The North Beach location of popular taqueria chain El Farolito finally gets the green light, after the burrito franchise was foiled when the planning department said it ran afoul of SF formula retail regulations.

The 14-year-old Asiento briefly closed and switched to a new name and ownership, but it’s back as Asiento, with a new stage, upgraded booths, and a redesigned parklet.

Popeyes, the fried chicken joint at the intersection of Divisadero and Hayes, has sat in that spot through name adjustments, ownership changes, and the ongoing Valencia-fication of Divis.

The healthy takeout concept Mendocino Farms is opening up a new, tenth Bay Area location at the edge of San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, at 90 Charter Oak Avenue.

The late pandemic is bringing one closure and one ownership change to the Noe Valley dining scene.

If St. Patrick's Day means beer for you, the Bay Area offers no shortage of options to celebrate – green, Irish and otherwise.

The great-granddaughter of some of Chinatown's early residents, architectural designer-turned-chocolatier Mindy Fong is renovating a space at 607 Grant Avenue.

It’s been just over a year since a fire nearly took down the building that housed Pacific Cocktail Haven, and now the bar is opening back up a stone's throw away from its original location.

Apparently not all of restaurateur Charles Phan's landlords have worked out deals with him for pandemic-closed properties. Nine-year-old New Orleans-themed whiskey bar and restaurant Hard Water has now been hit with a lawsuit from its landlord at Pier 3.

Many indoor businesses in San Francisco and Berkeley can stop requiring proof of vaccination as of Friday, March 11, both cities announced today.

Fans flocked to the enormous-portion Chinese restaurant for their final Yan Yan meal, but we’ve confirmed that effective March 1, Yan Yan Seafood has closed permanently.

Market Street dive bar Lucky 13 may be gone, but its legacy lives on as its sign (and bar stools!) have relocated to a highly appropriate new home at Bender’s Bar & Grill.

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.