(We will dearly miss Scharffen Berger, due to depart the Bay Area soon)
Today, Eater SF summarizes a grim start to the year for the local food scene. "The Shutter" lists 25 different restaurants that closed in January alone in San Francisco, and one additional spot in the South Bay. Perhaps worst of all is the news that Scharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt will be leaving the Bay Area sooner rather than later, as SFGate sadly reported last week. However, Eater also meticulously tracks the openings of bars, lounges, clubs, restaurants and other food-centric hotspots, and currently lists more than a dozen new businesses that were open as of the second half of January. With more on the way, a new dawn has already begun.
Well, as Denny's aficionados doubtless already know, there are still locations downtown (816 Mission) and in Fisherman's Wharf (495 Beach) as well as one in the Serramonte Shopping Center in Daly City and another in South San Francisco (2220 Westborough).
From Tuesday through Friday of this week, Oliveto (5655 College, Oakland, across the street from Rockridge BART) celebrates all things porky with its annual Whole Hog dinners. As suggested by the name, the menu features almost every part of the pig, including ham, shoulder, belly, head, trotter, skin, ears, liver, heart, brain, tripe, kidneys, lard, blood, and spleen (milza in Italian), as well some wild boar. There are still reservations available, though Thursday and Friday are almost booked up. Most of the dishes will still be available on Saturday.
Here's the tentative menu:
