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Reza Esmaili

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    June 16, 2011

    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 >>

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    November 17, 2010

    Seven Hills Rise(s) Up, Beast and the Hare Springs to Life

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Urban Daddy is the first to report that Seven Hills (1550 Hyde, 775-1550, www.sevenhillssf.com) opens on Friday. Young chef-owner Alexander Alioto (yeah, you've heard of his relatives) has in ... More >>

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    September 22, 2010

    'I-talian I-ranian American Spaghetti Feed' Plays with Stereotypes

    Tamara Palmer​"I wanted to play with stereotypes of how we've been mispronounced," said Long Bar proprietor Reza Esmaili of his forthcoming I-talian I-ranian American Spaghetti Feed. Sunday's three-course meal, a wind-down from SF Cocktail Week, will be a culinary collaboration between Long Ba ... More >>

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    September 10, 2010

    Another Surprise Sundance Closure, Chef Changes at Eos and Long Bar

    ​A guide to the past 24 hours' worth of restaurant gossip, rumors, and cold, hard facts. On Tuesday, Sundance Coffee owner Michael Ware told SFoodie that he was not closing his Dogpatch cafe, even though he shut down the Mission branch a week earlier without giving his staff any notice. Yeste ... More >>

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    December 18, 2009

    Drink of the Week: Conduit's Tuscan Holiday

    T. Palmer​Take a break from all those too-sweet, too-creamy holiday cocktails with Reza Esmaili's Tuscan Holiday, served at Conduit (280 Valencia at 14th St.). Esmaili, who is also the president of the NorCal Chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild, blends Cadenhead's Old Raj 46 proof dry gi ... 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

    Our Picks for the Four Hottest Tickets at This Weekend's SF Chefs.Food.Wine. Fest

    ​This weekend's first-ever SF Chefs.Food.Wine culinary festival is a chance to get up close and personal with local food and wine talent through tastings, classes, and even a cocktail contest. The cost might make you balk (ticketed events are $40 and up, day passes $150), but keep in mind that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Drink of the Week: Zaré at Fly Trap's Minted Memory

    At Zaré at Fly Trap (606 Folsom), there are many reminiscences on growing up in Iran (since chef/owner Hoss Zaré and cocktail director Reza Esmaili both did). One especially addictive and dangerous one is the Minted Memory, made of Bombay gin, Pimm's No.1, minted vinegar syrup, and lemon. Minted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2008

    Hoss-Pitality at Zaré at Fly Trap

    At Zaré at Fly Trap (606 Folsom), there are many reminiscences on growing up in Iran (since chef/owner Hoss Zaré and cocktail director Reza Esmaili both did). One especially addictive and dangerous one is the Minted Memory, made of Bombay gin, Pimm's No.1, minted vinegar syrup, and lemon. Minted ... More >>

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