Frances Manager Patrick Tsui Departs for Spice Kit
The opening GM is heading to help Spice Kit grow.
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Marina Dude Bribes Tacolicious Hostess With Two Dollars, His Digits
Bribery fail! A guy at the Chestnut Street location of Tacolicious, according to manager/marketing guy Kory Codgill, recently tried to bribe one of the hostesses with two bucks and his phone number. Nice try, jackass! "I told her never to...
The Peevish Readers of Peevish Mr. Bauer Respond With Their Peeves
Always a winning topic on the blog: restaurant pet peeves.
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Drunk Marina Lady Attacks Local Restaurant Guy With Stiletto [Updated]
He's seeking her full name, and that of her 'goon.'
The French Laundry Gets a New General Manager
Michael Minnillo is a fourteen-year vet of the Thomas Keller Group.
Big Lantern, Blue Plate, Pho Clement All Pony Up Large Overtime Settlements For Staff
Big Lantern just paid out $239,000 in back overtime to employees.
The French Laundry Loses a Manager to Philly
Fanucci will be coming in at the once iconic restaurant as a partner.
Will SeatMe Try to Unseat OpenTable?
Local OpenTable competitor SeatMe, which has been quietly putting together a still-secret client list of restaurants (we only know about Saison, Nojo, and Txoko at the moment) that will either be making the switch or bringing their reservations online with...
Manresa Hires Front-Of-House Guy Away From Frances, Announces Citrus Dinner
This year's Citrus Modernista dinner will be on February 26.
Server Dishes About Naughty Customers at Keller's Per Se
In this week's New York mag, a server at Thomas Keller's Per Se in Manhattan talks blacklisted customers, including multiple couples who have snuck off to the bathroom to have sex, and one lady who threw up on the table...
Former S.F. Mayor Given Particularly Crappy Table at New York Restaurant
A man generally accustomed to wide berths and VIP treatment gets shafted at Scalinatella in midtown.
Is Farina Circling the Drain? They’re Now Keeping Employees’ Tips
They're keeping tips and then doling out 'bonuses' based on performance.
Thomas Keller Gets Denied a Table at Frances, Heads to Bar Tartine Instead
He tried to walk in with a party of three. No dice.
Michael Bauer Discusses Noisy Restaurants, Again
He praises Park Tavern, however, for their sound baffling.
How Many OpenTable Accounts Do You Have?
Shadier folk sign up for multiple accounts under assumed names, but they'd better remember what they all are.
Tyler Florence Parts Ways With Cory Lane
"GM extraordinaire" Cory Lane, whom Tyler Florence hired away from the Momofuku empire in New York last year to head up the front of house operations at all three of his Bay Area restaurants, is no longer in the employ...