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Noir Lounge in Hayes Valley is Open and Showing the Giants Game Tonight

Hey, you know how baseball season just started? Well, if you want to multitask and combine the Giants' second game with a visit to a new spot before your friends, get thee to the brand new Noir Lounge in Hayes Valley. The wine bar has a movie theater theme and is in a bit of a transition thanks to a ... More >>

Hey, Foodies, Leave Those Trick-or-Treaters Alone

The only thing scarier than precocious child restaurant critics is precocious children whose delicate palates reject Fun Size candy bars on Halloween. And frighteningly, they may be out there. For the low price of $38, parents can take their precious snowflakes on Gourmet Walks' second annual Hallow ... More >>

24 Delicious Ways to Beat the Heat in S.F.

Man, it's hot right?! Now that we're closing in on Day Three of this heat wave, we've rounded up some recent SFoodie posts guaranteed to help you cool off. We've got one more addition: Walking over to Arlequin's patio in Hayes Valley where we're writing this, we passed and couldn't resist Smitten Ic ... More >>

In Praise of Sushi Zone's Baked Sea Bass

Sushi Zone is one of San Francisco's hidden gems. Located on an alley off Market Street on the edge of Hayes Valley, the tiny restaurant holds only two booths and eight bar stools. The owner, who goes by "Ao," mans the raw sushi bar six nights a week, rolling up some of the freshest sushi and maki r ... More >>

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Chickens, Bees, and Cheese

Pepper Spray Cop Meme Lives on at Frjtz Restaurant

​Last November's harrowing shot of UC Davis campus police officer Lt. John Pike callously pepper spraying peacefully protesting students has had a wild life as an Internet meme. If any image of the Occupy movement has been seared in the brain, it is this one. Pike has been Photoshopped in countles ... More >>

Eat Foie with Blood Orange at Jardiniere, Tournedos Rossini at Baker Street Bistro

​Counting down the days before July 1, when California's foie gras ban takes effect.Here are two more excuses to eat foie gras this week: On its à la carte dinner menu, Jardinière is offering a terrine of foie gras with blood orange, Riesling gelée, and hazelnuts ($23). The $120 chef's tastin ... More >>

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Popular L.A. Vietnamese Food Truck in Town for Two Nights Only

​What: Phamish Pop-up! Where: Seesaw When: November 11 and 12, seatings 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Cost: $35 The rundown: Popular Los Angeles-based Vietnamese food truck, Phamish, rolls into San Francisco. They'll park at Hayes Valley's Seesaw, and serve up a four-course feast for two nights only. Th ... More >>

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Teen Shot to Death in Visitacion Valley; Homicide No. 31

Homicide in Visitaction Valley ​An 18-year-old man was shot to death while standing on the sidewalk in Visitacion Valley, police said. The man -- who has not yet been identified -- was standing at the 200 block of Rey Street at about 10 p.m. when two men approached him and fired several shots befo ... More >>

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Muppet Bar Set To Open, La Boulange's Expansion, and Two Drunk Brunches

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Grub Street has the deets on a couple of new bars. First, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, yes, named after the Muppet band, is scheduled to soft open tomorrow (2323 Mission at 19th St.). From the Bulli ... More >>

Kim Alter Exits Plate Shop, Oakland Gets a TacoBike, and Place Pigalle Returns

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. That was quick. Inside Scoop reports Kim Alter is already out as executive chef of Sausalito's Plate Shop. Opened in February, Atler took an executive role for the first time, after working in the kitchen ... More >>

Oh Yes, It's Nojo! And a Sustainable Seafood Market for the Wharf? Hell Yes!

Today in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. We'll let Inside Scoop call it: Nojo is now open at 231 Franklin St. (at Hayes) ― it's a mod, stylish-looking Hayes Valley izakaya place by longtime Ame presence Gregory Dunmore. And Bun Mee, a casual Viet fu ... More >>

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The Birth of a Sushirrito, the Death of a Paleta Shop

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Tablehopper discovers a new portmanteau cuisine. Sushi burrito = Sushirrito (59 New Montgomery, 495-7655, sushirrito.com). The pitch: nori-wrapped rice rolls, which sounds like giant fusio ... More >>

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What's Up Daddy-O?, Video Cafe Dies, Circa Recruits New Chef

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Live SoMa updates the public on the status of Daddy O's Cafe (294 Ninth St., at Folsom, 558-9988). The pitch: homey Southern food. The place opened in early November for about 10 days, then ... More >>

4505 Meats Taking Thanksgiving Orders for Turducken

4505 MeatsA chicken inside a duck inside a turkey ― yours for $275.​Inevitably, Thanksgiving is a holiday about the act of stuffing: pigs in blanket, bread in turkey cavities, tempeh and wild rice in scooped-out halves of acorn squash. Just like last year, 4505 Meats is offering the ultimate ... More >>

Charles Phan Hopes the Mission Likes Him Better Now, Bai Thong Opens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Jay B. at Grub Street talks to Charles Phan about his plans for the original Slanted Door location at 584 Valencia St. They're still quite vague, but Grub Street says the concept is more likely ... 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 >>

10 Things To Do For Under $10: EpiscoDisco, Bluegrass BBQ & Surf Art

Chuck Foxen Barn Owl at Grace Cathedral? Religious experience. ​Here it is, my final list of cheap trouble for you to get into this weekend (after this week, Emily Savage is going to take over 10 Things for a while). So I expect all of you to follow every one of these recommendations, twice. Espec ... More >>

Baylinks: BMX Bikes, Birdman, & Drunk Smurfs

​McLaren park may become a haven for BMX bikers. [Uptown Almanac]Hayes Valley Farm is having a film night. [Haighteration]Mysterious birdman of Civic Center feeds, helps pigeons. [EPA and Around the Bay]Shots of the Columbarium, San Francisco's prettiest place to be dead. [Richmond SF]You know it' ... More >>

Feasting Out: European Piano Salon Dining on New Year's Eve with GraffEats

​Where: GraffEats' secret location: A vintage European piano salon in Hayes Valley When: Thurs., Dec. 31 Time: Two seatings: 5:30 and 8:45 p.m. The deal: A special collaboration between GraffEats founder Blair Warsham and Jet Set Chef Alex Marsh, ring out 2009 with a menu including raspberry brais ... More >>

Yo-Ho-Ho and a $13 Cocktail: Opening Night at Smuggler's Cove a Rum-Soaked Taste of Excess

C. AlburgerDownstairs at Hayes Valley's brand-new tiki bar: A blur of insiders and rum geeks.​All three floors of Smuggler's Cove -- Hayes Valley's new ode to tiki libations without high-fructose corn syrup -- were packed to the gills at last night's opening. Owner Martin Cate said an eager th ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

​This week is all about local artist holiday bazaars, local rock 'n' roll, and free (non-locally made) Chevy Chase classics. Cheap bastards,  your weekend recommendations below...feel free to add to this list in the comments section.  Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk & Hayes Valley Holi ... More >>

It Isn't a Party Until Somebody Cries: The Week in SFoodie

• It was an unapologetic week of eating, with a tear or two thrown in for good measure. New SFoodie blogger Mary Ladd was busted gorging on the tasty but little-known savory foods at Mission Pie. Meanwhile, Matthew Stafford downed a mai tai (or two) in anticipation of summer. • We dropped our b ... More >>

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