The wait is over. Gold Mirror , the 56-year-old family-owned Italian restaurant out in the Sunset that has been closed since early 2024, is reopening at the corner of Taraval Street and 18th Avenue.

The DiGrande family, which has owned the restaurant since 1969, is celebrating with two days of invitation-only parties for city politicos including the mayor, family, friends and neighbors, starting Saturday at 5 p.m. It will be open to the public next Wednesday.

“There’s no place like this on the west side of the town,” said Domenico DiGrande, who owns Gold Mirror with his brother Roberto and is a chef there. “This is like a dinner house in the 60s.”

The beloved neighborhood staple closed its doors in January 2024 for renovation and was expected to reopen that summer. But it took almos

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