• Following the death of founder Rocky Aoki, fights for control rage on between the management of the Benihana chain, Aoki’s children, and their stepmother, a former Miss Tokyo. [Daily Finance via CHOW]
• An update on the standoff between Schmidt’s and their crazy, complaining upstairs neighbor. [Mission Local, Earlier]
• Faletti’s deli near the tip of the Panhandle just completed their renovations. [Haighteration]
• The Mission Community Farmers’ Market is cool, but still pricier than Civic Center. [Uptown Almanac]
• A new generation of sake drinkers is being indoctrinated in Japan through hip tasting events meant to remove the old-man connotation of the drink. [Japan Times]
• The American Lobster Management Board shelved a proposed five-year ban on lobstering south of Cape Cod yesterday. [Globe]
• The new King Solomon’s Bakery and Deli is Prague’s first kosher spot since World War II. [In Transit/NYT]