Emeryville: Trader Vic’s reopens tonight after a months-long remodel, complete with a new menu, fresh tabletops, stools and booths, and Mai Tai flights. [Eater, Earlier]
Union Square/Tenderloin: Both Clock Bar and Bourbon & Branch have new fall cocktail menus. [Alcademics]
Mission: Those Blue Bottle and La Cocina carts on their way to Dolores Park? They’re coming whether neighbors like it or not, but won’t be approved officially until October 7. [SFoodie]
Upper Fillmore: Patisserie Delanghe (1890 Fillmore at Bush) is closing after 25 years. [Scoop]
Oakland: Chef Dean Dupuis, of Picán in Oakland, just returned from New Orleans where he took part in an event organized by the White House “to educate themselves, diners and consumers across the nation to show solidarity and support for the Gulf region.” Picán proudly features Gulf shrimp on their menu. [Grub Street]
Yountville: Chef Perry Hoffman just returned from New York, where he cooked a special meal at the James Beard House, and he’s featuring the same menu at étoile at Domaine Chandon. From Thursday September 30 until Sunday October 10, étoile will be serving the same five-course menu for $90 ($125 with wine pairings) including such seared Dayboat scallops, roasted lamb loin, Cowgirl Creamery Redhawk, and spiced Valrhona chocolate pot de creme. [Grub Street]
