Heaven's Dog Cuts Lunch, Freshii Headed to SF

SOMA—In addition to an item on Fagiani's Bar's rebirth and search for a restaurateur in Napa, tomorrow's edition of the Scoop reports that Charles Phan will be cutting lunch service at Heaven's Dog, effective Friday. Instead, he'll concentrate on the late-night crowd. [Scoop]

COMMENT OF THE DAY—From this morning's story about Farina's pizzeria project on 18th and Valencia: "Ha, lemme guess, "Pizzeria Delfarina"? [~ESF~]

SAN FRANCISCO—Canadian-based Freshii, a build-your-own salad/rice bowl chain with units in Chicago and Toronto, is now planning on branching out in San Francisco too, with the first unit expected to open in spring/summer. [R&I]

EUROPE—The HuffPo has a detailed report on last month's "Cook It Raw" culinary event, held in Italy. It was a who's-who of the culinary world, with 13 of the best young chefs in the world participating, including Americans like David Chang and Daniel Patterson, plus Copenhagen's Rene Redzepi, Barcelona's Albert Adria, Italy's Massimo Bottura, and Tokyo's Yoshihiro Narisawa. [HuffPo]