A Vietnamese restaurant that was a big hit in the Tenderloin years ago is about to make a neighborhood comeback.

By the end of summer, Johnny Doughnuts plans to be open in the former Smitten Ice Cream space at California and Fillmore, next to Pizzeria Delfina.

The 45-year-old Yuet Lee restaurant and its wall of autographed pictures are back in business, and it turns out the closure was just for a soft-story retrofit.

The Mission District’s Armory Club didn’t make much sense after Kink.com skipped town, but the new cocktail destination Dahlia Club has bloomed in its place.

The Slanted Door pop-up, featuring new dishes in testing, will be happening in UC Berkeley Wurster Hall on nine nights, Wed-Fri, in the second half of June, and reservations are now available.

Former Tartine head baker Nick Beitcher finally realized his goal of opening a brick-and-mortar bagel shop last week with the debut of Midnite Bagel (646 Irving Street).

Chef Paul Canales of Oliveto and Duende fame has opened a new restaurant at the Kissel Uptown Oakland hotel, where he serves dishes inspired by southern French cuisine.

A new music venue and bar/restaurant is rising today in San Jose’s SoFA District from the ashes of jazz club Café Stritch, which officially succumbed to the pandemic earlier this year.

After five years in Hayes Valley, Johnny Doughnuts has closed at 392 Fulton Street, but a new SF location appears in the works and they're making Off the Grid appearances.

Tom Silargorn, the acclaimed chef and founder of the Lers Ros chain of local Thai restaurants, appears to be on the move with another restaurant concept, just a few doors down from the 16th Street location of Lers Ros.

Bernal Heights dumpling and Chinese food restaurant United Dumplings is readying to open a second location in the Marina, at 2015 Chestnut Street.

Saturday marks the 21st anniversary of Mission-Bernal home-cooking favorite Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, but COVID wrecked the 20th anniversary, so they’re celebrating both with DJs and a new Entertainment License.

The extremely popular burger-and-milkshake chain Shake Shack has just confirmed it will open a new location at Westfield Oakridge mall off Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose.