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Better Than a Ball Drop: New Year's Eve at Jardinière

​New Year's Eve at Jardinière Where: Jardinière, 300 Grove (at Franklin), 861-5555 Cost: First seating (5:30-7:30 p.m.), $125 for five courses; second seating (8:30-10:30 p.m.), $175 for six courses, party favors, and Champagne toast Why it's likely to be special: If it just wouldn't feel ... 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 >>

Armed Men Suspected in Five-Robbery Spree

​A pair of young Hispanic men are suspected of pulling off five armed robberies late last night and early this morning. The first came on Webster and Sacramento at 9:40 p.m. when two men in their early 20s flashed a black semiautomatic pistol with a chrome handle at a pair of victims and cleaned t ... More >>

Gourmet Carousel's Deluxe Won Ton Soup

Alex HochmanChicken, shrimp, beef, roast pork, and wontons in beef broth: $5.50 at lunch, $6.75 at dinner.​Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Tired of brisket and kugel last weekend, we ate a simple Sunday dinner that paid equal homage to our Jewish ancestors: Chinese food. Longtime favorite Gourm ... More >>

Una Pizza Napoletana Tosses Out an Opening Date, the Washbag's Washed Up

​​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Oho! Jay B. at Grub Street interviewed pizzaiolo Anthony Mangieri and finds that the New York transplant now has a firm opening date for his Una Pizza Napoletana on Howard and Eighth St.: Sept. ... More >>

Congee With Pork and Preserved Egg at Hing Lung

T. PalmerCongee goes with doughnuts like white on rice.​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.

S.F. Rising: Wood-Oven Walnut Loaf from Firebrand

J. KauffmanReal bread, real walnuts, real good.​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the steamed, the artisan and the novelty.Walnut BreadProducer: Firebrand Artisan Breads, (510) 594-9213, www.firebrandartisanbreads.comSource: Rainbow Grocery Co-op, 1745 Folsom (at Divisi ... More >>

Salumi Platter at Barbacco and Perbacco

Guinnessgrrl/Flickr​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.

Rabbit Pot Pie from Mission Beach Café

Penelope's Loom/FlickrSave room for additional pastry -- the sweet kind.​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.

House-Cured Anchovies at Zuni Cafe

aloveletteraway/FlickrNo need to drown these in pizza sauce and melted mozzarella.​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.

Timballo di Maccheroni from Quince

Steph L./YelpThe timbalo di maccheroni: Like a walled castle made of deliciousness.​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.

Cholle Bhature from Vik's Chaat Corner

Vik's bhature is bigger than a bread basket.​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 after the jump.

'Pulled' Lamb Sandwich from Wexler's

John BirdsallIts pulled-pork sibling pales by comparison.​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.

Jam Thumbprints from Piccino Coffee Bar

John BirdsallThe jam changes with the seasons. Right now, it's orange marmalade.​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.

Carnitas Burrito from La Taqueria

J. BirdsallAvocado is essential.​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.

Tonight: Sustainability and Slow Seafood at Hayes Street Grill

kewlio/Flickr​Slow Food San Francisco's Convivial Table ― called the Dinner Club back in the day ― gathers tonight at Hayes Street Grill. Expect a healthy serving of foodie chatter along with local, sustainable seafood. Tonight's event has proved so popular, organizers moved it to a larger ... More >>

Feasting Out: Goose Bûche on Christmas Eve at Jardinière

​Where: Jardinière 300 Grove (at Franklin), 861-5555 When: Thurs., Dec. 24 Time: 5-9 p.m. The deal: In addition to Jardinière's regular menu, special goose dishes from chef Morgan Mueller, plus an offering of bûche de Noël from pastry chef Lisa Lu; call for specifics Follow us on Twitter: ... More >>

Local Dungeness Hits Restaurants Today. Here's Where to Score a Taste

Gothiron/FlickrLocal commercial Dungeness season opened yesterday.​For some San Franciscans, today is like Christmas Day, the Fourth of July, and 4/20, all rolled into one. The day the first local Dungeness hits restaurant menus justifies sick calls and leisurely lunches, not to mention the ki ... More >>

Drink Therapy: No, You Don't Have to Sit Through a Three-Hour Opera Tonight

shirley77/FlickrDoesn't this look better than those itty-bitty seats at the Opera House?​Here's the thing: Unless you're able to manage that willing suspension of disbelief better than we are, you might love opera, but you don't love LOVE opera. Yeah, you enjoy dressing up and milling around b ... More >>

Ciao Bella's Gelato Mobile to Hand Out Frozen Freebies Tomorrow

jillpyle85/Flickr No, the freebie you get won't be this big. Overlook the PR materials' überserious tone and rather brooding use of punctuation (Discover. Savor. Share.), and the reality is this: Ciao Bella is dishing out free swag tomorrow.  At a couple of Whole Foods markets in the ci ... More >>

Hand Off That Funky Fry Oil at Various S.F. Drop Points

Daniel Greene/FlickrYou could make someone's '83 Volvo very happy with this.​You can now repurpose used cooking oil in the greenest of ways, even if you haven't converted your own car to drive on biofuels. If you live in San Francisco, you can now get rid of that dodgy fry oil left from cookin ... More >>

Oakland's Nightlife Resurgence Continues

EKAphotographyRound Midnight: the Oasis crew The recent Uptown Unveiled event cast a spotlight on the revitalized Oakland nightlife scene, which is really beginning to come into its own after years of playing second fiddle to SF. As it stands now, there's a solid strip of venues in and around Broad ... More >>

Mind the Ripping Current

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 >>

Five places to eat oysters in San Francisco

Exhibit B: Good Biofuel or "Dump Your Used Holiday Grease Responsibly - For Free!"

By Meredith Brody If you fried up a whole lot of latkes (potato pancakes) or sufganyot (doughnuts) for Hanukkah, or sautéed sweet potatoes in oil or fried tamales in lard for Christmas, or maybe the turkey frier you hauled out for Thanksgiving is still lurking in the garage, full of congealed fat ... More >>

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/1

Folk Fantasies

Oakley Hall's very American jams

Have a Blue Xmas

John Waters comes to town with a bag full of bawdy holiday cheer

Driving San Francisco Sane

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

Artbeat

Sights, Seen

Obscure landmarks to love

Do the Eskimo Roll

Pilot a skiff at PaddleFest

Alice's Favorite Little Bites

Best Boutique Shopping

House of Tudor

Black Panthers, the "Time of the Season," and a little British dude named Goldie

Yoga/Pilates Studios and Instruction

One Strange Rampage

Don your costume and run

Steamy Sauté

Cooks turn up the heat

San Francisco

Picture This

Tenderloin residents strike a pose

Great Escapes for Lovers

Best Graveyard

Washington Square

Events Listings

Pride 2000 Events

St. Eleanor

Carnaval Cruise

Second Time Around

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