FOOD & DRINKS
Chinatown

Cheap booze haven Mr. Bing’s was one of seven long-loved local small businesses that got SF Legacy Business recommendations Wednesday from the SF Historical Preservation Committee, along with Love On Haight. The Blue Light, the Hing Lung Company, and others.

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.

China Live owner George Chen is ready to move forward with getting permits for a rooftop patio and bar that he's been planning all along, and it could be open next year.

The more than 30-year-old dim sum favorite Lai Hong Lounge is back from a months-long remodel, and while the giant menu is still the same, there are new private dining rooms to enjoy those Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning pork and custard buns.

More than 1,000 hungry noodle lovers descended upon North Beach and Chinatown for the revived SF Noodle Fest on Saturday, and celebrity chef Martin Yan cracked up the crowd and took pictures with anyone who asked.

The latest class of local small businesses to join the SF Legacy Business Registry includes Buddha Lounge, Far East Cafe, Helmand Place, Sai's Vietnamese, and Stanley's Steamers.