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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    HayaHon Begins Izakaya Popup at Former Mercury Lounge, Now Called SPACE 1582

    ​Mark Hayashida has covered a lot of culinary territory since graduating from college: cooking Classic French-inspired cuisine at the LA Ritz-Carlton, working on the sushi bar at the San Jose branch of Blowfish, cooking at Google, helping open Skool in Potrero Hill. Three weeks ago, he and partner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Q&A With Parallel 37's Ron Siegel, Part 2: In SF, "Casual" Food Ain't Really Casual

    Courtesy of Parallel 37Ron Siegel, chef of Parallel 37 at the Ritz-Carlton.​Ron Siegel, chef of Parallel 37 in the Ritz-Carlton, has worked in three- and four-star restaurants for 20 years. In 1998, Siegel, then the chef at Charles Nob Hill, received international fame when he became the first Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Q&A With Parallel 37's Ron Siegel, Part 1: On Leaving the Four-Star World Behind

    Courtesy of Parallel 37Ron Siegel of Parallel 37, formerly the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton.​Ron Siegel, chef of Parallel 37 in the Ritz-Carlton, began his career in the butcher shops of Palo Alto. Upon graduation from culinary school in 1991, he worked as part of the opening team at Aqua, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Cafe Gratitude To Close All Bay Area Locations and Gracias Madre

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The big news of the day is the all-edifying-vegan-menu restaurant that is Cafe Gratutide is closing up all seven of its Northern California locations and the owners' other S.F. restaurant, Gracias Madre. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Silks to Close, Etcetra Wine Bar to Open, and Murio's Hangs in the Balance

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. First it was the Ritz Carlton Dining Room, and now Inside Scoop reports that Silks, the nearly 25-year-old restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental, is slated to shutter in April. While the hotel will undergo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Just The Chairman Now, Hops & Hominy, Maestro, Parallel 37 to Open this Winter

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Dropping the bao: The food truck formerly known as the Chariman Bao, has altered their moniker to the Chairman. According to the statement they sent us, chef Hiroo Nagahara says, "We decided to change our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    September 2011 Openings & Closures: Hotel Restaurants Change with the Times

    Ron StarrThe end of an era at the Ritz Carlton​With the closure of the Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton after 20 years and the W Hotel opening Trace, the City's restaurant scene saw the loss of a traditional, white-tablecloth dinner, and the ascendance of sustainable fare in a modern, sleek set ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Cowboy Food, Batter Bakery Expands, and Goodbye Dining Room

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The old west may show up in the Mission. Eater SF shares the former Bombay and Bazar and Ice Cream space may become a throwback to the cowboy days of yesteryear. The same team (Woodhouse Fish Co.'s McNive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Petals, a Floral Farewell by The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton

    Tamara Palmer​After 20 years, The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton will close for an extended beauty sleep and extreme makeover, from which it will emerge impossibly fresh and new, a more casual experience and concept in contrast to the hours-long, multi-course tasting menus that are a current ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 10, 2011

    Fifth Floor: Technique and Intelligence Prove Hotel Restaurants Can Still Shine

    Tamara Palmer​After 20 years, The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton will close for an extended beauty sleep and extreme makeover, from which it will emerge impossibly fresh and new, a more casual experience and concept in contrast to the hours-long, multi-course tasting menus that are a current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Fifth Floor: Keeping the Hotel Restaurant Fresh

     Kimberly SandieFifth Floor's pork shoulder (left) and pork belly with peaches, bourbon foam, and, well, a whole lot of stuff.​Most of the news about hotel restaurants in San Francisco these days isn't gushy. The Ritz-Carlton is reformulating its high-end restaurant, Michael Mina moved his fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    The Ritz Readies for Change, and Dumplings & Buns Pre-opening Bites

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Ritz is puttin' on a new name. Inside Scoop reports The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton is set to shutter on Sept. 15, after it opened 20 years ago with Gary Danko at the helm. Chef Ron Siegel will st ... More >>

  • Articles

    January 26, 2011

    Thank You for Sharing

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Ritz is puttin' on a new name. Inside Scoop reports The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton is set to shutter on Sept. 15, after it opened 20 years ago with Gary Danko at the helm. Chef Ron Siegel will st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    This Week's Review: Seven Hills, a Classic, Classical Neighborhood Bistro

    Kimberly SandieThe duck at Seven Hills.​This week, I reviewed Seven Hills in Russian Hill, which is a neighborhood designed to become an instant classic. The owners are Alexander Alioto and brother-in-law Alexis Solomou, who belong to the Alioto clan.Alioto interned in kitchens in Italy and German ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Comparison of Michelin Stars and Health Inspections Fails to Rate

    Paul C./YelpCoi scored a 90 ― but what does it mean?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Mission Loc@l looks at the health inspection scores of S.F.'s Michelin-starred restaurants, trying to find ... what? It lists the city's 15 single-star establishments ― everything from Acquerello to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Hash Demi-Glace and THC Mashed Potatoes: Meet the Chef of Cannabis Catering

    Peter DaSilva/New York TimesAt the Ritz-Carlton, chef Ron Siegel uses a mini bong to infuse quail eggs with cedar smoke. But THC in demi-glace?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Chow.com's Joyce Slaton recently chilled with "420 Chef," the Bay Area dude behind Cannabis Catering (420 calls i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    We Chat with Actor Idris Elba of 'The Wire' and 'Takers', Who DJs at Vessel Tonight

    Tamara PalmerIdris Elba at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco.​It's not that Idris Elba doesn't appreciate the adulation of hardcore fans of Stringer Bell, the pivotal character he played on the HBO series The Wire. It's just that he's sick of still talking about it, six years after Bell's untime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Andrew Zimmern to Film Bizarre Foods in San Francisco

    Scott L. Ehrisman​Andrew Zimmern is shooting an episode of his eat-anything Travel Channel series Bizarre Foods in San Francisco, according to a blog post from forageSF's Iso Rabins, who's been asked to participate. A commenter to Rabins' blog stated that Shirley Fong-Torres of Wok Wiz tours h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Is Kim Severson Blowing Smoke About the Rise of Stoner Cuisine?

    Peter DaSilva/New York TimesThe Ritz-Carlton's Ron Siegel serves quail eggs fumigated with cedar smoke ― from a bong.​When cozy, all-consuming, pipe-induced hunger pangs ripple forth, tokers both midnight and morning favor foods with lively texture, voluminous flavors, and, more often than n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    The Most Elaborate Gingerbread Houses in the U.S.

    Gingerbread houses are good for two things: eating and ogling.  And while it's fun to get a sugar rush from sloppy homemade concoctions, some gingerbread houses are just too beautiful ― or too weird ― to eat. Allow us to present some of the most ogle-worthy gingerbread houses out there. T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2009

    Dine About Town

    Gingerbread houses are good for two things: eating and ogling.  And while it's fun to get a sugar rush from sloppy homemade concoctions, some gingerbread houses are just too beautiful ― or too weird ― to eat. Allow us to present some of the most ogle-worthy gingerbread houses out there. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Share Our Strength Benefit Serves Up Good Food with a Side of Karma

     Considering that on an ordinary night at Masa's, the five-course prix fixe is $95 (wine pairings an additional $59), a $150 tariff for five courses and wine plus tax and tip is something of a bargain. That's what's on offer for a Share Our Strength benefit on August 15th called A Tasteful Purs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    A Sighted Account of Dining in the Dark

    Foundation Fighting Blindness' "Dining in the Dark" event at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco was a fundraiser for the organization's groundbreaking research in the field of degenerative eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and macular degeneration, which collectively affect over 10 m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    San Francisco Restaurant Closures: April 2009

    The highest-profile closing announced this month was that of Jack Falstaff (598 2nd Street at Brannan), which shuts after service on May 9th. The restaurant is home to well-regarded chef Jonnatan Leiva, who may be moving over to currently-closed-for-renovations Plumpjack Café - or not. We had a won ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 25, 2008

    Half in the Bag in Half Moon Bay

    It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.

  • Dining

    March 9, 2005

    Attachment Cooking

    When a chef just can't let a certain dish go

  • Summer Guide

    June 23, 2004

    Outside Game

    You have to pick the right time and place, but if you do, you'll swear San Francisco was made for patio dining.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Examiner De-Fanged

    "We'll analyze without prejudgment ... and reject ideologues of whatever stripe."

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Five Best Ways to Impress Your Date

    "We'll analyze without prejudgment ... and reject ideologues of whatever stripe."

  • Dining

    April 10, 2002

    The Comforts of Home

    Home

  • Dining

    March 20, 2002

    Shufflebored

    High-powered comings and goings in the food biz

  • Dining

    January 9, 2002

    Bringing Back Bongo Bongo

    Trader Vic's comes to Palo Alto

  • Dining

    September 5, 2001

    The Cocktail Charade

    Is the Clift mucking with its martinis?

  • Dining

    August 29, 2001

    Industry Pros

    Industry Pros Weigh In

  • Dining

    August 22, 2001

    Made

    Tales of extravagance and excess from the restaurant scene

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best High Tea

    Ritz-Carlton

  • Dining

    May 9, 2001

    Pinkies Up

    High tea

  • Dining

    April 25, 2001

    The Homespun Hipster

    Johnfrank

  • Dining

    September 27, 2000

    Martha Stewart's Dining

    Chaya Brasserie; Butterfly; Rouge; TwentyFour

  • Dining

    September 13, 2000

    We're No. 1

    SF is Travel & Leisure's favorite city, Destino, Teatro ZinZanni

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Patio Dining

    The Terrace Restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel

  • Dining

    February 2, 2000

    Calm Waters

    Pacific

  • Dining

    January 19, 2000

    Hot Hits of the 1990s

    42 Degrees

  • Dining

    December 15, 1999

    Unalloyed Pleasure

    Gary Danko

  • Dining

    March 17, 1999

    Love, Japanese-Style

    Gary Danko

  • Dining

    June 11, 1997

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    Gary Danko

  • Dining

    March 19, 1997

    Two for Tea

    Afternoons spent on the English beat

  • Dining

    May 22, 1996

    Dish

    Afternoons spent on the English beat

  • Dining

    March 20, 1996

    There's a Place for Us

    In its quiet beauty, Campton Place, may be the perfect restaurant

  • Dining

    April 26, 1995

    Dish

    In its quiet beauty, Campton Place, may be the perfect restaurant

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