A new lunch spot offering build-your-own combo plates of Middle Eastern staples recently opened a new outpost in the neighborhood.

Palette, which fuses a fine dining restaurant with an art gallery, is moving to a section of western SoMa with few restaurants.

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

There's finally an opening date for a new outpost of the popular Arabic comfort food restaurant, and more in this roundup.

A reservations-only bar re-opens in the Mission, a café debuts in the Outer Sunset, and a SoMa-based, Detroit-style pizzeria offers new lunch hours and menu items.

Plus, a popular burrito chain has shuttered an SF location.

In this week's update: a Mexican eatery to debut at Belden Place, a Wagyu-centric restaurant to open in SoMa, and Japanese-inspired American steakhouse Niku adds a happy hour menu and whiskey socials.

Itching to discover the freshest new businesses in SoMa? Here are the newest hot spots to open in this part of San Francisco. Read on for reviews, photos and hours.

A new spot to score acai bowls and smoothies has debuted in the neighborhood. Read on for details.

A Creole restaurant debuts in SoMa, an Asian American seafood bar opens in the Tenderloin, and a popular eatery expands its hours to serve dinner in the Inner Sunset.

This counter-service spot offers donburi (Japanese rice bowls) for dine-in and takeaway.

A Burmese restaurant launches happy hour, a SoMa bar offers a new food, menu, and a Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant debuts a a full rosé brunch menu.

A local pizza maven has closed his SoMa restaurant, and the Mission is losing a decade-old Mediterranean spot.