The owner of one of the Bay Area’s fanciest restaurants is now toning down the high-end vibe he created at his restaurant Baumé in Palo Alto.

After two years of takeout only, celebrated Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse will start taking reservations again Monday for their March 8 reopening, but expect those reservations to disappear fast.

Silicon Valley food fans who have a taste for the extravagant will soon have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a whole new dining experience thanks to the Chinese restaurant iChina at the Westfield Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara.

There used to be two Giordano Bros. sports bars in SF serving the famed “All-in-One Sandwich,” but as of Sunday night there will be none, as 16th Street sports bar Giordano Bros. will close permanently.

After two full years of no weekly Friday night food truck meetups at Fort Mason, the granddaddy of SF street food events, Off the Grid Fort Mason, is ready to roll back in this coming Friday, April 1.

The Bi-Rite Café may not have been the right fit, so the Assembly Café and Beer Garden will give it a go at Civic Center, with dishes named after local rock acts including a Dead Kennedys chicken sandwich.

Ora Wine Bar — a new spot at 1519 Polk Street that features a crafted menu of international wines — opened this past October from the husband and wife duo behind North Beach’s Bask tapas eatery.

Hoodline has curated a list of hyper-local chocolatiers in San Francisco and the East Bay who offer fascinatingly unique flavors and gorgeous presentations.

The Palabok Fiesta is still on, though delayed until 2023, a Jollibee says they’re still going to open the Powell Street restaurant in the former Payless ShoeSource.

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.

Berkeley's iconic Fourth Street eatery, Bette's Oceanview Diner, went out of business suddenly last month. Now, a group of former staff plan to reopen by the end of February.

Boutique natural wine shop Bottle Bacchanal is now open in the space formerly occupied by Specs in the City & Cheaters Too at 4126 18th Street (between Castro and Collingwood streets).

Established in 1858, 7 Mile House at the SF-Brisbane border turns 164 years old on Saturday, and hosting a party to celebrate its rich — and often outlaw — history.