A Panoply of Openings, 38 and Heatmap Updates; More!

Welcome to Eater Tastings, where Eater SF editor Allie Pape shares the best restaurant and bar news of the week.

SAN FRANCISCO—The Eater 38, our list of the essential SF restaurants, got its quarterly update this week. Check out the places we think are the best in town.

SAN FRANCISCO—Also freshly updated: the Eater SF Heatmap, a comprehensive guide to all the brand-new places in town worth checking out.

THE EMBARCADERO—We took a look around Waiheke Island Yacht Club, the megawatt new pop-up from one of New Zealand's best chefs at the America's Cup Pavilion. See how they make four-star food without a stove.

SAN FRANCISCO—There were so. many. openings. this week. New to the scene: Laurel Village Latin spot Artesano, Umami Burger's first Oakland location, the Mission wine-bar/sandwichery combo of La Movida and Pal's Takeaway, Tacolicious' new location in North Beach, Portuguese-influenced Bernal coffee shop Cafe St. Jorge, and two new spots in Hayes Valley: Eastern European cafe 20th Century and swanky cocktail bar Brass Tacks. Whew.

SAN FRANCISCO—Need a place to party this Bastille Day? We rounded up 12 great meals and deals around the city.

SAN FRANCISCO—SF got a taste of new dad and new platinum-seller Kanye West, who showed up (sans Kim Kardashian) at Smuggler's Cove and Park Tavern this weekend.

THE EMBARCADERO—CUESA's massive Summer Celebration is going down on Sunday night at the Ferry Building. We've got the list of all the delicious dishes top local chefs will be serving up.

NOB HILL—We said goodbye to the Bigfoot Lodge, which is closing on Saturday and becoming a new bar called Cabin.

NOB HILL—Another sad goodbye: Dennis Leary's wonderful Canteen is shutting down at the end of the summer so he can focus on the many other projects he has in the hopper.