Taste modern Russian cuisine from this 2023 James Beard Awards Semifinalist for Best New Restaurant By Janel Andronico, CCG Monday, February 27, 2023 ...

A restaurant in Newport is set to reopen 10 months after it was nearly destroyed in Helene. Grill 73 sits across the street ...

But the burden feels heavier now. Her dream to introduce the San Francisco community to her modern Russian cuisine has become a reality, but now, the walls feel like they’re caving in.

Just over two years after opening in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, fine-dining Russian restaurant Birch & Rye will close its doors effective Saturday, March 30.

And Russian food seemed even less weird when I dug into my first potato pyrozhky. Not only was the taste buttery and comforting to the belly on a 40-degree day, but it was also strangely familiar.