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February 5, 2013Update 4:41 p.m.: Sgt. Michael Andraychak confirmed that foul play is not suspected in this case.
Original story 4:05 p.m.: A Brentwood family is asking for the public's help in finding 21-year-old Victoria "Torrie" Stevenson who has been missing since her boyfriend dropped her off in San Francisc ... More >>
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December 12, 2012All through December, SFoodie is bringing you local gift ideas for the food obsessives in your life.
Your favorite host or hostess will love that your Frog Hollow pear and Bellwether Carmody cheese bounty ($38) can be opened and devoured in fine fashion during cocktail hour. This fruity flavor comb ... More >>
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November 5, 20121987 was an interesting year -- gas was under a dollar, the world population was nearing five billion, the stock market crashed, a storm of hurricane-like power hit Southern England killing two dozen, The Simpsons started airing as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, Baby Jessica fell down a well, the ... More >>
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June 8, 2012It's that time of year: The Golden State Warriors are making a top-10 draft pick, tourists are under-dressed for the coastal breezes, and high-schoolers are being barred from graduation ceremonies because of senior pranks.This week, 51 seniors at Heritage High in Brentwood and 30 more at McClatchy H ... More >>
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March 1, 2012The prolific conservative media critic Andrew Breitbart died early this morning at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 43. He was walking near his home in Brentwood last night when he reportedly collapsed. Someone saw him fall and called 911, and paramedics attempted to revive him.The official announc ... More >>
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October 27, 2011BAGT's walking tour of downtown Berkeley.Do you love food but also worry about the sustainability of our current system? Yeah, you do. That's why you live here! They say every area gets the food tour it deserves, and so, we have Bay Area Green Tours, a non-profit that started three years ago ... More >>
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June 17, 2011beyondtheplate.netBrentwood's Frog Hollow Farm.Most people are familiar with Slow Food, the organization founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to encourage a return to traditional foodways and reconnect with the sources where our food comes from. So what if we took the same mentality and applied i ... More >>
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June 8, 2011The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene.
From a nightclub, to an art gallery, and now, a lunch spot. Tablehopper reports starting in August, 111 Minna will play host to chef Josh Birch's lunch and happy hour restaurant, Da Bettina, named after h ... More >>
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May 10, 2011A bachelor?Next year, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is supposed to release his much anticipated post-politics project, The Governator, a cartoon series based loosely on the actor turned politician's life. The animation is centered on the Governator, a washed-up politician who gets back into f ... More >>
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April 12, 2011CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.
As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>
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March 30, 2011Jonathan KauffmanSlow Hand's Texas-style barbecue ribs.
I tasted Dan Frengs' extraordinary ribs at last month's New Taste Marketplace, but Frengs' Slow Hand BBQ stand also shows up outside Mission bars The Homestead and Dirty Thieves and, farther afield, the Concord, Walnut Creek, and Brentwood f ... More >>
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March 24, 2011jrodmanjr/FlickrThe final Outside In party happens Sun., Mar. 27.Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here.
Fri., Mar. 25:
Queen of the Sun Filmmaker Screenings
Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 7 and 9 p.m.
Director Taggart Siegel will be on hand for two screenings of ... More >>
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November 1, 2010Here's what I think you should say, kidsSix dozen students at a middle school in Brentwood, a suburb 55 miles to the east, wrote to San Francisco City Hall Oct. 15 to voice views on Supervisor Eric Mar's proposed ban on Happy Meal toys, which is scheduled to be heard at today's board meeting.Unli ... More >>
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October 1, 2010A massive marijuana grow -- 15,000 plants worth an estimated $6 million -- was discovered in a Brentwood cornfield yesterday. This, once and for all, answers the questions "What's going on in Brentwood?" and "Do they grow corn there?" The plants were uncovered in the 4600 block of Orwood Ro ... More >>
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July 30, 2010peter_r/FlickrBruce Hill's margherita, coming to a neighborhood slightly nearer you.Highlights from the blogs this week:1. The imminent arrival of yet another wave of pizzerias ― Zero Zero, Ragazza, Una Pizza Napoletana, Antica Pizzeria Napoletana, not to mention something from ex-Flour Water ... More >>
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July 26, 2010Jonathan K.Playing farmer, six feet off the ground.It doesn't take very long to pick ten pounds of nectarines. In fact, it takes more effort ― self-control, really ― to pick less. I'd been meaning to go peach and nectarine picking in Brentwood again ever since a scalding afternoon in 2005 tha ... More >>
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May 25, 2010Maïa Cybelle/FlickrOn the itinerary: Devil's Gulch Ranch in Marin County.Trust us, your smartphone and a Google map will not save you in the no-signal hills of West Marin, but Bay Area Green Tours is offering a food and farm tour that sounds like it won't leave you lost.
A biodiesel-fueled ... More >>
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March 15, 2010gwen/FlickrAll the tostadas are pretty much a delight, though we're particularly fond of the pulpo.As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.
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March 10, 2010PETASean from San Lorenzo.Is there something about packing your body with un-meat that makes you hot? That's the subtext of PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest. The animal-rights group is in the 11th hour of balloting for a roster of guys and gals who are as kind, presumably, a ... More >>
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December 23, 2009Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshJeff Mason (left) and David KnoppIn other cities, partiers self-medicate with morning-after remedies like cheeseburgers and McGriddles. But here? Jeff Mason and David Knopp of Pal's Takeaway (2751 24th St. at Hampshire) have devised a hangover -cure sandwich steeped ... More >>
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November 13, 2009handsongourmet/FlickrFrog Hollow founder Al CourchesneFrog Hollow Farm has more than preserves, peaches, pears, and cherries to offer. In the past few years, the Brentwood farm has been pressing extra-virgin oil from its own olives. Taste the results at Sunday's harvest party at the East Bay ... More >>
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October 5, 2009T PalmerName: Cherry Chocolate Chip CookiesBrand: Frog Hollow FarmOrigin: BrentwoodFound at: Frog Hollow Farm Market (One Ferry Plaza at the Embarcadero)Cost: $3.50Ingredients: Organic flour, organic butter, organic sugar, eggs, Scharffen Berger chocolate, organic walnuts, organic dried cherries, ... More >>
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October 2, 2009CraigslistCreepy, right?SFoodie's weekly look at some urban essentials offered up on Craiglist.
A keg of Anchor. A bottle of Jack. A bowl of chips to dip in fly-speckled guacamole. Fuck that. We're so over mediocre parties we're going to dial in a pig roast every time we get an invitation: ... More >>
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September 15, 2009M. BrodyBeef tenderloin crudo with searing rocoto chiles.Hotly anticipated Bocanova teased visitors to Eat Real by turning them away from its pre-opening meals. The pan-Latin eatery opened for real on September 1.
At lunch on a muggy afternoon just 10 days in, we chose the lofty dining room ... More >>
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September 11, 2009Got $800? You can keep this bull from becoming hamburger.SFoodie's weekly look at some urban essentials offered up on Craiglist.
• Looking to improve your flock? Look to the city of Sebastopol, that charming namesake of a lackluster Jay Farrar solo record renowned for its apples, where one ... More >>
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July 24, 2009Shirley77/Flickr Mmmm, beefalicious! This Monday, July 27, at 6 p.m., chef-huntress Traci Des Jardins (just back from her trip to Outer Mongolia -- we're not kidding) will make an in-house appearance for a bovine-centric dinner at Jardiniere (300 Grove at Franklin) to highlight San Francisco-ba ... More >>
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June 16, 2009Safeway was well ahead of the curve as far as the country-of-origin food labeling that went into effect on March 16. Recently, the company instituted new produce signage that both informs and entices the locavores among us.
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