Park a Fast Car at Slow Club
Seems Tracy Chapman has been making the rounds around town: she was also spotted by a reader at Slow Club for Sunday brunch.…
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Marcia Gagliardi is an SF-based restaurant columnist and culinary personality, well-known for her groundbreaking 19-year-old tablehopper newsletter, offering an insider's take on restaurant news.
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Slow Food Crab Feed on Saturday December 4th
These are definitely two words I like to see in succession: crab feed. On Saturday December 4th, Slow Food San Francisco will be hosting their fourth annual SLOW CRAB FESTIVAL. The meal will be cooked by California Culinary Academy student chefs, and will include products from local artisan food producers…
Fillmore Holiday Cocktail Crawl: 5 Drinks for $5
Yeah, I knew that 5 drinks for $5 would catch your eye, you lush, you. Fillmore Street restaurants and bartenders are taking part in a Fillmore Holiday Cocktail Crawl on Wednesday December 1st. After checking in at Yoshi’s San Francisco (1330 Fillmore St.), you’ll also be able to…
New York Knicks Play Ball with a One-Pound Truffle
Last Thursday night, 22 players and staff from the New York Knicks (in town for a game against the Golden State Warriors) dined at Specchio in the main room, including Mike D’Antoni (the head coach). Chef/owner Gino Assaf said their favorite dishes were the fettuccine carbonara—which he…
New York Knicks
New York Knicks Play Ball with a One-Pound Truffle
November 23, 2010
Last Thursday night, 22 players and staff from the New York Knicks (in town for a game against the Golden State Warriors) dined at Specchio in the main room, including Mike D’Antoni (the head coach). Chef/…
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Cheese-tastic Event on Sunday December 5th in Oakland
The California Artisan Cheese Guild is going to be hosting one of their gatherings, Great Cheese & Good Cheer, in the East Bay for the first time! On Sunday December 5th, this holiday fundraiser and gathering will feature 15 California Guild cheesemakers (view the complete list on the website). You’…
Camber Lay Now at Town Hall
I got word that bartender extraordinaire Camber Lay has left EPIC Roasthouse to take over the bar at ~TOWN HALL~. And now I am suddenly craving their fried chicken… and a cocktail.…
You Are What You Drink
I guess I don’t read enough lad rags (er, make that none) to know who she is, but now I do: a reader spotted model/TV personality Tila Tequila at the bar at Twenty Five Lusk. And, as the spotter says, “Apparently, she was easy to spot because she…
Tila Tequila
You Are What You Drink
November 23, 2010
I guess I don’t read enough lad rags (er, make that none) to know who she is, but now I do: a reader spotted model/TV personality Tila Tequila at the bar at Twenty Five Lusk. And, as the spotter says,…
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Scream Sorbet's New Take-Out Location
A friend (and big fan) of SCREAM SORBET let me know they are now selling pints and sorbet sandwiches out of their retail storefront next to Bakesale Betty in Oakland. The space has been under painstaking renovation for a while, so Temescal neighbors are happy to finally see the business…