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RESTAURANTS • First Word
Any port
The Skinny: The closure in January of Squat and Gobble — arguably the most popular brunch and lunch spot in West Portal for the last 32 years — left a void in the sleepy neighborhood. Five months later, Tur swung open in its place: a restaurant with similar daytime service hours to S&G, but a decidedly different menu. Instead of the standard scrambles, Tur’s menu features breakfast and lunch offerings inspired by what owners Arkaranit Dusitnitsakul and Wipada Rattanapun enjoyed as kids in Thailand. Is the change-averse neighborhood ready for seven kinds of jook at 8a?
CULTURE & LEISURE • Wolf Out
Valkyries v Lynx • Chase Center (Thrive City) • Fri @ 7p • R17, A1, $383 per
Shakira • Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour • SAP Center (San Jose) • Sat @ 730p • FLR2, Row 33, $315 per
Gaffigan Conducts Beethoven 9 • Davies Symphony Hall (Civic Center) • Sun @ 2p • Tier 2, $139 per
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Powell Street adding illuminated art installations • Bay Area students create alternate vuvuzela • SF World Cup watch parties abound.
GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop
Open sesame
Watercolorist Sophie Tivona’s eponymous boutique is just around the corner from Oakland’s buzzy Poppy Bagels, a proximity that led to one of the shop’s most intriguing partnerships.
RESTAURANTS • The Nines
Dining, Embarcadero
FOUND’s 9 favorite restaurants in the neighborhood. Paid subscribers can access all of our neighborhood Nines.
Coqueta (Pier 5), the late Michael Chiarello’s Spanish dining experience carries on w/ tapas, pintxos, wood-grilled meats, reserve