Welcome back to the Plywood Report, your regular, all-encompassing chronicle of the next generation of restaurants to grace our fair city. Spot something in your nabe? Let us know. Bonus points and a Mint Plaza orange chair for including photos.
1) The Mission: Directly above, behold the first glimpse into the great Indian cuisine wars of '08 on Valencia and 21st. Now that Firecracker is history, Udupi Palace is moving in, overhauling a good portion of the Valencia space, and hoping to open within a month. It's going to take quite the effort to dethrone the ever-popular Dosa as the king of the hill, but that's why the game is played, yes? [PLYWOOD]
Welcome back to the Plywood Report, your all-encompassing chronicle of the next generation of restaurants and bars to grace the city. Spot some doings in your neighborhood? The tip line is very open. Bonus points if you include photos.
1) Pacific Heights: Appropriately enough, our first look at the interior of Long Bar features the establishment's long bar. On the corner of Fillmore and Clay, the former Fillmore Grill space still looks a ways away, but as you can see, the beer taps are already installed, so the priorities appear to be in order. Of course, it's going to be a bar/grill, but also another place to wait for your SPQR table. [PLYWOOD]
2) The Fillmore: Quoth a tipster, "I noticed some action at the old's Powell's Place on Eddy. It looked like Tribute was starting to move in, or maybe Powell's was moving out. Either way, it looked like something was happening. I wonder how much Tribute will change the layout?" [Eater Inbox, previously]