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Emeryville

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Paula Deen's Death Food, Beet Sweets, and Sandos: This Week in Food Bloggery

    CT Young/SF Weekly Flickr PoolThe Saloon on Grant.​Highlights from the blog this week: 1. In his review of Bobby Deen's new television show, Not My Momma's Cooking, food TV reviewer Michael Leaverton keeps calling Paula Deen's cooking death-food. Not three days later, Paula Deen is finally going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    At Prizefighter, Oaxacan Standoffs Always End Deliciously

    Lou BustamanteThe Oaxacan Standoff--a bar value meal​A shot and a beer isn't an obvious pairing to highlight bartender creativity in a cocktail menu (and no we're never ever, ever going to count a drink where a shot glass gets dropped into a pint of beer), but the Oaxacan Standoff ($6) at Prizefi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Raw Cookies Are Heating Up, But You've Got to Like Coconut

    When we first heard of this week's surprise announcement of the pending closure of most of the Northern California locations of Café Gratitude, a vegetarian restaurant that also sells raw food products to specialty grocers, we were concerned for the cookies. Without their raw lemon coconut and rasp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    FBI to Announce Development in Case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, Vegan Bay Area Bomber

    Doesn't like meat​Authorities say they have some big development in the unresolved case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, the vegan animal liberationist who is wanted for the 2003 bombings of a biotechnology firm and a nutrition and cosmetics company in the Bay Area. FBI officials told reporters that S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Finding a Kouign Amann in San Francisco: Your Weekend Assignment

    Jonathan KauffmanStarter Bakery's kouign amann.​ There is only one San Francisco location, to date, where you can buy Starter Bakery's pastries. One. SFoodie wrote about the new Emeryville bakery in May, founded by former San Francisco Baking Institute professor Brian Wood and Jamie Hansen. But up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Consolidation Takes Hold in Deal-a-Day Coupon Biz

    mycodetrip.comNobody can touch Groupon, but smaller companies are being swallowed up.​Three Knocks, who's there? Nobody, according to the company's website. After barely seven months, this Emeryville-based Groupon-type business has bowed out. Groupon-style promotions have been controversial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Rudy's Probably Can't Fail in Uptown, Criolla Kitchen Looks to the South

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Inside Scoop reports Emeryville's popular Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, co-owned by Green Day's Mike Dirnt, is expanding to Uptown in Oakland. The diner is set to open adjacent to (where else?) the Fox. With a ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 4, 2011

    Fresh Eats: Midwestern Smash Burgers Shine, Food Trucks Get Pushback

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Inside Scoop reports Emeryville's popular Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, co-owned by Green Day's Mike Dirnt, is expanding to Uptown in Oakland. The diner is set to open adjacent to (where else?) the Fox. With a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Pollo Campero Gets Burned, Charles Chocolates Appears to Melt

    ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. SFoodie thought Fridays were supposed to be about Charlie Sheen-grade fun. But local food news late last week had us longing for Monday already. Inside Scoop got Friday off to a hopeful start, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Jon's Street Eats Wraps It Up This Week

    Tamara PalmerJon's Street Eats' Jon Kosorek, who got his start at the CIA at Greystone, is returning to the Napa Valley.​A pioneer of the Emeryville food cart scene is heading for the exit. Jon Kosorek says Saturday is the last night for Jon's Street Eats, a cart that since August 2009 has ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    S.F. Rising: Provolone-Olive Rolls at Arizmendi

    Jonathan KauffmanArizmendi's provolone-olive bread, available as a braided loaf and a roll.​SF Rising is SFoodie's weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Provolone-Olive Bread and RollsSource: Arizmendi Bakery, 1331 Ninth Ave. (at Judah), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Critical Anti-Mass: Law-Abiding SFBikeParty Launches Despite Cold Snap

    Bring warm gloves.​It's chilly outside, but it isn't cold enough to stop San Francisco Bike Party from launching a new monthly ride known as the law-abiding, hard-partying alternative to Critical Mass."Bring it on," said Amandeep Jawa, part of a self-described co-op of cyclists behind tonight's r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Ex-Gather Sous Chef Rolls Out Boffo Cart

    Tamara Palmer​We spotted Boffo Cart at the weekly farmers' market at Emeryville's City Hall (Thu., noon-7 p.m.). The tent, named after a 1940s superlative, was selling salads, piadini, panini, and calzones. We ordered the latter ($6) and received something the size of a kid's softball mitt stu ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 20, 2010

    Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

    Tamara Palmer​We spotted Boffo Cart at the weekly farmers' market at Emeryville's City Hall (Thu., noon-7 p.m.). The tent, named after a 1940s superlative, was selling salads, piadini, panini, and calzones. We ordered the latter ($6) and received something the size of a kid's softball mitt stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Coco Délice Chocolate Classes Divulge All. Sort Of

    cocodelice.comCoco Délice's Dennis Kearney.​Candy-making Coco Délice owner Dennis Kearney now teaches a confectionery course, a nearly three-hour class covering tempering and molding chocolates as well as making and flavoring ganache fillings. Students will leave with a ganache recipe that c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Skylite Snowballs, a Taste of Baltimore in the East Bay

    Tracey Taylor​Berkeleyside reports on the Labor Day weekend debut of the Skylite Snowballs truck, which parked in front of Berkeley's Star Grocery on Sunday and hit up Oakland's Lake Merritt on Monday with Baltimore's answer to syrup-drenched shaved ice. Though the name is a nod to an artific ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Exotic Erotic Ball Heads to Richmond, Abandoning Cow Palace

    May I have this dance?​The San Francisco peninsula might be home to some of the world's most avid sexual recreation, but this year it will be bidding a fond adieu to one of its kinkiest confabs. The 31st annual Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo is moving from the Cow Palace to the East Bay, where it w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Frozen Dessert Ladies Twirl and Dip Made Their Street-Food Debut Yesterday

    Tamara PalmerTwirl and Dip's Siri Skelton hoists a strawberry tart fruitsicle. Peep the strawberry silhouette.​Twirl and Dip made its public debut yesterday on a lovely Emeryville afternoon, carting as a guest of Korean tacos-n-more truck Seoul on Wheels. Meg Hilgartner and Siri Skelton are th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Meaty Nostalgia, Argentinean Style

    Jason C./YelpJavier Sandes.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. It's a week old, but Cyrus Farivar's interview with Javier Sandes, Emeryville street vendor of Argentinian asado, is still fresh as, um, newly mixed chimichurri. Mobile memories: Last month, Sandes debuted Primo's Parrilla ― ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Jason C./YelpJavier Sandes.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. It's a week old, but Cyrus Farivar's interview with Javier Sandes, Emeryville street vendor of Argentinian asado, is still fresh as, um, newly mixed chimichurri. Mobile memories: Last month, Sandes debuted Primo's Parrilla ― ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Charles Chocolates Set to Open in San Francisco, Shut Down in Emeryville

    feralbeagle/FlickrCharles' Emeryville factory and retail shop is set to close Feb. 15.​Charles Chocolates owner Chuck Siegel told SFoodie that, provided the gods continue to smile upon him, he'll open his new retail space in San Francisco Centre (845 Market at Fourth St.) this Saturday, Feb. 6. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Heron's Head Park Stone Sculptures To Become Travelling Exhibit

    ​When we last visited impromptu sculptor Porfirio Vazquez, the Andy Goldsworthy of Heron's Head Park was sulking because his three-month old artistic career seemed to be nearly over.Last week, however, Vazquez complained because it seemed as if his artwork construction would never end."Do you thin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Auction, Raffle, and Pizzaiolo Party Raise More Than $15,000 for Soul Food Farm

    Soul Food FarmA fire in early Sept. wiped out acres of pasture.​An auction and raffle to benefit a post-blaze Soul Food Farm wrapped up over the weekend. Organizer Bonnie Powell estimated some 250 people showed up at Pizzaiolo in Oakland to hear the winning bidders announced. Soul Food Farm's ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    Gloomy Bloom’s brings out the cynic

    Soul Food FarmA fire in early Sept. wiped out acres of pasture.​An auction and raffle to benefit a post-blaze Soul Food Farm wrapped up over the weekend. Organizer Bonnie Powell estimated some 250 people showed up at Pizzaiolo in Oakland to hear the winning bidders announced. Soul Food Farm's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Street Food Alert: Liba Falafel Truck Rolls Into San Francisco Next Week

    Luis C./YelpLillian peering out of her Liba Falafel Truck: She's on a mission to change minds.​It was the Netherlands -- not Israel -- that provided Gail Lillian with her falafel epiphany. "Falafel was an idea I'd been poring over for many years in my head," she told SFoodie. "But after I took ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Want Butter on Those 664 Calories? Theater Chain Displays Snack Counts

    M. Brody Snacking by the numbers: Useful information? We don't usually stop at the concession stand when we go to the movies, preferring to sneak in our own treats, which cost less and taste better. (Show us the theater that offers seasonal fruit, BLTs, or Thornton red wine truffles at reason ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Beautifull - and Pricey - in Laurel Village

    A new take-out and eat-in shop called Beautifull (3401 California at Laurel, 728-9080) opened last Thursday in Laurel Village. The space recently housed a Cuban coffeehouse (Cafe Lo Cubano), and before that a beloved neighborhood greasy spoon called Miz Brown's Feed Bag. We dropped in to put th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Free Arty Party Friday in Emeryville Celebrates Warhol

    The Bay Area Andy Warhol appreciation spreads across the bridge this weekend, when Amoeba Records hosts a Factory Party  in Emeryville (1343 Powell St.). The event sounds pretty sweet (especially because it's free, and all ages), boasting two Velvet Underground cover bands, live art making (scr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Videogame Sales are Through the Roof -- and Game Designers Are Getting Canned Left and Right

    Bang! Gotcha! Yer fired!As more and more Americans find themselves sitting at home in their tattered bathrobes at 3 p.m. on working days, videogame sales have gone through the roof. Last year, Americans spent $22 billion on games -- a 23 percent jump from the prior year. Now, here's the funny part: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Bar None: Or, This'll Make You Thirsty

    By Meredith Brody Olivier Schwaner-Albright's funny and useful article about the many new philosophies that have sprung up around the new cocktail revival, titled Let 100 (OK, 8) Bartending Philosophies Bloom would be a fun read even if it didn't highlight several San Francisco and Bay Area drinker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    TiVo Alert: Top Chef

    By Meredith Brody Olivier Schwaner-Albright's funny and useful article about the many new philosophies that have sprung up around the new cocktail revival, titled Let 100 (OK, 8) Bartending Philosophies Bloom would be a fun read even if it didn't highlight several San Francisco and Bay Area drinker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    Bones of Contention -- Bay Area Indian Gravesites Web Extra

    By Meredith Brody Olivier Schwaner-Albright's funny and useful article about the many new philosophies that have sprung up around the new cocktail revival, titled Let 100 (OK, 8) Bartending Philosophies Bloom would be a fun read even if it didn't highlight several San Francisco and Bay Area drinker ... More >>

  • News

    January 24, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of 1-24-2007

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Mixtape Shmixtape

    Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, February 8, 2006

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Disney, Reanimated

    The merger between Disney and the Bay Area's Pixar will likely redraw the lines of the animation world, for better or for worse. Find out where you stand!

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Fishing on the Dock of the Bay

    Too many fishermen are still unaware of the dangers of consuming San Francisco Bay seafood

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Hip Hop Label

    Quannum Projects

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Muni Solution

    NextBus

  • Music

    January 21, 2004

    BeatBox

    Sound Kills You: Monolake and Deadbeat get freaky on a 10-plus-channel system

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Themselves

    The No Music (Anticon)

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Noise Reduction

    Ven Voisey is on a mission to get you to shut up and listen

  • Culture

    June 26, 2002

    Guide Me

    Bay Area publishers tell us where to go

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2001

    Gift Wrapped

    The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, a coffee-table book from Mistress Midori

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Through a Different Lens

    We don't need more pretty pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. So why is one of the country's finest documentary photographers taking hundreds of them?

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Flaming Bowl of Liquor

    The Scorpion

  • Dining

    November 24, 1999

    Here's Looking at You

    The Scorpion

  • Dining

    November 17, 1999

    Dinner (or Not) and a Show

    The Scorpion

  • Dining

    December 30, 1998

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Scorpion

  • Music

    February 11, 1998

    The House of Tudor

    The Scorpion

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