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Fresh Eats: Burger Urge: An Imperfect Burger That Fits In Perfectly

Burger Urge Does Serve a Filling Burger

Jonathan KauffmanBurger Urge's steakhouse burger: Prepare to be filled.​A few weeks ago, the wooden chrysalis surrounding a former tattoo parlor on Haight and Clayton came down, and Jack Mogannam and Sam Sirhed's Burger Urge erupted, all neon and windows The owners spent months refitting the ... More >>

The Beefbreaker: Oscar Yedra Wants His Cut of the New Meat-Carving Movement

Jonathan KauffmanBurger Urge's steakhouse burger: Prepare to be filled.​A few weeks ago, the wooden chrysalis surrounding a former tattoo parlor on Haight and Clayton came down, and Jack Mogannam and Sam Sirhed's Burger Urge erupted, all neon and windows The owners spent months refitting the ... More >>

Brunch Glory: The Butler and the Chef Brings Paris to SF

​San Francisco is home to many a French-style cafe (ahem, La Boulange), but The Butler and the Chef is the real deal. Tucked away in SOMA's charming South Park, the bistro's yellow storefront draws customers into its bright dining space, dotted with graphic posters and tiny circular tables for two ... More >>

So Long KoKo, Nojo Charges No-Shows, and Don't Sit On That Bench

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. And so it goes: KoKo Cocktails, the beloved Tenderloin bar, has announced it will shutter on July 30, as California Pacific Medical Center sets to move in. The Tender announces it will go out with an epic ... More >>

Crooked Dealings at Carlos Club, A Shutter After 30 Years, and More Burgers

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Seeing double meant paying double at the now shuttered Carlos Club. Grub Street reports, via Mission Local, the 24th Street bar's liquor license was suspended indefinitely on June 30 after a year-long inv ... More >>

S.F.'s First Pizza Truck, an Artisan Soda Stand, and Pride Parade's Top Chef

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The mobile food report: Casey's Pizza, which started as makeshift stand, will get a set of wheels by the end of August. Eater SF reports that Casey Crynes' will be the first pizza truck on the S.F. scene ... 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 >>

Moving Beyond the Niche of Local Eating

Artbandito/FlickrCows at Marin Sun Farms in West Marin.​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. Bob Comis, a farmer in upstate New York, just posted a duo of complementary essays on Grist and the Stony Brook Farm's blogs ... More >>

Straw Can Make You Feel Grifted

Mona C./YelpFor all the buzz, the carny-themed restaurant in Hayes Valley looks pretty much like every other budget bistro in town.​Like a carnival barker's patter, Straw has been hard to resist. Long before it opened late last month, the blogosphere was atwitter with anticipation about this h ... More >>

Paladar vs. Chan Chan: The Cuban-on-Cuban Cubano

Jonathan KauffmanPaladar's Cubano, $9.50.​Cuban sandwiches do come from Cuba, Paladar Cafe Cubano owner Rita Abraldes assured SFoodie the other day. (Though there, of course, they're not called "Cuban sandwiches" ― often they're referred to as "mixtos"). The Cuban sandwich has a long history in ... More >>

The Two-Pie Meal: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Thurs., Mar. 25 T. PalmerDouble-pie action: Don't judge us, just try it.​Dessert first is always a good rule of thumb, but if you stop into Chile Pies (& Ice Cream), the Green Chile Kitchen offshoot that opened its doors in the old GCK space yesterday, there's one (and only one) savory item t ... More >>

Bernal's Sandbox Bakery Hopes to Revive the Homely Pig in a Blanket

J. BirdsallSandbox Bakery's brioche-wrapped pig, next to a savory scallion scone.​S.F.'s slow-to-arrive Sandbox Bakery opened this morning at 833 Cortland (at Gates) to a snarl of Bernal Heights residents crushing for ginger scones and Valrhona croissants. Neighbors will have to wait a bit lon ... More >>

City of Burgers: Fish & Farm Serves Up a Juicy Dilemma

M. BrodyThe lunchtime Juicy Lucy: Half the protein, pretty much all the flavor.​Fish & Farm offers you a lady-or-the-tiger choice: Do you want to spring $8 at lunch for the takeaway Juicy Lucy -- two 2-ounce Niman Ranch burger patties sealed around a core of American cheese -- or $14 at dinner ... More >>

Don't Kill Us for Saying, But Now's the Time to Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey

Cobalt123/FlickrGruesome thought, isn't it?​It's that delicious moment when San Francisco summer starts for real. Who can think about Thanksgiving, with its scramble for pies, its making-nice-with-your-brother-the-Christian, its turkey, for chrissake. But this is the very moment to start thin ... More >>

Noodle Theory fuses Asian noodles with quality ingredients and zesty spicing

Cobalt123/FlickrGruesome thought, isn't it?​It's that delicious moment when San Francisco summer starts for real. Who can think about Thanksgiving, with its scramble for pies, its making-nice-with-your-brother-the-Christian, its turkey, for chrissake. But this is the very moment to start thin ... More >>

Queer Food Capital: Four Sweet Brunch Places for Gay Dads and Everyone Else

What are Daddy and Papa to do? Father's Day is a twofer in households with two dads, which means extra pressure to do it up right. To help, we've rounded up four special but affordable places to have brunch on Sunday with the little ones. Pack the kids in the stroller, grab the Sunday Times or that ... More >>

Hot Meal: Noodle Theory in the Marina

Noodle Theory recently opened in the Marina (3242 Scott at Lombard, 359-1238), a branch of chef-owner Louis Kao's popular fusion noodle shop across the bay in Rockridge. The San Francisco outpost is a sleek modern place with wood-topped tables. We dropped by for lunch, and tried fried wontons ($ ... More >>

Pork Belly and Cocktails

At Heaven's Dog, mixing contemporary Chinese and fancy drinks in a modern setting does not a great restaurant make.

S.F. supervisors' foie-gras-free menu

At Heaven's Dog, mixing contemporary Chinese and fancy drinks in a modern setting does not a great restaurant make.

Breakfast Special: Beignets at Just For You

At Heaven's Dog, mixing contemporary Chinese and fancy drinks in a modern setting does not a great restaurant make.

Party on Block 18 This Saturday

At Heaven's Dog, mixing contemporary Chinese and fancy drinks in a modern setting does not a great restaurant make.

A More Refined Fire

Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

SF Weekly's Seven-Day Dish

Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

Food Porn: Hot Kimchee Action At Namu

Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

Meredith Brody in the Palm of Palmetto on Union

Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

A Little Grilled Gift

Fresh Mexican fare is just the thing to lure you out of the house and toward the Mission

Trawling on Church

A delightful Italian seafood trattoria worth finding in Upper Noe Valley

I'll Have the Chicken

After reflecting on the excesses of the past year, we turn to low-cal takeout

Gentle Ribbing

A carnivorous odyssey around the Bay Area pinpoints three very different meats

My Big, Fat-Free Column

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Best After-Opera Meal

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Best Kitchen Aid

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Best Pastries

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Best American

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Things Change

But the Vietnamese food at the latest Slanted Door location still shines

Best Upscale Burger and Fries

Zuni Cafe

Best Irish Food

Wilde Oscar's

Best Organic Grocery Delivery

Planet Organics

City of Light

The loveliness of Paris evoked in a Cal-Med restaurant-cum-wine bar

It's All Good

Our critic can't stay away from the buttery pastries and cheesy savories at Tartine

Raise the Bar

Given its location, in the midst of the food fantasia that is the Ferry Building, MarketBar should be better

Best Mexican

Oakland's divine Doña Tomás opens a nifty taqueria in Berkeley

Best Plate o' Pig

Grilled Pork Chops With Yams and Brussels Sprouts

Best Unhealth-Food Item

Niman Ranch Pork Belly at the Fifth Floor

Worth a Detour

Zax Tavern

Best Lunch

The Cheese Steak Shop

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