NEW YORK—In what could possibly be the best thing you'll see all day today, witness the rather creative/strange/awesome thing that a holiday-minded Beyonce made with her leftovers after a course at fancy NYC restaurant Marea. [~ENY~]
THE MISSION—SFist notes a crazyland deal at Charanga: "Just book'" [...]
Spot a new opening on your block for The Dish? Operators are standing by.
1) The Marina: The second location of Kasa will roll out tonight tomorrow (maybe) on Fillmore, right next door to the dark PlumpJack Cafe. As first reported way back in July, [...]
Taken right from the Top Chef playbook, we now have 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, a Food Network competition show where two teams must, well, open a restaurant in 24 hours. Chef Scott Conant hosts tonight's "sneak peak" episode, in what may become a new network series; it airs at [...]
The rumblings have been growing louder recently, and now comes the sad confirmation that Zinnia will close its doors on December 31. According to Patricia Hughes-O'Brien, she and her husband, chef/owner Sean O'Brien, decided it was the right time to make the [...]
SF Mag's Jan Newberry looks back on the year's myriad restaurant closings and decides that one in particular still makes her sadder than the rest: "...it was the news that Restaurant Eloise turned off its stoves that hit me the hardest. I had my first meal" [...]
The Deal: It's been all over the Twitters this morning, so we might as well mention it too: to test out a new fancy pizza oven, Risto Bar (aka Emporio Rulli Gran Caffe on Chestnut) is handing out free pizzas at a warehouse in the Mission.
When/Where: 12PM to 2PM [...]
Nearly a year after the issue of its illegal rooftop bar was first brought to light (oh politics), Medjool finally had its day in court yesterday, though a definitive ruling still wasn't handed down yet. The upshot of yesterday's two-hour hearing before the Board of' [...]
A week after Bauer shared a mini-update on Chow, L'Unterminator dedicates her own rave of a review to the Castro comfort food standby. Though it's been a dozen years since her last visit, it's clear that Chow has remained a solid staple for the neighborhood:' [...]
Today, the NYT reports that Google is in talks to buy Yelp, for an undisclosed sum that insiders believe is somewhere in the $500 million range, While the effect that this acquisition would have on the Yelp community is still unknown, one can only assume that [...]
Day Eight: Paul Liebrandt prepares the tuile for a foie gras dish. [Photo: Leanna Creel]
Eater National continues with the behind-the-scenes recaps from the 12 Days of Christmas up at Meadowood. Day Seven featured some familiar faces in Nancy Oakes and Ravi Kapur of Boulevard. Day [...]
After doing Guy Fieri's road show last night, Ryan Scott is happily floating on cloud nine today: "Had a blast with Guy Fieri and his crew last night. I have a new group of friends for life. Check out my Facebook for photos." [Twitter]
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Something to add to Sir Thomas Keller's mantle of trophies, though he probably doesn't have too many second-place finishes: "In a decade when food became both entertainment and politics, when obscure ingredients filled grocery-store aisles, when I had to go outside in zero-degree weather to suck'" [...]
Welcome back to Eater's first Hottest Chef in the Bay Area competition! In yesterday's action, a surge from Timothy Hollingsworth ensured the French Laundry chef a spot in the finals. Today's vote is the last one of the second round, and it should be a good [...]
Finally, there may be fast food workers more heinous that the Domino's nose picker and the KFC and Burger King sink bathers. Meet Sonic Drive-In's meth lab: "An employee of a Sonic restaurant in southeast Missouri is accused of cooking methamphetamine at the" [...]
For those that missed last night's reunion show for the Vegas season of Top Chef, Eater National sifts through the Padma bangs and Toby Young witticisms to highlight eight items of note from the epilogue episode. For example, Bryan got the consolation prize of a '79' [...]
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Reservationist, Union Square Cafe (NYC)
Sous chefs, line cooks and all FOH staff Radius (SF)
Sous [...]
Up in Yountville, Napa Valley Grille has shut down abruptly, meaning that the chain is sans a Napa location, which is slightly ironic, yes? The restaurant—now with branches in LA, Jersey, Rhode Island and Minnesota—cites lease issues for the Yountville closure, though the corporate heads will reportedly [...]
While Miketastic memorably suggests a hot new trend on his blog today ("it seems bacon has been discovered by the masses"), 7x7 recaps the Bay Area's other driving food movements of 2009, noting among others: pop-up eateries in unexpected places (Mission Burger, Pal's et [...]
The Bauer Hour files a biggie today, as he finally chimes in on the new version of SPQR. It's a day that has been anticipated ever since Matthew Accarrino inherited the kitchen from Nate Appleman along with those now-infamous 3.5 stars of '07. Two years' [...]
With MTV's Jersey Shore generating so much buzz these days, it was inevitable that some restaurateur would try to cash in on the zeitgeist. A Manhattan Mexican restaurant has introduced a new menu item to commemorate one of the show's most controversial moments, the [...]
The Busiest Man in America is going primetime. Guy Fieri, Food Network star, host of a culinary rock tour, and consumer of revolting food everywhere, will host a new NBC game show called Perfect 10, a ripoff of the British gameshow The Cube. His role [...]
$3 Tuesdays at Magnolia. [Photo: Eater SF Flickr Pool/girljosh]
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· LA Drinking Buddies Strive for Fame with the “McNuggetini” [NYT]
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Due to popular demand, the Sprinkles mobile experience will return to Justin Herman Plaza for an encore performance tomorrow from 11AM to 1PM. Then, the Sprinklesmobile will head as planned to Twitter's SoMa HQ at 2PM, followed by Yelp HQ at 3PM. Tell your friends. No word [...]
First of all, Guy Fieri is featured in this month's Playboy. Second of all, he's talking about sex: "But I will say women who know how to cook are hot. Especially when you’re together in the kitchen, it’s sexy. You’re activating each other’s senses—the smells, the" [...]
Alice Waters made an appearance on LA-based KCRW as part of the Guest DJ Project. And who knew she's a Radiohead fan? On the playlist for the first lady of Slow Food: "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" by Nina Simone, "Reckoner" by Radiohead, [...]
Columnist Jon Carroll pens a love letter to the local coffeeshop gone big, Peet's. In it, he points out that despite being put on the same level as Starbucks nowadays, the numbers indicate that Peet's is still "a minnow in the globalization ocean," and more importantly,' [...]
As first reported last week, the Yats New Orleans Original Po Boys pop-up experiment inside the Mission's Jack's Club comes to an end today. Come spring 2010, the cult favorite will return in its new, mature form—a full service restaurant—albeit all the way in the Bayview District. [~ESF~]
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The January issue of GQ just went up online, and with it, Alan Richman's list of the country's 10 best new restaurants of the year. Two things of note here: the only San Francisco representative on the list isn't Flour + Water or RN74, but 54' [...]
Taqueria Cancun [Photo: Flickr/Bill on Capitol Hill]
· The Academy of Sciences = The Bay Area's Hottest New Night Spot [Merc]
· Early Reports From Berkeley's Gather [Berkelyside]
· Bay Area Pizza Makers Can Be Intense About Their Craft [Merc]
· Top [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—From the Rainbow Room in New York to the Hilton's Cityscape, the NYT's Bay Area Blog points out how sky rooms are dropping like flies across the country, partly because they're easier to run as special event rooms than as full-time restaurants and bars. But' [...]
LA's Michael Cimarusti in the kitchen. [Photo: Leanna Creel]
Last week saw some hot scenes from Animal's invasion last week, and today, Eater National has a full gallery of the fifth and sixth installments of Meadowood's ongoing 12 Days of Christmas event from last week. Day [...]
Alrighty, with eight nail-biting votes already in the books, the nine second-round contestants have been set, and now it's time to kick off the next round of Eater's first annual Hottest Chef in the Bay Area competition. Everyone get excited. In the first of three second-round [...]
“Don’t say that. Don’t say that. Mario’s are orange and plastic. These are leather and wood. A chef has to uphold standards.” —Thomas Keller, denying he was following in Mario Batali's footsteps by wearing red clogs at the awesome French Laundry Christmas party. [FoodGal]
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The rumor mill is churning regarding the next occupant of the soon-to-be-vacated Tsar Nicoulai space, with the loudest rumblings involving the first San Francisco retail shop for Sausalito's cult ceramic purveyor Heath. Though the Ferry Building overlords remain mum on the matter, sources at Heath say [...]
101 California Street
Phone: 415-693-9730
Status: Open now.
Just in time for the lunch rush from the Financial District office crowd comes word that the third location of the Plant Cafe is certified open in the 101 California building. Location #3 is technically on the corner of [...]
The Golden Globe nominations were announced today, and as expected, Julie & Julia represented the year's many food flicks. The Julia Child/Julie Powell film nabbed two nominations: Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) category, and Meryl Streep for her Julia Child portrayal in Best Performance by [...]
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As the year comes to a close, it's time to check up on one of the forgotten mega-projects that's been in the works for over two years now: the Danko Deuce, Gary Danko's American Brasserie in [...]
Just in time for the dark winter comes some small silver linings for San Francisco restaurants: the city has proposed a small tax break for restaurants forced to pay for the controversial Healthy SF program: "Under the proposal, The City would offer a $2,000 payroll tax" [...]
Now that Martin Cate's tiki den has been open a whole week, the reactions are already streaming in from Smuggler's Cove. While some Yelpers are already whining about getting denied at the door, SF Mag shares some more sensible thoughts: "You can tell that" [...]
The menu at Commis. [Photo: Flickr/larryhalff]
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