IN THE NEWS: Marcia Gagliardi’s Tablehopper.com reviews Monk’s Kettle (3141 16th St. at Albion St., San Francisco,
415-865-9523) and O Izakaya Lounge (Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post St. at Laguna St., San Francisco, 415-614-5431), visits Poleng Lounge (1751 Fulton St. at Masonic, 415-441-1751) and reports the opening of Domo sushi spot in Hayes Valley (511 Laguna St. […]

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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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