"Australian restaurateurs (and siblings) Priscilla Dosiou and Thomas Glenwright are the new stewards of Mercedes, the Mexican restaurant that shuttered last fall as the result of a rent hike. Hotel San Francisco will open in mid-April, offering Italian “bar bites,” cocktails, and wine with 50 seats upstairs to start, and an additional 50 opening downstairs as a lounge area in the next few months." - Ellen Fort