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January 2008 - Posts
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The Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta has a direct impact on both the people and agriculture of Northern California. On February 8th at Fort Mason, learn how it's in crisis at the second “Turning the Tables” dinner run by Food from the Parks, Read More...
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– Some local restaurants are adding a health care surcharge to diner's tabs. [ Between Meals ] – A chef shuffle at SPQR ? [ Eater SF ] – In time for the Super Bowl: Is double-dipping your chips really a health hazard? [ NYT ] – Read More...
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Waterbar photo: Kevin Bond Pat Kuleto’s two new restaurants – EPIC Roasthouse and Waterbar – officially opened today along the newly revived Embarcadero waterfront. Both boast smashing Bay Bridge vistas, world-class chefs and a shared Read More...
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Bong Su's Tết Dragon While most folks have already packed up their champagne glasses and New Year's duds, the Bay Area Asian community is gearing up for its own New Year celebrations. Both the Chinese New Year and Tết (the Vietnamese New Year) Read More...
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A scene from Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2. In homage to Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2 – and to celebrate its own eight-and-a-half years of enticing Mission diners with California-Med food and a magical courtyard – Foreign Cinema is throwing Read More...
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While you might not be able to make it to Louisiana for Mardi Gras, you can at least get some of the flavor here by the Bay. Once again, Town Hall is transforming itself into a bayou bastion for its Annual Fat Tuesday Bash on February 5th. The kitchen Read More...
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Are you ready for some football? That annual celebration of sports, advertising and television, the Super Bowl, is almost here, with the Giants and the Patriots facing-off in Arizona on February 3rd. But where to catch the game this year? Instead of staying Read More...
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The only way the tables could be closer together would be to stack them. Read More...
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Can you not get enough of watching chefs in action on shows like Kitchen Nightmares , Iron Chef , Top Chef and the rest? Been itching to get into a professional kitchen but aren't ready to give it all up to become a line-order cook? Fret not, there Read More...
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South Food + Wine Bar is very Australian. photo: Kevin Bond South Food + Wine Bar has no intention of letting diners forget Australia Day , which marks the day that the First Fleet sailed into Sydney harbor. On January 26th, South Beach's Down Under Read More...
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– When it comes to food, here's where buying organic really counts. [ Belly Full ] – The FDA has gone ahead and approved cloned meat, but the Agricultural Department wants things to move slowly. [ NY Times ] – Dining deals that won't Read More...
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The lower-level dining room at La Trappe. photo: Kevin Bond La Trappe , a midpriced Belgian newcomer, is located in North Beach, but with its subterranean setting of pew seating and arched-brick ceilings it feels just like a Trappist brewery in Europe; Read More...
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As we had reported earlier, Downtown’s mythical Myth has been sold and with the sale comes the February departure of founding chef Sean O’Brien and sommelier Alex Fox. Now, word on the street (and in the San Francisco Chronicle ) is that Carl Read More...
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Boston Chicago London Los Angeles New York City Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC Oysters, chiles and chocolate are among the many aphrodisiacs inspiring Valentine's Day menus this February 14th. And since crowds can ruin the mood, some restaurants Read More...
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Monk's Kettle photo: Kevin Bond Beer fans won’t get bored at Monk's Kettle , a new little craft-brew tavern in the Mission, which pours from a lengthy list of regional draughts and bottles; showcasing locally procured larder, artisanal cheeses Read More...
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– Michael Pollan's next book is probably going to be about orchid sex, not food. [ Chronicle ] – What hot chef is going to open up a condo-affiliated restaurant next? [ Eater SF ] – One reason why the entree is so abused of late? Read More...
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Named for the exposed steel pipes found throughout its black-toned, industrial-chic dining room, this New American hopes to be the hot new Conduit of social and prandial activity for hipsters who venture to the northern tip of the Valencia Corridor; its Read More...
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The arrival of stylish Japanese newcomer Sangha , hawking Latin-inflected sushi in an earth-toned, pebble-lined storefront dining room (which could easily be mistaken for a spa), is final proof that the once-sleepy working class Glen Park neighborhood Read More...
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Quail with figs had exactly one fig. When asked for more, the waiter replied there's one fig per customer! Read More...
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Charlie Kleinman and Jake Des Voignes have left the Fifth Floor for Fish & Farm. photo: Kevin Bond Out with the old, in with the new. The Bay Area has already begun to usher in some major changes in 2008, and here are a few: Downtown’s mythical Read More...
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– San Francisco is a quickly changing city, what with all these new tall buildings and wine bars. [ Chronicle ] – In case you were wondering, here are some food books favored by food writers. [ Diner's Journal ] – Were these truly Read More...
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Attention Macy’s shoppers: celeb chef Rick Bayless (Chicago's Frontera Grill and Topolobampo ) has opened Frontera Fresca , an affordable Mexican joint on the lower level in the food court; decked out with lime-green walls, red tiles and black Read More...
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The dining room at Kabuki Kitchen. photo: Kevin Bond Situated on the third level of Japantown’s new Sundance Cinemas Kabuki complex, Eclectic dinner-only bistro Kabuki Kitchen aims to lure an upscale audience with an organic midpriced menu with Read More...
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