Also, Simoneaux guests at Dobbs Ferry.
Smith has left Gitane and will be opening Honor, hopefully, by next month.
Bauer calls the last year "the most exciting" for restaurants "in more than a quarter century," meaning his entire tenure at the Chronicle. Thus a bunch of restaurants had to fall off the list.
Also, the battle over food trucks in Santa Rosa wages on.
Gitane's Bridget Batson makes parmesan risotto with a farm egg on top for Christmas Eve; Zero Zero's Bruce Hill will be doing a traditional prime rib roast with Yorkshire pudding; and Starbelly chef Adam Timney's traditional Christmas breakfast at home...
Another (maybe now the last?) in the series of 'Behind the Stove' pieces in the Chron.
Also, Mandy Erickson reviews Kokko in San Mateo.
Patricia Unterman takes a stab at Gitane this week, which recently welcomed new chef Bridget Batson, and Patti writes, "The very first thing I tasted, calamares from the wood-fired oven, knocked me over." She also adores the caille (roasted quail),...
The Gitane chef tries stuff out at MSF; Brick Yard Bar and Grill on track for June 5; cops look to make Paragon their new clubhouse...
Bambuddha Lounge, at the Phoenix Hotel, closes after almost a decade; chefs shuffle at Gitane; and Loving Hut opens at the Westfield.
Some familiar notables of 2009 like Beard nominees Frances, RN74, and Flour + Water are predictable additions; new deletions include Fonda, Kokkari, and Ton Kiang.
• Frank LeClerc, who owns Cafe Claude and Gitane, will soon be opening up Claudine, a gourmet grocery store at 8 Claude Lane. [Chron] • A man was shot and killed yesterday after an argument outside Pho Huynh Hiep 2...
• Gitane, The Tipsy Pig, Lime and Mamacita were all included in Open Table's list of the Top 50 Vibrant Bar Scenes in the country. [Open Table] • Kitchen Gagdet Girl arrives at Day Five of her "12 Days of...