Neighborhood Watch

Gary Danko’s Brasserie Faces Delays, the Castro Gets a Chocolate Shop, and More

Ghirardelli Square: The Royal Bank of Scotland is in a standoff with the developer at Ghirardelli Square, and is foreclosing on all the shops there. This may mean a further delay in moving forward on Gary Danko’s as-yet-unnamed brasserie project, now three years in the making. [SF Business Times, Scoop]
Castro: Five-Star Truffles (currently at 411 Divisadero) is leaving by year’s end and moving to 18th Street in the Castro, into a former flower shop near Eureka. [Haighteration]
Richmond: SFoodie drops in on eight-month-old Lou’s Café (5017 Geary), loves the breakfast sandwich. [SFoodie]

Berkeley: Locanda da Eva is closing for a quick makeover, from Sunday to Tuesday, just a couple months after opening, but owner Robert Lauriston assures the Chron it’s not for lack of business. They simply want to make the space “a little livelier.” [Chron/Inside Scoop]

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