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Irving

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2013

    Kosher Veggie Chinese Hideaway Shangri-La Turns 35 This Year

    Irving Street between 19th and 25th Avenues is a haven for snacking, a fickle stretch where eateries are plentiful and won't last long if they don't catch on quickly. Shangri-La Vegetarian Restaurant (2026 Irving) has sat in the middle of this Outer Sunset food court for 35 years now, no small feat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2012

    Two-Buck Chocolatier: Capsule Chocolates

    Real candy makers will surely shudder in horror at Ichiban Kan's (22 Peace Plaza; 1931 Irving) $2 "capsule chocolate" maker, but it's a fun thing for amateurs like us to try out. It comes with little bitty teeny tiny instructions that basically offer the most rudimentary directions for tempering cho ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 3, 2012

    Recent Openers

    Real candy makers will surely shudder in horror at Ichiban Kan's (22 Peace Plaza; 1931 Irving) $2 "capsule chocolate" maker, but it's a fun thing for amateurs like us to try out. It comes with little bitty teeny tiny instructions that basically offer the most rudimentary directions for tempering cho ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 26, 2012

    Recent Openers

    Real candy makers will surely shudder in horror at Ichiban Kan's (22 Peace Plaza; 1931 Irving) $2 "capsule chocolate" maker, but it's a fun thing for amateurs like us to try out. It comes with little bitty teeny tiny instructions that basically offer the most rudimentary directions for tempering cho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    Blue Bottle Kiosk, Contraband Coffee, and Front Cafe Provide Caffeine Buzz

    The latest in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Tablehopper has some caffeine news. Contraband Coffee is soft opening its second location this weekend (1648 Pacific at Polk), Front Cafe is now serving coffee and has plans for beer/wine later (150 Mississsippi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2012

    Another Taxi Driver Assaulted and Robbed

    Police are investigating a violent robbery that occurred in the city's Sunset District early this morning that landed a local cabbie in the hospital. Officer Carlos Manfredi didn't have much information at this time, but says that about 5:30 a.m. a man pulled a gun on a taxi driver near Fourth Avenu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Number 4: Falafel From Sunrise Deli

    SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​An awful lot of restaurants like to make "Best [blank] in San Francisco" claims. The list of self-proclaimed "best burgers" is so long at least 21 of the places advertising them must be lying. (If it weren't for indepe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 26, 2010

    At Blackthorn, dog's best friend is a dick

    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 >>

  • Dining

    May 19, 2010

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    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.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Lunch Special: Shangri-La

    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 >>

  • Dining

    October 8, 2008

    I'll Have What She's Having

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

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    Contest Alert: Rename Underdogs Sports Bar & Grill

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

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    Jefferson Elementary gets unnecessary $4.1 million wheelchair ramp

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

  • Dining

    July 9, 2008

    New Restaurants

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

  • Dining

    June 25, 2008

    New Restaurants

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

  • Dining

    June 4, 2008

    New Restaurants

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

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Three Fatal Shootings Saturday Morning

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

  • News

    March 12, 2008

    Sunset Trees Mess with the Neighborhood's Feng Shui

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

  • Dining

    February 27, 2008

    New Restaurants

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

  • Dining

    February 20, 2008

    New Restaurants

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

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Tapioca Takedown

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

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2007

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

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

  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Various Artists

    Dimension Mix

  • Dining

    March 30, 2005

    The Art of Eating

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

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    Irving

    Good Morning Beautiful

  • Dining

    October 10, 2001

    Swerving on Irving

    Some bars in the Sunset are made for regulars

  • Dining

    June 21, 2000

    Side Dish

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

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Chinese Grocery

    New May Wah Supermarket

  • Dining

    January 6, 1999

    Prosperity Gods Smile on Inner Sunset

    New May Wah Supermarket

  • Dining

    September 3, 1997

    No Place Like House

    New May Wah Supermarket

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