Paolo Bicchieri is a reporter at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. Chef and restaurateur Charlie Hallowell is attempting another comeback in 2024. Hallowell has been mostly off the grid since 2017, when more than a dozen former staff members from Pizzaiolo, Boot & Shoe Service, and Penrose made allegations of sexual misconduct and verbal abuse, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Hallowell left the restaurants amidst the complaints, and now Oaklandside reports that he and business partner Donna Insalaco – who joined Hallowell’s restaurant group in 2018 – have purchased a commercial space at 3724 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland with the intent to open a new restaurant.