Dandelion Chocolate Tokyo Opens; Four SF Pizzerias Team Up for Charity

TOKYO — More than 200 people lined up for Dandelion Chocolate’s Tokyo opening on Thursday, February 11. Since then, the shop, located at Kuramae 4-14-6, Taito-ku, has been selling an average of 650 pastries and 350 drinks per day. [EaterWire]

SAN FRANCISCO — In partnership with Kitchen Table Advisors, a non-profit dedicated to building healthy local food systems, Pizzeria Delfina (Mission, March 1-6), Zero Zero (March 7-13), Pizzeria Delfina (Pacific Heights, March 14-20) Piccino (March 22-27) and The Mill (March 28) are serving up specialty pizzas featuring local farm products like True Grass Farms grass-fed beef and Hikari Farms wasabi arugula. A portion of proceeds will benefit Kitchen Table Advisors; see all the information here. [EaterWire]

HEALDSBURG — The Monterey Bay Aquarium has teamed up with Jordan Winery for an event at the winery with big-name chefs like Katina and Kyle Connaughton (Single Thread) and Dustin Valette and Aaron Garzini (Spoonbar) taking part. On Saturday, February 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., you’ll tour Jordan Winery and taste Healdsburg cuisine to benefit Cooking for Solutions, a dinner series dedicated to inspire conservation of the ocean; get your ticket here. [EaterWire]

MISSION — The fourth annual Vegan Iron Chef competition is going down tomorrow, February 24 at Club Verdi at 6:30 p.m. with the past three competition winners (Kevin Schuder, Jay Astafa and Lisa Books-Williams) going head-to-head. Get your tickets and all the details here. [EaterWire]