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  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Food Trucks and Celebrity Chefs to Celebrate Asian Heritage

    Organizers of the 8th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the country, promise the event will allow visitors from around the world to come together in the greatest cultural exchange humanity has yet come yup with: eating. A smorgasbord of f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 2, 2012

    Delayed Reaction

    Organizers of the 8th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the country, promise the event will allow visitors from around the world to come together in the greatest cultural exchange humanity has yet come yup with: eating. A smorgasbord of f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The Window @ Coffee Bar Announces a Month's Worth of Popups

    ​Last month, SFoodie mentioned that Coffee Bar was looking for popup vendors who wanted to sell food out of a window on the site of its forthcoming cafe. According to Nathan Downs, events coordinator for Coffee Bar, the Window's March schedule is now posted online -- and it looks packed.  Sta ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 18, 2012

    Fresh Eats: Food Find: Seoul Patch's Korean Fried Chicken Sando

    ​Last month, SFoodie mentioned that Coffee Bar was looking for popup vendors who wanted to sell food out of a window on the site of its forthcoming cafe. According to Nathan Downs, events coordinator for Coffee Bar, the Window's March schedule is now posted online -- and it looks packed.  Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Seoul Patch's Korean Fried Chicken Sando

    ​Four months after its debut, Seoul Patch, a lunchtime popup operating out of Rocketfish in Potrero Hill, continues to evolve. Chef Eric Ehler's been spinning out his original ideas -- all Korean-American culinary juxtapositions -- into new forms, bulking out the menu with new dishes (brussels spr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Seoul Patch vs. Reform Club Pop-Up Battle Royale

    Korean dramedy? Might we suggest the delightful, "Playful Kiss"?​What: Seoul Patch vs. Reform Club Where: Specchio When: Sun., December 4. Seatings 6-10 p.m. Cost: $40, $25 extra for beverage pairing The rundown: Eric Ehler is back, and this time he's combining both of his pop-ups into on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Seoul Patch Starts Serving Bulgogi LTs Today

    Kenichi KawashimaSeoul Patch's Korean fried chicken po'boy.​Not long ago, Eric Ehler, who'd been a cook and sous-chef at Serpentine for three years, took a break from cooking to hang out in Seoul. "I didn't just love the cuisine of Seoul," says Ehler, who was born in Korea but had spent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2011

    Pretty Pottery

    Kenichi KawashimaSeoul Patch's Korean fried chicken po'boy.​Not long ago, Eric Ehler, who'd been a cook and sous-chef at Serpentine for three years, took a break from cooking to hang out in Seoul. "I didn't just love the cuisine of Seoul," says Ehler, who was born in Korea but had spent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    "San Francisco" Ice Cream in Korea: Homage, or Ripoff?

    Rafael Flores/CNN GoFell & Cole ice cream in Seoul, Korea recreates some of Humphry Slocombe's and Bi-Rite Creamery's flavors​Humphry Slocombe proprietor Jake Godby, or whoever is in charge of the Mission District ice cream shop's Twitter account, is not pleased about a new Seoul, Korea ice cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    What to Do This Weekend, June 10-12

    Tamara PalmerHonest Abe's pie at the last S.F. Food Wars pie battle.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., June 10 Friday Food Pod Launches Oakland Technical High School, Broadway (at 45th Street), 5:30-8:30 p.m. A weekly food pod called Bites on Broadway will set up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Eat Tons, Help Kids: Asian Latin Fusion Fest

    ​Hybrid Fusion Where: Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street (at 5th St), 626-2787 When: Sat., June 11, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: Intersection 5M's new art exhibition Chico & Chang explores the intersection between (what else?) Asian and Latin culture. This Saturday the art will gain a ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 13, 2011

    Red Wings: Korean Fried Chicken Done Right. Really Right

    ​Hybrid Fusion Where: Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street (at 5th St), 626-2787 When: Sat., June 11, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: Intersection 5M's new art exhibition Chico & Chang explores the intersection between (what else?) Asian and Latin culture. This Saturday the art will gain a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Drinking Snacks and Korean Fried Chicken: Q&A with Seoul Food Blogger Jennifer Flinn

    Jonathan KauffmanJennifer Flinn at a ramen-rice cake shop in Seoul. Note: She does not normally wear a bib.​Eating fried chicken wings, rice cakes, and fish-egg soup at Red Wings ― all with beer and soju cocktails ― made me wonder about how these foods would be eaten in Korea. Were they drinki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Food Events for the Weekend of Jan. 7-9

    Off the Grid/FacebookImpervious to weather at McCoppin Hub.​Friday through Sunday, the area's tastiest happenings. Fri., Jan. 7: Food Truck Rally in Napa Oxbow Public Market, 728 First St. (at McKinstry), Napa; 5 p.m.-midnight The second installment of the first Friday food truck event in Oxb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Off the Grid Returns After Holiday Break

    John BirdsallIt's baaaack.​Almost a week after the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, things are just about back to normal. The tree's no more than a few dry needles lurking in the carpet, photo cards have been recycled, and Off the Grid is poised to return to the streets of San Francisco. OTG's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Pickled Figs and Pumpkin Beers: This Week in Food Bloggery

    Tamara Palmer​Highlights from the blog and beyond: 1. Sean Timberlake continues his series of advice columns on preserving peak-season produce with a recipe for pickled figs that looks phenomenal ― as well as links to other fig-forward preserves. (Also intriguing: Timberlake's sighting of nastur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Is Emeryville Poised to Kill Its Street-Food Scene?

    Laurel H./YelpLiba Falafel and Seoul on Wheels in a typical lunchtime scene in Emeryville.​The East Bay city of Emeryville has been a particularly bright spot in the Bay Area's emerging street-food scene. While San Francisco is a maze of payouts and regulations across multiple agencies, Emeryv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Off the Grid Launches in Haight and Civic Center Later This Week

    Chris MacArthur/SF WeeklyThe first Off the Grid launched at Fort Mason Center in late June.​Brace yourself for San Francisco street food to expand big this week. Off the Grid organizer Matt Cohen is announcing this morning that two of the three weekly street-food events slated for city parks w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Ten Things Other Than Ice Cream to Eat Today

    Jonathan KauffmanThis $2 bag of cantaloupe with chile, lime, and salt saved my life yesterday.​1. Bun (cold rice noodles) with grilled pork and a lemon soda at PPQ (1816 Irving, 661-8869).2. Melon, pineapple, or cucumbers doused with chile, lime, and salt from the frutero cart at 21st and Mission. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Happy Ending, Asian Street-Food Afterparty for SF Chefs Opening Gala

    Tamara PalmerSoul Cocina's sabudana vada, a South Indian fritter.​It'll take five restaurants, three dons of the folding table street-food movement, one food truck, and one dessert cafe to create the perfect "Happy Ending," the late-night component to SFChefs 2010's opening night festivities. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Brother Seafood Opens, a San Francisco Taco Glut Blossoms

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. First off, SFoodie's Tamara Palmer e-mailed us to let us know that Brother Seafood Restaurant (1830 Irving St., 661-8033), whose sign we spotted a few weeks ago, has opened. The pitch: Canton ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Frozen Dessert Ladies Twirl and Dip Made Their Street-Food Debut Yesterday

    Tamara PalmerTwirl and Dip's Siri Skelton hoists a strawberry tart fruitsicle. Peep the strawberry silhouette.​Twirl and Dip made its public debut yesterday on a lovely Emeryville afternoon, carting as a guest of Korean tacos-n-more truck Seoul on Wheels. Meg Hilgartner and Siri Skelton are th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Hopping through Dogpatch, It's Outside In 5

    odetogoodness.comOutside In 5 will feature the "provincial pie window" from Jaynelle St. Jean's Oakland-based PieTisserie.​Soul Cocina, SF Cart Project, and Hands-On Gourmet are getting ready for "Outside In 5." The indoor-outdoor event has been drawing increasingly bigger crowds, so this fift ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Sunset Celebration Weekend's New Street-Food Alley

    ​These days, you're not a proper lifestyle magazine if you can't throw a proper party. Next weekend, Sunset, the Menlo Park-based West Coast lifestyle magazine, is holding its annual Celebration Weekend. The event will take place on the venerable publication's seven-acre grounds ― yeah, magazine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Mission Burger's Closing for the Month of June. Then What?

    John BirdsallIt couldn't hurt to eat your fill of Mission burgers this month.​Is Mission Burger closing? Mission Mission opened the throttle on the rumor machine when it floated a tantalizingly opaque post of burger lack at Duc Loi. The truth? Well, sure it's closing. MB fry cook Danny Bowien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Jonathan Kauffman's Tips for Venturing Beyond Korean Snack Food

    hyperbolation/FlickrLunch at Han Il Kwan.​You have questions about restaurants, dining, food, drinks that you can't figure out or are too shy to ask? I have answers ― or know people who do.Under the SFoodie teaser to this week's review of Korean snack food joints around San Francisco, Urbanstoma ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 10, 2010

    Korea Attacks! Korean junk food has established a tasty foothold

    hyperbolation/FlickrLunch at Han Il Kwan.​You have questions about restaurants, dining, food, drinks that you can't figure out or are too shy to ask? I have answers ― or know people who do.Under the SFoodie teaser to this week's review of Korean snack food joints around San Francisco, Urbanstoma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Jonathan Kauffman Takes on S.F.'s Korean Junk Food Explosion

    J. KauffmanThe kimchi-pork hot dog from John's Snack and Deli.​It's happened. Thanks to vivid incarnations dished up via John's Snack and Deli, Seoul on Wheels, and Namu Street Food, Korean-fusion junk food has entered the popular vernacular in S.F., inspired by local tastes and the West Coast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    A Guide to Chasing Korean Taco Trucks on the Peninsula

    Seoul on Wheels' tacos.​Today's review mentioned in passing the preponderance of Korean taco trucks, the majority modeled after L.A.'s Kogi BBQ, that are prowling the Peninsula. If you're inspired to take your bike down on CalTrain to do a Cyrus Farivar-style tour de tacos, here's the list of truc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    SFMOMA's Turning 75 -- Celebrate With Street Food and Free Museum Admission This Weekend

    T. PalmerSeoul on Wheels will serve Korean tacos near SFMOMA this weekend.​SFMOMA turns 75 this year, but instead of having a birthday akin to something that someone of a similar age might plan, the museum has planned a three-day, practically non-stop blowout for Jan. 16-18 that could tire someone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    City's Mourned Korean Taco Truck is Back, Sort Of

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 20, 2009

    New hotel brasserie Midi offers updated versions of French classics

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Film

    August 27, 2008

    No Regret

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Film

    June 18, 2008

    Woman on the Beach

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    Sunshine of Your Love

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 7, 2007

    Queen's Nails Annex Hires Tony Labat for a 'BULK' Perpetual Art Opening

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    Korean Seoul On Wheels Found, Chowhounders Call Off Search

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    Korean Seoul On Wheels Found, Chowhounders Call Off Search

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Buying In

    A pre-exile Yoon and her truck in 2007.​The good news? Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels plans to start doing business again early next week. The sucky news for San Franciscans? It'll be dishing out its rice bowls and kimchi fried rice in Emeryville. But take heart -- Seoul on Wheels owner Jul ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 11, 2006

    Don't Go Changin'

    Entertaining, yes, but Menopause doesn't go far enough in erasing taboos

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Entertaining, yes, but Menopause doesn't go far enough in erasing taboos

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2003

    Gimme Two Steps

    Gay, lesbian, country, and western

  • Dining

    April 16, 2003

    Movie Meals

    A strategy for eating near the San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2002

    Annual Resolution

    Focus in on digital filmmaking at this year's ResFest

  • Dining

    June 27, 2001

    Brother's

    Pacific Grin

  • Film

    June 27, 2001

    Postcards From America

    Experts debate the evolution of gay filmmaking

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from October 18, 2000

  • Calendar

    December 25, 1996

    Night+Day

    Letters from October 18, 2000

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