SF Weekly Talks Meat Fetishists and Butcher Groupies
Oscar Yedra, master butcher, gets profiled in a lengthy piece about the butchery trend in general.
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Bushi-Tei Wins Best Bathroom Prize; Vegetables in Desserts Are Trending
• Over at Eater, they just handed out the prize for the city's finest restaurant toilet facilities, and the big honor goes to Japantown's Bushi-Tei. [Eater] • The San Francisco Food Bank was one of many recipients of a new,...
Cedar Hill Launches Lunch; Owner Jon Rietz Says ‘Southern Food Gets a Bad Rap’
'Who doesn't like a little fried food now and again?'
How Coconut Water Became So Ridiculously Popular; There Is Now a Vending Machine for Meat
• Regarding the booming popularity of coconut water, and how it came to happen. Hint: It's all about the yoga chicks. [Slate] • Virgin CEO Richard Branson just made an undisclosed but "multimillion" dollar investment in SF-based Square, the company...
Maybe the Tech Boom Really Is Feeding the S.F. Restaurant Boom After All
The city's chief economist confirms what '7x7' earlier hinted at.
Of Pig Wombs, Dormice, and Other Historic Proteins Being Used to Tempt Jaded Foodies
As the 'Journal' notes today, mining historical cookbooks is all the rage.
IHOP Knows You Don’t Really Want That Salad
We all say we want healthier food options, but we just keep on ordering Double Downs!
Restaurant Workers Right Up There With Miners as Big Smokers
The CDC's list of occupations that smoke the most is usually topped by roofers and bricklayers and such.
Let’s Discuss the State of ‘Asian Fusion’ Just One More Time
John Birdsall tackles the subject of the 'new generation of Asian Fusion' and we wish the term would just go away.
7x7 Editor Looks Back on a Decade of S.F. Eating
Sara Deseran has been at this longer than we have...
Asian Fried Chicken: Now a Thing
Korean fried chicken (also called KFC) is nothing new, but now all sorts of Asian-style variants of the crispy fried birds are popping up on menus around town. Just recently we told you about Chubby Noodle, the newly opened pop-up...
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Diners at Flour + Water Prop Up iPad, Watch U.S. Open While Eating [Updated]
Michael Bauer, for one, voices his grave disapproval.
Regarding the Post-9/11 Dining Era
"Since the collapse of the World Trade Center a decade ago, this sense of grandeur and spectacle has more or less vanished from the city's restaurant scene, replaced by a less showy, more elemental style of dining. The trend was...
Chefs Are Giving Pig Skin the High-End Treatment
From Boston to S.F., the football-making material is trending on menus.
Brits Are Drinking More American Beer
The more flavorful American brews are taking hold against blander lagers.
Deviled Eggs Are Going Modern
And let's round out the day with a trend, shall we? 7x7 notes three examples (three's a trend!) of chefs playing with the tried-and-true deviled egg, including a Japanese take by Ravi Kapur at Prospect, and several delicious variations —...
Hot Sauce and Panko Takes Chicken and Waffle Trend to Whole New Level
The Richmond District's brand new Hot Sauce and Panko takes the chicken and waffle trend one step further with its Wings and Waffle combo.