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August 2007 - Posts
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This holiday weekend why not spend some time discussing the issues facing the food industry at the "International Festival of Gastronomy and Gourmet Literature" at the inaugural Gastronomy by the Bay conference at San Francisco's Ferry Building? Attending Read More...
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Custom Burger/Lounge photo: Kevin Bond Ushering in the current wave of fancy, have-it-your-way burger joints is SoMa's Custom Burger/Lounge in the garishly pink Best Western Americania, where locals and hotel guests are handed forms and miniature pencils Read More...
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After Herculean delays , Prana, the restaurant component of SoMa’s bi-level Temple nightclub, will open on September 8th. The menu will feature family-style servings of large and small plates of Pan-Asian and Indian delicacies crafted by chef Jim Jardine, Read More...
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The waiter took my order, went outside to smoke and then waved through the window. Read More...
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By Garth Johnston Professor Brian Wansink explains why we eat more than we think Professor Brian Wansink at Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. Courtesy of Cornell University Can a noisy restaurant make you drink more – or less? What's the psychology Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Belden Taverna 28 Belden Pl. San Francisco 415-986-8887 Lettus: Cafe Organic 3352 Steiner St. San Francisco 415-931-2777 Rogue Chefs 730 Main St. Half Moon Bay 650-712-2000 Sol y Lago 760 N. Lake Blvd. Tahoe City Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Bar Tartine 561 Valencia St. San Francisco 415-487-1600 Couleur Café 300 DeHaro St. San Francisco 415-255-1021 Dosa 995 Valencia St. San Francisco 415-642-3672 Les Amis 568 Sacramento St. San Francisco 415-291-9145 Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Abigail’s Bakery and Cafe 2120 Greenwich St. San Francisco 415-929-8889 Kwanjai Thai 3242 Scott St. San Francisco 415-563-1285 Mantra 632-636 Emerson St. Palo Alto 650-322-3500 Pappo 2320 Central Ave. Alameda Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Annabelle's Bar & Bistro 68 Fourth St. San Francisco 415-777-1200 Eguna Basque 1657 Powell St. San Francisco 415-402-0011 Green Chile Kitchen & Market 601 Baker St. San Francisco 415-614-9411 Ora 24 Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Coi 373 Broadway San Francisco 415-393-9000 Junnoon 150 University Ave. Palo Alto 650-329-9644 La Ciccia 291 30th St. San Francisco 415-550-8114 Modern Tea 602 Hayes St. San Francisco 415-626-5406 NoPa 560 Divisadero Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse 601 Union St. San Francisco 415-421-5633 Meadowood, The Restaurant 900 Meadowood Ln. St. Helena 707-967-1205 Roosevelt Tamale Parlor 2817 24th St. San Francisco 415-824-2600 Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Bong Su Restaurant and Lounge 311 Third St. San Francisco 415-536-5800 Brick 1085 Sutter St. San Francisco 415-441-4232 New Nightspots Name Address City Phone Kelley's Tavern 3231 Fillmore St. San Francisco Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Chez Shea 408 Main St. Half Moon Bay 650-560-9234 Front Porch, The 65A 29th St. San Francisco 415-695-7800 Poleng Lounge 1751 Fulton St. San Francisco 415-441-1751 Tanglewood 334 Santana Row, Suite 1000 San Jose Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone farmerbrown 25 Mason St. San Francisco 415-409-3276 Mixt Greens 114 Sansome St. suite 120 San Francisco 415-433-6498 Sparrow 1177 California St. San Francisco 415-474-2000 Woodhouse Fish Company 2073 Market St. Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone ad hoc 6476 Washington St. Yountville 707-944-2487 Barracuda 2251 Market St. San Francisco 415-558-8567 Bruno's 2389 Mission St. San Francisco 415-643-5200 Go Fish 641 Main St. St. Helena 707-963-0700 Ici 2948 Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Alembic, The 1725 Haight St. San Francisco 415-666-0822 Circa 2001 Chestnut St. San Francisco 415-351-0175 Lark Creek Steak 845 Market St., 4th fl. San Francisco 415-593-4100 Perbacco 230 California St. San Francisco Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone La Terrasse 215 Lincoln Blvd. San Francisco 415-922-3463 TWO 22 Hawthorne St. San Francisco 415-777-9779 Umami 2909 Webster St. San Francisco 415-346-3431 New Nightspots Name Address City Phone Amelie 754 Polk St. Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Eureka Restaurant & Lounge 4063 18th St. San Francisco 415-431-6000 Pres a Vi 1 Letterman Dr. San Francisco 415-409-3000 New Nightspots Name Address City Phone Pres a Vi 1 Letterman Dr. San Francisco 415-409-3000 Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone FARM 4048 Sonoma Hwy. Napa 707-299-4882 Weird Fish 2193 Mission St. San Francisco 415-863-4744 New Nightspots Name Address City Phone Alembic, The 1725 Haight St. San Francisco 415-666-0822 Dio Deka 210 E. Main Read More...
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New Restaurants Name Address City Phone Bushi-tei 1638 Post St. San Francisco 415-440-4959 Drake’s Beach Café 1 DrakeÕs Beach Rd. Inverness 415-669-1297 Gialina 2832 Diamond St. San Francisco 415-329-8500 Presidio Social Club 563 Ruger Read More...
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– Secret menus at 36 Bay Area restaurants, revealed. [ Mercury News ] – Well, now we know who the new head gardener at French Laundry is. [ Food&Wine ] – Global warming is great for growing wine grapes. For now. [ Salon ] – Read More...
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Saratoga’s veteran fine-dining thoroughbred is back in the saddle again having reopened over the weekend under new ownership. Leading the charge is new executive chef and co-owner Peter Armellino (former chef de cuisine at Aqua ), who will oversee the Read More...
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A rendering of the forthcoming Oxbow Public Market Slated to debut in Downtown Napa this fall, the Oxbow Public Market offers further proof that the plate now rivals the bottle in wine-country appeal. The mammoth emporium will showcase 35 specialty food Read More...
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Roe has reopened. Photo: Kevin Bond Roe , the chic, tri-level restaurant and lounge in SoMa that closed in April, has reopened with a sleek new look and menu. The refreshed decor feels more sophisticated thanks to a neutral palette of grays and pearls Read More...
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Across the street from AT&T Park, Pete's Tavern from Peter Osbourne ( MoMo’s ) is poised to become SoMa’s version of Cheers for baseball fans and South Beach residents. Set in a former warehouse, it offers a Traditional American pub menu featuring items Read More...
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Could someone do something about the uniforms? 1982 just called and it wants its suspenders back. Read More...
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By Deirdre Donovan, ZAGAT.com staff editor The restaurant industry reinvents itself with an eco-conscious eye London's Acorn House Photo: Cindy Chen The greening of the restaurant industry, an idealistic movement that took root decades ago, is now Read More...
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The contestants on Next Iron Chef from left: Michael Symon, Jill Davie, Morou Ouattara, John Besh, Gavin Kaysen, Aarón Sanchez , Chris Cosentino and Traci Des Jardins. photo: Food Network Starting to worry about what food reality show will be around when Read More...
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Citizen Cake , Elizabeth Falkner's beloved eatery on Grove Street, has closed for the rest of August for remodeling. Come September 1st, the restaurant known for its pastries is expecting to re-open with a larger dining room and bar. In the meantime if Read More...
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On Thursday, September 6th, some of San Francisco’s biggest fish will come together to prepare a sustainable seafood feast at Scott Howard restaurant to benefit the Fisheries Conservation Foundation and the American Fisheries Society . Chefs cooking at Read More...
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Do you carry your Zagat Survey with you wherever you go? Well, you don't have to anymore because earlier this week we happily announced a new (and free) way for you to find your favorite restaurant, nightspot or hotel: ZAGAT.mobi . Looking for a sushi Read More...
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The sixth annual Dine Out San Francisco, in which restaurants offer reduced rates for three-course lunch and/or dinner prix fixe meals to benefit charity, is upon us. From August 19th–23rd and 26th–30th, dine out and do good by visiting restaurants like Read More...
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Sierra Mar's new dining room photo: Sierra Mar To the delight of many, Sierra Mar at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur has reopened after six months of construction. The newly refinished dining room has the same view, which Zagat surveyors compare to “the Read More...
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We could have lived without knowing that our waiter was 'Steven from Long Beach.' Read More...
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Traci des Jardins photo: Frankie Frankeny In a bid to shepherd Jardinière , the 10-year-old tony Hayes Valley supper club and longtime hot ticket for well-heeled opera and symphony swells, into the next decade and attract a younger clientele in the process, Read More...
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One of Cow Hollow’s oldest restaurant venues will be back in action around November when Brasserie Vache takes over the venerable Prego space (2000 Union St.). The sprawling boîte, which will be run by The Bacchus Group (responsible for the newly opened Read More...
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Terra Verde at the Green Valley Ranch Resort Last night Fox wrapped up the third season of its hit kitchen reality show from chef Gordon Ramsay , Hell's Kitchen . This year the top prize went to Virginian Rock Harper , 30, who now will have "the coveted Read More...
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Spruce photo: Kevin Bond Presidio Heights’ Spruce strives to be the ultimate local-vore’s gathering spot presenting sustainable New American fare sourced directly from its own five-acre Santa Cruz Mountains farm; eco-politics may be in the background, Read More...
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Presidio Social Club photo: Dale Higgins Making good on its name, Presidio Social Club has become considerably more social now that it's kicked off its Mai Tai Sunday nights (4–9:30 PM), when the combo of a Pua Pua platter and a mai tai pitcher can be Read More...
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Out with chandeliers, in with star chefs as hotel restaurants shed their stuffy image Dean Fearing “Formal dining is dead,” declares Dean Fearing, the chef who spent two decades at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas. “I think people want to be wowed, Read More...
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Plumed Horse , the Sarasota fine-dining staple since 1952, is poised to prance again when it reopens on Saturday, August 25th, under the direction of new owners and the fresh culinary stewardship of executive chef and co-owner Peter Armellino. Armellino, Read More...
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If I wanted to be treated with distaste, I would just stay home. Read More...
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On July 29th, chef Hoss Zaré's Napa restaurant Zaré shut its doors for the last time. Zaré is also selling the property, which he had hoped to develop into an elegant new restaurant and bed and breakfast. He plans to take some time off but hopes to eventually Read More...
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In addition to Water Bar , restaurateur Pat Kuleto is also gearing up to open Epic Roasthouse, a massive, two-story steakhouse, on the north end of the newly built-out Rincon Park at 369 The Embarcadero this fall. Chef and partner Jan Birnbaum promises Read More...
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes photo: Rhino Home Video Tomato season is nearing full swing, so what better way to celebrate than with a tomato tasting menu and a classic B movie? At least, that seems to be the thinking behind Martini House 's next special Read More...
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Bar Bambino photo: Elizabeth Tichenor Sometimes it seems like you can't turn around without bumping into yet another wine bar. Over the past few months, several new ones have sprouted up around town, making it even easier to get a glass of vino. Bar Bambino Read More...
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Our waiter was very unattractive, and this being LA, I have to downgrade the Decor rating. Read More...
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Mantra Sure, we’ve lit plenty of Fourth of July fireworks and had our share of Bastille Day bashes, but here in the Bay Area, home to the largest Indian-American population in the U.S., the expats and second-generation communities are gearing up for one Read More...
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