The Chatterbox

Thanks to everyone who turned up for my reading at Omnivore Books last week (and sorry if they were out of books by the time you got there!). No fear, there are more fun book launch events coming up. Here’s what is going on over the next two weeks:…

Cool news in the Mission: Jason Fox (the former executive chef of Bar Tartine) and Anthony Myint (Mission Street Food, Mission Burger) and partners announced their new upcoming restaurant, COMMONWEALTH. The full-time charitable restaurant will open in the former El Herradero space on Mission, and will be a “progressive American…

Anyone who follows ~ABSINTHE BRASSERIE & BAR~ chef Jamie Lauren’s Twitter feed knows she has been in Los Angeles quite a bit these days, and it looks like she is going to be spending a lot more time down there in a couple months when she moves there full…

According to a tweet, those wonderful purveyors of all things meaty, FATTED CALF, is going to be “opening a new store in Hayes Valley mid-summer.” I had a quick chat with co-owner Toponia Miller, who said she’ll be able to reveal more about the where and what next week,…

Cow Hollow will have not one but two new places to indulge in carb and sugar highs. First, JOHN CAMPBELL’S IRISH BAKERY’S second location is up and running (they opened around St. Patrick’s Day), so now neighbors are going to be able to discover their crazy delicious…

Just in case you’re wondering what happened to the name TAYLOR’S REFRESHER, all three locations (St. Helena, San Francisco, and Napa Oxbow) are now Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet. Joel and Duncan Gott, who own Taylor’s Refresher, are, for legal reasons, changing the name (you can read…