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May 11, 2012
Food Trucks and Celebrity Chefs to Celebrate Asian Heritage
Organizers of the 8th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the country, promise the event will allow visitors from around the world to come together in the greatest cultural exchange humanity has yet come yup with: eating. A smorgasbord of f ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Chucky Dugo's Recipe for Hazelnut-Ricotta Cake with Huckleberries
As part of SFoodie's interview with Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for the Charles Phan restaurant group (read part one here and part two here), we asked Dugo for one of his current favorite recipes. Dugo recently put this dessert on the menu at Wo Hing General Store, answering customers' requests for a c ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Q&A With Slanted Door's Chucky Dugo, part 2: Saying No to Fusion and Yes to Klondike Bars
Alanna HaleChucky Dugo, Slanted Door's head pastry chef, clearly receiving inspiration from the heavens.Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for Charles Phan's restaurants -- including Slanted Door, Out the Door, and Wo Hing General Store -- started his career in San Francisco, but talked his way into ru ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
James Beard Awards Announce Semifinalists: Bay Area's Well Represented, Obviously
The day has come for the James Beard Foundation to announce the semifinalists for the 2012 Restaurant Awards. As SFoodie has written before, the finals can resemble the Oscars in that they're often career awards rather than a measure of how the nominees are performing at this very moment. Tha ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Q&A With Slanted Door's Chucky Dugo, part 1: From Paris-Brest to Taipei and Back
Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for Charles Phan's restaurants -- including Slanted Door, Out the Door, and the Moss Room -- grew up in a small town in the Central Valley with a big Italian family. Meals, especially at holidays, were a multi-dozen-person affair, with grandmothers bearing homemade breads an ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Charles Phan's New Project, the Penthouse Club & Steakhouse, and Medjool Changes
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. While physicaly not far from his Ferry Building restaurant the Slanted Door, Charles Phan's pending restaurant on Pier 3 will be world's away when it comes to cuisine and décor. SFGate reports that the f ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Five Mall Food Court Finds S.F. Foodies Can Stomach
The typical mall food court is the culinary equivalent of The Epcot Center -- a rickety selection of "ethnic" delights poorly prepared and served lukewarm to the grinning consumers of modern America. There the fruits of the world's gastronomic endeavors are reduced to their most basic, blan ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
San Francisco's Top Ten Cocktail Bars
Lou BustamanteBar Agricole's moonraker: Now that's a beaut.In the last few years, finding a bad drink in San Francisco has become harder than finding a good one. In nearly every neighborhood you'll find a bar filled with fresh juices, high-quality spirits, and a talented bartender conducting ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Burma Superstar's New Location and The Ice Cream Bar Readies to Open
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. With an hour-and-half average wait time (on a Tuesday!) at the original Burma Superstar on Clement, we can't say we're surprised the owners are looking to open their fourth (second in the City) location. ... More >>
Dining
January 4, 2012
Wo Hing General Store: Charles Phan Tries Cantonese Food
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. With an hour-and-half average wait time (on a Tuesday!) at the original Burma Superstar on Clement, we can't say we're surprised the owners are looking to open their fourth (second in the City) location. ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Wo Hing General Store: Cantonese Home Cooking Not for the Masses
It took me a few weeks to sort through my feelings about Charles Phan's new Wo Hing General Store, the subject of this week's full-length restaurant review in the paper. The Slanted Door owner is nationally known for Vietnamese food, but here he's finally applying the Phan treatment -- simple foo ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
The New Year Ushers In New Restaurants, Closures, and Other Changes
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. New places to grab a bite: Tablehopper has the deets on two new spots. Manzoni, the family-style Italian joint is now open in Glen Park (2790 Diamond at Chenery) and tomorrow, out in the Sunset, Sheng Kee ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Brooke Arthur, Wo Hing's Cocktail Creator, on the Mission's Cocktail Culture
Lou BustamanteFew in the bar industry have been on such a consistent and stellar climb as Brooke Arthur. With a rare combination of remarkable talent, humility, and good nature, it's no surprise Arthur has been tapped to lead such high profile bar programs such as Range, Prospect, and now Charles ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Wo Hing Cocktail Creator Brooke Arthur on Balancing the New and the Familiar
Lou BustamanteFew in the bar industry have been on such a consistent and stellar climb as Brooke Arthur. With a rare combination of remarkable talent, humility, and good nature, it's no surprise Arthur has been tapped to lead such high profile bar programs such as Range, Prospect, and now Charles ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Wo Hing General Store Readies to Open, and the latest Tacolicious and Mosto On the Way
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Charles Phan's Wo Hing General Store will officially open tomorrow. Eater SF gives a sneak peek inside the Chinese street food-inspired restaurant during a test-run dinner. The Mission restaurant's sleek ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Clairvoyant Cafe Owner, Casey's Pizza and Bomb Truck Roll Out
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A clairvoyant, match-making cafe owner? Maybe sitcom writers have run out ideas. Inside Scoop shares a Craigslist casting call for a local pilot in which a female café owner uses special powers to help s ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Bi-Rite's Bouncer, Tyler Florence Fires, and Trace Opens
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Waiting behind the red rope for the bouncer to let the group in to Bi-Rite Market has become an unusual, busy-weekend ritual. Grub Street shares, via the Uptown Almanac, with the Fire Marshal keeping tabs ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Hot Water Is Everything, A Food Insult, Lucky 11, and the Dog Days
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Yesterday we shared that the Hawaiian restaurant Hukilau was closed on Tuesday by the Department of Public Health for reported health hazards. Apparently the owners got to work sprucing the place up, and ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Agricole Rhum Punch, a Classic Cocktail at Slanted Door
Tamara PalmerWith this week's big news that Slanted Door owner Charles Phan plans to revive his original restaurant space in the Mission District as Wo Hing General Store, a new Chinese restaurant with a heavy focus on both alcoholic and virgin drinks, we thought it a good time to toast with a co ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
What to Do This Weekend, July 9-10
Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Sat., July 9 Family Pasta Making Class Ferry Building, 2-4 p.m. Anthony Strong of Locanda is teaming up with Charles Phan of the Slanted Door for an East/West tutorial on Italian and Asian noodle-making. Using farm-fresh eggs and wheat ground o ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Learn Pasta Making from the Stars
Family Pasta Making Class Where: Ferry Building When: Sat., July 9, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $30/$15 for kids 12 and under The rundown: If you're anything like us, you went green when you heard about Sprouts Cooking Club, the star-studded summer camp for aspiring gastronomes aged 16 and under. Well, this ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Bi-Rite, Frances, Slanted Door, and Delfina All Cook for Mission High
Allan Ferguson/FlickrSite of the Mission's biggest-ever popup resturant.Two years ago, when Mission High School had some of the lowest California Standards Test scores in the state, Principal Eric Guthertz promised the students that if they raised their scores, he'd get a tattoo of the school mas ... More >>
Dining
March 2, 2011
Shark's Fin — Understanding the Political Soup
Allan Ferguson/FlickrSite of the Mission's biggest-ever popup resturant.Two years ago, when Mission High School had some of the lowest California Standards Test scores in the state, Principal Eric Guthertz promised the students that if they raised their scores, he'd get a tattoo of the school mas ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Is Banning Shark's Fin Racist?
Today, the San Francisco Chronicle surveyed the battle emerging over a recently introduced state assembly bill proposing to ban the sale and import of shark's fin throughout California. The pro and con camps are defining it as a fight over cultural heritage versus environmental conservation.Accor ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Charles Phan Hopes the Mission Likes Him Better Now, Bai Thong Opens
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Jay B. at Grub Street talks to Charles Phan about his plans for the original Slanted Door location at 584 Valencia St. They're still quite vague, but Grub Street says the concept is more likely ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
John T. Edge Hosts Conference Session at SF Street Food Festival
Angie MosierJohn T. Edge moderates a talk on truck culture, Aug. 22.The La Cocina-organized SF Street Food Festival is just 10 days off (the daylong fest drops Saturday, Aug. 21). This year's vendors: a familiar mix of mobile vendors and restaurants ― culled mostly from the Mission ― serv ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
What We Crave: The Pork Buns at Heaven's Dog
Ed U./YelpIf we could, we'd buy 'em by the sack.Charles Phan's Heaven's Dog elevates Americanized, non-region-specific Chinese food from the realm of fold-out delivery menus, red-and-white takeout boxes, and gloppy sauces cloaking fried nuggets of indeterminate meat to slicker, more stylish, ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Skool's Star Rises, Luna Taqueria's Dims, Charles Phan Demonstrates His Savvy
A summary of the past 72 hours of rumor, innuendo, and straight-up facts about San Francisco restaurant openings and closings. Carolyn A. at Eater SF is the first out of the gate to report that Skool (1725 Alameda, at De Haro, 255-8800, www.skoolsf.com) has opened for lunch today from a group of ... More >>
Dining
June 9, 2010
Ready when you are: People who wait for brunch? Not us
A summary of the past 72 hours of rumor, innuendo, and straight-up facts about San Francisco restaurant openings and closings. Carolyn A. at Eater SF is the first out of the gate to report that Skool (1725 Alameda, at De Haro, 255-8800, www.skoolsf.com) has opened for lunch today from a group of ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
How Much Is That Art in the Window?
A summary of the past 72 hours of rumor, innuendo, and straight-up facts about San Francisco restaurant openings and closings. Carolyn A. at Eater SF is the first out of the gate to report that Skool (1725 Alameda, at De Haro, 255-8800, www.skoolsf.com) has opened for lunch today from a group of ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Old Mint Rolls Out Three Weekends of Culinary Events
Some events you won't be able to afford. Others cost just $10. The Old Mint is closed to the public and only sporadically open for private events, but the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society has planned an exhibit and series of events to give unprecedented access to the gorgeous and o ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Out the Door's Argument-Worthy Ginger Snaps
Tamara PalmerWhile we've come to know the various locations of Charles Phan's Out the Door as decent places for dessert, the mini-chain's crystallized ginger snap cookies ($5) are a revelation. They're pleasingly crisp and dark due to the use of molasses, but the little strips of candied rhiz ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Outstanding in the Field Announces 2010 Dates
Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
James Beard Semifinalists Announced
The semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Restaurant Awards were announced today, and not surprisingly, the Bay Area has shown well. Also not surprising are many of the people on the list. Of the 35 Bay Area semifinalists named, 14 are repeats from the semifinals last year (marked with an asteri ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Hair of the Dog: Diner Pancakes by Way of Vietnam at Out the Door Bush
C. AlburgerThe buttermilk pancakes at Out the Door Bush: Mayberry by way of Asia.Most of us have our preferred poison, be it PBR, Pinot, or mixology's latest love child. For mornings after one or 10 too many, SFoodie offers Hair of the Dog, our weekly recommendation on where to run when a han ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Audio from Last Month's Commonwealth Club Street-Food Panel Discussion Now Available
Meredith BrodyAnthony Myint (left) and Brian KimballMissed last month's panel discussion on street food at the Commonwealth Club? No worries -- audio is now available. To refresh: On Oct. 29, SFoodie contributor Tamara Palmer moderated The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart, a discussio ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
At the Commonwealth Club Last Night, a Diverse Panel Chews on Street Food's Challenges
m. BrodyMission Street Food's Anthony Myint (left) with Magic Curry Kart's Brian Kimball.A full house celebrated San Francisco's street-food scene at last night's panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club, The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart, moderated by SFoodie blogger Tamara Palme ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Don't Forget: Commonwealth Club's Look at S.F. Street Food is This Thursday
markevnic72/FlickrIt was the summer of love for S.F.'s food carts.A reminder: SFoodie's Tamara Palmer is moderating a panel of high- and low-end contributors to S.F.'s street food scene this Thursday at the Commonwealth Club's The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart. Speakers range from ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Sans Cart
markevnic72/FlickrIt was the summer of love for S.F.'s food carts.A reminder: SFoodie's Tamara Palmer is moderating a panel of high- and low-end contributors to S.F.'s street food scene this Thursday at the Commonwealth Club's The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart. Speakers range from ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
Local Flavor: Shredded Pork Shoulder with Chá Truong Vit
J. BirdsallDish: Shredded pork shoulder, served with Vietnamese pork quiche with duck egg (chá truong vit) ($12) Source: Out the Door, 2232 Bush (at Fillmore) Breakdown: This is two dishes in one: a tangle of cold pork and pork skin sanded with toasted rice powder, served with a wedge of col ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
NorCal Asia Society Eighty-Sixes David Chang After New York Chef's Diss of S.F. Restaurants
NYC Wine & Food FestivalBlame it on the ah-ah-ah-alcohol.A spokesman for the Asia Society confirmed that the organization canceled an event with New York superchef David Chang for Nov. 9, after Chang made disparaging remarks about chefs in San Francisco. "Regrettably, it's true," said Robert ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Fish & Farm's Chad Newton: The SFoodie Interview
C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Thank Heaven's Dog for Buns
There's much to praise about Charles Phan's newest restaurant venture Heaven's Dog (1148 Mission). But if you want to go straight to the heart of it and don't have the time or means to carry out a full sit-down reservation, here's an idea: Belly up to the bar, lounge or adjacent noodle bar and or ... More >>
Dining
January 7, 2009
Below Expectations
Dining is unexpectedly hidden under the new planetarium and aquarium in Golden Gate Park.
Dining
September 24, 2008
Victuals Tour
Come along as we walk (and eat) our way through the Ferry Building.
Dining
October 11, 2006
Work in Progress
Our early responder finds some good things to eat among some chaff at S.F.'s new retail paradise
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September 24, 1997
Night+Day
Our early responder finds some good things to eat among some chaff at S.F.'s new retail paradise

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