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The Flour+Water Hospitality Group has been steadily working on its flagship pizzeria location in North Beach since last summer, and now it seems the pies are about ready to be pulled out of the oven: The new Flour+Water Pizzeria at 532 Columbus Avenue will make its debut on Wednesday, June 28, and reservations are already available via Resy.

Beyond Bay-spanning Juneteenth celebrations and Pride parties, fill your calendar with the Black Food & Wine Experience, California State Parks Week, Diana Ross at Mountain Winery, the Alameda County Fair, Mendocino's Urchin Festival, John Legend at the Greek, the 67th Annual North Beach Festival, and a helluva lot more.

Known for its bottomless brunch, Puerto Nuevo lobster, and beef shank birria, North Beach restaurant Don Pisto's will close permanently as of Friday, June 23, after 14 years, the restaurant announced via Instagram.It won't be the final chapter for Don Pisto's, however, as the post also mentions that the restaurant will be reopening in Baja California in 16 months.

When Tacolicious opened as a stand at the Ferry Building in 2009, owners Joe Hargrave and Sara Deseran couldn't have known their business would pop off like it did.Though the business debuted during the Great Recession, Tacolicious became a hot spot for upscale Mexican food.They expanded to the Marina, and in 2012 added an expansive location on Valencia Street, followed by locations and spin-offs throughout the Bay.

One of San Francisco's oldest restaurants, St. Francis Fountain, is on the cusp of getting a new owner, the San Francisco Business Times reports.The restaurant, known for its retro decor and menu of ice cream, sodas, and breakfast staples, is under escrow with the sale expected to close by next week, per a posting in the San Francisco Daily Journal.

Here's what's on this week: Ferry Flicks at the Ferry Building, a Star Wars Sith Rave, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Sonoma's spring farm tours, the Bay Area Book Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SailGP, Kentucky Derby watch parties, Woofstock at Marin Humane, and much more.Have a good one.Celebrate Bay Curious' new eponymous book.

After floating the idea in an Instagram post in late February, the James Beard Award-recognized restauranteurs behind Cassava in North Beach have made it official: Yuka Ioroi and Kris Toliao will bring their talents back to the Richmond District, where they made their restaurant a neighborhood staple before relocating to North Beach in October 2022.

Jim Mellen, a Marxist former college professor and ideological firebrand who in the 1960s became a founding member and philosophical leader of the Weathermen, the headline-grabbing brigade of far-left revolutionaries, died on Feb. 17 at his home in Zirahuen, Mexico.He was 87.His wife, Terry Baumgart, said the cause was chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.

Welcome to Year in Eater 2022- Paolo Bicchieri, Eater SF reporter , Eater's annual tradition of celebrating the past 12 months with help from some of the Bay Area's top food and restaurant industry experts.Between now and the end of the year, Eater SF will post daily questions about the Bay Area restaurant scene with answers from those who know it best.

Plus, Little Words Project is now selling its beaded bracelets with positive and playful messages at a shop on Fillmore Street and Pact opens a new brick-and-mortar in Palo Alto.Super sad you had to spend this past Sunday without Tanya, Harper, Lucia and the gang, not to mention that heavenly Sicilian backdrop?

The chef of a Silicon Valley Burmese restaurant has been accused of sexually harassing a female server in a lawsuit filed with Santa Clara County Superior Court, the Mercury News reports.According to the paper, the lawsuit indicates a server at the restaurant is accusing chef Sai Sakham Chou of Burma Taste, a Burmese restaurant located on Murphy Avenue, of "repeated verbal and physical sexual harassment."

Yuka Ioroi and Kris Toliao, co-owners of Cassava in North Beach, are looking for partners to open a wine bar in the Richmond District.The couple operated their restaurant out of the space at 3519 Balboa Street for a full decade before relocating from the Richmond District to the restaurant's current home at 401 Columbus Avenue in October 2022.

So what makes a martini bar a martini bar as opposed to, say, a neighborhood bar or a craft cocktail lounge?History.A martini bar isn't newfangled and trendy, it's still got the stench of the early 20th century in its walls.From North Beach's Tony Nik's to the Haight's Zam Zam Bar, these five drinking establishments don't just make a damn fine martini, they are storied enough to be called classic martini bars.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and if you haven't quite started thinking through your plans, Eater SF is here to help.For diners who would rather take cooking out of the equation - and especially those who don't want to bother with cleanup - there are plenty of restaurants willing to take care of it all, from turkey to pie.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The presence of a large number of rats on the seaside town of Tenby has sparked fears of ground erosion and infestation of a cliff overlooking one of the most popular tourist destinations in Wales.

Richmond District-born fine dining destination Cassava relocated to North Beach in October, and now the restaurant will offer a Japanese breakfast-only brunch service in the new location.Starting November 20, the Columbus Avenue restaurant will offer brunch on Sundays with possible Thursdays ahead.This is good news for the restaurant's fans: People flock to the restaurant for its seasonal house pickles, kimchi, simmered hijiki seaweed, shio-koji marinated rotating local fish, and Sacramento koshihikari rice.

Both the enormous 135-room Huntington Hotel and its mega-charming restaurant the Big 4 are changing hands once again.As first reported by the San Francisco Business Times, a new buyer is about to finalize purchasing the historic property, which is located at 1075 California Street atop Nob Hill, for a whopping $56.2 million in delinquent mortgage from Deutsche Bank.