IN THE NEWS: Marcia Gagliardi’s Tablehopper.com reviews Absinthe Brasserie & Bar (398 Hayes St. at Gough St., San Francisco, 415-551-1590) and details the openings of Poesia (4072 18th St. at Castro, 415-252-9325), Beretta (March 28, 1199 Valencia St. at 22nd, 415-695-1199), Domo (511 Laguna St. at Hayes, 415-861-8887), Candy Bar (1335 Fulton St. Ste 101 […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Chronicle’s Carolyne Zinko reports the Feb. 5 death of San Francisco restaurateur Selmar J. Monro: “dubbed “The Mayor of Geary Street” by the late columnist Herb Caen, after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 86. Monro, who owned and operated a dozen restaurants in the Bay Area during his […]

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