• Spruce's sister restaurant, the Village Pub in Woodside, is now serving brunch and it looks awesome! [Food Gal] •: Restaurants get off on the wrong foot when they seat you in an abandoned corner of the room. [Between Meals/SF...
How much would you pay for a reservation at El Bulli next month? You can find out by bidding on this one for sale on eBay. Our sister site in Chicago came across a Beverly Hills woman scalping one...
After news broke late yesterday that Corey Lee is going to be leaving the kitchen at Thomas Keller's French Laundry, to be replaced by Timothy Hollingsworth, the natural question was, who is this Hollingsworth character, anyway? The short answer...
Foraging for mushrooms is a great way to get out in nature, experience the mellowest thrill-of-the-hunt ever, and enjoy some fungal delicacies, but it can be quite dangerous, as we are sometimes reminded. Today's LA Times has the story...
Okay, let's just get this out there, regarding Monday's brawl at Juan's Place in Berkeley: Juan's is not that great for burritos. Combo plates with giant pools of rice and beans? Yes. Wine Sangria? Hell yes. Flour tortilla chips?...
MenuPages: South Florida had a big weekend flitting hither and yon around the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, drinking this, tasting that, photographing this other celebrity chef's head-wear. Editor Carolina Bolado has been working tirelessly throughout the weekend,...
Yesterday's post on Tahoe dining generated a little bit of response, including from one Tablehopper, who just so happens to be, like, THE expert on the topic. She did a "Jetsetter" column on the topic in September, 2006. We...
This is a good time of year to bring in reviews of restaurants in — and on the way to — Tahoe and other ski areas. We had a really good visit earlier in the season, which mostly featured...
Restaurants are closing left right and center around here. It's depressing. But even as new ventures and a few classics bite the dust, some extra-classics remain alive and, er, cooking. Taking a scan through this week's Tablehopper, which just...
Here's a little tidbit from LA: Apparently our very own Michael Mina has been hard at work (what else is new?) opening restaurants all over the place. Much has been made of his new steakhouse, Bourbon Steak, in Washington,...
Something that's been on our to-do list for a while, and that doesn't currently seem any closer to getting done since we first decided we wanted to do it, is the solo meal at a fancy restaurant. The restaurant...
Oh, Lord, it's almost time for the second annual MenuPages San Francisco excursion to Tahoe, in which we spend a lot of time sitting on the sides of mountains, strapped into ski junk, thinking about where we went wrong....
An expert local hand has gone over, it seems, helping launch the new Los Angeles bar, The Association. Aren't we supposed to be in constant competition with LA? What gives? Ah well, the rivalry doesn't seem to phase Nopa...
While bumbling around the interweb, we found this little gem: A Write-up of the San Francisco steakhouse in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Did you know such a thing existed? Because we did not. But we love it. Very "Americatown."...
With the opening of La Mar Cebicheria on the Embarcadero last week, the United States got its first taste of a Gaston Acurio restaurant. But the chefstrauteur has been going strong in South America for years. By way of...
Jack London Square is getting a face-lift of Joan Rivers proportions, and may soon present a challenge to San Francisco's historic Ferry Building. Especially with today's news that the Ferry Building may be raising the rents on its food-heavy...
Perhaps you have heard whispers of Michael Mina's "capital" in-the-works steakhouse project? Well, it appears to be progressing well enough for San Francisco's international emperor of fine dining to put out some feelers for a manager and sommelier. From a...
We left the city yesterday and spent the entire day in—gasp—Berkeley. Sweetie accompanied for a little business trip and then we spent the rest of the day exploring the East Bay in our Zipcar. We “discovered” Tilden Park (we...
Let’s face it, not everyone can get into French Laundry, even if you have the scratch. Our suggestion? If you find yourself in French Laundry country with no French Laundry reservation, go to Étoile on the Domaine Chandon property...
The Midwest often gets a bad rap. Well, at least when you’re not living in the Midwest. But we’re in Saint Louis for a wedding (yes, this is the Midwest. If you think it’s the South, talk to some...
