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Sacramento

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Murio's Reopens, Bacon Bacon Expands Its Hours, and Chef Changes

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The new (and improved?) Murio's Trophy Room is back to serving drinks. Inside Scoop points out the interior is free of the knickknacks and doo-dads that use to line the wall and ceilings, and in their pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Judges Wish to Condemn Court Bureaucracy with Death by 1,000 Cuts

    Get those things off my desk, courthouse bureaucratic lackey​Sacramento trial judges wish to condemn what they call the bloated, insular, arrogant, and inefficient state court bureaucracy with death by 1,000 cuts, according to survey results reported in Courthouse News.Officials with the state Adm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    No. 17: Wayfare Tavern's Steak Tartare

    Gil Riego, Jr.Wayfare Tavern's steak tartare, $16.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.Cooking beef causes all sorts of delicious chemical reactions: Amino acids and sugars on the surface of the meat combine, the beef browns, and dozens of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Family Court Therapist Janelle Burrill Charged with Misconduct by Attorney General's Office

    ​The California Board of Behavioral Science and California Attorney General's office have filed formal accusations of misconduct against a Sacramento family-court therapist.The therapist, Janelle Burrill, is a clinical social worker who works with children and parents as ordered by family courts i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Wayfare Tavern's Deviled Eggs Are Hella Good

    Carina OstDeviled Jidori eggs with bottarga, $9.​In case you've been ignoring the beautiful weather, your calendar, or that asparagus at brunch, let SFoodie save you the embarrassment: It's spring! It's the season of crucifixions and rebirth, of ying and yang, of the white and the yolk. And ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2011

    Family Courts Need Reform, Say Judges, Legislators

    Carina OstDeviled Jidori eggs with bottarga, $9.​In case you've been ignoring the beautiful weather, your calendar, or that asparagus at brunch, let SFoodie save you the embarrassment: It's spring! It's the season of crucifixions and rebirth, of ying and yang, of the white and the yolk. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Will 'Coordinated Healthcare' Save San Francisco Millions?

    Tommy, first let's collect some 'metadata'​When multimillion dollar businesses adopt language and sales strategies befitting used car dealers -- or worse, Crazy Eddie -- consumers would be wise to clutch tightly to their wallets. Well, tomorrow the city and a bevy of its health providers will anno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Toast Almost Ready to Pop, Cupola Brings Pizza to S.F.'s Last Pizza-Free Block

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Grub Street has been chasing this one down for a few days: The Lark Creek Restaurant Group's new restaurant on the fourth floor of the Westfield San Francisco Centre (the old Zazil space, n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Does Happy Meal Case Against McDonald's Stand a McFlurry's Chance in Hell?

    Will California follow San Francisco in banning fast-food toy promos?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. SF Weekly news blog editor Joe Eskenazi looks at the class-action lawsuit filed in Sacramento yesterday against McDonald's. You know, the one that accuses the company of destroying Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    SFoodie Advent Calendar, Day 4: Cranberry Verrine from Citizen Cake

    Jonathan KauffmanCitizen Cake's cranberry verrine, $5.​The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.Citizen Cake: The Pac Heights Sequel has a few sugar cookies in its case right now, decorated with OCD flair, but SFoodie's e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    BlogHer Food Is So Gay

    Matt Bites blogger Matt Armendariz.​Have you noticed it? That extra something in the air? Has your food started tasting a little extra sparkletastic, like it's made with Unicorn Meat™? It's no coincidence. The foodie world is getting an extra shot of fabulous thanks to the BlogHer Food confe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    United Football League Fashion Show!

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Sixty-Two Busloads of CCSF Students Headed for March 22 Sacto Budget Rally

    ​Unions for teachers and other school employees will bus more than 3,000 San Francisco City College students to Sacramento March 22 for a rally protesting budget cuts.According to the CCSF website:March in March" will rally to Sacramento to our State Capitol for the Governor, the legislators, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    Escaping into Succulence: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

    ario/FlickrThe price of delicious.​Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 It's a dish every bit as much a tradition in San Francisco as a Tamale Lady cheese and green chile specimen late nights at Zeitgeist. And if the salt-and-pepper crab at Cantonese institution R&G Lounge also happens to be -- oh -- a tad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    A Cold, Cracked Taste of Here and Now: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

    nchoz/FlickrIf you haven't by now, it's time.​Tuesday, November 24, 2009 A week after the first crab boats made their 4 a.m. deliveries of furiously writhing cargo to Pier 45, it's time to make your yearly pilgrimage to Swan's for a taste of Dungeness sweetness. No guarantee the lines will h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Feel Super Posh at Tonight's High Tea and Blue Chair Jam Tasting

    Blue Chair Fruit Company​Get ready to cock your pinky and get all air-kissy. Tonight, artisan jam maker Blue Chair Fruit is celebrating high tea from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Paul Mahder Gallery (3378 Sacramento at Walnut) in Presidio Heights. The free event offers a chance to sample food in an arts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Moist Hunks, Juicy Roll: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

    ​Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Good enough for us: SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody recently called the pulled lamb sandwich here "absolutely superb: moist hunks of meat, juices imbuing its crusty roll, with an unexpectedly delicious dipping side of watermelon vinegar." Get your own at Wexl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Aisu Pop's Explosion of Cool

    Aisu Pop's Capay Candystripe and Creme Fraiche ice pop.​One of the most popular vendors at Eat Real Fest on Saturday was also one of the simplest: Aisu Pop, purveyor of gourmet ice pops. Owing to the days' high of 93 degrees, Aisu sold 1,000 pops in the afternoon, the entire weekend's stash. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    A Reinvented Classic, Cheap Hoes, and Dollar Oysters: A Foodie Day Planner

    ​Monday, August 3, 2009 Let's do lunch: Some days you just feel like going classic. SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody recommends one better : a cleaned-up take on an otherwise hackneyed classic, aka the chicken Waldorf salad at Spruce (3640 Sacramento at Spruce). Drink therapy: It's Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    San Francisco Lobbyists' Failure to Report Their Activities -- For Years -- Was No Secret

    ​The San Francisco Examiner this week reported that while the lobbyists San Francisco employs to push for the city's interests in Sacramento and elsewhere are required to file reports detailing how they're spending nearly half a million dollars of public money four times a year, they have, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Spruce Marks Two Years with a Double-icious Dinner

    Christine C./YelpSo big already?​Anyone who follows the restaurant business in this town knows that thriving for two years (hell, even surviving) is no small feat, especially for a fine-dining establishment. To celebrate its second birthday, New American spot Spruce (3640 Sacramento at Spruce) ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 1, 2009

    New Restaurants

    Christine C./YelpSo big already?​Anyone who follows the restaurant business in this town knows that thriving for two years (hell, even surviving) is no small feat, especially for a fine-dining establishment. To celebrate its second birthday, New American spot Spruce (3640 Sacramento at Spruce) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Giants Can't Hit, But Copy Editor Scores a Home Run

    Joe EskenaziNo arrests made by the grammar police todayA little while back we wrote about how baseball fans unfazed by donning the name and uniform number of a player recently cut off the team or unceremoniously packed off to Kansas City at the trade deadline can save a lot of money at the Giants' D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Take a Hike

    Joe EskenaziNo arrests made by the grammar police todayA little while back we wrote about how baseball fans unfazed by donning the name and uniform number of a player recently cut off the team or unceremoniously packed off to Kansas City at the trade deadline can save a lot of money at the Giants' D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Far Reunion Tour Hits S.F. in February

    Once upon a time in the '90s, a band called Far emerged from Sacramento and delivered crunchy, hard rock music paired with silky, melodic vocals. It was like the first time you tried peanut butter with ychocolate. It put out some of the most amazing and underrated albums of their era in Tin Cans wi ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2009

    The New Kid

    Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Tom Ammiano Compares Capitol to "Alice in Wonderland" -- and He's Alice

    San Franciscans already know that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only Sacramento politician with a background in film. That was Assemblyman Tom Ammiano playing himself in Milk -- and while it wasn't a stretch for Ammiano to play Ammiano, his next project may call for a bit more range. When ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Is Mark Leno Getting Grief from Democratic Leaders for Vanquishing Carole Migden? Far From It

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008

    Come On Down!

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Keak Da Sneak Arrested?

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Puffing Stogies With The Suits At Palio D'Asti

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Medical pot can get you fired, court says

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 19, 2007

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2007

    LiveFEED: Rock the Bells, 2007!

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 22, 2006

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 15, 2006

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 8, 2006

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 28, 2005

    An Ideal Meal

    Assemble your own from a buffet of the year's best dishes

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Five Best Pre-Quake Structures

    Assemble your own from a buffet of the year's best dishes

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Scrolling View

    Assemble your own from a buffet of the year's best dishes

  • Dining

    March 9, 2005

    Secret Garden

    Intriguing Italian food in a delightful setting tucked away in a mysterious hidden courtyard

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, January 19, 2005

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    Th' Losin Streaks

    Sounds of Violence

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    The chaotic, unsuccessful, and utterly charming first year of the San Francisco Tsunami of the Women's American Football League

  • Music

    January 16, 2002

    The New Boys in Town

    Fixing up the welcome wagon

  • Holiday

    November 21, 2001

    Holiday Highlights 2001

    Holiday Event Lisitngs

  • Calendar

    August 22, 2001

    Time Capsule

    Artifacts and artwork explore the Jewish concept of time

  • Music

    December 27, 2000

    Personal Best

    What the world needs now is a wholly subjective, occasionally snarky awards ceremony

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    ¡Holy Cohiba!

    Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

  • News

    April 14, 1999

    Rays of Hope

    Political winds may blow in long overdue nursing care reform

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