Elizabeth Falkner

Elizabeth Falkner Is NY Bound, Max's on the Square Closes, and William Werner's Return

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Four intricate members of the S.F. food scene are looking East: Inside Scoop reports Elizabeth Falkner (who shut Orson in Nov. and Citizen Cake in Dec.), Darren Crawford (bartender at Bourbon & Branch ... More >>

Open & Shut Report December 2011: New Starts and Year-End Goodbyes

Some restaurants took the ushering in of a new year as the time to bow out of the city's restaurant scene. Elizabeth Falkner is officially out after closing Citizen Cake on the heels of Orson's shutter. No longer will you venture out to the Richmond District to eat Dennis Lee's ramyeon at Namu, as t ... More >>

Quick Fix Opens, Citizen Cake Shutters, and a Bank's New Coffee Shop

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We're starting on the other side of the bay today. The Berkeley vegan and vegetarian Thai restaurant Green Papaya, is readying to close up for a remodel on Jan. 1. When they reopen their doors, the menu ... More >>

Parallel 37 Opens, Trident Will Return, and Citizen Cake Set to Shutter

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Ron Siegel's new restaurant Parallel 37 opens today as a sleeker, more modern replacement to its predecessor (600 Stockton at Pine). Earlier we mentioned bar manager Camber Lay would oversee the cocktail ... More >>

Falafel Jumanh from Thrift, Orson's Changes, Fina Estampana Readies to Open

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. It's official; Laura Beck shared the news that starting today, beer is flowing from the taps of Biergarten (424 Octavia at Fell). Thrifty falafel: The Feast reveals the Outer Sunset's former Freddies Ni ... More >>

Free Baking Lessons With Scharffen Berger Chocolate

iStockphoto/Stepan Popov​Scharffen Berger is hosting two free baking lessons Saturday which use chocolate -- surprise! -- to teach you how to "elevate a classic dessert with Scharffen Berger." Yes, your grandmother's dessert recipe may wholly deserve the title "classic," but it can always ge ... More >>

Elizabeth Falkner's Iron Chef Run and Ice Cream Making, and a Moving Farm

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Chef Elizabeth Falkner (Citizen Cake and Orson) will flambé, sauté, and chop her way through the Food Network's Next Iron Chef: Super Chef. Eater SF reports the battle starts Oct. 30. And while that's g ... More >>

Boxing Room: Fresh Take Saves Cajun and Creole Cooking from Cliche

Livin' It Up with the "Hotel California" Menu at Orson

Robin Jolin ProductionsThe dish is called "Can't Kill the Beast," but it looks dead to us​"Hotel California" by the Eagles is best known as a slightly spooky song that every dummy at a party will bust out on the guitar in an effort to impress girls. At least that's what I remember from college ... More >>

Win Two Free $75 Tickets to "Dessert First"

​Project Open Hand's Dessert First Where: InterContinental Hotel When: Sunday, Aug. 14 5-8 p.m. Cost: $75 -- unless you win our contest, and then it's free! We've got two free $75 tickets to Project Open Hand's Dessert First, an event with 16 leading chefs creating desserts. There are suppos ... More >>

Citizen Cake: Bland Fare, but Dynamite Desserts

Citizen Cake III: A Work in Progress

Kimberly SandieThe verrines at Citizen Cake are great. The savory stuff: hit and miss.​This week's review is of Citizen Cake ― or rather, Citizen Cake III, daughter of the Hayes Valley restaurant, granddaughter of Elizabeth Falkner's original pastry shop. As much as I've loved Falkner's imaginat ... More >>

Pastry Chef Luis Villavelazquez Joins La Victoria for Pan Dulce Upgrade

Kevin Y./YelpWith the help of pastry chef Luis Villavelazquez, the 60-year-old panaderia on 24th Street will soon begin modernizing its pan dulce.​In a move that could remake San Francisco's notion of pan dulce ― Mexican sweet rolls ― pastry chef Luis Villavelazquez is working with Mission ... More >>

Ragazza Raising Funds for Former Employee

Lara HataAn eBay auction of items donated by local chefs also seeks to raise money.​Ragazza is hosting a benefit to raise cash for a former staff member who was among the targets of a violent crime last month. The Jan. 24 fundraiser aims to raise funds to help with the victim's medical bills a ... More >>

SFoodie Advent Calendar, Day 4: Cranberry Verrine from Citizen Cake

Jonathan KauffmanCitizen Cake's cranberry verrine, $5.​The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.Citizen Cake: The Pac Heights Sequel has a few sugar cookies in its case right now, decorated with OCD flair, but SFoodie's e ... More >>

It's Yigit! S.F. Pastry Chef Wins Top Chef: Just Desserts

Benjamin Seto/Cooking with the Single GuyThe Taste Catering pastry chef topped Morgan the dick and Danielle the face contortionist to take it all.​The final challenge in last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts finale was to create a progressive four-course dessert tasting. The twist arrived with ... More >>

Le Cheval Oakland Hobbled, Citizen Cake Fillmore (Finally) Opens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Eater SF's Carolyn A. reports that Oakland's popular Le Cheval closed on Friday after being evicted. The owner is maintaining his Berkeley and Walnut Creek branches, and his son is opening up ... More >>

New Jeremy Fox Gig, Quick Opening Date for Bourbon Steak, and Lots of Other Food Gossip

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.It always happens: Yesterday, SFoodie was faced with a dearth of restaurant gossip, while today we have a surfeit:Paolo L. of Inside Scoop comes through with the big celebrity-chef news of the ... More >>

More Black Sheep, More Tiki Masks, No Citizen Cake Yet

​​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Carolyn A. of Eater SF spots a liquor license announcement poster for a new business titled Black Sheep at 2032 Polk Street. The owners must not have read all the news stories about Alex Jackso ... More >>

When You're Here, You're Family

Elizabeth Falkner, Anthony Strong Among Chefs Appearing at Fillmore Jazz Fest

tracey_t/Flickr​Stuck in the city this weekend? At least the Fillmore Jazz Festival is going down Saturday and Sunday, July 3-4, with daily chef demos and booths from local food slingers. The chef talent: 1300 on Fillmore's David Lawrence (Sun. 2 p.m.), Citizen Cake/Orson's Elizabeth Falkner ( ... More >>

Ready when you are: People who wait for brunch? Not us

Power Trio at Omnivore: Novella Carpenter, Elizabeth Falkner & Barbara Lynch

​We're coming up on the birthday weekend of Omnivore Books owner Celia Sack, and she's going to celebrate by hosting a double- ― wait, make that triple-header of literary happenings on Saturday and Sunday. First up on Saturday, Oakland's Novella Carpenter will be back in the house supportin ... More >>

Hot Sandwiches, Cold Treats, and Another Monkey: The Week in Restaurant Openings

Jun BelenElizabeth Falkner (center), tasting the wares at Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous.​The biggest opening news was the arrival last Friday of Dogpatch ice cream emporium Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous, which Jun Belen reported on (complete with Elizabeth Falkner sighting). This morning saw the muc ... More >>

Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous: Classic American Ice Cream with a Quirky Twist

Jun BelenThe menu of house-made ice creams features a miscellany of classic American flavors.​The list of things we love about the Dogpatch has now grown even longer. Aside from 260 sunny days in a year (on average) and the best burgers in the city at Serpentine, there's Mr. and Mrs. Miscella ... More >>

Traci Des Jardins Lines Up Epic Talent for Taste of the Nation Benefit

JardiniereTraci Des Jardins.​Traci Des Jardins is San Francisco's honorary chair of Share Our Strength, a nonprofit with the motto "no kid hungry," and she's pulled together an impressive selection of culinary talents for Thursday's Taste of the Nation benefit. More than 40 chefs and restauran ... More >>

Traci Des Jardins' Ballpark Eateries Public House and Mijita in Stealth-Open Mode

J. BirdsallMijita started serving food this morning. Public House launches its kitchen at 4.​Well, well, well. Just hours after last night's launch party for media and industry wrapped, the dual Traci Des Jardins ballpark eateries Public House and Mijita are officially in soft-open mode ― li ... More >>

Let's Talk About Hops

'Devil in an Apron' Tempts Pastry Maven Elizabeth Falkner with Hoodoo Chocolat

T. PalmerSatanic pleasures: Devil in an Apron's Hoodoo Chocolat Bar.​On a recent visit to Citizen Cake (399 Grove at Gough), we noticed that there was one confection in the bakery that wasn't made in house. And when the house is run by pastry maven Elizabeth Falkner, you become intensely curi ... More >>

Whast To Do? Tuesday's Pick: The State of Pastry in SF

​The State of Pastry in SF @ Commonwealth Club We all owe an apology to restaurant pastry chefs: Once their turn arrives, too many of us have already spent our appetites, or saved just enough to accept a spoonful of poached pear from a four-way-shared brown butter panna cotta. It's sad -- these ... More >>

Commonwealth Club's Inforum Division Investigates 'The State of Pastry in SF'

sadsnaps/FlickrCitizen Cake's cookie plate.​Inforum, the division of the Commonwealth Club "by and for people in their 20s and 30s," is presenting a program that (adult) children of all ages can appreciate. Moderated by Jessica Battilana of 7x7, "The State of Pastry in SF" will bring together mave ... More >>

Room for Dessert

Elizabeth Falkner and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Star at YBCA's Big Idea Night

YBCA has cooked up a cute promo video for its next "Big Idea Night" bash, a Top Chef-style skit featuring some of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and chef Elizabeth Falkner. The party, hosted by Sister Sara Femme and Ani Rivera and featuring food from Falkner's Citizen Cake and Orson, takes pl ... More >>

Our Picks for the Four Hottest Tickets at This Weekend's SF Chefs.Food.Wine. Fest

​This weekend's first-ever SF Chefs.Food.Wine culinary festival is a chance to get up close and personal with local food and wine talent through tastings, classes, and even a cocktail contest. The cost might make you balk (ticketed events are $40 and up, day passes $150), but keep in mind that ... More >>

S.F. Chef Falkner Takes on 'Top Chef Masters' with Boar, Beef Jerky, and Extra-Credit Cookies

S.F.'s own Elizabeth Falkner (pictured, second from left, with Wylie Dufresne, Graham Elliot Bowles, and Suzanne Tracht) competed in last night's episode of Bravo's Top Chef Masters. And while she didn't win (that honor went to Tracht), the Orson/Citizen Cake maven's dishes were certainly memora ... More >>

Queer Food Capital: Four Restaurants That Just Feel Like Us

Today, SFoodie launches Queer Food Capital, a daily countdown to Pride on June 28. We'll be taking a look at the city's LGBT dining, wine, and bar culture, featuring interviews with prominent out chefs and other foodies, guides, even notes on history. First up? For out-of-towners seeking a nig ... More >>

Hubert Keller Wins First Top Chef Masters Episode with Dorm-Room Mac and Cheese

On last night's premiere of Top Chef Masters, Hubert Keller, executive chef/owner of Fleur de Lys (777 Sutter at Taylor) charmed a gaggle of Girl Scouts and a mess of college students and whipped up the winning meal: Cold Scottish salmon, hardy carrot and petit pea soup with cinnamon croutons, and ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You can't have da mango: On NPR's Morning Edition, local writer Sandip Roy waxes eloquent about Indian mangoes -- a Bush-era nukes agreement with India freed them up for import. One variety is the Alphonso, known in India as the King of Mangoes. ... More >>

Vittles du Video

Throughout my television-viewing life there have been certain programs that I've obsessed over, planned my schedule around, discussed with my fellow zealots over water cooler and barstool and, in short, made a point to watch without fail, but nowadays there's only one show I can't live without, Top ... More >>

Below Expectations

Dining is unexpectedly hidden under the new planetarium and aquarium in Golden Gate Park.

Orson Not Well

Ambitious, edgy California cuisine flirts with the future in uneven fashion.

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Orson Begs The Question: Rustic Vs. Refined

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Indian Love Song

A progressive meal through three Indian places with a knowledgeable companion

Best Dessert Menu

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Handoffs

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Raising Kane; Open Sesame; Preventing Pretension; Sayonara

Escaping Metreon

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