Last month saw more transitions than a Bath Crashers marathon, as restaurants closed ― uh, temporarily ― to spruce up, reconcept, or otherwise dramatically cut payroll during the slowest month of the year, in the hope of opening up again when we're all in the mood to leave the house.
Openings
• Campanula: 701 Union (at Powell)
• Caña on Lake Merritt: 530 Lake Park (at Rand) Oakland
• Homeroom: 400 40th St. (at Shafter), Oakland
• Palmyra: 700 Haight (at Pierce)
• Plate Shop: 39 Caledonia (at Johnson), Sausalito
• Sneaky's BBQ at Rebel: 1760 Market (at Octavia)
Additional openings
• The Galley at Clooney's Irish Pub: 1401 Valencia (at 25th St.)
• Hyde Away Blues BBQ: 457 Hyde (at O'Farrell)
• My Ivy: 1901 Divisadero (at Pine)
• Papi's Fusion Deli: 2348 Mission (at 19th St.)
• Sol Food La Bodega: 903 Lincoln (at Third St.), San Rafael
• Southie: 6311 College (at 63rd St.), Oakland
Closures
• Kasa Indian Eatery: 3115 Fillmore (at Filbert)
• Little Saigon Cafe: 670 Larkin (at Ellis)
• Specialty's Cafe and Bakery: 185 Berry (at Third St.)
• Wolfgang Puck Express at Macy's: 170 O'Farrell (at Stockton)
Transitions
• Barbacco (230 California, at Front) lost chef de cuisine Sarah Burchard to burnout
• Radius (1123 Folsom, at Langton) hired Matt Kerley, last the chef of Magnolia, to run its kitchen
• Red and White (678 Chenery, at Diamond) closed; the owners are teaming up with Le P'tit Laurent's Laurent Legendre to renovate and reformulate as an oyster and wine bar
• Rose Pistola (532 Columbus, at Green) reopened after a break and a remodel courtesy of restaurant specialist Cass Calder Smith
• Jeremy Fox left Tyler Florence's restaurant empire after helping open Rotisserie and Wine (720 Main, at Fourth St., Napa)
• Spire (685 Third St., at Brannan) closed to renovate and possibly rethink its concept
