Scott Youkilis

Free 'Shrooms & Wine At The Cellar: Did I Mention It's Free?

Kauffman's Five: This Week in Blogativity

A few of my favorite morsels from the blog and beyond this week:1. Between @jasperslobrushe and @ruthbourdain, I have lost several irredeemable minutes this week to reading parody Twitter feeds. M. Ladd​2. The Brazilian-owned pizza parlor is a San Francisco trope that doesn't usually result in goo ... More >>

Maverick Chef's Baseball-Themed Hot Sauce Scores Home Run

Youk's Hot Sauce​We discovered Youk's Hot Sauce as an added option to our treasured Mariquita Mystery Box last week. Turns out it's a collaboration between the farm of the local culinary stars (from Alice to Zuni), Maverick chef Scott Youkilis, and his baseball star of a bro, Boston Red Sox ba ... More >>

Maverick Chef Rounding Up Local Support for Gulf Coast Benefit

Jesse Friedman/FlickrScott Youkilis.​Oops. In SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish e-newsletter, we described a benefit for leak-stricken Gulf fisherman: Mission restaurant Maverick would be setting aside proceeds May 20 for the Greater New Orleans Foundation's Gulf Coast oil spill fund. Turns out plans hav ... More >>

Hog and Rocks Opens, Cafe Prague Closes Its Doors

​Monitoring the past 96 hours of gossip and cold, hard facts about restaurant openings and closings in San Francisco.SFoodie doesn't know what you all did over your three-day weekend, but we spent most of it on the couch, catching up on True Blood episodes and ruing the millions of dollars the cit ... More >>

Hog and Rocks blurs the line between bar and restaurant

​Monitoring the past 96 hours of gossip and cold, hard facts about restaurant openings and closings in San Francisco.SFoodie doesn't know what you all did over your three-day weekend, but we spent most of it on the couch, catching up on True Blood episodes and ruing the millions of dollars the cit ... More >>

Jonathan Kauffman: Hog and Rocks Avoids Most Dude-Food Clichés

David E./YelpHog and Rocks manages to straddle the eat-drink divide.​In today's "Eat" column, SF Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman traces the rise of places that straddle the line between food and drink. Kauffman: Something is shifting in San Francisco. The secret cabal that sets our ... More >>

Butter Burgers Lurk, Jon's Lives!, Mister Lew Hangs Out His Shingle

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Thrillist.comMatt Brimer.​Burger porn: SFoodie doesn't always know what dude-food newsletter Thrillist is talking about, but this morning's message is clear as, um ― clarified butter. Mav ... More >>

Big Hats and Bourbon: Where to Celebrate the Kentucky Derby

Virginia MillerOur favorite Kentucky Derby thoroughbred: whiskey.​You may still be fighting the lingering haze of your Cinco de Mayo, but the Kentucky Derby on Saturday will provide yet another excuse to drink a lot and wear a big hat ― just like Mother's Day. Though we couldn't tell you when t ... More >>

Matt Brimer Set to Leave Maverick

Albert Law/porkbellystudioMatt Brimer's warm Brussels sprout dish was one of SFoodie's 92 favorite dishes this year.​Looks like Matt Brimer, the young chef de cuisine of Maverick, is set to leave the Mission bistro at the end of this weekend after less than a year in the kitchens there. SFoodie wa ... More >>

Jerome Waag Co-Chef at Chez Panisse, Maverick's New Chef, and Kare-Ken's Curry

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Working up the Chez Panisse ladder: Yesterday Tablehopper shared a rumor that long-ago busboy Jerome Waag, was moving into the downstairs co-chef position at Alice Waters' Berkeley restaurant. Today, Ins ... More >>