San Francisco wine bar Verjus will reopen in October after closing four years ago at the onset of the pandemic. A cryptic, three-word post announcing the comeback dropped on Instagram on Friday, September 6 — “Coming this fall,” is all it reads — so details are scant so far. A Verjus spokesperson dropped a few more hints to Eater, saying that though the team is “making nuanced changes to the space and menu,” the wine bar will largely be “Verjus as you remember it.”
Verjus is the casual spin-off of owners Michael and Lindsay Tusks’s lineup of local restaurants, which includes three-Michelin-starred Quince and Cotogna. It became known for its vintage Spanish and Parisian vibes, extensive natural wine and vinyl collections, and conserva bar. The spot racked up serious acclaim during its brief run between 2019 and 2020: It was one of Eater’s best new restaurants during its debut year, got a rave review from San Francisco Chronicle critic Soleil Ho, and quickly established a devoted local following.
Wherefore art thou Jollibee
Alameda’s highly anticipated location of Jollibee, the Filipino fast food chain famous for its ultra-crispy fried chicken is on the brink of opening: It’ll debut in the later half of September at Alameda Landing, the San Francisco Standard reports. This’ll be the eleventh Bay Area Jollibee, a roster that conspicuously doesn’t include any locations in San Francisco proper, much as fans have been clamoring for that to change — not yet, at least. A location has been in progress at a former Payless shoe store at Market and Fifth streets since 2020, but progress seems to have slowed. The Standard reached out to Jollibee for an update but no word yet.
The 49ers stadium gets a major food upgrade
Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home to the 49ers, is getting a sprawling new “food and beverage garden,” SFGATE reports. Clara’s Junction, as the space is named, is slated to open in late September. The 18,000-square-foot space is outfitted with a counter-service restaurant serving burgers, nachos, sandwiches, and the like, plus a “day-to-night outdoor hangout zone,” with beers on tap, cocktails, lawn games, and fire-pits suited for pre- and post-game revelry. It’s dog-friendly, too. The 49ers’ season kicks off Monday, September 9.
An Oakland kitchen incubator blooms into a restaurant
The East Bay’s Open Test Kitchen program, run by the nonprofit Oakland Bloom, has expanded its kitchen incubator program into a full restaurant, KQED reports. Over the past decade, OTK has channeled its efforts toward training immigrants, refugees, and people of color who are aspiring chefs — it moved into its current kitchen space at 528 Eighth Street in 2020, working hand-in-hand with worker-owned, James Beard Award-winning restaurant Understory, which shared the same address. (Understory closed this summer.) Now, in its new phase, OTK will host different chefs on different days: This September, for example, you can find That Hausa Vegan offering Sunday brunch; Cafe con Cariño serving coffee at lunch; and Asúkar serving Palestinian Cuban fusion fare for Friday night dinner, to name a few calendar highlights. Follow on Instagram for updates.
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