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  • Posted 5/16/12 on Grub Street SF
  • Fire Damage
Fire Breaks Out at Power-Lunch Spot Kokkari [Updated]

Fire Breaks Out at Power-Lunch Spot Kokkari [Updated]

The restaurant sounds undamaged.

Filed Under: fire damage, kokkari, willie brown
  • Posted 4/9/12 on Grub Street SF
  • Celebrity Settings
Tonga Room Hosts MC Hammer’s Birthday, and Willie Brown Was There

Tonga Room Hosts MC Hammer’s Birthday, and Willie Brown Was There

Hammer still has at least 300 friends.

Filed Under: celebrity settings, mc hammer, tonga room, willie brown
  • Posted 3/28/12 on Grub Street SF
  • Price Check
Subway Nixes Five-Dollar Footlong Deal In S.F.

Subway Nixes Five-Dollar Footlong Deal In S.F.

The chain cites the higher cost of doing business in S.F. as the reason they can't participate in the promotion.

Filed Under: deals, price check, subway, the chain gang, willie brown
  • Posted 2/29/12 on Grub Street SF
  • What Willie Wants
‘Old San Francisco’ Is Dining at Original Joe’s In Droves

‘Old San Francisco’ Is Dining at Original Joe’s In Droves

Willie Brown says the crowd is '75 percent [native] San Franciscans.'

Filed Under: original joe's, what willie wants, willie brown
  • Posted 2/16/12 on Grub Street SF
  • Kerfuffles
Gold Dust Lounge Does Not Quite Get Reprieve from Preservationists, But the Fight Is Far From Over

Gold Dust Lounge Does Not Quite Get Reprieve from Preservationists, But the Fight Is Far From Over

Now Willie Brown's come out with some fightin' words for the landlords!

Filed Under: bars, endangered, gold dust lounge, kerfuffles, willie brown
  • Posted 1/10/12 on Grub Street SF
  • Mediavore

Crashing Ed Lee’s Inauguration Dinner; Store-Bought Orange Juice Full of Fungicide

• The amusing story of SFist's Andrew Dalton attempting to crash Willie Brown's post-inauguration dinner for Ed Lee over the weekend (here's a review of buffet items from the morning affair), and failing to find out what, if any, Brown's...

Filed Under: mediavore, nicole erny, willie brown
  • Posted 11/30/11 on Grub Street SF
  • What Willie Wants
Former S.F. Mayor Given Particularly Crappy Table at New York Restaurant

Former S.F. Mayor Given Particularly Crappy Table at New York Restaurant

A man generally accustomed to wide berths and VIP treatment gets shafted at Scalinatella in midtown.

Filed Under: complaint box, front of house, funnies, rivalries, scalinatella, what willie wants, willie brown
  • Posted 8/17/11 on Grub Street SF
  • Empire Building
Willie Brown Encourages Wolfgang Puck to Take Postrio Space

Willie Brown Encourages Wolfgang Puck to Take Postrio Space

Da former Mayor tells the chef he should open up one of his Cut steakhouses there.

Filed Under: chinois, cut, empire building, rumor mill, spago, willie brown
  • Posted 7/13/11 on Grub Street SF
  • The Other Critics
Willie Brown Doesn’t Recognize Valencia Street, Calls Locanda and Atelier Crenn ‘Winners’

Willie Brown Doesn’t Recognize Valencia Street, Calls Locanda and Atelier Crenn ‘Winners’

He compares Crenn to Gary Danko and Quince.

Filed Under: atelier crenn, locanda, the other critics, willie brown
  • Posted 6/15/11 on Grub Street SF
  • TV Land
Willie Brown Is Pitching a TV Show? About Food?

Willie Brown Is Pitching a TV Show? About Food?

We have no idea what this is about.

Filed Under: tv land, willie brown
  • Posted 5/18/11 on Grub Street SF
  • What Willie Wants
Willie Brown Urges Race-Blind Tasting of Fried Chicken

Willie Brown Urges Race-Blind Tasting of Fried Chicken

Remarkably, he says, the white chefs' chicken he tried was just as good as the African American chefs' chicken.

Filed Under: 1300 on fillmore, funnies, perry's, pican, town hall, what willie wants, willie brown
  • Posted 4/20/11 on Grub Street SF
  • Blind Items
Willie Brown Doesn’t Always Tip

Willie Brown Doesn’t Always Tip

A "very well-known man-about-town" who sounds like Willie Brown neglected to tip a staffer at a "restaurant near the Ferry Building" that sounds like One Market when said staffer returned to him his fedora. "With Earth Day on the way,...

Filed Under: blind items, eatiquette, one market, willie brown
  • Posted 3/23/11 on Grub Street SF
  • What Willie Wants
Willie Brown Demands Large-Typeface Menus, No More Amuse-Bouches

Willie Brown Demands Large-Typeface Menus, No More Amuse-Bouches

"Some time ago I raised questions about the testing that goes on with the so-called little treats that restaurants send out. Please give me the option to say yes or no before you show up with them."

Filed Under: quince, spruce, the other critics, what willie wants, willie brown
  • Posted 2/10/11 on Grub Street SF
  • Quote of the Day
Chef Loses It On Willie Brown

Chef Loses It On Willie Brown

"Pay [for] somebody's dinner because the reso is late? Do you get [a] free ticket when your flight is delayed?"

Filed Under: beef, funnies, perbacco, quote of the day, staffan terje, willie brown
  • Posted 12/8/10 on Grub Street SF
  • The Other Critics
Willie Brown Can’t Get Enough of Bourbon Steak; Reidinger Likes the ‘Kitschy Drama’ of Miss SaiGon; Kauffman Loves Haltun

Willie Brown Can’t Get Enough of Bourbon Steak; Reidinger Likes the ‘Kitschy Drama’ of Miss SaiGon; Kauffman Loves Haltun

Haltun, which opened in May, is apparently pretty good.

Filed Under: bourbon steak, haltun mayan cuisine, jonathan kauffman, miss saigon, paul reidinger, the other critics, willie brown
  • Posted 9/15/10 on Grub Street SF
  • The Other Critics
Willie Brown Files Unofficial Review of Tres Agaves, and It’s Bad

Willie Brown Files Unofficial Review of Tres Agaves, and It’s Bad

"If you go to Tres Agaves, stay in the bar. Eat the chips and guacamole, drink the margaritas, and say you’re on a diet."

Filed Under: michael bauer, the other critics, tres agaves, willie brown
  • Posted 9/1/10 on Grub Street SF
  • Celebrity Settings
Willie Brown Eats at Redd, Spago, Café Des Amis

Willie Brown Eats at Redd, Spago, Café Des Amis

Former mayor Willie Brown has always been an avid eater and social butterfly, and today he writes of a most "special" meal at Redd in Yountville. He then quickly slips in that he's jetting down to L.A. today for a...

Filed Under: cafe des amis, celebrity settings, redd, spago, willie brown
  • Posted 7/29/10 on Grub Street SF
  • Beef
Should Willie Brown Always Get the VIP Treatment?

Should Willie Brown Always Get the VIP Treatment?

There will always be VIPs who get tables faster than you.

Filed Under: beef, eatiquette, michael bauer, nopa, willie brown
  • Posted 6/9/10 on Grub Street SF
  • Celebrity Settings
Willie Brown Has a Sex and the City Moment Ten Years Too Late

Willie Brown Has a Sex and the City Moment Ten Years Too Late

The former mayor swills Cosmos and celebrates the SATC gals with friends at Lark Creek Steak.

Filed Under: celebrity settings, funnies, kokkari, lark creek steak, sonya molodetskaya, willie brown
  • Posted 5/4/10 on Grub Street SF
  • Mediavore

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...

Filed Under: hello kitty wines, holidays, mediavore, oeno-file, willie brown
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