Sausalito

Dinner in a Blindfold Is a Quickie Version of Dining in The Dark

Dinner in a Blindfold Where: ITK Culinary, 300 Turney (at Bridgeway), Sausalito, 331-8766 When: Fri., Oct. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $40 (purchase in advance via Eventbrite) The rundown: Dining in the dark is often marketed as a sensual experience, but it can also be an exercise in experiencing gra ... More >>

Class Alert! Master Twinkies, Chai and Cereal

The Pastry Shop: Favorite Childhood Junk Foods Where: Cavallo Point, 601 Murray Circle (at Fort Baker), Sausalito, 339-4700 When: Wed., Sept. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $55 adults/$25 children (plus tax) (reserve by calling 888.651.2003) The rundown: Cavallo Point, otherwise known as the Lodge at th ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Prado at Copita

The power of food to transport us with flavors and smells is what makes eating and drinking such a personal experience. It is what endeared me to the lively and cozy Copita Tequileria y Comida in Sausalito. Sitting at the bar takes me to the beaches of Jalisco, Mexico, where a yearly tradition with ... More >>

Occupy Decides Not to Occupy the Golden Gate Bridge After All

(Update 5:15 p.m.): The Golden Gate Larkspur and Sausalito ferries will not be in service tomorrow due to a planned strike as part of the May Day action. The ferries will resume service again after 2 p.m., according to transit officials. Hopefully, this gives ferry commuters some time to make altern ... More >>

Dragonfly Cakes: The Teensy Cakes That Solve The Cake Problem

We all want to have our cake and eat it too from time to time. Petit fours make that possible. Every year at the Fancy Food Show we endeavor to "sample" a few favorites we have already sampled plenty of times before. Dragonfly Cakes petit fours from Sausalito are at the top of that list. Always a ... More >>

Former Vegan and Vegetarian Write the Book on Sustainable Meat

​Where and When: Omnivore Books Aug. 10, 6-7 p.m.; 4505 Meats Aug. 11, 10 a.m.-noon; Cavallo Point Aug 11. 1-4 p.m. Cost: Reading and Signings free, Cooking Class at Cavallo Point $125 The Rundown: It has been a meaty year so far, with the spring announcement of Mark Zuckerberg's decision to ... More >>

Sea Lions Found in S.F. With Wires Wrapped Around Their Necks

Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

S.F. Ferry Ticketers to Strike Today to Protest Automation

Matt SmithMr. Ferry Boat doesn't like to get angry.​UPDATE: Media outlets are reporting that the planned strike has been called off. Original story 7:25 a.m.:Ticket taking on the Golden Gate ferry system has been one of the last manual labor jobs kept safe from automation. But that may change with ... More >>

Kim Alter Exits Plate Shop, Oakland Gets a TacoBike, and Place Pigalle Returns

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. That was quick. Inside Scoop reports Kim Alter is already out as executive chef of Sausalito's Plate Shop. Opened in February, Atler took an executive role for the first time, after working in the kitchen ... More >>

Plate Shop: Sprightly All-American Cooking, Fresh from the Garden

Kim Alter's Plate Shop: A New New-American Cuisine

Kimberly SandiePlate Shop's warm winter salad.​For this week's review, I visited Plate Shop in Sausalito, Kim Alter's first restaurant, where the veteran of Aqua, Manresa, and Ubuntu ― not to mention sometime waiter at Acquerello ― is unfurling her own sensibility.

Bar Bocce Makes a Pitch, RNM Reduced!

The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. City CarShare alert: Just as Eater predicted on Friday, Bar Bocce soft-launched over the weekend at 1250 Bridgeway (at Pine) in Sausalito. The pitch: sourdough-crust pizzas, wines on tap, and somet ... More >>

Bay Wolf Staying Put, Hyde Away Blues BBQ Announces Itself

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Michael Bauer at the Chronicle reports that the 35-year-old Bay Wolf, which was reportedly considering an offer to buy the restaurant, is staying put. Owner Michael Wolf is instead starting up c ... More >>

Zeitgeist Finally Does Away With the Honey Pots, Monroe Opens Soon

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Eater SF and SFist bring good news and bad news: Zeitgeist is finally replacing the Porta-Potties in the beer garden with actual bathrooms. The bad news: The bar is closing until Feb. 14 in ... More >>

Homegrown Marin Market Adds Cooking Demos

Tamara PalmerSaucy Dumplings will teach you how to make your own.​Saturday's Homegrown Marin Market is shifting to an earlier schedule, starting three hours earlier than the first two installments did. Cooking demonstrations will be a feature this time around: a solar cooking instructional in ... More >>

Sausalito Houseboats: Fond Memories of Sewage and Near-Death

Location, location, location...​The San Francisco Chronicle today published a 1,000-word story based on the premise that people who live on Sausalito houseboats have as perfect a life as can be found."I didn't meet anybody who regretted buying a houseboat," reads a quote from the story. ... More >>

Homegrown Marin Market Sprouts in Sausalito

Tamara PalmerKitchenSidecar working on banh mi burgers.​We braved painfully slow Golden Gate Bridge traffic on Saturday to catch the debut of the new monthly Homegrown Marin Market in Sausalito. Luckily, the long lines ended once we left the car as the high ceilings, multiple rooms, and backya ... More >>

Chill on the Hills — and in the Bay

Find summer adventures on land, at sea, or in the air.

Ferry Building Heath Store Opens Earlier Than Expected

Who knew Heath bowls and vases came in so many colors?​ The Heath Ceramics store in the Ferry Building Marketplace opened today, a few days ahead of its projected April opening. The Sausalito-based ceramic maker, beloved by both Dwell and Alice Waters, replaces Tsar Nicoulai, which moved out early ... More >>

Baylinks: Spit, Tender Veggies, & Dog Derriere

You know that's not hygeic, right?​Spitting mad. [Muni Manners]The Cliff House Sky Tram: Like a little piece of Epcot in San Francisco. [Richmond SF]Are you one of the 25 percent of Californians without health care? [Calitics]Sausalito: Stay on the other side of the bridge, bicycling tourists. [St ... More >>

Waterbar's OysterFest Experiences a Bit of Shrinkage

​So maybe it's not the best time to expect diners to shell out for fancy prix-fixe evenings. Sluggish ticket sales caused Waterbar's OysterFest to shrink from a three-day event to a single three-hour session this Saturday, noon-3 p.m. Original plans called for an expanded oyster selection on W ... More >>

Shuck and Swallow with Us Tomorrow at Ghirardelli Square

Robert LauristonGet ready to gulp. Seriously.​People like oysters. And they like dolphins. They're not totally unrelated: Both are cold, wet, and both, though we've never tasted a dolphin (not knowingly, anyway), allegedly damn tasty. Tomorrow, McCormick & Kuleto's (Ghirardelli Square, 900 Nor ... More >>

Looking for a Sweet Staycation? Marin's Cavallo Point Feels Far, Far Away

Aprimo via FlickrThe Marin Headlands from the lodge's porchThe address is Sausalito, but tucked away into the Marin Headlands a mile from town, Cavallo Point Lodge isn't the tourist strip you know. Honeymooners and other celebratory types have discovered this place, a renovated Fort Baker outpost ju ... More >>

Spring Fever? Head North to Fish

More reliable than Google Maps: Directions to FishFish 350 Harbor near Gate Five Rd., Sausalito, 331-3474. It's May, that happy season of blooming honeysuckle and brilliant sunshine, the perfect time to hop a ferryboat to Sausalito and enjoy the year's most intoxicating weather. Just make sure to ke ... More >>

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Tivo Alert Staycation: Dine with Rachael Ray Around the Bay

As we mentioned some time ago, Rachael Ray spent some time in the Bay Area putting together a show for her latest series, Rachael's Vacation, which aired last week and will run again February 6 at 11 p.m., February 7 at 2:30 a.m., and February 15 at 2:30 p.m. on the Food Network. But for those of y ... More >>

A Trip to Here

If you can't get out of town, try a place off the beaten track.

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Simply Paradise: SoonHo Song Art Exhibit Opens Saturday

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Bouncer

A wrong turn in the Marina sends Bouncer to a bar in Sausalito, where a lesson about love awaits

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