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May 25, 2012
Town's End Brunch: Sweet Beginnings by the Bay
Town's End Restaurant & Bakery, as its name suggests, is tucked into a corner just off the Embarcadero steps away from the San Francisco Bay. It makes for good people watching, as the city's lively inhabitants pour into AT&T Park, cars zoom over the Bay Bridge and you play tourist for a day, ... More >>
Dining
May 23, 2012
Namu Gaji: Reincarnation Fits Nicely into New Mission Home
Town's End Restaurant & Bakery, as its name suggests, is tucked into a corner just off the Embarcadero steps away from the San Francisco Bay. It makes for good people watching, as the city's lively inhabitants pour into AT&T Park, cars zoom over the Bay Bridge and you play tourist for a day, ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
The Blue Fig Brings Restaurant Brunch Fare to the Coffee Shop
The Blue Fig is cheerfully quiet on a Sunday morning. About half of the tables are full, with patrons reading books and working on laptops -- never more than two to a party. The intimacy is palpable and begs not to be disturbed. Even the staff move busily behind the counter in a slow, content way th ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Cocktails at Grand Café: Classics Meet French Charm
With bar superstar power in place at Jasper's, Startlight Room, and the Fifth Floor, Kimpton Hotel group seems to be determined to improve the quality of cocktails for visitors and locals alike. Now, Kristin Almy is at the Grand Café, where she's revamped the menu to serve what she describes as "co ... More >>
Dining
May 16, 2012
BOSF 2012: How to Choose a Chinatown Restaurant
With bar superstar power in place at Jasper's, Startlight Room, and the Fifth Floor, Kimpton Hotel group seems to be determined to improve the quality of cocktails for visitors and locals alike. Now, Kristin Almy is at the Grand Café, where she's revamped the menu to serve what she describes as "co ... More >>
Dining
May 16, 2012
SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Sunrise Deli's Falafel
With bar superstar power in place at Jasper's, Startlight Room, and the Fifth Floor, Kimpton Hotel group seems to be determined to improve the quality of cocktails for visitors and locals alike. Now, Kristin Almy is at the Grand Café, where she's revamped the menu to serve what she describes as "co ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Eats Fills Cozy Brunch Niche in the Richmond
Come Sunday morning, most San Franciscans head to the Mission for a fix of bottomless Bloody Marys and breakfast sandwiches stacked with house-cured salumi and local cheese. But Eats, located in a cute corner of the Inner Richmond, reminds us that the brunch "scene" in this city is more varied than ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Number 2: Steamed Sea Bass with Lime and Chile From Lers Ros
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Tom Silargorn has a flair for the dramatic. His soups are all served in ringed Mongolian hot pots, blue flames and sparks shooting up through the tube at their center; every day you order tom kha gai feels like July 4. ... More >>
Dining
May 9, 2012
Penthouse Steakhouse: Near-Fine Dining Among the Dancers
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Tom Silargorn has a flair for the dramatic. His soups are all served in ringed Mongolian hot pots, blue flames and sparks shooting up through the tube at their center; every day you order tom kha gai feels like July 4. ... More >>
Dining
May 9, 2012
Recent Openers
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Tom Silargorn has a flair for the dramatic. His soups are all served in ringed Mongolian hot pots, blue flames and sparks shooting up through the tube at their center; every day you order tom kha gai feels like July 4. ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2012
Our Ultimate Mash-Up Mother's Day Meal in San Francisco
Like Valentine's Day and Easter before it, Mother's Day can be a particularly annoying holiday for us food blogger worker bees. The endless pap of press releases touting how kind the restaurant industry wants to pretend to be on the holiday -- free roses for the moms! Free champagne tipples for that ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Number 7: Hakka Restaurant's Stuffed Tofu
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Look over the large parties dining at Hakka Restaurant and you'll see any number of Hakka and Cantonese feast-day dishes: chicken stuffed with sticky rice, pork belly with preserved vegetable, fried crab with salted eg ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
See The Tower of Pork and Other Delights at Chris Cosentino's Los Angeles Eatery PIGG
While Southern California's Umami Burger opened its first Bay Area location in San Francisco in 2011 and has signed a lease on a second spot in Oakland, it has also developed a new and broader concept called Umamicatessen, which debuted in downtown Los Angeles in March. The showpiece of the Umami Re ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Number 8: Taqueria La Alteña's Al Pastor Burrito
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition For as many taquerias and taco trucks in San Francisco serve "al pastor" -- shepherd-style pork -- Taqueria La Alteña is one of only a few of them make al pastor the traditional way: on a spit. If you think the vertic ... More >>
Music
May 2, 2012
Bouncer Finds the Dark Side of Mission Bowling Club
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition For as many taquerias and taco trucks in San Francisco serve "al pastor" -- shepherd-style pork -- Taqueria La Alteña is one of only a few of them make al pastor the traditional way: on a spit. If you think the vertic ... More >>
Dining
May 2, 2012
Recent Openers
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition For as many taquerias and taco trucks in San Francisco serve "al pastor" -- shepherd-style pork -- Taqueria La Alteña is one of only a few of them make al pastor the traditional way: on a spit. If you think the vertic ... More >>
Dining
May 2, 2012
SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Delfina's Trippa alla Fiorentina
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition For as many taquerias and taco trucks in San Francisco serve "al pastor" -- shepherd-style pork -- Taqueria La Alteña is one of only a few of them make al pastor the traditional way: on a spit. If you think the vertic ... More >>
Dining
May 2, 2012
Mozzeria: A Neighborhood Pizzeria That Gets Past Barriers
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition For as many taquerias and taco trucks in San Francisco serve "al pastor" -- shepherd-style pork -- Taqueria La Alteña is one of only a few of them make al pastor the traditional way: on a spit. If you think the vertic ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2012
Number 9: Liguria Bakery's Pizza Focaccia
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Everyone in San Francisco, it seems, has his or her favorite kind of focaccia from Liguria Bakery. Some will defend to their death the honor of the rectangles dimpled with green onions, others the loaves thickly speckl ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2012
Number 10: Boxing Room's Dirty Rice
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Boxing Room's chef, Justin Simoneaux, brings a California sensibility to traditional Cajun dishes -- fried oyster salad with arugula and fennel, gulf flounder with tasso and green garlic -- but for his dirty rice, h ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Number 11: Wing Wings' Chicken Salad Biscuit
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition "I make the chicken salad biscuit to offer a non-fried, boneless option that can appeal to pretty much everyone," says Wing Wings owner Christian Ciscle of the sleeper on his menu. It's a three-buck item, list ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Number 12: Pamonhas de Sal from Pamonhas
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition There are only a few places in the United States where you can find pamonhas (pah-MONE-yahs), Brazilian fresh corn tamales, and one of them happens to be a little green-walled cafe in Daly City named after its signatur ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Tune In: Citizen's Band Brings Chic Brunch to All-American Diner
It's possible to live blocks away from Citizen's Band and never know it exists, an anomaly in a dining-obsessed city. The unassuming storefront is easy to overlook on its corner of 8th and Folsom, smushed up against the much flashier Pinkie's Bakery, with which Citizen's Band shares its indoor space ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Number 13: Gobi Aloo Kati Rolls from the Kasa Indian Truck
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Kolkota's version of a New York slice, kati rolls were designed to eat on the street. Originally a meat skewer wrapped in a paratha (flaky flatbread), the rolls have evolved in numerous directions over the years ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Interview With Original Joe's John Duggan: How to Build a Phoenix
John Duggan, who owns Original Joe's with his sister Elena, are the grandchildren of the 75-year-old restaurant's founder, Ante (Tony) Rodin. The Duggans managed a feat practically unheard of in the restaurant business. After Original Joe's original Taylor Street location suffered a major fire in 20 ... More >>
News
April 25, 2012
Not Lying with the Fishes: TwoXSea's Fresh-Caught Seafood Takes on S.F.
John Duggan, who owns Original Joe's with his sister Elena, are the grandchildren of the 75-year-old restaurant's founder, Ante (Tony) Rodin. The Duggans managed a feat practically unheard of in the restaurant business. After Original Joe's original Taylor Street location suffered a major fire in 20 ... More >>
Dining
April 25, 2012
Recent Openers
John Duggan, who owns Original Joe's with his sister Elena, are the grandchildren of the 75-year-old restaurant's founder, Ante (Tony) Rodin. The Duggans managed a feat practically unheard of in the restaurant business. After Original Joe's original Taylor Street location suffered a major fire in 20 ... More >>
Dining
April 25, 2012
Original Joe's: Take a Nostalgic Tour of S.F. Culinary History
John Duggan, who owns Original Joe's with his sister Elena, are the grandchildren of the 75-year-old restaurant's founder, Ante (Tony) Rodin. The Duggans managed a feat practically unheard of in the restaurant business. After Original Joe's original Taylor Street location suffered a major fire in 20 ... More >>
Dining
April 25, 2012
SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Saha's Vegan Kibbeh
John Duggan, who owns Original Joe's with his sister Elena, are the grandchildren of the 75-year-old restaurant's founder, Ante (Tony) Rodin. The Duggans managed a feat practically unheard of in the restaurant business. After Original Joe's original Taylor Street location suffered a major fire in 20 ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
The New Original Joe's: Nostalgia Without Kitsch
The food scene in this city moves so fast that restaurants more than five years old seem ancient and, three months after they've closed, are mostly forgotten. But the 75-year-old Original Joe's -- the subject of this week's full-length restaurant review in the Weekly -- was closed for five years aft ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Number 14: Delfina's Trippa alla Fiorentina
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Trippa alla fiorentina is not a pretty dish. There are no elegant curls of hand-made pasta to photograph. A tuft of baby greens placed on top would only look like a boutonniere pinned to the chest of an orangutan. But ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
Number 15: Leatherneck Steakhouse's Truffled Tater Tots
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Along with properly seared New York strips and a beautiful sea bass with chorizo and saffron-tomato butter sauce, Paul Lozito serves what must be the best steakhouse snack in San Francisco: truffled tater tots. The na ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
Prather Ranch Bids Adieu to Weekday Breakfast
Prather Ranch American Eatery has changed its hours, eliminating its week-day breakfast menu. Now open Monday through Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 4pm. Chef Erica Holland-Toll assures SFoodie that despite what the time shift may implicate, the new eatery is doing great. "W ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
SF Weekly Food Critic Jonathan Kauffman Is Moving On
Here's some bittersweet news for anyone who has vicariously savored the San Francisco meals Jonathan Kauffman captures in the exacting, inventive prose of his weekly review column. After two years of serving as SF Weekly's lead food critic and writer, Kauffman is moving on to a new gig as the S.F. e ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Number 17: Auntie April's Fried Catfish
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition The subtitle to April Spears' Bayview restaurant is "Chicken & Waffles," but her signature dish is overshadowed by "Grandad's Fisher's catfish." If it seems like the easiest thing in the world to fry catfish proper ... More >>
Dining
April 18, 2012
SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Asparagus and Egg Sandwich
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition The subtitle to April Spears' Bayview restaurant is "Chicken & Waffles," but her signature dish is overshadowed by "Grandad's Fisher's catfish." If it seems like the easiest thing in the world to fry catfish proper ... More >>
Dining
April 18, 2012
Recent Openers
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition The subtitle to April Spears' Bayview restaurant is "Chicken & Waffles," but her signature dish is overshadowed by "Grandad's Fisher's catfish." If it seems like the easiest thing in the world to fry catfish proper ... More >>
Dining
April 18, 2012
The Bird Is the Word: Surveying the Bay Area's Peruvian Rotisseries
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition The subtitle to April Spears' Bayview restaurant is "Chicken & Waffles," but her signature dish is overshadowed by "Grandad's Fisher's catfish." If it seems like the easiest thing in the world to fry catfish proper ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Number 20: Vegan Kibbeh at Saha Arabic Fusion
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Though more than a third of the dishes on its menus include meat, Saha -- Mohamed and Marmee Aboghanem's style-y Tenderloin restaurant -- has achieved cult status for devoting a huge chunk of its menu to vegan dishes. A ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Weeklong Tax Day Happy Hour at Credo's Pizzeria: 99-Cent Pizza for the 99 Percent
What: Tax Day Happy Hour Where: Credo Restaurant, 360 Pine (at Montgomery) When: Monday, April 16 through Friday, April 20, 2:30 to 6 p.m. Cost: Pizzas cost $.99 with purchase of a glass of wine or cocktail The Rundown: Tax season is finally at an end on Monday (unless you've filed for an extens ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Number 21: Starter Bakery's Hazelnut Kouign Amann
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Although Ti Kouz has stopped serving krampouz, Bay Area eaters are still struggling to pronounce Breton words thanks to Starter Bakery. Its signature pastry, the kouign amman (queen ah-mahn), is a butter cake from Brit ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Number 22: Pupusas at Cafe and Restaurant Montecristo
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition Just a few streets down from McLaren Park, on a stretch of Geneva that takes you from San Francisco to Daly City and then Brisbane in a matter of blocks, is Cafe and Restaurant Montecristo, whose exterior is draped in ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Bistro Central Parc Serves Homey Parisian Brunch in NOPA
Bistro Central Parc occupies a sunny corner on a largely non-commercial stretch of NOPA, at Central and Grove. So quiet, in fact, that you may start to doubt your sense of direction -- that is, until you see the restaurant's bold, vaguely familiar black and white striped awning (it looks exactly ... More >>
Dining
April 11, 2012
Recent Openers
Bistro Central Parc occupies a sunny corner on a largely non-commercial stretch of NOPA, at Central and Grove. So quiet, in fact, that you may start to doubt your sense of direction -- that is, until you see the restaurant's bold, vaguely familiar black and white striped awning (it looks exactly ... More >>
Dining
April 11, 2012
Cedar Hill Kitchen + Smokehouse: Barbecue That's Often Aces
Bistro Central Parc occupies a sunny corner on a largely non-commercial stretch of NOPA, at Central and Grove. So quiet, in fact, that you may start to doubt your sense of direction -- that is, until you see the restaurant's bold, vaguely familiar black and white striped awning (it looks exactly ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Burritt Tavern, Fork, and Mediterranean Cafe Open, Marbella Readies
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Openings: Charlie Palmer's latest project, the Burritt Tavern, officially opens today (417 Stockton at Sutter). Grub Street shares a peek at the American menu that will usher in the first dinner service. ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Number 26: Soy Sauce Chicken from Happy Bakery & Deli
SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition With the exception of a good egg, Western cooks seem to have lost the art of poaching. Sometime in the 1970s, restaurants supplanted their pike quenelles, suprèmes de volaille (chicken tenders), and poached salmon wit ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Two Sisters' Eclectic Brunch Is a Haven with Personality
Every now and then, you discover a place you're reluctant to recommend even to your close friends, for fear that the precious "hidden gem" quality will be corrupted by noisy patrons and lines gathering at the door. Two Sisters Bar & Books, the new restaurant and watering hole in the heart of ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Q&A with Greens Chef Annie Somerville, part 2: Keeping a 33-Year-Old Restaurant Fresh
Annie Somerville, executive chef of Greens Restaurant, came to the world of cooking through unexpected means. Somerville moved to San Francisco in 1973 to study at the San Francisco Zen Center, and became chef of Greens -- which the center then owned -- in 1985. Somerville recently talked with SFood ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
San Francisco's 10 Best Wine Lists
San Francisco is one of the best places in the world to drink young wines, particularly those with attitude, from many different places. Sommeliers here are passionate and their wine lists reflect it. We don't have many older wines on lists because restaurants turn over so quickly that they don't ... More >>
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