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Adorable Pastry Chef Yigit Pura on New Season of Millionaire Matchmaker

Listen up everyone, important news: The cute-as-a-button pastry chef Yigit Pura of recently opened Tout Sweet Patisserie in Macy's Union Square will appear on the new season of the Bravo show Millionaire Matchmaker. This isn't Pura's first foray into reality TV -- before he opened the bakery, his cl ... More >>

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Tout Sweet's Mudslide Relieves a Chocolate Emergency

Tout Sweet opened on September 8 on the third floor of Macy's in Union Square, the brainchild of Top Chef Just Desserts Season 1 winner Yigit Pura and his longtime employers at Taste Catering. Cook E. Monster knew she was on to something when the woman at the counter squealed in solidarity after se ... More >>

Supervisors Repeal Parks Code's "Designated Public Assembly Areas" Law

Back in July, we reported a brief story about Parks Code 7.08(d), an obscure rule that "dictates public assembly areas" for the city's parks. According to the law, which was established in 1981, demonstrations were prohibited in spaces outside those areas when a permitted event -- like a Ringling Br ... More >>

Supervisors Consider Eliminating Designated Public Assembly Areas in Parks

A few weeks ago we wrote about a group of animal rights activists that filed a lawsuit against the city claiming the Parks Code is unconstitutional ("Free Speech: Activists Challenge Parks Code's Protest Rules"). They were seeking to protest a Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey circus in Union Squ ... More >>

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Central Subway: $1.6 Billion Project May Hinge on Judge's Definition of "Recreation"

Yesterday, SF Weekly broke the news that opponents of the Central Subway have found a loose legal thread they hope unravels the embattled $1.6 billion project.A portion of Section 4.113 of the City Charter -- a backwater within the voluminous document governing our city -- notes that "No park l ... More >>

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An Ice Cream Social with Smitten and Humphry Slocomb

Ice Cream Social Where: Union Square's Williams-Sonoma store When: Saturday, June 2, noon-2 p.m. Cost: $20 general / $18 (if purchased with a Visa Signature card) Rundown: It would be nearly impossible to watch ice cream come to fruition and not want to try some; thankfully, these frozen-treat c ... More >>

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Yigit Pura May Head to Macy's and the International Food Court's Future

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Those waiting to find out where Yigit Pura's Tout Sweet patisserie will pop-up this Summer may be able to buy a blender or a cardigan sweater alongside the sweet treats. SFGate thinks they've figured out ... More >>

Drink of the Week: the Farmer's Market Cocktail

​Sometimes, we all need an escape--a quick moment in a comfortable space to rest our feet and gather our marbles. A good cocktail doesn't hurt either. The Seasons Bar inside the Four Seasons Hotel is my escape pod: a grown-up secret fort, five stories above the hustle of Market Street and Union S ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Isn't Really a Historic Landmark, Report Says

​Next week, the city's Historic Preservation Commission will decide whether the Gold Dust Lounge is indeed a historic landmark. The problem is that even if the commission gives the bar a "landmark status," that doesn't mean the popular lounge will remain a watering hole.According to a city report ... More >>

Even In A Recession, San Francisco Spends Billions on Nightlife

​Have you hugged a tourist today? San Francisco's Office of Economic Analysis revealed that 3,200 nightlife establishments have generated more than $4 billion for the city in a 2010 study. 80 percent of this stemmed from visitor areas including North Beach, Chinatown, and Union Square, and on an a ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Hopes Clever Song Will Help Save Popular Bar

Everyone is doing whatever they can to try to save the landmark Gold Dust Lounge, which has been booted from its Union Square home after serving nightcaps to locals and tourists since 1933. The final pour: March 6, 2012. But while petitions to save the bar are being circulated, and lawyers are craft ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Update: Landlord Says He Won't Negotiate Lease on Popular Bar

Some things shouldn't change!​Owners of the popular Gold Dust Lounge are not giving up hope to keep the iconoclastic watering hole open in Union Square. They are asking the community to stop by the dive bar on Powell Street tomorrow to hear their ideas for how to preserve the landmark bar. And if ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge: Popular S.F. Bar Gets Booted from Union Square

​The landmark Gold Dust Lounge is being evicted on March 10 to make way for yet another Union Square retailer. News of the iconoclastic dive's demise hit the community hard, and grassroots efforts to save the popular watering hole has quickly sprouted. The news was confirmed on the bar's Twitter f ... More >>

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Charlie Palmer Restaurant Coming to S.F.? Here's the Clues

​Is there a Charlie Palmer restaurant coming to San Francisco? Last night SFoodie walked by the Crescent Hotel and spotted the sign above indicating a change in ownership liquor license to Palmer City-Core Restaurant. Does this mean the celebrity chef who already has a foothold in Healdsbur ... 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 >>

Kink Grounds Shutters and Lotus Garden is Back from the Brink

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. No more grilled cheeses with a side of erotica or coffee served in dog bowls. LiveSOMA reports Kink Grounds closed on Wednesday after they failed to raise the necessary funds to keep the doors open. For t ... More >>

SF Chefs 2011 Makes Drinking in Union Square Legal

Heather HudgeonBartender Jackie Patterson serving Lillet Punch at SF Chefs 2010​SF Chefs, the week-long celebration of San Francisco food and drink, has taken up residence again in Union Square. The white tent draped over an entire city block won't officially open until Friday night, but then ... More >>

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So Long Dining Room and Pie Delivery, Hello (To Another) Southern Restaurant

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. An order to go: The Feast reports the popular Indian-Pakistani restaurant Lahore Kahari has shut its dining room. Owner Zulfiqar "Guddu" Haider has converted the Tenderloin restaurant into a take-out only ... More >>

Free Cupcakes, Gastropub Debut, and Two New Bars Saddle Up

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A sweet opening for Let's Cupcake (2255 Judah at 28th Ave.). The Feast reports the Sunset cupcake shop is celebrating its pre-opening by offering a free cupcake to those who stop by today (11 a.m.-9 p.m.) ... More >>

Central Subway Station Could Force Disabled to Hike Half a Mile

A half-mile away​We've already stated in the past that the Central Subway is a boondoggle for San Francisco, connecting people to parts of town they don't really want to go. But that's beside the point. What we are learning now is that some station stops could end up being a long haul for disabled ... More >>

Localicious Truck Spotted in Emeryville, Southie Opens in Oakland

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Oakland North tracks down a new food truck named Localicious (eatlocalicious.com), owned by a longtime Square One vet, which parks in Emeryville three days a week. The pitch: For those of ... More >>

Puppies! Kitties! Macy's Pet Adoption Display Is Here.

What kind of cold-hearted bastard are you? Adopt him! ​People who love doggies and kitties -- and love adopting them, hint, hint -- can now fawn over the Macy's SPCA Adoption display. The pet-to-be display was unveiled on Friday at Union Square and will run until Jan. 2. A goal has been set to ado ... More >>

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