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Parallel 37 Throws Egg Nog and Ugly Sweater Party

Egg Nog and Ugly Sweater Party Where: Parallel 37, 600 Stockton (at California), 773-6168 When: Mon., Dec. 17, 5-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Ugly sweater parties are a certified national phenomenon, a trend that has begun to outpace even the adult prom in prominence. The Ritz-Carlton's lively y ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Dine About Town

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Half in the Bag in Half Moon Bay

It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.

Attachment Cooking

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

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.

Five Best Ways to Impress Your Date

The Comforts of Home

Home

Shufflebored

High-powered comings and goings in the food biz

Bringing Back Bongo Bongo

Trader Vic's comes to Palo Alto

The Cocktail Charade

Is the Clift mucking with its martinis?

Industry Pros

Industry Pros Weigh In

Made

Tales of extravagance and excess from the restaurant scene

Best High Tea

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Pinkies Up

High tea

The Homespun Hipster

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Martha Stewart's Dining

Chaya Brasserie; Butterfly; Rouge; TwentyFour

We're No. 1

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

Best Patio Dining

The Terrace Restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Calm Waters

Pacific

Hot Hits of the 1990s

42 Degrees

Unalloyed Pleasure

Gary Danko

Love, Japanese-Style

Puttin' on the Ritz

Two for Tea

Afternoons spent on the English beat

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There's a Place for Us

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

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