In a trend piece in the Journal today about San Francisco's restaurant scene, we learn that several newish restaurants around town are "courting diners with less expensive dishes and comfort food, a way of reminding people of easier times." The...
In addition to crowning Frances, once again, as one of the best new restaurants in the nation today, Bon Appétit also gives props to Barbacco's fried, sausage-stuffed green olives in a roundup of Best Bar Snacks. [Bon App, Recipe]...
• Here we go... first the iPad wine list at Barbacco, now the Boom Boom Room at the Standard in NY has replaced the guest list clipboard with an iPad. [Eater NY] • The big fight over decertifying the workers'...
There's now an app for your restaurant's wine list.
• Suriya Thai owner indicted on tax fraud charges. The restaurant's SoMa incarnation may not be long for this world. [SF Weekly] • Barbacco, Ristobar, and everyone else who's gotten on the meatball bandwagon. [Chron] • Gary Danko drops frog...
Michael Bauer isn't a frequent hater of restaurants, and his penchant for finding the good qualities in many an eatery earned him the moniker "Mikey Two Stars" over at Eater. So it always seems like one should sit up and...
Reidinger's a big fan of Urban Tavern, but Kauffman's hard on the service at Barbacco.
Bauer loves the small plates and the prices at Barbacco; Amanda Gold likes the nouveau Southern at Bruno's a lot.
• Right on schedule, and in keeping with his enduring, passionate love for pizza, Michael Bauer files his review of Oakland's Boot and Shoe Service, the spinoff of Charlie Hallowell's successful Pizzaiolo. He says the food, to which he gives...
After much anticipation and a dry, lunch-only opening, Barbacco is officially set to unveil their 100-item-long list of wines by the glass, as well as their bar menu, tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 20th. Make your reservations at their fancy new...
• Correction: Barbacco will not be making use of those many hundreds of wine glasses just yet; they're only open for lunch, starting today, until the liquor license arrives. [SFoodie, Thrillist] • The Chron delves into chef Michael Psilakis' "personal...
Major wine bar to open sooner than expected; Kauffman enters the picture; free beer at Gracias Madre; Jamie Oliver gets an apprentice to confess to a huge crime.
With 100 wines by the glass, the wine-centric little sister to Perbacco looks ready for a January opening.
Despite a delay in the liquor license, the Perbacco team is forging ahead with their wine bar.