When I left San Francisco for Sausalito in the 1990s, I was primarily enticed by the coastal city’s proximity to vast open spaces and the dazzling vistas around almost every corner. What I soon ...

Noah Blom, who now has two restaurants at Costa Mesa's SOCO, cooks everything with wood—and I do mean everything. The four-layered cakes? Baked in an oven with a crackling fire at the back. The fries?

This is a list of the Bay Area’s most notable restaurant and bar openings, with new updates published once a week. Did we miss something great? Please, drop us a line. NOB HILL — Tablehopper has the ...