Jeremy Fox

Starbucks is a "Diamond-in-the-Rough", Jeremy Fox May Not Come Back, and Saision News

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Mega green: Eater SF reports Starbucks will open a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified location in the Castro at 2221 Market (at Sanchez). While it will incorporate the same el ... More >>

Jake's on Market Has a Chef, Jeremy Fox is in L.A., and the New Coffee Shop

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Chef news: The pending Jake's on Market just found itself a chef. Inside Scoop reports Erik Hopfinger (Circa, Waterfront, Long Bar) will focus on Americana dishes from scratch: from grinding the meat to a ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain at Zeitgeist, Bourbon & Bacon's Last Night, and Safeway Love

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Everyone's favorite chef who-will-eat-almost-anything, Anthony Bourdain, is slated to film an episode of No Reservations at Zeitgeist in a couple weeks. Mission Mission reports, via the Zeitgeist newslett ... More >>

Jeremy Fox to Stay, Long Bar Loses Partner, a Two Year Wait, and Boxing Room Opens

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Chef updates and partner changes: Grub Street reports chef Jeremy Fox, who is filling in at Saison for the week, is scouring the Bay Area for a space to house his new restaurant. Looking in S.F. and the E ... More >>

Jeremy Fox Collaborates, Commis and Locavore See Chef Changes, Marin Food Trucks, More!

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. More news on chef changes, collaborations, and owner switch ups. Earlier we mentioned, via Grub Street, that Jeremy Fox would take over Saison for a week. Now Grub Street reports he'll be collaborating wi ... More >>

Bottle Cap Takes From Blue Plate, the Muppet Show Inspires, and Of Course, More Crepes

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A couple chef updates. From Grub Street via Tablehopper, we've got the status of Bottle Cap, the restaurant slated to open in three weeks in the former Washington Square Bar & Grill space. Matt Sullivan, ... More >>

Ubuntu's Aaron London: Cooking Like Meat Doesn't Matter

UbuntuJames Beard Rising Star Chef finalist Aaron London.​When Ubuntu opened in 2007, there was great fanfare across the land. Jeremy Fox was the undisputed king of vegetables, and the restaurant topped pretty much every Best Of list. Critics (literally?) crapped their pants over its amazingne ... More >>

Pizza Orgasmica Swells, Celeb Chefs Break Up

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. The Marina Pizza Orgasmica announced to Inside Scoop that it's about to expand into the nail salon next door. SFoodie suggests the pizzeria keep the foot baths warm and bubbling. Orgasmica. (Or g ... More >>

Plum: Daniel Patterson's intricate and affordable cuisine

All Six DeLano's to Shutter, Le Truc Se Gare Près de AT&T Park

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Grub Street scooped SFoodie in its own neighborhood followed SFoodie in reporting that Le Truc, which is un autobus that serves food, is going to be parking at 470 Brannan from 11 a.m. to 3 p. ... More >>

TyFlo Gets Him Some Momofuku, Joltin' Joe Appears to Be Down in the Count

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Tyler Florence must slip bags of unicorn glitter into the pay envelopes. Either that or issue signing bonuses bristling with Food Network stock. Either way, a week after reporting that the Wayfare ... 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 >>

Plum Announces an Opening Date (Soon), La Rondalla Resurfaces (Later)

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Daniel Patterson's Plum (2214 Broadway, 510-444-7586, www.plumoakland.com) is opening next Wednesday -- and has just started taking reservation ... More >>

Alexander's Steakhouse Invades SOMA, Carnelian by the Bay Docks at Ferry Plaza

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Paolo L. at Inside Scoop reports that Alexander's Steakhouse (448 Brannan, 495-1111, www.alexanderssteakhouse.com) will open in the old Bacar space on Sept. 13. The pitch: steakhouse with Jap ... More >>

Jeremy Fox Abandons Plum, Bumzy's Opens

​​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Breaking news from Paolo L. at the Inside Scoop: Jeremy Fox (you know, the chef from Ubuntu) has abandoned his plans to be the opening chef for Plum, the new Oakland restaurant from Daniel ... More >>

David Kinch, Nicole Plue Win Beard Awards, and Everyone (After)Parties Hard

plucchesi/FlickrFrench Laundry's Timothy Hollingsworth.​Last night capped two days of galas, as San Francisco chefs and food writers traveled to New York for the James Beard Foundation Awards, which were presented Sunday and Monday nights. According to the vigorous Tweeting, the afterparty hopping ... More >>

James Syhabout Makes F&W Best New Chefs List (Probably)

James Syhabout of Ouest Coast Chef's Assistant.​Yesterday afternoon, Dana Cowin, editor of Food & Wine, started up a guessing game: On her Twitter feed she dropped hints as to the identity of the 10 chefs the magazine had just picked for its 2010 Best New Chefs issue. The ensuing tweets didn't ... More >>

Ubuntu Calls Split with Jeremy Fox 'Amicable'

​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

Chron's Scoop: Jeremy Fox Says Goodbye to Ubuntu

Jeremy Fox.​At SFGate, Scoop is reporting that nationally known chef Jeremy Fox has rolled up his yoga mat and departed from Ubuntu, the boundary-pushing vegetarian restaurant (and yoga studio) in Napa. Scoop said it didn't know the reason for Fox's exit, but said it happened at 3 a.m. today, ... More >>

Is Ubuntu Still Open to Serving Meat? Technically, Yes. In Practice, Not So Much

star5112/FlickrJames Syhabout, guest chef at Ubuntu's first Tuesday night prix fixe.​A month ago, we reported that Ubuntu -- Napa's Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant -- was organizing occasional Tuesday night prix fixe dinners called No Holds Barred. At least some of the dinners would fea ... More >>

Another Display of Butchery and Upscale Eats, This Time in Napa

J. BirdsallRyan Farr dispatching a beast at Bloodhound.​Yet another butcher-chef-fire event (this one called Primal) is happening Saturday in Napa -- observe the breakdown of a pig, a goat, a cow, and a lamb, and taste the results. Incanto's Chris Cosentino, Perbacco's Staffan Terje, Fatted Ca ... More >>

Napa Vegetarian Restaurant Ubuntu Likely to Serve Meat at Special Tuesday Night Dinners

Food Snob/FlickrUbuntu: Will the temple of pristine vegeterianism be serving up pork belly?​Ubuntu owner Sandy Lawrence told SFoodie that, as early as next month, the Napa vegetarian restaurant is launching a series of Tuesday night dinners that'll feature appearances by what she called some o ... More >>

Knives Out

How the Bay Area Fared at James Beard Restaurant Awards

Douglas Keane Douglas Keane of Cyrus Surprise Winner for Best Chef, Pacific, and Nate Appleman's Third Time is Charm as He Wins Best Rising Star ChefAt last night's James Beard Awards, in something of an upset, Douglas Keane of Cyrus in Healdsburg won Best Chef, Pacific, over fellow nominees Jeremy ... More >>

Ubuntu's Fox Shakes Ass for Hammered Chefs

peter_rJeremy Fox: Worked ItConfine seriously kickass chefs in a tight space, add cocktails and the superheated buzz around the James Beard Awards and what do you get? Two words: Stripper pole. Ubuntu chef and Beard nominee Jeremy Fox admitted to SFoodie this morning that things got so off the chain ... More >>

Bay Area Chefs Up For Beard Awards: A Remarkably Collegial Bunch

Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu i ... More >>