Luis ChongSaturday's street-food serving of chashu kimchi ramen: Better than homemade.If you find yourself hungry in the Mission after midnight on a Saturday ― just like we were last weekend ― your options are no longer limited to a few taquerias. Now you can add ramen to your short list ... More >>
Now till Dec. 31, SFoodie is counting down the city's top alternative food and restaurant trends of 2009 -- the ones you won't be reading about in the Chron. See also: No. 8: Sportin' Wood; No. 9: Street-Food Busts; No. 10: Porn Star Chefs S.F. Alt Foodie Trend No. 8: Tweet, Tweet It wasn't ... More >>
M. LaddThe Mexican raw-foods restaurant is a spinoff of Cafe Gratitude.Café Gratitude offshoot Gracias Madre is now open for business at 2211 Mission (at 18th St.), but when we tried to check out the vegan glories of its raw-food Mexican menu today, we found a "closed" sign. M. LaddSay what? ... More >>
M. LaddThe Mexican raw-foods restaurant is a spinoff of Cafe Gratitude.Café Gratitude offshoot Gracias Madre is now open for business at 2211 Mission (at 18th St.), but when we tried to check out the vegan glories of its raw-food Mexican menu today, we found a "closed" sign. M. LaddSay what? ... More >>
Susu/FlickrWhy so quiet?People take pity on empty bars, bleak little dives with dart boards and televisions. In a dead room, there's no need to shout, which makes for better conversation. Likewise, everyone gets a seat. Drinkers can spread out. No one scoops up the wrong pint. Restaurants, h ... More >>
zipweimar/FlickrComing soon to a dome near you: the launch party for Dine About Town 2010. The citywide budget dining promotion runs Jan. 15-31, but to get things rolling, Dina About Town is hosting a kickoff bash under the Westfield San Francisco Centre dome (845 Market at Fourth St.) on Jan ... More >>
The building once housed a Chinese bank.Credo, the FiDi trattoria owned by political consultant and real estate macher Clint Reilly, is planning a Jan. 18 opening, according to GM Tim Felkner. Chef of the 75-seat restaurant in a one-time Chinese bank at 360 Pine (at Leidesdorff) is Italian-tr ... More >>
The building once housed a Chinese bank.Credo, the FiDi trattoria owned by political consultant and real estate macher Clint Reilly, is planning a Jan. 18 opening, according to GM Tim Felkner. Chef of the 75-seat restaurant in a one-time Chinese bank at 360 Pine (at Leidesdorff) is Italian-tr ... More >>
The building once housed a Chinese bank.Credo, the FiDi trattoria owned by political consultant and real estate macher Clint Reilly, is planning a Jan. 18 opening, according to GM Tim Felkner. Chef of the 75-seat restaurant in a one-time Chinese bank at 360 Pine (at Leidesdorff) is Italian-tr ... More >>
Eating in Translation/FlickrNonya enough?Curry mee is a delicious dish with a great name. When you're settling into a table at Singapore Malaysian (836 Clement at Ninth Ave.), ravenous enough to chew on the menu, it's quite fun to say, or, ideally, howl, spoon and fork already in hand, mouth ... More >>
VinDivine R./FlickrBruschette trio: Simultaneously polished and rustic.At yesterday's kickoff lunch for Barbacco, GM Umberto Gibin and Chef Staffan Terje watched as their polished second venture packed 'em in at around 1 p.m. Asked how things were going, Gibin replied, "So far, so good." Con ... More >>
Perhaps it's because we live in a city with a perpetual case of Peter Pan syndrome, or that we spend too much time on the Internet, with all its openness and a la carte app-happiness. But there's something that appeals to us about thinking of food as a free agent. New S.F.-based startup Foodspotting ... More >>
The ninth annual, crazily successful Dine About Town promotion starts tomorrow. Quick recap for the uninitiated: Twice a year, for two weeks, a huge number of restaurants ranging from neighborhood bistros to high-end downtown spots offer lower-cost, prix-fixe meals. The promotion puts diners in s ... More >>
There's a certain kick we all get from discovering the next big thing before someone else does. In Silicon Valley, if you're launching a company, you offer potential users the opportunity to sneak a peak at a product or service in exchange for volunteer beta testing and general patronage. It's a po ... More >>
J. BirdsallAs a 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, a different one each day. Tweet your own nominations ― extra points for pics ― to @SFoodie.
J. BirdsallAs a 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, a different one each day. Tweet your own nominations ― extra points for pics ― to @SFoodie.
T. PalmerYats' gumbo: Now appearing at Jack's?We got a call from Yats owner Yon Davis last night. On Wednesday, we reported that Jack's Club ― the Potrero Flats bar where, until mid-December, Yats served up a roster of New Orleans dishes -- seemed to have appropriated Yats' menu. Davis told ... More >>
L. ChongNiku jaga, Japanese beef and potato stew.Sanraku at the Metreon has unveiled a list of a dozen Japanese small plates, available at happy hour, 3 to 7 p.m. daily. We enjoyed every morsel of the dishes we tried: • Nanbanzuke, a stack of tiny whole fish marinated in vinegar • Japane ... More >>
New dining room, same view.Greens, the venerable vegetarian restaurant in Fort Mason, turned 30 late last year. San Francisco restaurant years are about the same as dog years, so that makes Greens . . . practically immortal. The benefits of a vegetarian diet, we suppose. After 30 years, Greens' v ... More >>
New dining room, same view.Greens, the venerable vegetarian restaurant in Fort Mason, turned 30 late last year. San Francisco restaurant years are about the same as dog years, so that makes Greens . . . practically immortal. The benefits of a vegetarian diet, we suppose. After 30 years, Greens' v ... More >>
Perhaps the only bathroom art Thomas Keller has ever signed. ... you probably noticed the framed menus that tile the walls, a sort of miniature salon for the educated diner. When I called up Jeff Banker before filing this week's review of the Pacific Heights bistro, I asked the chef about the gal ... More >>
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.
Ai M./YelpTo some, Fort Mason standby Greens is dullsville with a nice view; to others, it's a delectable institution worth preserving, a relic that stirs up waves of nostalgia in those who have grazed on its quintessential cruelty-free California fare for the past 30 years. On Valentine's Da ... More >>
Jessica O./YelpBuffalo-style deep-fried seitan: Going, going ...Vegansaurus' mrpenguino was drop-the-F-bomb ecstatic yesterday at news that Weird Fish had brought back vegan-friendly deep-fried seitan. Last week, mrpenguino penned a rage-filled post about the Mission restaurant apparently pul ... More >>
Jessica O./YelpBuffalo-style deep-fried seitan: Going, going ...Vegansaurus' mrpenguino was drop-the-F-bomb ecstatic yesterday at news that Weird Fish had brought back vegan-friendly deep-fried seitan. Last week, mrpenguino penned a rage-filled post about the Mission restaurant apparently pul ... More >>
Jessica O./YelpBuffalo-style deep-fried seitan: Going, going ...Vegansaurus' mrpenguino was drop-the-F-bomb ecstatic yesterday at news that Weird Fish had brought back vegan-friendly deep-fried seitan. Last week, mrpenguino penned a rage-filled post about the Mission restaurant apparently pul ... More >>
Mike L./YelpThe last tenant was the exuberantly stripey Maritime East.In tomorrow's Scoop, Stacy Finz reports that ex-SFoodie blogger, avid Chowhound, and out-of-work tech writer Robert Lauriston is making the leap into restaurant ownership. He's taking over the old Maritime East and Zax Tave ... More >>
Or, the Whale (with our waiter giving the thumbs up)Funny thing: I was eating at the Divisadero outpost of Herbivore recently, and a friendly waiter started chatting with my table about music. The conversation lead eventually to his band, which, he said, had just completed a cover of Britney Spea ... More >>
The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>
The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>
The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>
La Victoria Bakery has been in business on 24th Street since 1951, back when the Mission was an Italian-Irish Neighborhood. The Maldonado family, who make some of San Francisco's best pan dulce, have seen their business expand into a restaurant, contract back into a bakery, and now expand again i ... More >>
djrajah/FlickrWhen Roger Feely was telling SFoodie about the cart-astic party Mission bakery La Victoria is hosting this Saturday, he dropped another piece of news: He's not just renting out space in the bakery's expansive production kitchens. Feely's Soul Cocina, a stalwart on the food-cart scen ... More >>
L.ChongCollagen-rich tendons turn the broth milky.There are many ramen styles in Japan ― one of our favorites is tonkotsu ramen, a broth made from pork bones and collagen-rich tendons, cooked for days to produce a very tasty cloudy white soup. (Don't confuse it with tonkatsu, the breaded an ... More >>
Click to enlarge.All hail the arrival of the year of the metal tiger! This week, in celebration of Chinese New Year, SFoodie drove around town picking up Chinese New Year banquet menus, then asked Adobo Hobo's Ed Chui and his parents to translate. We'll be rolling out the menus on SFoodie over th ... More >>
Click to enlarge.In honor of the blossoming year of the metal tiger, last week SFoodie drove around San Francisco picking up New Year's menus ― a million thanks to Adobo Hobo's Ed Chui and his parents for translating them for us. 2010: Sponsored by Kellogg's.We'll be rolling out the menu ... More >>
Click to enlarge.In honor of the blossoming year of the metal tiger, last week SFoodie drove around San Francisco picking up New Year's menus ― a million thanks to Adobo Hobo's Ed Chui and his parents for translating them for us. 2010: Sponsored by Kellogg's.We'll be rolling out the menu ... More >>
Click to enlarge.The year of the iron tiger officially arrived last weekend, but Chinese restaurants around the Bay Area are offering special New Year's banquet menus over the course of the next few weeks. Soundtrack for 2010.SFoodie drove around the city collecting some of them, which Adobo H ... More >>
M. LaddEgg beaters: Brunch condiments at Baby Blues BBQ.Brunch ruts can set in without warning, till all of a sudden you're seated on a bolt-down at Just For You, scanning a menu you've studied dozens of times, thinking: WTF. Fortunately, like a fresh pot of coffee at the Bunn station, a new ... More >>
M. LaddEgg beaters: Brunch condiments at Baby Blues BBQ.Brunch ruts can set in without warning, till all of a sudden you're seated on a bolt-down at Just For You, scanning a menu you've studied dozens of times, thinking: WTF. Fortunately, like a fresh pot of coffee at the Bunn station, a new ... More >>
jen maiser/FlickrYou never know exactly what you'll find.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.
jen maiser/FlickrYou never know exactly what you'll find.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.
hyperbolation/FlickrLunch at Han Il Kwan.You have questions about restaurants, dining, food, drinks that you can't figure out or are too shy to ask? I have answers ― or know people who do.Under the SFoodie teaser to this week's review of Korean snack food joints around San Francisco, Urbanstoma ... More >>
SoCha CafeFor all its pastured-egg omelets and St. Francis Fountain sidewalk pileups, San Francisco doesn't seem to like music with the brunch we love so much. 1300 on Fillmore hosts a $39 gospel brunch; the DIY version is to attend morning services at Glide and walk over to Dottie's True Blue Ca ... More >>
Premshree Pillai/FlickrDennis Leary.Every week, SFoodie calls a local chef to ask what he or she is putting on the menu that night, and what inspired its creation.Dennis Leary is not a man to stand still. Not only did I have to catch the chef between shifts at The Sentinel, his FiDi sandwich sh ... More >>
Ed U./YelpIf you can spare the time, wander the few blocks to Pagolac.Dinner is the hidden surcharge for symphony and opera tickets. When you've splurged on $50 seats, it seems wrong to heat up a can of Campbell's beforehand, but doubling that fee just to have an entree and a glass of wine at a n ... More >>
John Campbell'sThe original location.Just in time for St. Patrick's Day: John Campell's Irish Bakery, the three-year-old Geary Street bakery whose scones SFoodie believes are some of the best things in town to eat, opened a second location in Pacific Heights yesterday. Located on the corner of Fi ... More >>
John Campbell'sThe original location.Just in time for St. Patrick's Day: John Campell's Irish Bakery, the three-year-old Geary Street bakery whose scones SFoodie believes are some of the best things in town to eat, opened a second location in Pacific Heights yesterday. Located on the corner of Fi ... More >>
DaffodilDaffodil restaurant in the Orchard Hotel might fly beneath the radar, but next week's fundraiser for the Daffodil Days campaign to raise cancer awareness deserves some local attention. Chef Jeramiah Wheeless has created a dinner prix fixe ― the organic-friendly restaurant will donat ... More >>
Maureen415/FlickrYou can rack up a surprising bill on a collection of small eats.Today in "Eat," SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman slips into Barbacco's cramped communal six-tops, rubbing elbows (literally) with strangers in business clothes. The FiDi spinoff of Perbacco offers an edite ... More >>
