FINANCIAL DISTRICT—Tomorrow's Scoop does some rumormongering of its own, sharing that French superchef Joel Robuchon may be considering opening an outpost in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, though the hotel says there's no deal (yet?). The decorated Robuchon currently has restaurants in Paris, Vegas, NYC, Tokyo and [...]
1) Polk Gulch: Tonight, the reincarnated version of Mayes Oyster House opens on Polk in the space that last housed Midpoint and O'Reilly's Holy Grail. The full backstory of Mayes' rebirth can be had in the Eater Archives, but here's the quick version: Mayes originally moved [...]
Right when Top Chef Vegas was really getting interesting with the final six, Bravo deems it a good idea to throw a reunion special/clip show into the season momentum. Fabio—who, remember, has his own Bravo show in the works—hosts a dinner with a number of memorable [...]
To ring in November, here, now, the newly updated version of the Eater 38, your answer and ours to any question that begins, “Can you recommend a restaurant…” This highly elite group covers the entire city, spans myriad cuisines and, collectively, satisfies all of your restaurant needs, [...]
Fresh off the Live EaterWire comes some fodder for the Top Chef fanatics in the crowd: "Just a heads up, saw Kevin and Eli from the current Top Chef at Blue Bottle in the Ferry Building about half an hour ago. They were waiting for a refreshing" [...]
The rumor du jour up in Wine Country is that Food Network execs have been scoping out the Copia campus with the thought of turning the shuttered food and wine center into a West Coast studio. It's obviously unconfirmed, but as the PressDem points out, with' [...]
Berkeley's newest pizza destination gets its first print review, and echoing the snap judgments, it's another rave for Emilia's: "... clamshell-thin crust, rim an air-bubble shrine, breathing the manic perfume of überfresh bread. Fresh herbs, fresh mozzarella, red onion fresh if sliced microfinely and strewn'" [...]
For her (unplanned) last review today, the departed Meredith Brody files on Outer Richmond Japanese joint Yu-Zen, where she fittingly finds some peace: "The presentation was appetizing, and the deconstruction and consumption of the dish was fun as well as satisfying. It was a perfect plate" [...]
It's time for the latest edition of A Moveable Tweet, wherein we take a look at the most memorable tweets from local and national restaurant figures.
Nate Appleman reminds everyone that it's all fun and games until someone gets a cap busted in their ass via a drive-by:
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Architectural Record magazine has a very cool video feature about the design and architecture of Farina. In the three-part video series, designer Brett Terpeluk and owner Luca Minna take a tour of the restaurant space, discussing the plethora of details in space, how the menu inspired [...]
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To ring in the new season of Iron Chef America on January 3, Michelle Obama will make a cameo in Kitchen Stadium to reveal the secret ingredient: anything that grows in the White House garden. The episode, filmed yesterday, will try to raise awareness about Obama's' [...]
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