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SF's Cafe Flore is Back After 4+ Years ClosedSF’s Cafe Flore is Back After 4+ Years Closed
By - posted 4/8/2024
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open

Castro’s Cafe Flore is finally back after a long 4-year closure. The brand new Fisch & Flore soft opened on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in the former Cafe Flore space at Noe and Market. See a video the updated restaurant on Instagram at @fischandflore Thanks to SFist for sharing the details. After 47 more...

SF's Massive New Rooftop Restaurant Above Union Square Opens in OctoberSF’s Massive New Rooftop Restaurant Above Union Square Opens in October
By - posted 9/21/2023
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco

Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that San Francisco’s huge new rooftop bar and restaurant, atop the old Macy’s Men’s Store in Union Square, will be opening in October 2023. International restaurant Chotto Matte is opening a massive new rooftop dining experience at 100 Stockton, set to be larger more...

All the Food & Drinks Coming to SF's New Tunnel Tops Park This FallAll the Food & Drinks Coming to SF’s New Tunnel Tops Park This Fall
By - posted 10/6/2022
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches

San Francisco’s new favorite park, Presidio Tunnel Tops, which opened July 17, 2022, recently announced its full lineup of Presidio Pop-Up food vendors coming to the park through the end of the year. Most notably, San Francisco’s Fort Point is bringing their beers to the park. The local craft brewery will more...

World's First Fully Autonomous Restaurant Opens in SFWorld’s First Fully Autonomous Restaurant Opens in SF
By - posted 9/1/2022
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining

Thanks to CNBC for sharing the news about Mezli, the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. The first fully-robotic restaurant just opened on August 28, 2022 in San Francisco’s Spark Social food park, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North, in the Mission Bay neighborhood. The Mezli founders thought of the idea as grad students more...

Señor Sisig Coming to SF's Ferry Building (August 24)Señor Sisig Coming to SF’s Ferry Building (August 24)
By - posted 8/19/2022
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco

San Francisco favorite slightly overpriced (but still f*cking delicious) filipino fusion street food Senor Sisig is opening up a new brick and mortar location in the Ferry Building on August 24, 2022! You’ll get all your yummy sisig favs, with a new menu of shareable bites plus sisig tortas, bite-sized ube more...

Seinfeld Food Truck Tour Coming to SF (May 13-15)Seinfeld Food Truck Tour Coming to SF (May 13-15)
By - posted 5/13/2022
Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco

The official Seinfeld Facebook page made an announcement today. The Seinfeld Food Truck tour is hitting the road. They’ll be offering sweet and savory Seinfeldian treats. The information is pretty basic, but we do know it’ll be stopping in San Francisco May 13-15. 2022 Seinfield Food Truck Tour (San Francisco) Friday, 5/13 – more...

SF's Parklets Now Have Until March 31, 2023 to Meet ADA RulesSF’s Parklets Now Have Until March 31, 2023 to Meet ADA Rules
By - posted 3/23/2022
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco

San Francisco Business owners utilizing outdoor parklet structures under the city’s Shared Spaces program will get more time to comply with safety and accessibility changes following a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to extend the timeline. In July 2021, supervisors passed legislation authored by Mayor London more...

SF Now Gives Parklets Until 2023 to Be Up to CodeSF Now Gives Parklets Until 2023 to Be Up to Code
By - posted 12/9/2021
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco

Mayor London N. Breed today announced that she will be introducing a new ordinance at the Board of Supervisors to postpone the deadline for small businesses needing to update their Shared Spaces to comply with guidelines relating to access and safety. Under Mayor Breed’s legislation, businesses would have until March more...

SF's Zeitgeist Just Took Down Half Their Beer Garden Plastic BarriersSF’s Zeitgeist Just Took Down Half Their Beer Garden Plastic Barriers
By - posted 11/25/2021
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoor Dining, Outdoorsy, San Francisco

Need to escape your family and grab an outdoor beer? Zeitgeist are having special Thanksgiving Day hours, opening from 2pm to 9pm on Thursday. Also, they just announced that they’ve removed the plastic barriers on the outdoor picnic tables in half of their beer garden. They’ve left a few barriers still more...

Chick-fil-A Opens in Daly City (Now Just 3 Miles from SF)Chick-fil-A Opens in Daly City (Now Just 3 Miles from SF)
By - posted 11/18/2021
Brand New, Controversy, Outdoor Dining

Thanks to Bay Area Reporter for letting us know that Chick-fil-A has just opened up a brand new location that’s right near the border of San Francisco, the closest one yet. Chick-fil-A opens its newest location Bay Area location on November 18, 2021 in the Serramonte Center in Daly City, a more...

Gov. Newsom Officially Signs To Go Cocktails & Outdoor Dining into LawGov. Newsom Officially Signs To Go Cocktails & Outdoor Dining into Law
By - posted 10/10/2021
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining

By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Friday enabling restaurants to keep their pandemic-era expansions into areas like sidewalks and parking lots. The two bills, Assembly Bill 61 and Senate Bill 314, allow restaurants to keep their outdoor dining areas throughout the pandemic’s duration and during a more...

Almanac Opens Brand New 8,400 sqft Beer Garden (Sept. 25)Almanac Opens Brand New 8,400 sqft Beer Garden (Sept. 25)
By - posted 9/25/2021
Bars, Brand New, East Bay, Outdoor Dining

After months of prep and permits, Almanac on Alameda has transformed a formerly empty 8,400-square-foot grass lot across the street into Almanac’s very own backyard – Complete with a 1967 Airstream bar, shade structures, amplified music, a food truck, and outdoor games like cornhole and giant Jenga. Join us starting more...

"Dave's Hot Chicken" Opens First Bay Area Spot (Sept. 24)“Dave’s Hot Chicken” Opens First Bay Area Spot (Sept. 24)
By - posted 9/23/2021
Brand New, Outdoor Dining

Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that the super popular LA-based spicy fried chicken joint, Dave’s Hot Chicken is finally opening up its first outlet in the Bay Area. Dave’s opens Friday, September 24th in Santa Rosa with both indoor and outdoor dining. The chain recent made big headlines more...

SF Gets a New Union Square Rooftop Restaurant in 2022SF Gets a New Union Square Rooftop Restaurant in 2022
By - posted 9/7/2021
Brand New, Outdoor Dining

Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that a huge new rooftop bar and restaurant is getting ready to be perched atop the old Macy’s Men’s Store in San Francisco. Blatteis & Schnur, Inc. just announced the execution of a lease with celebrated international restaurant Chotto Matte for a rooftop more...

Brand New Gott's Roadside Coming to SF's "Thrive City" on Sept. 17Brand New Gott’s Roadside Coming to SF’s “Thrive City” on Sept. 17
By - posted 9/4/2021
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining

Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that Bay Area favorite burger joint, Gott’s Roadside is opening a brand new restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission Bay at Thrive City, the plaza surrounding Chase Center, on September 17, 2021. The new location marks the 8th location for the Napa County-based burger more...