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Tortoise, SeaWolf, Lucky Stiffs -- Plugged In: ASD's Live Music Picks, June 20

Three Fatal Shootings Saturday Morning

Contest Alert: Rename Underdogs Sports Bar & Grill

Lunch Special: Shangri-La

Morning Buzz: A Foodie Day Planner

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Let's do lunch: Dude -- you're in the Sunset, and you're seriously thinking about grabbing a sandwich? Pathetic. Do as SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody does: Head to South Sea Seafood Village (1420 Irving at 15th Ave, 665-8210) and order salt and pepper squid and spicy ... More >>

Bay Area Bites from the Fancy Food Show: Native Kjalli Foods' Artichoke Hummus

Over the past 13 years, San Francisco-based Native Kjalli Foods has transformed sales of superlative salsas at area farmer's markets into a staple line on healthier local shelves. Lesser known is the company's hummus, but the new artichoke variety grabbed our attention at the Fancy Food Show. Most ... More >>

Snacktion: Lotte's Soyer Chocolate Soy Protein Snack

Name: Soyer Chocolate Soy Protein Snack Brand: Lotte Origin: Japan Cost: $2.39 Found at: Sunset Super (2425 Irving) Ingredients: Sugar, skimmed soybean, whole milk powder, corn starch, cocoa butter, cacao mass, palm oil, lactose, salt, wheat flour, egg, shellac, calcium carbonate, vegetable ... More >>

Meals Under $8: PPQ's Bun

Pho Phu Quoc Beef Noodle House (1816 Irving), better known as PPQ, has 10 different kinds of Vietnamese vermicelli noodles, or bun, on the menu (priced from $6.75 to $7.95). Pictured here is the bun with imperial rolls and charbroiled pork ($7.95). Before you say that it doesn't seem like much, w ... More >>

I'll Have What She's Having

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Jefferson Elementary gets unnecessary $4.1 million wheelchair ramp

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

New Restaurants

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

New Restaurants

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

New Restaurants

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Sunset Trees Mess with the Neighborhood's Feng Shui

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

New Restaurants

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

New Restaurants

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Tapioca Takedown

The ball-filled beverage wars in the Sunset may have brought down Ed Jew.

Broke Ass Foodie: Dry Fried Shrimp Lunch Special at San Tung

The hordes of Chinese families who crowd this restaurant day and night are not wrong: San Tung (1031 Irving at 12th Ave.) lives up to the hype, and then some. With some entrees at nearly half price during the lunch special hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., it's also a great deal. We crave the dry fried s ... More >>

Various Artists

Dimension Mix

The Art of Eating

Fabulous, inexpensive Thai food whose only flaw is its speedy arrival (and consumption)

Irving

Good Morning Beautiful

Swerving on Irving

Some bars in the Sunset are made for regulars

Best Vegan Restaurants

Some bars in the Sunset are made for regulars

Roll Play: Yum Yum Fish Tuna Salad Roll

Can't decide on a tuna sandwich or some tuna sushi for lunch or dinner? Try the tuna salad roll ($3.50) to go at Yum Yum Fish (2181 Irving). A clever amalgamation of the two ideas, it's comprised of tuna salad, lettuce, tomato, and cucumber and is a simple and flavorful combination.

Side Dish

Beachfront Bayou; Just Hangin'; That's Entertainment; Encore

Best Chinese Grocery

New May Wah Supermarket

Prosperity Gods Smile on Inner Sunset

New May Wah Supermarket

No Place Like House

New May Wah Supermarket

Snacktion: Bean and Cheese Pupusas from Casa Sanchez

Name: Bean and Cheese PupusasBrand: Casa SanchezOrigin: South San FranciscoFound at: Andronicos (1200 Irving at 14th Ave.)Cost: $4.99Ingredients: Corn flour, pinto beans, jack cheese, canola oil, onions, cumin, paprika.Calories per serving: 174 The word: Originally an invention from El Salvador some ... More >>

Cooling Off in the Sunset, Finding Dodgy Glam in the Mission, and Going Euro in SOMA: A Foodie Day Planner

​Thursday, August 13, 2009 Let's do lunch: Who knows, might even be hot in the Sunset today. SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody says cool off with vegetable tempura and cold zaru soba at Hotei (1290 Ninth Ave. at Irving). Drink therapy: No DJs tonight, but who cares? Console yourself with ... More >>

The Most Important Meal of the Day, No Matter When: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

​Thursday, September 10, 2009 No, a Marlboro and a Diet Coke don't technically count as breakfast, even if they're the first things you sucked down this morning. Get a proper midday do-over, says SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, with a spinach, onion, mushroom and hot sausage hash brown ... More >>

Sanctioning Flavor with Iranian Eats: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

​Tuesday, October 6, 2009 So maybe the most exotic thing you've lunched on lately is Russian dressing. Inch into the realm of the little known with the Iranian delights of soup-e adas (lentil soup) and kookoo sabzi (fresh herb quiche with walnuts and barberries), SF Weekly food critic Meredit ... More >>

Bay Links: Freebies, Headshots, & Poems

Mmmmmm...free couch.​U.C. Berkeley wants to give you a couch. [Oakland North]We're number one! We're number one! Top 10 states for energy efficiency. [Streetsblog]Realtor headshots: ineffective, but kind of awesome. [On the Block]There's another food site in town. [Tasting Table]Poems for sale, an ... More >>

Beautifull Readying Its Second Location, This Time in the Inner Sunset

joe.moore/FlickrThe health-oriented prepared foods shop opens this Saturday in the former Pasta Pomodoro (pictured above).​The Inner Sunset location of upscale health-oriented food shop Beautifull is slated to open Saturday (the original Laurel Heights store opened last April). The Pasta Pomod ... More >>

New Restaurants

joe.moore/FlickrThe health-oriented prepared foods shop opens this Saturday in the former Pasta Pomodoro (pictured above).​The Inner Sunset location of upscale health-oriented food shop Beautifull is slated to open Saturday (the original Laurel Heights store opened last April). The Pasta Pomod ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Za'atar Bread from Aroma's Hamati (and GFC)

J. KauffmanIf a pita and a foccaccia got married in Lebanon...​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the steamed, the artisan and the novelty.Za'atar Bread Producer: Aroma's Hamati BreadsSource: 22nd and Irving Market, 2101 Irving (at 22nd Ave.), 681-5212. Also spotted at B ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 12-18, 2010

J. KauffmanIf a pita and a foccaccia got married in Lebanon...​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the steamed, the artisan and the novelty.Za'atar Bread Producer: Aroma's Hamati BreadsSource: 22nd and Irving Market, 2101 Irving (at 22nd Ave.), 681-5212. Also spotted at B ... More >>

Macao Friends Shutters; No Word on Restaurant's Fate

Tamara Palmer​Macao Friends, a Chinese-Portuguese restaurant at 2240 Irving (at 24th Ave.) that we recently raved about, has suddenly closed. A handwritten sign in the window reads "under construction," while an official notice details that the build-out will take the next two months and block ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 19-25, 2010

Tamara Palmer​Macao Friends, a Chinese-Portuguese restaurant at 2240 Irving (at 24th Ave.) that we recently raved about, has suddenly closed. A handwritten sign in the window reads "under construction," while an official notice details that the build-out will take the next two months and block ... More >>

At Blackthorn, dog's best friend is a dick

Tamara Palmer​Macao Friends, a Chinese-Portuguese restaurant at 2240 Irving (at 24th Ave.) that we recently raved about, has suddenly closed. A handwritten sign in the window reads "under construction," while an official notice details that the build-out will take the next two months and block ... More >>

Brother Seafood Restaurant, a Hong Kong Spinoff by New Hing Lung, Set to Open Soon

Jonathan Kauffman​Eating lunch in the Outer Sunset today, SFoodie passed this sign going up over the old Go Go Cafe space. We called the number and talked to the owner, who says he also owns New Hing Lung on Noriega.Brother Seafood Restaurant, he said, will specialize in Hong Kong-style seafood; ... More >>

Saiwaii Ramen About to Open; Mystery Ensues

​Just spotted this sign on the old Macao Friends space on Irving and 23rd Avenue ― more ramen to feed the fad. (Additional fodder: the new branch of the international Ajisen Ramen chain, which is slated to open in August in the food court of the Westfield San Francisco Center). There's a help wa ... More >>

Let's Roll, a Roll-Your-Own Sushi Place, Taking Shape in the Sunset

Tamara Palmer​Last week, new signs went up on a former frozen yogurt storefront at 2150 Irving (at 23rd Ave.). When it opens, Let's Roll might be the city's first-ever roll-your-own sushi bar. A note posted on the door seeks "energetic and smiley" kitchen staff, servers, and a sushi chef, all ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Three Challot for a Friday

Jonathan KauffmanMoscow and Tbilisi's challah (non-Kosher).​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Challah #1 Source: Moscow and Tbilisi Bakery, 5540 Geary (at 20th Ave.) 668-6959.Price: $4 for a large, $0.85 for a smallKosher? No Toast- ... More >>

Michael Mina and Schweet Box Open This Week. Make of That What You Will

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.If you hadn't heard, the new MICHAEL MINA opened last night. In more entertaining news, UrbanDaddy finds that Schweet Boks (2142 Irving, 992-2119, Facebook page) is FINALLY about to open ... More >>

Loving Hut Showers the Sunset with Benevolence, Dash Cafe with Waffles

​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Thrillist reports on the appearance of Dash Cafe (420 Judah, heh heh, 661-1237, Facebook page), which serves waffles for lunch and dinner ― most notably in the form of waffle sandwiches. F ... More >>

Town Hall Owners Plan a Wine-on-Tap Bar, Audio Geeks Reveal They're Coffee Geeks As Well

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. 7x7's Bits and Bites blog is giddy at the chance to scoop the rest of us in reporting that the project Town Hall's owners are opening at 740 Valencia will be a wine bar. Even more timely, it will ... More >>

Rice, Meet the BeDazzler

Carina OstLavash's zereshk polo comes with basmati rice studded with barberries and raisins, a bit of edible Persian bling.​In these days of diamond-encrusted smartphones, BeDazzled jeans, and even Vajazilling, who wants something that is un-bling'd? Not SFoodie. Take rice, which is otherwise ... More >>

Rose Tea and Toast Open, Bar Tartine Closes for a Week

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Eater SF notes two drink-inspired restaurant openings: Another new wine bar in Rockridge, Toast (5900 College at Chabot), has officially launched today. Owners Heither Sittig and Kristin Policy, first-tim ... More >>

Del Popolo Readies to Roll, Ryan Scott's Please & Thank You, and Estela's Return

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. While it won't be the City's first mobile pizzeria (that would be Casey's Pizza), it will be the first one specializing in Neapolitan-style pizzas. Tablehopper reports Del Popolo from Jon Darsky (formerly ... More >>