Heirloom Café: Definitely Not a Chain
"I love the fact that [S.F.] is so independent that when I was opening, it asked me to testify to the fact that I wasn't a chain. On one hand, it's a lot of bureaucracy and on the other hand,...
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Bing Cherry Season Delayed; Berlin Gets ‘Authentic’ Taquerias
• This year's rainy spring means that Bing cherries are taking longer than usual to ripen. But pick-your-own-cherry season in Fairfield begins next weekend. [Chron] • The caliber of French food to be found in a mini-mall in Lafayette is...
Rosenblum Cellars Closes Up Shop; Food Bloggers Demand Better Lighting
• After being acquired by a conglomerate, Alameda's Rosenblum Cellars closes and will soon become a grocery store-friendly brand. [Gray Market Report] • In praise of Sam's ChowderMobile and their true East Coast lobster roll cred. [Merc News] • Speaking...
The Chinese Like Their Wine Extra-Expensive
Middle class wine buyers in China tend to want $1000+ trophy bottles.
Economy Makes Opening Smaller Restaurants Easier
"The trend is for opening smaller neighborhood-focused restaurants, and the trend is a way from the palaces," says Kevin Westlye, executive director of Golden Gate Restaurant Association.
Take a Look Inside Heirloom Café, Now Open in the Mission
We showed you the menu, now see the inside of Matthew Straus's 48-seat Heirloom Café (2500 Folsom Street), which just opened its doors for dinner last night. Also, take a look inside the wine cellar at this very oenofile eatery,...
What to Eat and Sip at Heirloom Café, Opening Tomorrow
The oenofile eatery has low-priced food but wines ranging in price well into the hundreds.
Oakland’s Cinco de Mayo Fest Cancelled Again; Tasting Hello Kitty Wines
• Oakland's Cinco de Mayo festival canceled for the second year in a row. [Tribune] • A report from 2010 Noodle Fest in North Beach last weekend, marrying Italian and Chinese noodle/dumpling traditions. [Cooking With the Single Guy] • According...
Heirloom Café to Open Shortly in the Mission
L.A. transplant Matthew Straus brings a highly focused wine program to this small Mission Cafe.
Real Butter Still Found on Movie Theater Popcorn in SF; Oregon Wineries Lead the Sustainable Charge
• Little did we know, you can still find freshly popped popcorn with real butter at various SF cinemas. [Bay Area Bites] • Frances gets a write-up in the Times (via 7x7's Jordan McKay) about its buck-an-ounce house wine deal....
Floodgates Open for New Noe Valley Restaurants; New Orleans’s Food Scene Now Bigger Than Pre-Katrina
• The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift the two-decade-old restrictions on new restaurants along 24th Street in Noe Valley. [Examiner] • A handful of California winemakers are leading the charge of "natural" winemaking. [Oakland Tribune] •...
Can a Vegan Make Good Wine?
The SF Chronicle spoke to several vegetarian and vegan wine makers about their difficult plight, especially when it comes to wine pairings and feeling like an odd man out at wine maker dinners. The vegans suggest pairing French fries and...
Two Ways to Drink Away Tax Day
• What's ailing all of us this week? As Southern Exposure says, it's Americanitis, and to wipe away all the icky feelings that come from they've invited beekeeper and mead maker Bryon Waibel and home distiller Adam Wolf to create...
Taste Wine With a Better Sort of Wino at Toast of the Town
Tasting 500 wines and spirits is a job for only those with strong constitutions.
Why Don’t More Restaurants Offer Retail-Priced Wine?; Are Fast Food Execs All Evil?
• Kauffman asks why more restaurants don't offer their wine for off-site drinking at retail prices like À Côté, Terroir, and Heart do. [SFoodie] • Mark Morford pens an angry rant about the executives who run fast food chains. [SF...
Heart Wine Bar Hosts Its First Special Event
On April 27th Heart will be hosting its first sit-down dinner event devoted to the food and wine of Segovia, Spain. Owner Jeff Segal promises four courses plus wine for $100 a head, including a roast suckling pig. More guest...
Organic Wineries Flirt With Pesticides
A certain grape pest, which targets the fruit but not the vine, is putting organic wine growers in a tough spot.
2008 Pinots Can’t Be Saved From Wildfire-Related ‘Smoke Taint’
Nothing, including crazy filtration machines, can save much of the vintage from an overly smoky taste.
How Not to Sound Like a Tool Pronouncing Wine Names
Learn how to order Viognier without pronouncing the 'g'.
Belle Epoque Coming to Former Chapeau Space
Richmond oenofiles take note: The rumored wine bar project from Chapeau! chef-owner Philippe Gardelle appears to be moving forward at the bistro's former space at 1408 Clement Street (Chapeau moved to 126 Clement last summer). Via the liquor license app,...