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San Francisco Chronicle
01-07-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Pizzeria calls it quits after 17 years, plus more Bay Area restaurant closings
The following is a list of notable Bay Area restaurants that closed in June. Click here for a list of May closings. Rotten City Pizza has closed following a 17-year run in Emeryville, E'Ville Eye reports. Owner Jonas Bernstein confirmed the closing to the outlet, blaming the current economics of running a restaurant. Workers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to keep the pizzeria alive. Oakland's hip French restaurant the Rendez-Vous is unexpectedly closing. In an Instagram post, its owners wrote that "unforeseen circumstances' forced the sudden decision but did not elaborate. The chic restaurant, which the Chronicle named one of the Bay Area's most beautiful new restaurants in 2022, served French dishes like a Nicoise salad with tuna loin, a classic coq au vin and beet-cured halibut. Bay Area barbecue chain Armadillo Willy's unexpectedly shut down three of its final four locations in mid-June, SFGATE reported. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but operate independently). The brand announced via Instagram that its San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale locations were officially closed. The post thanked patrons and staff for their support for more than 40 years. The sole remaining location in San Mateo will continue to carry the company's legacy onward. Khana Peena has served its final northern Indian plates, East Bay Nosh reported. The neighborhood restaurant was a popular fixture on Berkeley's stretch of Solano Avenue. You can still find the sought-after tandoori chicken legs and chapati at the restaurant's sibling location in North Oakland. It's a wrap, at least locally, for the wildly popular Basuku Cheesecakes. Owner and baker Charles Chen and his unimaginably creamy cheesecakes made their final appearance at Palo Alto's Vina Enoteca after he announced the end of his baking project earlier this year. Chen told the Chronicle that he was moving to Asia to focus on his restaurant consulting work. The Ferry Building's Grande Crêperie, a popular Parisian-style café, shut down when its lease expired on June 30. Owners Patrick and Joanna Ascaso told the Chronicle the closure was unexpected and had hoped to renew their lease; in a statement to the Chronicle, Ferry Building management said they were letting the lease expire. Grand Crêperie specialized in sourdough crepes, pastries and coffee, all of which lured long lines of customers. Walnut Creek's Nusantaran restaurant has closed for good after months of inactivity. SanDai owner Nora Haron officially put an end to her Singaporean-Indonesian project in June. The restaurant was regularly packed during weekend dinner service, but midweek business was ultimately insufficient. Dishes included beef rendang topped with pineapple, fish fried rice and a raviolo stuffed with tiger prawn in a red broth. Its joint coffee shop, Kopi Bar, has also shut down, though Haron is looking at opening more cafés in the future. One Market, the 32-year-old restaurant at the end of Market Street on the Embarcadero, closed June 11. Co-founder Michael Dellar told the Chronicle the decision was due in part to his retirement, but also to a slow pandemic recovery downtown. There were plans to sell the restaurant to current management, but the deal didn't materialize and a different buyer wasn't found. The restaurant held a Michelin star from 2008 through 2012.
Eater
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
A Patty Stand Is Launching at Lincoln Center From an Acclaimed Chef
Lincoln Center leveled up majorly when the restaurant, Tatiana, opened from Kwame Onwuachi in 2022, part of a bigger renovation of David Geffen Hall. This summer, the chef has been focusing on patties: first debuting Patty Palace, a patty stand at Citi Field, followed by an announcement that he'd be opening a permanent takeout booth at the forthcoming Time Out Market near Union Square. Now, Patty Palace will open a food stand at Lincoln Center Plaza for the summer, serving curried chicken patties. It's part of a larger event series at the performance venue, in collaboration with the Infatuation, running from Friday, June 11 to Saturday, August 9, with a mix of top chefs and up-and-comers in the city: The line-up includes Sam Yoo of Golden Diner, fine dining restaurant Saga's Charlie Mitchell, Korean Cajun restaurant Kjun's Jae Jung, and Bushwick's streetside ice cream sensation Nieves Cortes. Food is served at night, from Wednesday through Sunday, in tandem with shows at Lincoln Center, opening an hour before and closing after its duration. A new media elite clubhouse is here The Marlton, just off Washington Square Park, on West Eighth Street, has long been a hotel lobby functional for meetings and doing some laptop work. But in recent years, it had lost some of its luster. That is about to change thanks to the debut of Chez Nous, a buzzy new bistro that is sure to become a media elite clubhouse. It comes from David Kuhn, a literary agent, and his life partner, Kevin Thompson, a production designer who worked on Maestro — with an equally stacked group of guests at its opening party, chronicled by the New York Times . The French menu plays it straight with some tweaks: a menu lists whole artichoke, a yuzu tuna tartare, a Nicoise salad, shrimp cocktails with cured fennel and preserved lemon, steak, whole chicken, and a burger. The restaurant is currently open for reservations, including during breakfast hours — it's definitely work meeting-friendly. A horror-themed bookstore cafe for Williamsburg Bookstore cafes are everywhere in New York. The latest is the Twisted Spine, a horror-themed bookstore with drinks, on its way to Williamsburg. It'll be located at 306 Grand Street, near Havemeyer Street, Greenpointers reported. Eater has reached out for more information. See More:
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tacoma cocktail bar known for gin has closed for good. ‘Just time to move on'
Gilman House Room 428, a gin-focused cocktail bar that moved into a smaller speakeasy-style space last year, closed permanently after service on May 24. Its sister bar, tiki haven Devil's Reef, isn't going anywhere, confirmed co-owner Jason Alexander in a phone call on Tuesday. In fact, they just renewed that lease, he said. The story was different at Room 428 in the Stadium District. He and his wife Robyn Alexander originally took over the corner storefront at 12 N. Tacoma Ave. in early 2020. That first edition of Gilman House, which opened later that year amid pandemic limitations, garnered a positive reputation for its veg-friendly fare, top-notch cocktails and, somewhat inadvertently, as a brunch hot spot. In a sense, it became more of a restaurant than the bar-with-food they had intended to offer. Eventually, the now-owners of The Powder Room Champagne Bar approached them about taking over the space. They arranged a sub-lease agreement with the Alexanders and a kitchen-sharing setup, allowing Gilman House to downsize into the more intimate cocktail lounge through a separate entrance. But as the lease came up for renewal this year, said Alexander, they decided it was 'just time to move on.' 'It ran its five-year course,' he continued. 'We were happy. We had a good time there, learned a lot about building out, running two different spots in one space. It was a really good learning opportunity.' Business was decent, he said, but the neighborhood often seemed sleepier than a cocktail bar needs to really thrive. Their staff of about five people were informed prior to the closure and left on good terms, according to Alexander. Some had personal pursuits while others had a job lined up. The closure won't impact The Powder Room, confirmed co-owner Cameron Gilmore in an email this week. 'I am in the process of negotiating my own lease agreement for the space now,' she said Thursday. 'We plan to stay put.' That's a silver lining for the Stadium District, which in May lost daytime stalwart Art House Cafe and Moshi Ramen Bar, where new owners are planning another concept. Technically with the address of 8 N. Tacoma Ave., Gilman House Room 428 debuted in June 2024. Alexander described it as 'a dark, shadow-filled experience with no windows and no doors and maybe you'll escape and maybe you won't,' in a nod to the H.P. Lovecraft stories that inspired both this bar and Devil's Reef in Opera Alley. (That description defies the original corner space, which has lots of windows.) Like all of the Alexanders' bars over 15-plus years in Tacoma, the new one was built from the ground up, featuring custom booths adorned with pillows and furs, dim lighting and a sensation that you had tucked into a discrete haunt down a dark alley in an 18th-century port town. They shared a kitchen with The Powder Room, serving drink-friendly food with a vegetarian bent: roasted veggies with housemade hummus, salade Nicoise, a portobello burger and pudding pots. Cocktails have long been the focus for Alexander, though, and Room 428 was no exception. Some, such as the Serranian Sling (gin, cassis, spices and citrus), can still be relished at Devil's Reef. ▪ 706 Opera Alley (Court C), Tacoma, ▪ Wednesday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5 p.m.-12 a.m. ▪ Details: tiki bar open since 2018 serves some Gilman House cocktails but focuses on carefully concocted rum drinks
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ludo Lefebvre Names His Top L.A. Mexican Haunts
Classically-trained French chef Lefebvre started a pop-up craze in L.A. in 2010, when he launched his fried chicken concept, 'LudoTruck' — which became his first brick-and-mortar location, LudoBird at the Staples Center. In 2013, he debuted the 24-seat tasting menu hot spot Trois Mec in Hollywood with Vinny Dotolo and John Shook; and in 2014, he opened popular French bistro, Petit Trois, next door. A Michelin star and James Beard Award nom followed — as did a second location of Petit Trois, in Sherman Oaks, in 2018. Last summer, the famed chef and TV personality partnered with the Delphine Day Club at Costa Palmas in Los Cabos ( where he serves his Nicoise cuisine to beachgoers over lively DJ beats. In honor of the club's second summer season, chef Ludo names his favorite Mexican dishes in Los Angeles. Table-Side Guacamole Casa Vega 'Casa Vega is a neighborhood icon in the Valley and it's right down the street from Petit Trois in Sherman Oaks. A true classic spot loved by all. It's always busy, the energy is amazing and it's just really fun. It's a MUST to start with the tableside guacamole, and they have one of the best margaritas in town.' $19, 13301 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, MoleGuelaguetza 'Guelaguetza is another classic. Bricia and her family have owned the restaurant, located in the middle of Koreatown, for over 30 years. They focus on Oaxacan food. I always get one of their moles. Sometimes I add chapulines [grasshoppers] to my tacos for a little extra protein. Don't forget to order one of the famous micheladas [cocktails]. Moles start at $22, 3014 W. Olympic Blvd., Harvard Heights, Prawns a la Parrilla Damian 'Damian is from Michelin-starred chef Enrique Olvera, who is really talented. The food here is a modern, refined take on Mexican. It combines ingredients and traditions from Mexico as well as California. Prawns a la Parrilla is one of my favorite dishes: [It's] fresh, light and full of flavor, with perfectly grilled prawns finished with flaky sea salt. $60, 2132 E. 7th St., DTLA,
Khaleej Times
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Sample a starlit Ramadan feast at Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection
Ramadan in Dubai is synonymous with grand feasts, warm gatherings, and enchanting settings, and Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection delivers all of that and more with its Grand Starlit Iftar at the Grand Garden Lawn. Nestled in a lush outdoor setting under a twinkling sky, this iftar is a sensory experience that blends authentic Arabian flavours with a touch of elegance. A feast for the senses From the moment you arrive, the ambiance sets the tone, rows of fairy lights, soft traditional music, and the inviting aroma of slow-cooked meats and freshly baked bread. Live cooking stations add an interactive element, allowing guests to watch chefs in action as they prepare fresh dishes on the spot. The appetiser selection is a perfect mix of hot and cold bites. Crisp fattoush, golden kibba akras, and fresh Greek and Nicoise salads offer a refreshing start before the real indulgence begins. An authentic culinary journey The main course lineup is a masterclass in Arabian flavours. The malfouf mahshi, a delicately rolled cabbage stuffed with seasoned rice and meat, is packed with rich spices and slow-cooked to perfection. The kibbeh blaban, simmered in a creamy yogurt sauce, is a comforting dish that pairs beautifully with fragrant rice. And, of course, no Ramadan table is complete without ouzi; tender, slow-roasted lamb served on a bed of spiced rice, with crispy nuts adding just the right amount of crunch. For drinks, the selection features traditional Ramadan favourites like jallab and kamar al dein, both of which offer a sweet and refreshing contrast to the meal's bold flavours. A sweet ending under the stars The dessert station is a haven for those with a sweet tooth. From crispy, syrupy baklawa to soft, cheese-filled kunafa and delicate katayef, each bite is a nod to classic Middle Eastern sweets. Served fresh and warm, these desserts are the perfect way to end the meal on a high note. An experience worth indulging in At Dh230 on weekdays and Dh190 on weekends, this iftar is a well-rounded experience that balances quality, ambiance, and tradition. Whether you're gathering with family, reconnecting with friends, or looking for an immersive Ramadan night out, the Grand Starlit Iftar at Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection is an excellent choice.
