Culkin's Pizza Band Plays; Leader House Is Dunzo

INNER RICHMOND—The Pizza Underground, the pizza-centric Velvet Underground cover band that features former child star Macaulay Culkin, is playing the Neck of the Woods tonight. We're told their live show really delivers. [The Bold Italic]

NOB HILL—The mysterious Leader House, which was supposed to bring an upscale Chinese restaurant to the historic Payne Mansion, closed before it even opened. The shutter was supposed to be temporary, but now it turns out it'll be permanent. [Tablehopper]

LOWER HAIGHT—It's raining beer and wine licenses in the Lower Haight, where both Greenburger's and Kate's Kitchen/Chaparral are on track to serve drinks as of this week. [Haighteration]

UPTOWN OAKLAND—Plum Bar kicks off a new tasting program tonight, offering three-spirit flights of different kinds of booze every Wednesday through the end of May. Tonight's lineup features rye, and next week's focuses on grape spirits. [EaterWire]