A couple of gems from this week's Tablehopper: Hayes and Kebab's first spinoff, Marina and Kebab, has opened in the old Pita Pit space on Chestnut. Let's Be Frank also opened a store in the Marina. Rohan Lounge seems...
The James Beard Foundation holds its A-list awards ceremony, the Chef and Restaurant Awards, tonight. The event commonly referred to as the "food Oscars" reasonably has a smaller, less-glitzy counterpart, now known as the "food Golden Globes," in the...
It is, of course, way too early for a formal review of the week-old Pal's Takeaway, inside Tony's Market at 24th and Hampshire streets. But that hasn't stopped the internet from weighing in. Fortunately for pals David and Jeff,...
Continuing with our series of conversations with Bay Area James Beard Award nominees, today we have Coi chef/owner Daniel Patterson on the line. Up for a Best Chef: Pacific award, Patterson is one of this city's newer heavy-hitters. After...
If you read No Salad As A Meal, then you know Haas has been posting a round of "best-of" lists the last few days. Today's post is the last one: Best restaurant overall. Spoiler alert: It's the French Laundry....
Big news from one of the city's biggest restaurants: Seems the combination of a family tiff over ownership and a big tax bill has put Aqua in serious jeopardy. According to the Chron's Inside Scoop, court papers indicate that...
Today in our ongoing James Beard Awards interview series, we caught up with a long-time Beard Awards veteran and judge, who is also a nominee. Nancy Oakes won the James Beard Foundation's award for Best Chef in California in...
Everybody's talking about President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, including Michael Pollan, who will be doing so on Michael Krasny's Forum on KQED at 10 a.m. today. That's in, like, 25 minutes. Streaming here, btw. If you...
Our favorite thing in today's Tablehopper was not the news of the upcoming weekly Open Restaurant at Bruno's (though that is pretty cool), nor was it the scoop that Richard Corbo is leaving Ducca. Our favorite news was of...
As the James Beard Awards approach, we're chatting with a few of our local nominees this week to see how they're feeling about the competition, their chances, and their upcoming trips to New York. The San Francisco Chronicle has...
Many of you probably attended the Meatpaper party at Camino last night, but in case you missed it, our friend Olivia has a couple of photos on flickr that can give you an idea of what a great time was...
Alice Waters didn't make any friends during a visit to Thomas Keller's Per Se in New York, where she sent back part of her lunch, complained another dish was too salty, and finally offered an alternate recipe for a vegetable...
Ask any dining partner we've had and they'll tell you we are like a toddler when trying to pick out a wine. This usually doesn't matter, since squealing, "I want a red one!" or "pink is for girls!" seems...
Wow, Korean tacos sure are a thing today. Foodhoe spotted some in the window of John's Snack and Deli, and at almost the exact same time, Kitchenette served them up out of their Dog Patch loading dock. Five minutes...
Yesterday saw this season's Feast issue of the San Francisco Bay Guardian drop, and while it's not exactly the Chronicle's Top 100, it's worth taking a look at. Features included the requisite budget-friendly dining roundup, which includes an exceptionally...
• The CoCo Times beer column will be taken over by Jay R. Brooks after longtime writer Bill Brand died of injuries inflicted in a streetcar crash in February. [On Beer] • Fresh after Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day,...
• Actual tea drinkers annoyed at their drink being co-opted by tax-haters. [SF Gate] • Brittney Gilbert chats with the Amuse Bouche Guy on video. [Sparkwood & 21] • Cheap is the new green: A look at how an "econovore"...
It would appear that once you are featured in an in-flight magazine such as Air-Tran's Go, your future is made. At least, that's the conclusion we're drawing from today's news that Chris Cosentino will star in a new Food...
If you turn on the CBS' Eye On The Bay tonight (7 p.m.), you'll see a feature on SubCulture Dining, one of those particularly lovely only-in-SF-seeming things that give our city its ultimate foodie reputation. SubCulture Dining, a project...