Cotogna Ripens, Prospect Stays Closed, CC Kisses the Marina Hello

By Jonathan Kauffman Tue., Aug. 31 2010 at 8:40 AM

Categories: Buzz Machine

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.

Grub Street SF has compiled a mother of a calendar: a timeline of all the high-profile restaurant openings slated for fall. Buzz Machine has mentioned most of the early September ones, with the exception of Cotogna (490 Pacific, aka the old Myth Cafe space), from Michael and Lindsay Tusk of Quince (Cotogna = Quince in Italian). The pitch: Lower-priced, more casual pastas, spit-roasted hogs, a full cocktail program, and ... wait for it ... wood-fired oven pizza. UPDATE: Grub Street just updated its listing, presumably based on new intel, and moved the opening date for Cotogna back to October.

From Inside Scoop, we learn that Prospect, which was unexpectedly shut down last night, is going to be closed a few days longer than the owners initially expected. That sucks, although we bet chef Ravi Kapur is secretly grateful for a little break from opening-stretch stress.

Another Scoop report: Cafe Maritime on Lombard has been replaced by CC's Cocktails (2417 Lombard), which comes to the Marina courtesy of owner Ceci Hendrickson; Ceci is the CC in the recently closed CC's Pierce Street Manor. The new bar's logo is a big pair of red lips. Is kissing windows a thing now? Because SFoodie was looking for something to spice up our Venetian blinds.

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