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Bottle Rock: Napa Festival's Attempt To Combine Food, Wine, and Music Falls Short

It seems like a good idea on paper: Throw a music festival in wine country where guests can go wine-tasting and sample some of the region's best restaurants in between musical acts. That was the focus of Bottle Rock, a new festival thrown in a park in downtown Napa that combines stadium-filling rock ... More >>

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SF Weekly Letters

Rich Table's Inaugural Fried Chicken Dinner Was A Down-Home Good Time

Last night I attended Rich Table's inaugural Sally Hurricane Southern Fried Chicken Dinner, in which the so-hot-right-now restaurant transformed itself into a casual chicken joint on a night it's usually dark. Sally Hurricane was co-owner Sarah Rich's nickname when she was a kid, and the meal was he ... More >>

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Attention, College Students: SF Weekly Is Hiring Summer Interns

Calling all college students: Have you ever thought it would be fun to be a food writer or restaurant critic? It is! And SF Weekly will help you get your foot in the door and clips under your belt with a summer internship. As an intern, you'll get to know the S.F. food scene through collecting inf ... More >>

Testing Out Lunch At FiDi's New Foundation Cafe

The Financial District certainly isn't lacking for midday lunch options, but there's been a recent spate of openings that focus on what NoCal does best: local, seasonal, sustainable cuisine. First was Shorty Goldstein's, a deli with everything made in-house that's won some early raves. There's also ... More >>

Check Out a Fresh Pasta Pop-Up Shop This Saturday

Mattarello, a local artisan pasta company named for the rolling pin that Italians use to roll pasta, will be holding a pasta shop pop-up this Saturday, April 6 at Biondivino from 3-6 p.m. The menu will include nests of fresh pasta like tagliatelle, pappardelle, whole-wheat fettuccine, parsley-garlic ... More >>

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Bi-Rite Opens Second Location, Divisadero Will Never Be the Same

In what is one of the most anticipated expansions in the city this year, Bi-Rite Market opened its doors on its second location on Divisadero today. The boutique market, formerly only found on 18th between Guerrero and Dolores, is a foodie haven, with hundreds of small-batch, locally sourced, hard-t ... More >>

Behind the Pastry: Blue Bottle's New Edith Heath Bars

Blue Bottle is known for its coffee, but its pastry program -- headed up by Miette alum (and wife of owner James Freeman) Caitlin Freeman -- is starting to get a following in its own right. The team makes beautiful, art-inspired desserts at SFMOMA and thoughtful, rustic cookies and cakes for its caf ... More >>

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Why There's a Line at Trick Dog (Hint: It's Not Why You Think)

Trick Dog, the newest bar from booze barons The Bon Vivants, has been, in its fledgling month, deemed a success. With strong, original drinks lovingly crafted by some of the best in the business and an affordable, delicious, food menu (served 'till 1:30 to boot), it prompted our our own Anna Roth to ... More >>

The Return of The Dollar Oyster List

Since editor Anna Roth recently put Hangtown Fry back in our brains, we've decided to revive an old tradition at SFoodie called the Dollar Oyster List. Like Taco Tuesdays, cheap oysters is still thankfully a thing around these parts. Feel free to let us know of any additions in the comments and we'l ... More >>

Our Food & Drink Resolutions for the New Year

We're still heavy in New Year's Resolution-making mode over here at SFoodie. But instead of the usual ones about eating more vegetables, drinking less, and working out more -- all well-intentioned, but boring -- we've decided to make some food and drink resolutions this year that will actually be a ... More >>

Make Road Tripping Tastier With These Food-Navigating Presents

All through December, SFoodie is bringing you local gift ideas for the food obsessives in your life. Sending a fruitcake this year just ain't gonna cut it, it's time to step up the gift-giving by being a bit more thoughtful and creative -- which, luckily, does not necessarily entail spending a lot ... More >>

Gung Ho Now Serving Lunch and Dinner in the Design District

The other day we stopped into the Design District's new Gung Ho, a casual "San Francisco-style Asian" restaurant across the street from the fortress of Zynga. It's the first brick-and-mortar from Seoul Patch pop-up chef Eric Ehler, and we predict it will be insanely popular with the office lunch and ... More >>

SF Weekly Seeks Interns for Food Section and Blog

Dear would-be food writers and critics: We want you. SF Weekly is seeking an intern for its food section (Fresh Eats) and this very blog. As an intern, you'll get to know various sectors of the S.F. food scene through collecting info, interviewing chefs and food producers, attending events, and con ... More >>

Off the Grid Returns to Front & Vallejo

In its continuing quest to take over the world (not that we mind), Off the Grid has re-opened its lunchtime market near Levi's Plaza after a five-month hiatus. We stopped by the food truck gathering at Vallejo and Front to check out the scene and get some grub. There were five trucks in all, and aft ... More >>

"No, You're Boring": 1058 Hoagie Lashes Out Against This Week's Review

When you write criticism for a living, it's your job to dish out the bad along with the good. I had high hopes for 1058 Hoagie, the new sandwich shop from Adam Mesnick, the owner of the excellent Deli Board, but when I reviewed it this week in the paper I found some of the new hoagies to be lacking ... More >>

Parlor 1255 is Now Open in Levi Plaza

There aren't many lunch options around the SF Weekly offices, and so we're excited to announce that Parlor 1255 in Levi Plaza (1255 Battery) has started serving lunch as of today. The "creamery and eatery" has an ambitious list of sandwiches and salads along with smoothies and fresh ice cream and fr ... More >>

We Tried the Three-Martini Lunch at Park Tavern and Lived to Tell the Tale

As soon as I heard about Park Tavern's new three-martini lunch, I took it as a Mad Men-style challenge. The North Beach restaurant recently began offering a three-course prix-fixe lunch menu on Fridays that features farmers' market produce and special cocktail pairings with each course (there are ro ... More >>

In Which Our Italian Sub Craving Takes Us to Molinari's

If you're a food person, restaurants are right up there with friends as the hardest things to leave behind when you move. I've been in San Francisco for a few months now, just enough time to develop a serious craving for the glorious Godmother sandwich from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica. It's an I ... More >>

Cut Above: Machine Deli's Breakfast Sandwiches and House-Cured Meats

The folks behind Foreign Cinema and Show Dogs opened the wee coffee shop/sandwich stand Machine Coffee & Deli a few weeks ago, next to Show Dogs at the corner of Sixth and Market. The Four Barrel coffee is a draw, but there's one other thing that caught our attention: Daily rotating breakfast sandwi ... More >>

Meatopia Report and More From Oakland's Eat Real Fest, Going on All Weekend

Meatopia's first West Coast event was less hedonistic than its New York brother, but we still enjoyed food from some of the best meat chefs in the country last night during the Eat Real Fest in Jack London Square. Our far-and-away favorite bite was the pulled pork shoulder, cheesy grits, and vinegar ... More >>

Braving Brunch: Long Lines, Heavenly Eggs Benedict at Mission Beach Cafe

Notorious for its long lines, brunching in the city can easily turn into a whole-day affair. That's why SFoodie is proud to present its newest series, "Braving Brunch," your go-to resource for navigating the mid-morning meal. The Spot: Mission Beach Cafe The Neighborhood: Mission The Cuisine: New A ... More >>

Score Bargain Cookbooks at the Library's Big Book Sale

Hey fellow cookbook obsessives, you should go to the 48th Annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason put on by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. The sale started today in the hanger-like Festival Pavilion and will continue through the weekend, and there are two huge tables of all manner of cooker ... More >>

Burger Watch: At Southern Pacific Brewing, It Comes With Sage Fries

We'd heard a lot about the design of the newish Southern Pacific Brewing -- the soaring 7,500 square foot warehouse space at the terminus of the old Southern Pacific train line, the building materials reclaimed from the site's former machine shop, the live trees growing inside -- but not a lot about ... More >>

The Best Things We're Eating and Drinking at Outside Lands: Day 2

We're eating like crazy at Outside Lands and bringing you the good and the bad. Check out yesterday's recommendations for fried pickles, Outside Lands saison beer, Malaysian nachos, and more. Lamb Poutine from The Whole Beast Make trek up to Michael Mina's pop-up at Outside Lambs for this meaty and ... More >>

The Best Things We're Eating and Drinking at Outside Lands

With 65 restaurants, 16 breweries, and 49 wineries on the grounds this year, Outside Lands has expanded to be one of the biggest food festivals in San Francisco. At the festival, you can visit Beer Lands, Wine Lands, Choco Lands, Lamb Lands (!), food stands from critically acclaimed restaurants, foo ... More >>

See Jelly Belly Portraits of Your Favorite Historical Figures

We were in the proximity of the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield over the weekend and stopped by ostensibly to stock up on the cheap two-pound bags of misshapen "belly flops." But we really wanted to visit the weird and wonderful folk art portraits of famous historical figures like Benjamin Franklin ... More >>

The Little Chihuahua: Not Our Fave Breakfast Burrito in S.F.

7x7's list of S.F.'s best breakfast burritos hit our social media stream over the weekend, which thrilled us because breakfast burritos are our hangover cure of choice. But unfortunately we can't sign off on The Little Chihuahua, which we'd been disappointed by only the day before. The burrito's ing ... More >>

Meet Anna Roth, S.F. Weekly's New Lead Food Critic

Here's some good news from the food desk: Starting July 16, author/editor/good person Anna Roth will take over the role of S.F. Weekly's lead food writer, restaurant critic, and SFoodie blog wrangler.You might know Roth from her work at eHow Food, Citysearch, her Tumblr, or her excellent book o ... More >>