• Michael Bauer got by Oakland's Pican, and yesterday gave the relative newcomer a fairly hearty welcome with two and a half stars. He seems to have been blown away more by the vibe than the food (three stars...
• Bauer gave today's food section a miss, so the onus was on Carey Sweet to review San Anselmo's Dream Farm. She liked it well enough for its big portions of simple food, calling it a "solid, satisfying spot,"...
Michael Bauer took a stab at Oakland's Barlata and found old-school Spanish charm and hospitality. He also found a proprietor obsessed with classic ingredients like Iberico ham. But the menu is pitted with faulty dishes that, in Bauer's words,...
• Michael Bauer revisits Town Hall to find it fully southern after its more moderate opening cuisine in 2003. He gave the latest version three stars, calling the food "bold and delicious." [SF Chronicle] • Paul Reidinger enjoys Terzo's...
• Michael Bauer heads north to Yountville, where he gives Brix two and a half stars. Now operating under chef Anne Gingrass-Paik, the restaurant scored only half a star for food on Bauer's last visit, when the current chef's...
• A profile on Cass Calder Smith, who has designed more than 50 restaurants around the country. [SF Gate] • Michael Bauer was not impressed with nearly anything at Acme Chophouse, giving it one measly little star. [SF Gate]...
Here's your weekly roundup of the food sections, a little light with L.E. Leone's absence. Enjoy. • For as glowing as Michael Bauer's review of Viognier sounds, it's a bit of a mystery why he gave the San Mateo fine-dining...
Here's your weekly roundup of the local papers' food coverage. This week's San Francisco Chronicle coverage was sparse, with Michael Bauer begging off (we assume he's putting final touches on the 100 Best Restaurants list). But there's a bit, and...
Ok, our new thing with rounding up the local food coverage is that we're going to do it once a week, on Thursdays, all in one go. And we changed the name to adhere to Grub Street's style, so no...
Here's your mid-week San Francisco Chronicle food coverage, yanked from the depths of the Datebook section. Enjoy! • Between the normal business slowdown this time of year and the current, particularly grim economic climate, restaurants are offering some amazing...
Here's your roundup of the San Francisco Bay Guardian and San Francisco Weekly food sections, just in time for that first cup of at-work coffee: From the San Francisco Bay Guardian • Paul Reidinger visits Spicy Bite to find...
just because the Chronicle's food section has gone all bonkers on us doesn't mean we can't still round up their coverage, we suppose. Even if it is clinging to the walls of the Thursday Datebook. Let's see if we...
Okay, sorry about the hiatus on this feature, everybody. We're back with the over-coffee roundups, and since the Chron is being all weird these days (Rumor has it, they may have cause to be distracted), we're going to bump...
We're counting down the days, here, until the San Francisco Chronicle robs us of the joys of creating these little roundups for you. There's going to be a very different feel to our Wednesdays and Friday's soon enough. But...
Welcome to one of the last classic over-coffee roundups. As you know by now, the San Francisco Chronicle is planning to combine its food and wine sections and move them to Sunday, with a little mid-week bump in the...
Hot darn! This Friday's San Francisco Chronicle wine section has some news that will change the way we drink coffee. Or at least the way we write these little roundups. Whichever. Seems the normal Wednesday food section is moving...
Welcome to another coffee-time glance at the San Francisco Chronicle food section. Start the day off right! • The belle of this week's food section is the humble bulgar, a Turkish favorite that could be due for a renaissance...
Ah, it's nice to be back at the table, enjoying a hot cup of San Francisco Chronicle food section for breakfast. Stay tuned for the weeklies this afternoon. • Marlena Spieler goes in for some petty theft of the...
Here's a pre-holiday cup of San Francisco Chronicle Food Section. It's a huge one today, with lots of extra holiday stuff. We'll focus more on the seasonal, but do check the Gate for more of the regular features you...
Did you miss this? We've been inconsistent about posting the Friday Chronicle Over Cocktails roundup lately, and we're sorry. Have a double-shot of the following: • The Chron names Ehren Jordan, of Turley Wine Cellars, its Winemaker Of The...
