Openings Include Second Branch of Pizzeria Delfina

IN THE NEWS: San Francisco Eater reports the openings of a second branch of Pizzeria Delfina (2406 California Street, off Fillmore) and Piccolo Teatro ( 739 Bridgeway, Sausalito), and the closings of 222 Club in the Tenderloin, and all five area Compadres locations, plus their various taqueria stands at AT&T Park, Candlestick Park and other […]

Famed Chef Keller to Open Bistro in Beverly Hills

IN THE NEWS: The Los Angeles Times’s Russ Parsons reports that acclaimed chef Hubert Keller is coming to Los Angeles. The city of Beverly Hills has given final approval on a deal to open a Bouchon bistro in Beverly Hills by fall 2009 if all goes according to schedule. … Cynthia Dea rounds up Chinatown […]

Chef Hubert Keller’s SLeeK Opens at Lumiere Place

IN THE NEWS: Riverfront Times’s Ian Froeb reviews Taqueria los Tarascos (4438 Woodson Road, Woodson Terrace; 314-890-8668) and reports the opening of SLeeK, the steak house and lounge from famed chef Hubert Keller (Lumiere Place, 999 North 2nd Street). riverfronttimes.com … The Post-Dispatch’s Joe Bonwich gives a C- to Sandrina’s (5098 Arsenal Street, 314-601-3456) and […]

Closings Include Balaban’s, Canoe, Taylor’s in Imperial

IN THE NEWS: The Post-Dispatch’s Joe Bonwich gives a B to Tsunami (280 Long Road, Chesterfield Valley, 636-532-0700), while Betha Whitlow reviews Gelateria del Leone (3197 South Grand Boulevard, 314-776-3500). … Bonwich reports the opening of Off the Vine (2605 Hampton Avenue in Clifton Heights, www.offthevinestl.com, 314-781-1620) and the closings of Taylor’s in Imperial and […]