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Menu Porn: Spooky Edition

Celebrating the Seasons

Partake of fall's bounty at Mission Beach Cafe.

Bringing Femme Fatale Back

Partake of fall's bounty at Mission Beach Cafe.

Holiday Guide

Partake of fall's bounty at Mission Beach Cafe.

San Francisco's Hottest Chef Dudes

Ever dated a chef? It can be a dysfunctional slog: enabling his 12-hour work days, waking up at 1 a.m. to a kitchen of his work buddies doing Fernet shots around the dinette, and living through the perennial reek of garlic on his fingers. But seriously? We'd put up with all of it -- every last blast ... More >>

Next Week: Top Chef Contenders Try to Keep the Magic Alive at Brisbane Book Event

Feel the burn.​Top Chef has evolved from a way popular TV show to a media entity that launches cooks into fame, complete with charity events, books, and appearances. As proof, consider the arrival of the Top Chef Quickfire Cookbook (Chronicle Books, $29.95) and newly released Top Chef Quickfi ... 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 >>

Ryan Scott's 3-Sum Eats Debuts at Off the Grid

Jonathan Kauffman3-Sum's short-rib sandwich, $9.​ Last night, 24 hours after some of his fellow Top Chef alumni made their return to Bravo to chase the fame dragon one more time, Ryan Scott returned to the public eye in another form: behind the windows of a food truck. Scott ― known locally for ... More >>

The Lunch Box at South Park: Rib Whip, 3-Sum Eats Form Mini Food-Truck Pod

John BirdsallRyan Scott's 3-Sum Eats truck is making the Ritch Street lot its home base.​The Rib Whip is getting a roomie. BBQ food-truck owner Ryan Gessel tells SFoodie that, starting Monday, he'll be sharing his SOMA lot with a second food truck, Ryan Scott's 3-Sum Eats. The spot on Ritch St ... More >>

Dolores Park NIMBY Vows to Strike Again, This Time Against Chaac Mool

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Alexx C./YelpQuality of life destroyer: Chaac Mool's Luis Vazquez.​The Examiner's Ken Garcia catches word that La Cocina incubator business Chaac Mool will take over the nonprofit Dolores Park vendi ... More >>

Top Chef: The Tour Quick-Firing at Embarcadero

Jonathan KauffmanThe Top Chef Tour's San Francisco stop.​Bravo TV trailers and "Top Chef" tents have colonized Justin Herman Plaza this morning. Is Bravo flash-filming a segment for the next series? Is Traci Des Jardins throwing a semi-celebratory Top Chef Masters gala? No -- it's the Top Chef Tou ... More >>

Muppet Bar Set To Open, La Boulange's Expansion, and Two Drunk Brunches

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Grub Street has the deets on a couple of new bars. First, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, yes, named after the Muppet band, is scheduled to soft open tomorrow (2323 Mission at 19th St.). From the Bulli ... More >>

The Gap's Food Truck, Anthony Bourdain is here, and Nojo's Table

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We don't usually think about food while buying clothes, but the recent Gap food truck looks to be bridging that, well, gap. Eater SF shares, via PopSugar, Pico de Gap is offering Mexican food from Brunch ... More >>

Castagnola's Kitchen Walkout, Ryan Scott's New Place, and Groceries by Boat

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A packed restaurant with a kitchen staff walkout is among a manager's worst nightmares. Inside Scoop reports that Castagnola's kitchen staff walked out on the Fisherman's Wharf restaurant on Saturday at 7 ... More >>

Drink, Indulge & Live It Up at Brunch Drunk Love

​On a Sunday morning at Bruno's, the bar is almost unrecognizable from the night before. Where herds of Mission hipsters once lined the bar waiting to order drinks and bumping on the dance floor, the space is now sparse and a bit hungover, filled with clear voices and a communal end-of-the-weekend ... More >>

Del Popolo Readies to Roll, Ryan Scott's Please & Thank You, and Estela's Return

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. While it won't be the City's first mobile pizzeria (that would be Casey's Pizza), it will be the first one specializing in Neapolitan-style pizzas. Tablehopper reports Del Popolo from Jon Darsky (formerly ... More >>

Steak, Sandwiches, and Tatas in North Beach at The Penthouse Club and Big Al's Cheez 'n Bologna

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Bow-chica-wow-wow and a side of steak. Eater SF discovers that the pending Penthouse Club and Steakhouse will be moving into North Beach. The first west coast location of the club is slated for the former ... More >>