Michael Tusk

Bearded In The Bay: Nominees Announced

Bearded In The Bay: Locals Snag Four James Beard Awards

Cheeseheads: Artisanal Cheese Festival in Petaluma, March 20-23

Sonoma will be ground zero for aficionados of California's artisan cheese producers. The third annual Artisan Cheese Festival, held at the Sheraton Sonoma County - Petaluma, will run from Friday, March 20, through Monday, March 23.  The festivities begin with a Meet the Artisans welcome reception a ... More >>

Falling in Love, Slowly

It took a number of visits over many months before our critic tumbled for Quince

Best New Restaurant

Quince

Doggy Bag: Holed Up with the Hooters Girls

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Pure fantasy: Grub Street's Adam Martin plays a sort of fantasy foodie game, speculating where POTUS might dine tomorrow should he choose to escape the money bubble of the Dems' Saint Francis fundraiser. Martin spins WTF matchups involving Obama with Zuni ... More >>

Baker and Banker: Don't say Californian

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Pure fantasy: Grub Street's Adam Martin plays a sort of fantasy foodie game, speculating where POTUS might dine tomorrow should he choose to escape the money bubble of the Dems' Saint Francis fundraiser. Martin spins WTF matchups involving Obama with Zuni ... 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 >>

Plow Set to Sprout on Potrero Hill

The breakfast and lunch spot is from the team behind nearby Ruby Wine.​There's more restaurant news percolating on Potrero Hill. Ruby Wine owners Maxine Siu and Joel Bleskacek reckon they're less than two weeks out from launching Plow, their breakfast and lunch spot at 1299 18th Street (at Tex ... More >>

Chotto About to Open, Ryan Scott Debuts 3-Sum Eats

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Tablehopper leads this week's edition with news that an izakaya named Chotto (3317 Steiner St.) will open Monday, Dec. 6. The pitch: sushi with Japanese fish, grilled skewers, pickles and smal ... More >>

Cotogna Complements Parent Quince With Simple Italian Fare

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Tablehopper leads this week's edition with news that an izakaya named Chotto (3317 Steiner St.) will open Monday, Dec. 6. The pitch: sushi with Japanese fish, grilled skewers, pickles and smal ... More >>

Noise Pop and GraffEats Offer A Culinary Tribute to the Art of the Cover Song

courtesy of Noise Pop Industries Music and gourmet eats: together at last ​ There's a shared culture between musicians and chefs, says Noise Pop Industries marketing manager Dawson Ludwig, ticking off concrete examples, like getting off work at 2 a.m., and the more esoteric shared sense of undergr ... More >>

Cotogna Brown-Bags Lunch to Go

​When we heard Cotogna was starting up brown-bag lunches to go for $12, we had to try one. The restaurant chef Michael Tusk opened as a more approachable neighbor to his high-end Quince seems perfect for the concept, as it specializes in hearth-roasted meats and other brown-baggable fare. T ... More >>

Stealing Veggies, New Chefs, and the Pastry Cupboard Opens

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We're not sure who would be the type to steal garden veggies, but Bernalwood shares that someone is raiding the community garden. We assume the culprit has eaten the evidence. New chefs in the kitchen: ... More >>

Wo Hing General Store: Charles Phan Tries Cantonese Food

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We're not sure who would be the type to steal garden veggies, but Bernalwood shares that someone is raiding the community garden. We assume the culprit has eaten the evidence. New chefs in the kitchen: ... More >>