November 2010 Openings & Closures: Roast Meats In, Markets Out

Beast and the Hare/Facebook

Beast and the Hare opened this month.

​November brought on a rush of restaurants who pushed to open before the holiday bonanza season. Several were lower-priced spinoffs of tony restaurants, while others were additional locations (or relaunches) of familiar names. On the closure side, the more disturbing note was the shuttering of markets in a time when common wisdom says people are cooking at home more.  (All the items on this list were pulled from SFoodie's daily Buzz Machine column.)

Opened
• Ian Marks' meat-friendly, charcuterie-loving, small-plates-serving Beast and the Hare, 1001 Guerrero, 821-1001
• The stripped down, more casual version of Elizabeth Faulkner's Citizen Cake Pacific Heights, 2125 Fillmore, 861-2228, citizencake.com
• Cotogna, Quince's wine bar and rotisserie, 490 Pacific, 775-8508
• Crave City, a pizza place with kebabs and Egyptian flatbreads, 2015 Chestnut, 409-2009
• From the Saison team, Decantr, a wine bar with more moderately priced fare, 2128 Folsom, www.saisonsf.com
• Hana Zen Sushi & Yakitori, Pier 39, Suite M209, 421-2101
• Ma*Velous, a stylish coffee-geek paradise that less-committed drinkers will warm to, 1408 Market, 626-8884
• More Chicago-style pies from Patxi's Pizza Noe Valley, 4042 24th St., 285-2000, patxispizza.com
• Pho Ly Thuong Kiet 2, 1429 Noriega (at 21st Ave.)
• Alexander Alioto's Cal-Italian Seven Hills,1550 Hyde, 775-1550, www.sevenhillssf.com.

Closed
• Bombay Bazaar
• DeLano's Markets (Richmond already, Castro and Mission to come)
• Dragonfly
• Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse
• Los Rosales
• Maruya Sushi
• Rubio's (San Francisco Centre)
• Toasties

Notable Openings and Closures Outside San Francisco
Open: All Spice (San Mateo), LCX (Oakland)
Closed: Le Cheval (Oakland), Locanda da Eva (Berkeley)