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Treating Mommy Dearest To Brunch

Top Chocolatier Pairing This Saturday

Personal extensive research done strictly on your behalf has concluded that CocoaBella Chocolates has succeeded in selecting three of this country's most innovative modern candy wizards for its upcoming "Top Chocolatier Pairing Event." Missouri's Christopher Elbow (who also operates a San Francisco ... More >>

Video: Sweet Saturday at CocoaBella

(Chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt and CocoaBella owner Michael Freeman) Last Saturday, our intrepid Web editor Janine Kahn and I hit up the original location of CocoaBella Chocolates (2102 Union), joining about 30 others for the store's first Top Chocolatier Pairing of artisan chocolates and alcoho ... More >>

San Francisco Restaurant Closures Since January 1, 2009

AzieA diverse spectrum of restaurants closed across San Francisco in the first two months of the year, ranging from the celebrated Azie (opened in December of 1999, and now only available as a private event space through its next-door sister restaurant, LuLu) to now-you-see-it-now-you-don't&nbs ... More >>

Will Gay Mecca Relocate From San Francisco To Des Moines?

Disdain of San Franciscans' disdain of all things Midwestern has become nearly as clichéd as the original sin. And, yet, there's always a touch of schadenfreude anticipating city residents' chagrin whenever legitimately good news emanates from the Midwest indicating its denizens have out-progressiv ... More >>

Shaky bond insurers cost taxpayers money

Disdain of San Franciscans' disdain of all things Midwestern has become nearly as clichéd as the original sin. And, yet, there's always a touch of schadenfreude anticipating city residents' chagrin whenever legitimately good news emanates from the Midwest indicating its denizens have out-progressiv ... More >>

Fresh Lyme

Disdain of San Franciscans' disdain of all things Midwestern has become nearly as clichéd as the original sin. And, yet, there's always a touch of schadenfreude anticipating city residents' chagrin whenever legitimately good news emanates from the Midwest indicating its denizens have out-progressiv ... More >>

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Disdain of San Franciscans' disdain of all things Midwestern has become nearly as clichéd as the original sin. And, yet, there's always a touch of schadenfreude anticipating city residents' chagrin whenever legitimately good news emanates from the Midwest indicating its denizens have out-progressiv ... More >>

Stud recovery

Disdain of San Franciscans' disdain of all things Midwestern has become nearly as clichéd as the original sin. And, yet, there's always a touch of schadenfreude anticipating city residents' chagrin whenever legitimately good news emanates from the Midwest indicating its denizens have out-progressiv ... More >>

Mates of State

Bring It Back

Helping a divorcee with drugs, Eurodudes, and white supremacists

Bring It Back

Record Dork

Delving deeper than you ever wanted to go. This week: Ports Bishop's Future Friends.

All Yours

Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

Award Show Guide

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Best Affordable Acupuncture

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Best International Tapas

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Sinister Sorority

The lady is a vamp

Urban Explorer

Some of the best things our critic consumed in a year of eating around a constantly evolving town

Haunted Happenings

Halloween Listings

Get On the Bus

Fly through the air

Letters

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Eating Big Bird

Fly through the air

Night + Day

Fly through the air

Out of Africa

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Night Crawler

Fly through the air

Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

Fly through the air

Did You Know We're In the Midst of 'Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week'? Is This a Rhetorical Question?

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Radio Rahaim

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia Sued for Copyright Infringement

wired.comHopefully, Pez won't kill Frosty.Laughing Squid and San Mateo County Times report that the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, which lives in the back of a shop called Computer Spectrum, is being sued for copyright infringement by Connecticut's Pez Candy, Inc.The candy company disputes th ... More >>

Eating Civilized, Chillin' Cheap, and Dive Drinking: A Foodie Day Planner

Monday, July 6, 2009 Let's do lunch: What's more civilized than a lunch of pasta with wine? Put down that burger, says SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody, and seek out the tagliolini pepati (smoked bacon, garlic, jalapeño, arugula, and roasted tomato sauce) at Aperto (1434 18th St. at Con ... More >>

Eating Russian, Drinking Vertical, and Making Karaoke Bearable: A Foodie Day Planner

​Friday, August 7, 2009 Let's do lunch: It's counterintuitive, right? On a summer Friday, you're probably thinking sunny picnic, not frozen steppes. But, says SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, head to Russian tearoom Katia's (600 Fifth Ave. at Balboa) for the eggplant caviar and mushroom ... More >>

Recall of Green Onions Affects Three S.F. Markets

pachd.com​Normally, we'd tell you to eat your greens, but not today: our sister news blog The Snitch  alerted us to a recall of green onions that has affected three San Francisco area markets (Grub Street and SFist were all over it, too). If you've recently purchased iced green onions ( ... More >>

New Restaurants

pachd.com​Normally, we'd tell you to eat your greens, but not today: our sister news blog The Snitch  alerted us to a recall of green onions that has affected three San Francisco area markets (Grub Street and SFist were all over it, too). If you've recently purchased iced green onions ( ... More >>

New Restaurants

pachd.com​Normally, we'd tell you to eat your greens, but not today: our sister news blog The Snitch  alerted us to a recall of green onions that has affected three San Francisco area markets (Grub Street and SFist were all over it, too). If you've recently purchased iced green onions ( ... More >>

New Restaurants

pachd.com​Normally, we'd tell you to eat your greens, but not today: our sister news blog The Snitch  alerted us to a recall of green onions that has affected three San Francisco area markets (Grub Street and SFist were all over it, too). If you've recently purchased iced green onions ( ... More >>

New Restaurants

pachd.com​Normally, we'd tell you to eat your greens, but not today: our sister news blog The Snitch  alerted us to a recall of green onions that has affected three San Francisco area markets (Grub Street and SFist were all over it, too). If you've recently purchased iced green onions ( ... More >>

Haute Halloween Candy, Or How to Break Your Teeth and the Bank at the Same Time

knipschildt.comLa Madeline au Truffe: Yours for a mere $250.​Most of us are more than happy with whatever sort of candy we can manage to score during Halloween. Luckily, there are some upscale options for those with champagne taste who won't settle for anything but the ludicrously pricey. Check ou ... More >>

A Bun Cha Defense Against Winter: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Danny P./YelpOne way of dealing with the day's abundant gloom.​Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 Maybe it's the whole shortest day of the year thing (though, believe us, if you're stuck in line at Best Buy, it's going to seem about as endless as Terminator Salvation), but we're craving food from a cuisin ... More >>

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

Papito: Mexican (with a French Accent) on Potrero Hill

Alex HochmanPapito's onion ring-topped heirloom tomato and cactus salad.​"Bonsoir!" A voice with a thick French accent greeted us last night on entering Papito, the long-delayed, just-opened Potrero Hill Mexican spot from Jocelyn Bulow, of Chez Papa fame. While the front of the small room is d ... More >>

Chat's Bistro to Open in Old Klein's Deli Space on Potrero Hill

Alex HochmanWhen it opens on (or after) Oct. 15, Chat's Bistro will offer simple breakfasts and lunches.​Potrero Hillians who've spent the past year watching the former Klein's Deli (501 Connecticut, at 20th St.) sit depressingly empty can now breathe a sigh of relief: Chat's Bistro will be mo ... More >>

Branch Libraries Host Free Gingerbread Parties

davecobb/FlickrThings can get gory.​It's not till you're older, with a 420-fueled freakout over that late-night session with Chucky under your belt, that things like gingerbread men can seem sinister. When you're a kid gingerbread men are charming ― something you can verify by watching the l ... More >>

Out with the Kids: Goat Hill Pizza's Neighborhood Mondays

Alex HochmanGoat Hill Pizza's Sarah Stanford serves up a veggie combo.​A family night out for pizza is supposed to be an easy meal, but rarely is. The main issue: topping differences. My oldest daughter wants ham and pineapple while my youngest actually likes vegetables (damned California kids ... More >>

Kamala Harris Files Brief Supporting Federal Health Care Reform

This won't hurt a bit...​California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit seeking to aid the defense of President Barack Obama's landmark health care legislation.The so-called Affordable Care Act, perhaps Obama's most significant legisla ... More >>

Where Have All the Stoners Gone?

Hey stoners, do you really want Sarah Palin as an ally?​It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a medical marijuana bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizona or a Montana, where la ... More >>

"Martha Marcy May Marlene": Thriller Deftly Portrays Psychological Torment

Hey stoners, do you really want Sarah Palin as an ally?​It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a medical marijuana bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizona or a Montana, where la ... More >>

Lustful Housewife

Hey stoners, do you really want Sarah Palin as an ally?​It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a medical marijuana bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizona or a Montana, where la ... More >>

New Obesity Prevention Tactic: Take Two Chard Leaves and Call Me in the Morning

XuRa / ShutterstockNo, it doesn't come in a pill form.​According to an article this morning in the Bay Citizen, a group of pediatricians at Oakland's Highland Hospital have begun testing out a new tactic for reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes in children: writing prescriptions for fruits an ... More >>

Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson and the Rabid Right

XuRa / ShutterstockNo, it doesn't come in a pill form.​According to an article this morning in the Bay Citizen, a group of pediatricians at Oakland's Highland Hospital have begun testing out a new tactic for reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes in children: writing prescriptions for fruits an ... More >>