New Restaurant Openings
The newest restaurants across the SF Peninsula, just opened. See what is coming soon.
Now Open
Alisios
The team behind Burma Love introduces a contemporary Mexican restaurant at Springline. Alisios pairs regional Mexican cooking with cocktails and agave spirits in a colorful space with murals inspired by Mexico’s ingredients and landscapes.
Demi Palo Alto
Downtown Palo Alto sit-down restaurant from Kyoto-born chef Demi Ebara, serving elevated yoshoku — Japanese comfort food reimagining Western classics with Japanese technique.
Gangsan Korean Restaurant
Gangsan is now open in the former Das Bierhauz space in downtown Redwood City. The Korean restaurant serves galbijjim, soups, bibimbap and shared dishes, with weekday lunch and dinner service and weekend dining.
Haru Japanese Restaurant
New sushi restaurant from the team behind Mountain View's Sushi Jin, built around traditional gozen set meals alongside a sushi bar featuring dry aged fish. Seats about 100, with a full bar focused on Japanese whisky and sake.
Kitty Noodle House
This Castro Street newcomer specializes in Chinese rice noodles with slow-simmered beef broth, tangy Miao-style sour soup and dry-mixed noodle options. Small plates round out the menu for a casual lunch or dinner.
Marufuku Ramen
Ramen restaurant now open at Serramonte Center, with daily service.
Midnight Kitchen / Shinya Shokudo
Midnight Kitchen serves Japanese yakitori, rice bowls and small plates alongside beer and other drinks. Its menu includes grilled skewers, unagi rice bowls and tempura in the adjoining space beside Kitty Noodle House.
Mr. Pan Bistro
Taiwanese comfort-food bistro from chef-owner Jimmy Pan, relocated from Cupertino to the former Redwood Bistro space. The menu centers on braised pork rice, lunch boxes, sizzling black pepper beef or chicken on cast-iron plates, popcorn chicken rice and individual hot pots, plus milk tea and matcha drinks. About 50 seats indoors.
Rikyu
Japanese cafe
Ry’s Poke Shack
Hawaiian poke counter inside Ava’s Downtown Market, serving ahi and salmon poke by the bowl or pound, plus poke nachos.
Spinning Dough at Modern Eats
Oakland pop up chef Jeff Chin brought his Asian fusion pizzas to Millbrae's Modern Eats in April, running a hybrid menu alongside the pizzeria's existing offerings. Look for the purple ube pie plus rotating flavors like longanisa and blackberry. Note: this is a menu takeover inside an existing restaurant, not a standalone new business.
The Old Post Office
The Old Post Office is a restaurant and bar from Bacchus Management Group, the group behind The Village Pub and Selby's, in Burlingame's restored 1941 Art Deco post office. Executive chef Jonathan Granada's prix-fixe dinner offers modern takes on dishes from 1940s restaurants and hotels, including a dry-aged duck for two carved tableside, while the Postmaster's Bar serves a more casual à la carte menu with a burger and duck fat fries.
The Parlour House
The Parlour House brings sandwiches, wraps, bowls and salads to the former Na Na’s Kitchen space on Visitacion Avenue. The neighborhood lunch spot also offers catering. Its pickup window and dining room are temporarily closed while new equipment is installed and are expected to reopen by October 19, 2026.
The Rendezvous
French-Italian bistro and wine bar from restaurateur Giuseppe Carrubba and chef Maxime Roucoule, longtime friends whose resumes include Pastis and La Boheme. About 300 wine labels, split roughly between French, Californian, and Italian, plus escargot, moules marinieres, pate, and an all day cafe and lunch menu.
The Sandwich Guy
Family-run deli from Louay Obeidi of the Falafel Tazah family, making customizable hot and cold sandwiches with Boar's Head meats and cheeses. Takes orders in store, by phone and through DoorDash.
Yakiniku Ginza
Japanese barbecue arrives on Castro Street with tabletop grills, Japanese A5 and Australian wagyu, seafood and vegetables. Diners can cook their own selections or ask the staff for help.
Yutori
Chef Jerome Ito’s Japanese marketplace combines a cafe, deli and konbini-style market with a restaurant and bar. The cafe serves miso lattes, matcha drinks and house-made sandos, and the restaurant now offers evening service. Check the website for each area’s current hours.
Zac’s Bar & Grill
Zac’s brings burgers, steaks, seafood and classic bar bites to the former Office Bar & Grill space. A full bar, 16 draft beers and a spacious outdoor patio make it an easygoing spot for dinner and drinks.