime business has closed its doors at Church and Market streets.

The popular arcade bar is working on expanding into the neighboring former Botellón space.

After 16 years, the Church Street Burgermeister has closed up shop.

There's a long road ahead for Brewcade if it decides to pursue expanding.

The brunch/lunch spot is backed by the owners of Woodhouse Fish Co.

The new tenant is a spinoff of Sausalito's long-running Sushi Ran.

A new tenant has snapped up two empty spaces at Church & Market, which has struggled with retail vacancies.

"Beit is like 'casa' in Spanish. So, it’s basically 'Rima’s House,'" said the owner.

Willkommen has partnered with San Francisco's Rosamunde to serve sausages.

It's only been a week since Chow closed up shop after 22 years in business. But a new owner has already snapped up its former space.

The milestone is an unexpected one for the neighborhood dive, which has been set to be demolished for housing for several years.

New owner Mark White said that Cook Shoppe will continue in Chow's footsteps as "an honest, affordable and local" restaurant.

Decked out with two 14-foot live redwood trees, this "garden" specializes in beer and sausages.

The popular arcade bar is changing its name and focus.

Just weeks after enduring controversy for its rainbow-painted Zen garden rock, the restaurant has closed its doors.

The expanded bar will also be changing its name.

Courtney's Produce, founded in 1969 and relocated to Castro & 14th Streets in 1971, is a neighborhood fixture.

The former Brewcade now has more games, food, a full cocktail menu — and a name familiar to longtime neighborhood residents.

The Starbucks that closed in the complex last year remains vacant.

After less than three years in the Castro, Finn Town will serve its final meal on Sunday.

One of the restaurant's owners has been arrested for selling alcohol without a license.

The space sat vacant for more than two years following the closing of Zapata Mexican Grill.

Two SF locals with Nordic roots have teamed up to manufacture their own version of a Scandinavian staple.

"22 years was a good run," says owner Issa Sweidan, but it's time for a change.

The proposed housing development would be nine stories tall, and would also take out the three-unit residential building next door.

Taco Boys, a new taqueria co-owned by twin brothers with a trio of taquerias in Oakland, plans to quickly reopen in the former Tacos Club space.

The six-year-old bistro and wine bar was forced into a sudden closure, but will return at a new Castro address.

With hundreds of events to choose from, we rounded up a handful that will appeal to many different walks of beer-loving life.

"It's not looking good for the restaurant business," says owner Juan Romo.

"We made the tough decision to shift The Detour into hibernation mode for the next few months until a vaccine is released," said co-owner Shawn Vergara.

The closure comes as Mayor London Breed announced that restaurants can reopen indoors with limited capacity

Castro's Bank of America is currently undergoing a $1.3 million renovation.

French bistro and wine bar Aquitaine has opened at 216 Church St. after a months-long delay due to shelter-in-place restrictions. Aquitaine's first day of business was on Election Day Tuesday, November 3.

In some rare good news about an upcoming restaurant opening the Castro, Hoodline has learned that Santería, a new Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar, is headed to the former Finn Town Tavern space at 2251 Market Street.

It's a sad day for fans of Castro/Duboce Triangle dive Lucky 13 (2140 Market St.), which is giving up the ghost after five years of limbo with the property slated for development. 

Over the weekend, the Castro's newest Mexican restaurant and margarita bar Santeria (2251 Market St.) softly opened in the former Finn Town space — and it's the sister restaurant to Tacorgasmico a block away.

Castro neighborhood bar Pilsner Inn (225 Church St.) reopened last week after a nearly one-year hiatus caused by shelter-in-place restrictions. The Pilsner's first day of outdoor drinks and food was February 5, much to the delight of customers, employees, and the bar's owners.

Friday evening, Castro area taqueria Casa Mexicana (180 Church St., between Duboce and 14th) was damaged by a one-alarm grease fire in its kitchen.

The Subway sandwich shop at 2375 Market St. in the Castro has permanently closed.

Hoodline has learned that two people who are part of the restaurant group behind two-Michelin-starred Saison are set to open a new Mexican restaurant at 2223 Market St., formerly Nomica and before that neighborhood favorite 2223 Restaurant.

After a four-month hiatus, Castro cocktail bar Blackbird reopened Wednesday with expanded outdoor seating.

After a 14-month pandemic-induced hiatus, Castro neighborhood bar Moby Dick (4049 18th St.) reopened its doors today at 1 p.m.

Castro arcade bar and restaurant The Detour is set to reopen Monday, July 5, after hitting the pause button in October and temporarily closing due in part to COVID-19.

Church and Market wine bar Fig & Thistle Market (691 14th St.) has now become Millay, under the same ownership, with more of a focus on the wine bar aspect.

The new Spanish/Mexican-influenced restaurant Copas on Market (2223 Market St.) is now open in the space formerly occupied by Nomica and Izakaya Sushi Ran.

This is going to make some Zeitgeist regulars and people who live near Safeway Heights and the edge of the Mission very sad, but Hoodline regrets to inform you that the KFC/Taco Bell at 200 Duboce Avenue (at Guerrero) has transitioned to being just a KFC, so no more tacos.

After four and half years in the Castro, Thai restaurant and brunch spot Me & Tasty (3970 17th St.) has closed.

The Castro's newest Italian restaurant Vico Cavone officially opens this weekend in the former Firewood space at 4248 18th Street, after two weeks of a soft opening.

Over the holiday weekend, multiple Castro neighborhood bars and restaurants announced they would be temporarily closed due to the recent surge of Covid-19 infections brought on by the Omicron variant.

Castro residents and visitors now have a new option to enjoy warm morning buns and fresh-baked mini-pizzas in the neighborhood.

In this edition: a hot chicken and ramen restaurant and pet grooming store open in the Castro, a designer clothing store extends its stay, and a longtime Thai restaurant closes its doors.

Castro residents and visitors looking for their daily fix of Starbucks coffee, lattes, frappucinos, and more can rejoice.

The long-awaited cocktail lounge and restaurant Lobby Bar (4230 18th St.) opens today on the ground floor of The Hotel Castro.

Café Flore was an LGBTQ+ haven in the Castro neighborhood for over 45 years. Now, the space will finally come alive again later this year under a new owner, who was a former customer.

The Epicurean Trader was just announced as the ground floor retail tenant at the new residential condo building 2238 Market — a.k.a. the development on the former Sullivan's Funeral Home property.

Mexico-based chain La Borra del Café has proposed to move into the long-vacant ground floor retail space 2175 Market Street (at Sanchez and 15th streets).

The long-vacant Castro storefront at 2295 Market Street (at Noe), will soon be occupied by Salvadoran restaurant Los Amigos, which opened a Mission District location in 2019.

The Castro's new Salvadoran restaurant Los Amigos on Castro is now open in the long-vacant storefront at 2295 Market St. (at Noe and 16th). Los Amigos quietly opened on Sunday for brunch.

After eight years in the Castro, Mexican restaurant Tacorgasmico (2337 Market St.) has called it quits. The restaurant quietly closed last weekend.

A new restaurant is heading to the Church and Market corridor. California-Italian fusion restaurant The Rustic is set to take over 215 Church Street, the space that was most recently home Cook Shoppe, but which has sat empty for four years.

The reopening of the Castro's historic neighborhood restaurant Cafe Flore (2298 Market St.), now to be called Fisch & Flore, has been delayed as construction officially kicked off two weeks ago.

The Castro’s indoor beer garden and restaurant Willkommen (2198 Market St.) has launched a newly expanded food menu with quality ingredients and healthier options.

After only six months in the Castro, Salvadoran restaurant Los Amigos on Castro (2295 Market St. at 16th) has permanently closed.

Mexican restaurant Zona Rosa taqueria will soon be replacing Tacorgasmico at 2337 Market Street in the Castro.

Church and Market's newest Cal-Italian fusion restaurant, The Rustic, is now open at 215 Church Street, formerly the space that housed Chow and, briefly, Cook Shoppe.

The Castro's newest Mexican restaurant Zona Rosa, which previously existed under different ownership in the Haight, is now open in the former Tacorgasmico space.

The Castro's newest restaurant, Hulu Wa China Bistro, is now open at 3970 17th Street, formerly Niji Sushi and Nash Hot Chicken & Ramen.

Jamba Juice at Church and Market streets has shuttered, leaving Safeway as the lone remaining store inside the shopping center there.

Church and Market seafood spot Woodhouse Fish Co. (2073 Market St.) announced on Friday that it will close this month after 18 years.

A new Castro restaurant and bar is headed for the long-troubled former Bagdad Café space at 2295 Market Street (at Noe), more recently known as Los Amigos Diner.

After 22 years in the Castro, seafood restaurant Catch (2362 Market St.) announced that it will permanently close next month...

After four years in the Castro, Bonita Taqueria y Rotisserie has closed at 3600 16th Street (at Market and Noe streets).

New owner Serhat Zorlu tells Hoodline that the sustainable seafood restaurant reopens Wednesday — just in time for the relaunch of the weekly Castro Farmer's Market.

After less than three years, Castro casual Mexican/Spanish-influenced restaurant Copas (2223 Market) has announced its closure. Copas' last day in business is Saturday, April 20.

It didn't take long to fill one prominent restaurant space in the Castro! French bistro ChouChou will soon open in the former Catch restaurant space at 2262 Market, which Catch vacated in March after 22 years in the Castro.

Castro's newest French restaurant Catch French Bistro opened last week in the space of former longtime seafood restaurant Catch at 2362 Market.

The Castro's newest restaurant and bar from Hi Tops alum Colm O'Brien opens tonight (Tuesday, June 18) at the former Los Amigos / Bagdad Cafe space at 2295 Market Street (at Noe).

Castro residents and visitors searching for warm fun buns and dough boys will now have to find a new place to satisfy your appetite.

We now know the home of San Francisco's first women's sports bar. Rikki's, a new sports bar celebrating women's sports will open in the Castro at 2223 Market Street, formerly Copas.

After nearly six years, Il Casaro Pizzeria (235 Church Street) has temporarily closed its Castro restaurant and its future appears uncertain.

With January traditionally being a slower month for local businesses and restaurants, a handful of Castro area shops took advantage of the time to upgrade their storefronts.

After less than one year in business, Castro seafood restaurant Fisch & Flore (2298 Market Street) has been listed for sale.

It's been five years since Ritual Coffee shuttered its Castro outpost and we now have a new tenant moving in.

Something is baking at the former Castro location of Woodhouse Fish Co. at 2073 Market Street (at Church).

Castro women's sports bar Rikki's (2223 Market Street) is opening pretty much on schedule, just in time for Pride Month.

An ambitious plan to open a new Castro bar & restaurant in the former Harvey's (500 Castro Street) space, along with an adjacent space, has been scrapped.

After just a year, Castro’s Fisch & Flore has shuttered and will soon transform into a new café concept. The historic Market Street space is entering another chapter.

Castro residents walking by former seafood restaurant Fisch & Flore (2298 Market Street) over the weekend might have noticed the outdoor firepits have come back on, and seen customers inside the space.

After a little more than six years in the Castro, indoor/outdoor beer garden and restaurant Willkommen (2198 Market St. at Sanchez) has announced it will close.

Castro and Duboce Triangle neighborhood favorite corner store Courtney's Produce has announced that it will close after 54 years in business. Courtney's last day will be Friday, December 5.

Longtime all-you-can-eat sushi spot Sushi Delight (1946 Market Street) has announced it will close after more than 25 years.

The popular Castro location of Peet's Coffee at 2257 Market Street is set to close at the end of January.

A new California-Mediterranean restaurant called Parasol at Flore will be opening this spring in the space formerly occupied by historic neighborhood restaurant Cafe Flore (2298 Market Street).

The owners of Castro nightclub The Café are set to open a restaurant and bar in the long-vacant ground-floor space at 2367 Market Street.