Retaining its intentionally dated vibe, San Francisco's 105-year-old St. Francis Fountain is an iconic diner with intriguing lore and a new owner.

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.

38-year-old Sai’s Vietnamese restaurant is getting a new, bigger home after losing their lease last year, heading two blocks away to the Bask restaurant at Columbus Avenue and Jackson Street.

Since opening late last summer in a quiet residential neighborhood, the bright, plant-filled cafe serving coffee and casual fare has blossomed into a popular hangout for locals and others lucky enough to stumble upon it.

One-time northern Iranian pop-up Komaaj is now a full-fledged brick-and-mortar restaurant at the former home of Good Frikin’ Chicken, and their pomegranate chicken (and sumac beef and smoked salmon belly) are still pretty frikin’ good.

East Bay residents have another reason to head out to the beloved East Brother Beer Co. taproom, tucked away near the Richmond Marina. Richmond chef Phillip Mitchell and his wife Kim launched a new food popup there Thursday, called Kim’s Louisiana Kitchen, featuring Mitchell's signature deep-fried turkey sliders. 

The owner of the Mission District’s Taqueria Vallarta and El Trebol has purchased the former Sam Jordan’s Bar & Grill, raising hopes for new life at the Bayview bar that was once SF;s oldest Black-owned bar.

The Castro's newest Italian restaurant, Pasta Panino, will be opening soon at 4150 18th Street, formerly Taqueria El Capitan.

A little over 18 months after its 2021 debut, Castro restaurant Copas (2223 Market Street) has decided to make a pivot.

The kitsch is strong at the new Cow Hollow-Marina District cocktail bat Rendezvous, where your cocktail could be served in a bong, a box of popcorn, or with a rubber duckie floating in it.

Tia Margarita is busting out the whole enchilada for a three-day 60th anniversary bash this weekend, but still with the same menu, horseshoe bar, and neon sign that it opened with back in 1963.

Mission District cafe Sisters Coffee Shop is set to open its second location in the Castro at 506 Castro Street, formerly Earthbar.

A new speakeasy-style basement-level cocktail bar is opening Saturday night beneath Bodega SF, as The Felix brings Chinese- and Vietnamese-inspired cocktails to the Tenderloin.