The Chatterbox

Meatpaper is busy with a couple cool upcoming events. First, this Thursday October 21st, they will be partnered up with Blue Bottle on the SFMOMA rooftop for another Food & Thought evening—this one will feature dishes that evoke secrets and disguises. Look for dishes and desserts by Ryan Ostler…

SF Food Wars has teamed up with food columnist Amanda Hesser of The New York Times to present this special event, THE ESSENTIAL NEW YORK TIMES COOKBOOK-ULTIMATE POTLUCK COCKTAIL BRUNCH on Sunday November 7th. This official West Coast launch of the cookbook will include a signing session with Hesser, and…

As reported in the Scoop last week, opening chef Paolo Laboa of ~FARINA~ has departed. While he doesn’t have any specific plans at this time (and would be one hell of a chef to acquire, ahem), I’ll be sure to keep you posted on where he lands—hopefully…

And so the space at 252 California Street lives on: next Tuesday October 19th, the latest incarnation of ~MICHAEL MINA~ opens for dinner. Mina’s menu, executed by chef de cuisine Jeremy Ravetz, will integrate French and Japanese influences. Lunch will be served Mon-Fri exclusively at the bar, and will…

As so, the end is here: ANTICA TRATTORIA is serving its last meal this Saturday October 16th. On Sunday October 17th, the restaurant is hosting a Festa di Grazie Mille, an evening of celebration for friends and neighbors from 4pm-8pm. All donations will benefit Project Open Hand. Tanti saluti, Ruggero!…

For the past couple of years, I’ve heard a tapas bar/restaurant was going to move into the old Franklin’s Bar location on 3rd Street in Dogpatch. A tablehopper reader tipped me off that it was finally open, so I cruised over to check it out this weekend.…

Due to open at 6pm this Friday October 15th is JONES, a new rooftop restaurant, bar, and lounge (the entrance is to the right of the Gaylord Suites, through the towering wrought iron gates) brought to you by Peter Glikshtern (behind projects such as Public Works, Club Six, Mighty, and…