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February 17, 2012
Meat Eaters in Denial, Guilty-Ass Cats, Stuffed French Toast, and McDonald's is Insane
• PETA is up to its usual shenanigans, and this time, they foray into domestic abuse! Sigh. There's so much wrong with this ad that there isn't time to go into it all, and I know PETA will consider it a success based on page views alone, but how many of those are people who click it are goin ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
The Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary Tributes Are Rolling In
marioanima/FlickrThe sign for Chez Panisse should read: All hunger ye who enter here.August 28 marks the 40th birthday of Chez Panisse, as you've probably been hearing. Alice Waters has been redecorating her restaurant with old menus and holding commemorative dinners galore, and the newspaper st ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Seven Hot Looks for Restaurant Critics
Gael Greene. Hot. Earlier this week, Eater ran (or is it re-ran? I've seen this post before) a post listing hot looks for hot chefs. Faced with a magazine shoot? Hold a knife! Or a pig head! SFoodie knows all too well that restaurant critics could use some tough love from Tyra Banks on our public ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
New SFoodie Editor Out to Lunch
Hi. I'm the new SFoodie Editor. I should probably use this post to introduce myself, but Jonathan Kauffman, who has the desk next to mine in this spacious office overlooking Alcatraz, already did that. Or maybe I should use this post to deliver my food manifesto. But I put the manifesto down ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
California Passes a Mysterious Food Handling Card Law, Diet Coke Officially Makes You Fat
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Do you have your food handling card? The Chronicle's Michael Bauer delivers a real inside scoop: Thanks to a new law that no one in California knows about, by July 1 -- that's Fri ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Why Are All You Guys Reviewing the Same Place at Once?
Kimberly SandieDid all you critics need to gush over Nojo's tempura this week? Today's question comes from B.T.: Why did you, Michael Bauer, and Patricia Unterman review Nojo in the same week? Did you all go to the restaurant together?In the days when I read restaurant reviews rather than writin ... More >>
Dining
January 12, 2011
Fresh Eats
Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news
Blogs
January 4, 2011
Locavore's $7 House-Made Sausages
John BirdsallLocavore's maple andouille sausage with honey Treviso, $7.Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Jason Moniz was the opening chef at Oakland's Flora in late 2007, back when Michael Bauer liked the place. Last fall, Moniz and his business partner, Mario Duarte, opened Locavore, in a deep store ... More >>
Dining
December 29, 2010
Fresh Eats
Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news
Blogs
December 20, 2010
The Year in Food 2010: Big-Ticket Dining Surges
Lara Hata/SF WeeklyProspect: High-end dining in San Francisco is not in danger.Twelve months, ten storylines: It's SFoodie's annual look back at the year in food.Back in January, people were talking about the San Francisco restaurant scene as if it were flagging fast. The fretting was fueled by t ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Casey's Pizza Spins New York Thin Crust on S.F. Streets
Casey's PizzaCasey Crynes, right, with his brother Christian, on a street in the Mission. Kai Kronfeld of @NoshThis is in the background.In his review of Zero Zero, Chronicle critic Michael Bauer seemed to know he'd hyped too far when he busted out the French Laundry in reference to Bruce Hil ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2010
How Safe Is Chicken Tartare? A Saga of Discovery
CAKES A./FlickrChicken tartare at Ippuku: Just looking at this photo makes me crave it again.In the week following simultaneous restaurant reviews in the Chronicle and SF Weekly of Ippuku, a Japanese restaurant in Berkeley, the Chronicle's comments sections filled with disgust over a dish that bo ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
What Happens When a Food Critic Isn't Exactly Anonymous?
ubrayj02/FlickrLA Weekly critic Jonathan Gold, captured at Flying Pigeon in L.A.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. The top editor at Chow had a moment of ethical self-doubt last week. Jane Goldman showed up for Plow's first weekday breakfast, liked the frittata and lemon-ricotta pancakes, a ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Chron Writers Win AFJ Awards
This weekend, the Association of Food Journalists ― one of the two major professional organizations for food writers ― announced the winners of its annual awards. Bay Area writers took home three prizes: The Chronicle's Michael Bauer won first place in the "Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
A Resource Guide to Pie in the Bay Area
Tamara PalmerChile Pies' green chile apple cheddar pie.It's been declared pie season at SFoodie HQ, although we certainly don't mind celebrating it all year round. There seems to be a new enthusiasm for pie in the air right now. Even Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer recently wondered ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
With Locanda de Eva, Former SF Weekly Critic Robert Lauriston Switches Sides
Locanda de EvaI find myself in an odd position: Interviewing one of my former restaurant-critic colleagues about the restaurant he's opening. Robert Lauriston, prominent Chowhound and eater-about-town, has written restaurant reviews for both the East Bay Express and SF Weekly, as well as SFoodie ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
More Evidence of S.F.'s Fusion Renaissance
Jun BelenSisig from Hapa SF: Subtle fusion, maybe, but fusion all the same.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Jonathan Kauffman's response to Michael Bauer's Friday lament re: the death of fusion cuisine had a predecessor. In April, Urban Stomach blogger Alex Hochman echoed (um, pre-echoed? ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Chronicle Top 100 List Quietly Swells to 101
John BirdsallMarlowe's burger seems to have helped make it a late addition to the 2010 Top 100. Or the first addition to 2011.Believe us, we know all about the urge to engineer a do-over for something that, weeks after publishing, we've reconsidered. When it comes to last month's Chronicle To ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Calling Bullshit on Eater's Crusade to Bust Restaurant Critics
One-time New York Times critic Ruth Reichl in disguise.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. To catch a d-bag: Tim Carman of Washington City Paper calls Eater a dick for its initiative to unmask food critics. Eater National's Greg Morabito, you see, has this ongoing obsession he calls "To Catc ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2010
Poleng Lounge to Close in Jan., Anna's Jazz Island Closed
Poleng Lounge, soon to be R.I.P.January is a bad month for pink slips. Not only have I been getting multiple goodbye emails from publicists laid off from their jobs at the labels in the past week, but now I'm getting word about local venues that are shuttering in 2010. The biggest among them is P ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Save the Date: Foreign Cinema's Feb. 11 Birthday Tribute to Marion Cunningham
Marion CunninghamMarion Cunningham is a local culinary powerhouse, a close friend of James Beard's who wrote the 1994 edition of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook and 2003's Lost Recipes. On Feb. 11, Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission at 21st St.) will pay tribute to Cunningham, who's turning 87. No doubt ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Acme Chophouse To Close at the End of the Year
The upscale steakhouse is being axed -- er, cleavered.The Chronicle's Michael Bauer reported on his blog last night that Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at AT&T Park) is closing December 31. Rumors have been swirling for at least a year about the upscale steakhouse that emphasizes sustai ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
Mexican Coke: Is There a Diff?
joel8x/FlickrSometimes, a Coke is just a Coke.The New York Times isn't always on the ball. Lately we've read some seriously Onion-esque doozies, like last month's recession-friendly human interest story about a young, high-earning Brooklynite redecorating her new downtown loft -- "on the chea ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Doggy Bag: Battle of the Blogs
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Take a victory lap around your laptop: Congratulations to Carolyn Jung, who came in second for best food blog in a competition by the Association of Food Journalists. Jung's blog Food Gal clocked in behind Between Meals by Chron senior critic and exec food ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Pop Review: Frigid Melon and Good (But Not Amazing) Pizza at Gialina
zipfly/FlickrWho are we to disagree with Ed Levine, for chrissake?We're not sure why we turned down Delfina for this. Dinner was a thoughtful treat, extended impulsively out of sympathy for a rough 24 hours culminating in 10 excruciating minutes with the most alarmingly awful customer service ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. Ethic cleansing: At Between Meals, Michael Bauer ever so gingerly toe-kicks the issue of ethics. Did Mel's Diner cross some line when it offered diners 20 percent off their -- oh, let's say bacon burgers and freezer fries -- if they produced a glowing ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Meat Fire = Us: Is Barbecue at the Root of Being Human?
wallyg/FlickrBarbecue's a reliably toasty topic, a hallowed strain of American Southern cookery known for endless regional variations and no shortage of strident expert-y opinions about them. Even here in San Francisco, debates rage on. This week, Chronicle reviewer-in-chief Michael Bauer mad ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Glitz, Glamour, and the Girl Fight That Almost Was: Who We Saw at SF Chefs.Food.Wine
M. Ladd Circa's Erik Hopfinger, bearing tasty lamb chops. At the opening reception for SF Chefs.Food.Wine in Union Square last night, several attendees were giggling over reports that horns had trumpeted the appearance of Mayor Gavin Newsom minutes earlier. SFoodie spotted Michael Bauer and ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Crimped and glazed: At Bay Area Bites, the increasingly excellent Andrew Simmons slices into pie. Lettuce-leaf conspiracy: Michael Bauer copped to checking out the soft opening of Gussie's Chicken & Waffles last weekend, part of Between M ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Saturday Freebie: Delfina Panna Cotta at Macy's
After that scoop of Ben & Jerry's this Saturday, foodies can flock over to the Union Square Macy's (170 O'Farrell at TK) cellar for another freebie. At 2 p.m., Delfina Executive Chef (& ahem! James Beard Award winner) Craig Stoll and Pastry Chef Koa Duncan will demo and offer tastes of "summ ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2008
WSJ Calls San Francisco Dining Scene 'Big White Blank'
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2008
Mecca Makes The Shit List: Bauer Lays The Hurt On
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2007
Chronicle's De Afghanan Kabob House Gaffe: R.I.P. BYOB
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2007
Chronicle Turkey Team Cook-Off: The Fame! The Glory! The Leftovers!
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2007
Chronicle Turkey Team Cook-Off: The Fame! The Glory! The Leftovers!
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2007
Is Thomas Keller The Britney Spears Of Fine Dining?
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2007
Is Thomas Keller The Britney Spears Of Fine Dining?
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. The third estate: Call her the Judith Miller of the gutter food press (and believe us, we'd know). In yesterday's Yummy Letter ex-Chron Inside Scoop reporter GraceAnne Walden related what happens when you play spoiler to a TV food show. Last week ... More >>
Dining
July 7, 2004
Fishing Again
Charmed by a thoughtful neighborhood restaurant celebrating seafood and spirits
Dining
April 3, 2002
You'd Better Chop Around
A preview of Pac Bell Park's new restaurant, the Acme Chophouse
News
October 10, 2001
Letters to the Editor
You Don't Have to Tell Us About the Clowns in This City; Maher Is Less; Responding to Terrorism; Leftovers; Correction
Dining
September 19, 2001
Foie Gras for the Soul
Restaurants react to last week's attacks
Music
June 6, 2001
Pop Philosophy
Two clubs and a little Norwegian
Dining
April 19, 2000
Side Dish
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
Dining
July 21, 1999
Side Dish
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
Dining
April 14, 1999
Upstairs Downstairs
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
News
July 8, 1998
Letters
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
News
March 4, 1998
Letters
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
News
June 12, 1996
Letters
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
Dining
June 5, 1996
Dish
Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative
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