• Fear not, fans of of overpriced circus-y dinner theater: Teatro ZinZanni has found a new home. After their World Cup-related eviction, they may just move across the street, but the location is still TBA. [Chron, Earlier] • Straus Family...
• Well, here's a frat boy's literal wet dream: A big rig carrying cases of Bud Light flipped over on a Sacramento highway, sending beer everywhere. [CBS Local Sacramento] • The Journal hasn't gotten their Chez Panisse anniversary coverage hangover...
• The New York Times takes up the shark fin cause, noting the California ban that passed both houses of the state legislature last week, and celebrity endorsers in China like Yao Ming. [NYT] • The Chron's Money Tales column...
• Elitist? We think not. Slow Food is challenging its fans to take on the $5 "value meal" by preparing meals this month that cost no more than a fiver per person. [Forbes] • 7x7 hosted a cocktail competition sponsored...
• Off the Grid is headed to an unnamed location in Marin by October. [Feast] • Much like Alice Waters's Edible Schoolyard, an organization called Urban Sprouts provides garden-based education for four S.F. public schools. [Mission Local] • Check out...
• A guy in southern Mississippi tried to shoplift some live lobsters ... down his pants. [AP/SFGate] • Well, we've reported on their troubles, and now Groupon is "reassessing the timeline" of their planned IPO. Also, they've canceled their investor...
• Culinary-school graduates are once again kvetching that their programs aren't worth the money — only this time they're suing. [HuffPo] • They're now doing a monthly food swap at the North Oakland farmers' market, which is kind of like...
• Here's a few last-minute ideas for spending a part of your Labor Day weekend up in wine country, including an appearance by Kenny Loggins! [7x7] • Local bloggers the Bunrabs visit a food cart pod in Portland, in particular...
• Another drunk Apple employee appears to have lost another "priceless" iPhone prototype in a bar. This was at Cava 22 in the Mission, and this was presumably the soon-to-be-released iPhone 5. [CBS, CNET, SFist] • Frisco Fried, in the...
• For those of you looking to "to nudge [y]ourselves gently off the grid," veteran urban homesteaders K. Ruby Blume and Rachel Kaplan will be teaching some workshops in the East Bay. [EBX] • Local blog Beer & Nosh is...
• Kudos to Chipotle, we suppose: The chain has set up a foundation to support "sustainable farming practices." [Sustainable Business] • Food Gal pays a visit to the new Addendum at Ad Hoc in Yountville, and finds — in addition...
• California may follow in S.F.'s greener footsteps and ban styrofoam takeout containers. Also, Berkeley did this 20 years ago, you guys. [AP via SFoodie] • Taco's Sandwiches on 6th Street: Not a punctuation error. It's owned by a dude...
• A manager of a Popeye's in Victorville, California has been arrested along with her boyfriend for conspiring to stage an armed robbery at the drive-through of the restaurant. [Examiner] • Following on his review of Boxing Room, Jonathan Kauffman...
• A look at chef Ron Siegel's famed Salt and Pepper Tasting Menu at the Dining Room at the Ritz, as the restaurant prepares to close. [Feast, Earlier] • In case you hadn't heard, that new Fresh & Easy in...
• 22-year-old Clem Thompkins of Richmond has plead not guilty to the April murders of two men outside Sweet Jimmie's restaurant in Oakland. The restaurant remains closed. [Tribune, Earlier] • They have no water down in Pescadero, which means downtown...
• Another Whole Foods rival may be biting the dust... Andronico's has declared bankruptcy, and the upscale local grocery chain is hoping to get bought out. Its existing seven stores remain open, for now. [AP, Chron] • Scenes from the...
• Michael Mina and the French Laundry are among the most expensive restaurants in the U.S., according to an unscientific survey. [Bundle via Eater] • For the second time in ten years, Ralph's and several other Southern California grocery chains...
• Remember the whole Mobile Spinach situation? Established restaurateurs like Nancy Oakes and Traci Des Jardins say they've never worked with a deal site and they never will. [Biz Times] • Beware, vegans: The pinto beans at Chipotle have a...
• Ian Cauble, lead sommelier and wine director at the Ritz-Carlton at Half Moon Bay, just won a national prize in the TOP | Somm competition, besting 200 other competitors. [Examiner] • Thomas Keller just opened his fifth Bouchon Bakery,...
• A San Jose teenager and his mother are suing the owners of a McDonald's where the teen was stabbed multiple times after a nearby weekly music event, claiming the restaurant failed to have adequate security and that their parking...