San Francisco Civic Center Tenderloin
Gin-centric bar Whitechapel is closing for the season in Civic Center
The days of bars reopening and then closing again appear not to be over, as once-bustling Tenderloin/Civic Center cocktail spot Whitechapel (600 Polk Street) has decided to close temporarily once more due to flagging business, and it will operate temporarily as a private event space.
San Francisco Divisadero
New French crepe and kebab spot La Sarrasine from downtown's Cafe Med owner to replace Zaytoon on Divis
Divisadero Mediterranean restaurant Zaytoon (607 Divisadero) has closed up shop after five years on the corridor — and three years after the closure of Zaytoon's original Mission District location.
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
Video: Musée Mécanique acquires glorious new, 110-year-old musical contraption
Meet the Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso, a 350-pound, 110-year-old antique musical apparatus that self-plays a piano and violin at the same time, now performing regularly at the always-quirky Musée Mécanique.