• Over at Eater, they just handed out the prize for the city's finest restaurant toilet facilities, and the big honor goes to Japantown's Bushi-Tei. [Eater] • The San Francisco Food Bank was one of many recipients of a new,...
James Beard Leadership Awards honor 10 people for lifetime achievement in food.
SF Mag awards him their prize the same year he was among Food & Wine's Best New Chefs.
Team Zazu won out over SPQR's Matt Accarrino.
As the S.F. winner he moves on to compete at the Grand Cochon in Aspen.
Also, there's some activity at the Tazza d'Amore space in the Castro.
Michael Murphy's annual party in New York draws a crowd of S.F. nominees.
We called it for him last year, and he finally won.
Actually, the Beard Award nominee for Outstanding Chef tells Bon App, in one of these questionnaires, that he kind of hates Top Chef and Iron Chef. Says Danko, "Rupaul's Drag Race is more interesting." It's true that Restaurant Wars can't...
Beard Award nominees for Best Chef in the Pacific region Christopher Kostow and Daniel Patterson submitted to a Bon App questionnaire in advance of their appearances at the ceremony in NYC this evening. We're amused most of all to learn...
The chef and restaurant awards haven't been announced yet.
Last year's winner of Best Chef: Pacific makes a rare, four-day appearance in a New York kitchen.
The Saison chef threw back some Irish Car Bombs with George Mendes.
We're calling it: Joshua Skenes is among Food & Wine's Best New Chefs for 2011.
And once again, the lineup is a sausage fest.
It's a Napa vs. L.A. race with chefs at Mo-chica and Solbar in the lead.
Also, a number of familiar names return to the lists as well.
Nightclub & Bar magazine will bestow the prize for Cocktail Lounge of the Year on owner Martin Cate next month.
The humble Mission eatery beat out much flashier contenders like Bar Agricole
The new guard of chefs around town share their memories from a very eventful year.