Nojo has transitioned to new ownership, but chef Greg Dunmore is still managing the menu (for now).

A new five-story hotel could replace the vintage hotel and unique burger joint on Grove Street.

The former Stelline and Las Estrellas storefronts are now Nightbird, which showcases the culinary talents of chef Kim Alter.

After five months of on-and-off openings and closings, Japan's AP Company has officially taken over Nojo, shifting it to a ramen menu.

Hayes & Kebab will open a new restaurant in Mission Bay, but says it's been knocked out of contention for a Hayes Valley comeback by high rents.

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

We catch up with Adam Hubbell, chef and owner of The Lunchpad, to discuss his longstanding sandwich shop inside Noir Lounge.

The popular homemade pasta and sandwich shop is headed to Hayes Valley.

RT Rotisserie will be a counter-service restaurant specializing in rotisserie chicken.

Smitten, which got its start as a roving red wagon in the Mission, has come full circle with a new brick-and-mortar shop. Ice cream is pay-what-you-will today, with proceeds benefiting La Cocina.

The cozy neighborhood bar on Hayes Street will soon be no more.

Souvla is closing to get freshly renovated, starting on January 1st.

Portland's Salt & Straw is betting San Franciscans have an appetite for more artisanal ice cream.

Revelers heading to the new bar can expect more than 100 varieties of champagne.

SFJazz's latest restaurant aims to be a destination for music lovers and foodies alike.

If you want to enjoy a cocktail from Smuggler's Cove, you're no longer limited to a visit to Hayes Valley.

The restaurant and bar located inside Hayes Valley's SFJazz Center has closed its doors.

The transformation was inspired by Absinthe group's executive chef Ryan McIlwraith's love for Spanish cuisine.

TNT's 'Inside the NBA' is promoting its Oct. 27th broadcast, which includes the Warriors' season opener, with a food truck that today has come to Hayes Valley—serving Shaq's BBQ Chicken and more.

Expect a patio, punch bowls and more at Hayes Valley's newest watering hole.

From ice cream-stuffed donuts to raspberry rainbow popsicles, here's where to cool off as the weather heats up.

In addition to breakfast and brunch fare, the new spot features a selection of Chinese-inspired dishes.

This spring, Hayes Valley will welcome three new restaurants: a fast-casual rotisserie, an Italian pasta spot, and a sushi restaurant.

Hayes Valley newcomer Cala is expanding its offering once again: Look for an evening activation of the back-door Tacos Cala space to debut this weekend, as well as a new Saturday brunch.

"Starting at noon we're putting out cocktails and food. We close at 10pm or when everything is gone, whichever comes first."

Adriano Paganini's newest restaurant offers pastas made "a mano"—by hand.

Whether you prefer chocolate, vanilla, or green apple mayo, the popular Portland ice creamery has a flavor for you.

"What we hope to do is create simple, honest food that you could eat any day of the week for lunch."

The new Gough Street restaurant will connect with an intimate seven-seat bar called the Linden Room.

The planned eatery will move into the space currently occupied by Little Hollywood Launderette.

Souvla and Patxi's are teaming up on a parklet, as are Loving Cup and Artís Coffee.

Cala, which opened in September, will serve traditional 'tacos de guisado'—a homestyle street taco—on weekdays in the back alley behind the restaurant. Hours are Monday-Friday, 11am-2pm.

A female-powered, bubbly-themed bar is moving in to Momi Toby's current cafe space in Hayes Valley.

The new French-inspired bistro is opening for dinner this Wednesday at the corner of Page and Laguna.

Hayes Valley will soon have a new place to hang out, catch some rays and sip boba tea.

Hayes Valley is abuzz with a new pizzeria, burger spot and brunch option.

The new restaurant from acclaimed chef Dominique Crenn opens tonight.

After five years of hunting for a space for his dream restaurant, Ernest Ma opened his new Japanese restaurant this past weekend.

The lease on Hayes Valley's open-air Biergarten is set to expire this fall; a hearing tomorrow will determine if it gets a reprieve.

As of today, Hayes Valley newcomer Petit Crenn has expanded its offering beyond dinner to include breakfast and lunch service Tuesday through Saturday.

The restaurant, which began as a pop-up/America's Cup concession, will offer grab-and-go noodle bowls for the FiDi lunch crowd.

Though Hayes & Kebab's return is still up in the air, the restaurant's fans can get their fix at a new location at 16th and Valencia.

The unnamed new restaurant/brewery, from the owner of Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant and Oola, may open as early as September.

The new neighborhood spot will serve French-inspired brunch, lunch and dinner, with "great coffee and tea and showcase pastries."

Chef Greg Dunmore made a brief return with Nojo this fall, but the Japanese restaurant has shuttered again until next year. When it returns as 'Nojo Ramen Tavern,' Dunmore won't be in the kitchen.

After more than a decade serving pizza and Mexican food, the two-in-one Hayes Valley restaurant has been listed for sale.

After 18 years, Flipper's is changing hands, and the team behind Brass Tacks and Churchill is taking the reins.

Little Gem is putting the final touches on its menu and space, with plans to open in the new 400 Grove building next week.

Little Gem, the new gluten-, sugar- and dairy-free restaurant from Thomas Keller Group alum Eric Lilavois, opens at 400 Grove St. tonight at 5pm.

The Hayes Valley coffee spot has raised its prices in the new year, citing "employees getting priced out of San Francisco."

The team behind Trestle and Stone's Throw have debuted their new cafe at the base of a Van Ness & Fell apartment building.

With Intelligentsia coffee and a wide selection of quick bites, C+M Coffee And Milk has made its Van Ness debut.

The Sunset pizzeria, which also offers some non-pizza dishes like risotto, will be moving into the corner space at Gough and Page.

Owner Bruno Matos used to work as a dishwasher at Go-Getters Pizza in the late '90s. Now, he and his brother have taken over for their own pizzeria expansion.

The signature dish at the high-end Hayes Valley restaurant—porcini-dusted doughnuts with raclette dip—can now be sampled during a ballgame at AT&T Park. Find them in the Promenade Level, Section 114.

The San Rafael-based doughnut shop is coming to the ground floor of the newly completed building at 388 Fulton.

Locally sourced fish and seasonal ingredients will be the focus of chef Adam Tortosa's new restaurant in Hayes Valley.

San Francisco's first "bullet train" sushi restaurant has opened in Japantown.

According to the landlord, the space is available for lease.

Former Akiko chef Adam Tortosa will offer omakase and modern takes on Japanese cuisine.

In June and July, the dairy's "Somooliers" will offer visitors tasting notes and suggested pairings.

The reason for the eviction is not clear.

Fans of the Mexican delicacy will be able to taste a variety of taco creations until November.

The restaurant plans to donate 10% of its dine-in sales on Mondays to East Bay nonprofits.

Wise Sons has offered to retain the café's staff after it takes over the space.

Housed in the former Boxing Room, the new restaurant offers regionally-focused and seasonal tapas.

The SF locations will feature a set of local flavors, including Sightglass coffee and Dandelion chocolate.

Some of the hottest new restaurants in San Francisco still have weekend tables available, many of them at prime dinner hours.

Four new spots offering a wide range of flavors are opening soon.

The Mission's 'Old Jerusalem Restaurant' is moving to a new space with a rear patio.

The new spot will also serve up Stumptown coffee with orders of bialys, bagels, and challah bread.

The city's second meatball-focused eatery is set to open in February.

A popular stop for Civic Center concertgoers, the eatery will serve its last meal on December 29th.

The shop serves taiyaki—fancy waffle cones filled with ice cream and other sweet treats.

The pizzeria is one of 97 US restaurants to be certified by Italy's Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana.

There's still time to make a plan for what could be one of the most romantic meals of 2018.

Daily offerings will include freshly baked breads and pastries, open-faced sandwiches and porridges.

All of the furniture at the new 300-seat buffet has been imported from China, said our informant.

Meanwhile, Australian cafe Bluestone Lane is opening yet another downtown location.

Gioia is downsizing to a Hayes Valley slice shop, while popular Richmond District pizzeria Fiorella is moving into its former home.

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Urban Ritual offers specialty "cocktails" with house-made candied bacon or creme brulee.

The owner of a Mission Indian restaurant has unveiled a new concept and seasonal menu.

Plus, a new hot pot spot in the Outer Sunset.

"After meeting with them, [we] felt comfortable selling the business, because we knew they would do an awesome job," says founder Liz Fiedler.

It's the third location for the pizzeria, which also has outposts in Cupertino and Mountain View.

The crew behind Sauce Gough and Sleep Over Sauce have sold their building at Gough and Oak.

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Although the Thai restaurant is closing, the owner plans to continue its catering operation.

Not interested in rolling over to a sit-down sushi joint? Check out these top delivery sushi shops.

Nojo will close next Friday, August 14th, and will reopen on October 1st.

Looking for something more occasion-worthy than a taqueria? These six spots offer higher-end takes on Mexican cuisine.

The artisan food shop is aiming to partially address the neighborhood's lack of a grocery store.

"We are thankful for almost two decades of patronage from loyal guests," says the cafe's owner.

A sign posted on Loving Cup's window states that "while we're sad to say goodbye to Hayes Valley, we're growing in other neighborhoods".

"I'm ready to put it to rest," said chef Traci Des Jardins of her flagship restaurant's impending closure.

Helmed by a three-Michelin-starred chef, ONE65 will offer not one, but four French eateries across six stories.

SF has two new pizzerias on the way, as well as a high-end sushi spot.

Fans of Asian-style dessert toasts and shaved ice have a new spot to check out in Hayes Valley.

A popular champagne bar prepares to temporarily close for a retrofit, a Filipino spot expands to the Mission, and a Burmese eatery opens in the Marina.

A German-inspired bakery to open Hayes Valley, a holiday-themed pop-up bar opens for December in collaboration with Toys for Tots, and a tapas bar expands its hours to serve lunch.

A popular South Indian restaurant to close in the Mission, a cafe closes in Hayes Valley after 12 years of business, and a healthy Mission eatery debuts its new beer and wine menu.

Plus, a new lunch option for the Civic Center crowd.

Two pending applications promise restaurants to come, plus, a new location for a successful (and controversial) vegan Filipino eatery debuts in SoMa.

Plus, a new cocktail bar specializing in New England-style seafood has debuted on Polk Street.

Numerous tipsters have asked why Souvla has been closed for nearly four months. Here's what we've learned.

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Plus, a Hayes Valley Spanish restaurant shutters.

The 13-year-old restaurant specializing in "comfortable food" appears to have vacated its prime Hayes Valley address.

The restaurant's owners offered an exceptionally transparent look into their finances, and how the federal stimulus program and their bank have let them down.

While owners Chris and Lila Tavelli decided to close Pause, they will keep Yield open while ramping up their delivery service, Quarantine Wine Club.

The space is officially on the market, but a representative says it's not permanently closing.

Plus, Dominique Crenn is putting one of her restaurants on hiatus to help feed the hungry.

Plus, the Ferry Building has a new tart shop.

Plus, Mexican-Korean fusion spot Tacorea is expanding to the North Beach/Chinatown border.

It's Tops' famed neon signage at Market and Octavia streets was removed on Wednesday.

"For hospitality, there has never been a worse time," says Steve Izzo, who co-owned the restaurant with his wife, Lee Ann.

Prairie, the Mission's restaurant-turned-general-store, is also set to shutter.

"It's very upsetting," said Chapman, whose family owned the diner for 68 years. "I didn't plan this kind of closure."

The former Barcino space at the corner of Gough and Grove (also formerly Boxing Room) has reemerged this week as Akna, a new Mayan-Yucatecan pop-up backed by the Absinthe Group.

DPW crews are dealing with the aftermath of a huge tree falling and smashing a parklet at the popular Absinthe Brasserie & Bar.

Trader Joe’s will host a virtual community meeting on Tuesday night ahead of filing its application to open its seventh San Francisco location in the ground floor of a new condo building at 555 Fulton St.

Get your ten-layer Russian honey cake while you can. After eight years on Gough Street, pastry chef Michelle Polzine's ode to the cafe culture of Vienna and Prague, 20th Century Cafe, is calling it quits.

When the James Beard Award-winning Zuni Cafe reopens for indoor dining, they’ll be closing the gap between front-of the-house and back-of-the-house wages by eliminating tips and adding a 20% service fee.

The Hayes Valley/Mid-Market environs are about to get a new and unique sounding restaurant/wine bar called Le Fantastique, from the team behind Bird Dog in downtown Palo Alto.

We all knew that the Stacks space (501 Hayes St.) at the corner of Octavia and Hayes likely wouldn't stay empty for long, and as the pandemic wanes we learn that the owners of Cow Hollow's The Brixton (2140 Union St.) are set to open a new location — their third — there in the coming months.

The sushi rolls, sashimi bowls, and flaming fish fillets of Elephant Sushi are on their way to Hayes Valley, as the cult-hit sushi spot hopes to open this October at the former home of shuttered Little Gem.

Hoodline has curated a sampling of local Bay Area wine sellers to try out, from large retailers with multiple locations to small specialty companies, each offering its own unique experience.

A prolific SF restaurateur with restaurants all over the Bay has just announced his newest project: a vegan spot with a fast-casual atmosphere, coming soon to the former Grove space at Hayes and Franklin.

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.

Both Happy Hours and formal dinners are accompanied by live jazz, classical, and chamber music at Uccello Lounge, a new upscale restaurant and bar at the SF Conservatory of Music.

As Hoodline reported back in June 2021, the former Stacks location in Hayes Valley (501 Hayes St.), which quietly closed a year earlier, will be going from a once-beloved brunch spot to a new restaurant called Hazie's that could turn out to be a nightlife destination.

Prolific restaurateur Adriano Paganini is opening a fast-casual version of Wildseed called Rad Radish in the former Grove space at Hayes and Franklin.

The fine dining restaurant that went from a constantly sold-out pop-up in an apartment to a brick-and-mortar location in uptown Oakland appeared to be expanding this week, but the deal for a space in San Francisco has fallen through and that announcement was premature.

Hayes Valley has a new establishment in which to grab a drink and a bite and unwind, from a pair of industry vets.

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