The Chatterbox

Tonight’s your chance to help the displaced residents from last Tuesday’s fire in the Lower Haight: head over to the Peacock Lounge between 7pm-10pm for the HAIGHT + FILLMORE FIRE RELIEF fundraiser with the Lower Haight Merchants and Neighbors Association. A $10 donation is all it takes for fun,…

Ahoy! It’s Fleet Week, and Stag Dining Group is putting on a one-of-a-kind dinner this Thursday October 6th: Mission: Battleship. And check out the location: the SS Jeremiah O’Brien in Fisherman’s Wharf, our city’s WWII liberty ship that is one of only two fully operational liberty…

And now for some very unique dinnertime entertainment: on Wednesday October 12th, Tuesday October 18th, and Wednesday October 19th, ~ORSON~ will be hosting members of RAWdance for a special performance. Artistic directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein will perform a duet set during dinner service—called A Public Affair—…

This coming Sunday October 9th, ROCKRIDGE MARKET HALL merchants will be hosting their annual Picnic in the Street to coincide with the Rockridge Out & About Street Festival. From 12pm-6pm, you can swing by for a variety of food and wine tastings, talks, demonstrations (from oyster shucking to local chefs…

I know, I know, another week, another pig party. First up, VIOGNIER in San Mateo is hosting a whole hog demonstration dinner, featuring Long & Bailey Family Farms on Saturday October 8th. Executive chef Preston Dishman has put together a five-course menu highlighting loin, belly, shoulder, ribs, and sausage as…

Wow, this was some news I did not expect to come home to: after 10 years with the Boulevard (and Prospect) team, Inside Scoop reports chef Ravi Kapur has decided to leave Prospect. The reason: he and his wife have a new five-month-old son, and he wants to be able…

Last month, Inside Scoop broke the news that Elizabeth Falkner was changing things up at ~CITIZEN CAKE~ on Fillmore. First off, she has changed the name to Elizabeth Falkner’s Citizen Cake, Ice Cream Parlor & Eats. The menu is more casual and comforting, with dishes like shrimp cocktail, tomato…

A tipster in the Lower Haight alerted me that a former Beretta employee snagged the long-vacant RNM space, and Haighteration confirms the gossip: Jay Bordeleau (Beretta, Nectar, Bacar, Mecca) and David Kurtz (Michael Mina, Coi, Saison, Gary Danko) will be opening ~MAVEN~ before the end of the year. Maven’s…

I was happy to receive a note from the owners of ~CANELA~ that they have opened their doors. You can read all about this Spanish-style restaurant in my previous report, and Grub Street even has a slideshow of the renovation—they did a nice job. 2272 Market St. at 16th…

Lots going on on Valencia (isn’t there always?). First up, there’s been a change of concept for Dylan MacNiven of Woodhouse Fish Co.’s project slated to open in the former Bombay Bazar and Ice Creamery location. Instead of Mohave, which was his Southwestern concept, it seems neighbor…