NoPaWatch: Minibar, Real and Rendered
For your AM viewing pleasure, straight from the quickly-evolving Divisadero, here we have a close look at Minibar. Minibar, you'll recall, is just one of a handful of bars popping up in and around the North of the Panhandle strip of Divis (others on the list: dessert lounge Candybar, jazz cafe On the Corner, and if you want to include it, Bar Crudo). Getting back to Minibar, the former barbershop space is indeed as tiny as advertised; it's pretty much just a hole-in-the-wall with a long, skinny room—less than 15 feet wide, according to the folks there. From the looks of things above, the original ETA of a February opening may have been a little overzealous, but early March remains a possibility for the latest entry in the next generation of cocktail-centric bars.
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Plywood Report: Bar Crudo, Cilantro Grill, Luce and MORE!
Welcome back to the Plywood Report, your all-encompassing chronicle of the next generation of restaurants and bars to grace our fair city. See some plywood going up in your neighborhood? Do let us know; bonus points if you include photos.

1) Nopa: Above is the first look at the long-awaited, much-anticipated sequel to Bar Crudo. Located at 655 Divisadero (off Grove, across from the Independent), the space—and kitchen—is notably larger than the original location/closet of BC 1.0, but work hasn't started yet. Once the permits are acquired, late spring is still the aim. [PLYWOOD]
2) Polk Gulch: Emaileth a tipster, "There's this restaurant that's painted lime green on Geary Blvd. near Polk Street. Maybe you've already posted about them. I think it's called Cilantro Grill? It says opening soon but it's been like that for months, it seems." Rest assured the Plywood Photo Squad has been dispatched. [Eater Inbox]
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