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Basque Country

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Max's on the Square Slated to Shut, Basque's Bask, and Souvlaki

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Max's on the Square is readying to shutter. A reader alerted us to the fact that servers were given severance notices for the end of February. The restaurant confirmed they are closing, but the exact date ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Barinaga Ranch: Excellent Basque Cheese From Marin

    ​Just as the Bay Area has a shorts-to-sweater array of micro climates, it has a stunning selection of micro-cultures of cheesmaking. You can find examples of cheese styles from countries around the world and milks across the animal spectrum throughout the Bay. Barinaga Ranch in West Marin add ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Mattin Noblia of 'Top Chef': The SFoodie Interview

    ModelMayhemThe French-born chef isn't without cheesy model shots.​An ooh-la-la, scarf-wearing dirty blond, 29-year-old Biarritz native Mattin Noblia is the Frenchy eye candy -- complete with model portfolio -- of Top Chef Season Six. He opened his own restaurant, Iluna Basque, in North Beach, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    In Praise of Small, Saltwater Forage Fish

    A. SimmonsThe sardines at Contigo: Pace yourself.​According to Contigo's menu of August 15, 2009, cured anchovies from Cantabria are the finest in the world, which means they're a far cry from the mealy squiggles studding lonely lamp-lit buffet table pizza pies. An Internet excursion into the ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

    A. SimmonsThe sardines at Contigo: Pace yourself.​According to Contigo's menu of August 15, 2009, cured anchovies from Cantabria are the finest in the world, which means they're a far cry from the mealy squiggles studding lonely lamp-lit buffet table pizza pies. An Internet excursion into the ... More >>

  • Film

    April 19, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    A. SimmonsThe sardines at Contigo: Pace yourself.​According to Contigo's menu of August 15, 2009, cured anchovies from Cantabria are the finest in the world, which means they're a far cry from the mealy squiggles studding lonely lamp-lit buffet table pizza pies. An Internet excursion into the ... More >>

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Repaired Social Club

    Is Annie's Social Club the 19th Cheese of bars? And what the hell is the 19th Cheese anyway?

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2004

    Heirloom Drag

    Retro duds flee the attic

  • Culture

    September 10, 2003

    Love's Labour's Lost

    An overwrought production of Shakespeare's overwrought comedy

  • Dining

    October 2, 2002
  • Dining

    August 15, 2001

    Basque

    Bottomless Tapas

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001
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    March 1, 2000
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    January 19, 2000
  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Road to Redemption

    Bad luck and a head injury couldn't kill him. Poverty just made him stronger. Now, freewheeling Bay Area bicycling legend Mike Neel is staging another comeback by coaching professional women's racing.

  • Dining

    March 13, 1996

    Basque Bistro

    Pastis, Gerald Hirigoyen's bright and modern new restaurant, reflects his Bayonne roots

  • Dining

    October 18, 1995

    Dish

    Pastis, Gerald Hirigoyen's bright and modern new restaurant, reflects his Bayonne roots

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