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The Socialite

Best of the Bay Area Party 09

It's time for the annual San Francisco magazine hootenanny: this will be the ninth annual ~BEST OF THE BAY AREA PARTY~, and it's in a new venue! Join San Francisco magazine as they toast the best people, places, and things that make the Bay Area the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 01, 2009

The Socialite

CUESA's Spring Breakfast Fundraiser

This Saturday is ~CUESA'S ANNUAL SPRING BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER~. This springtime breakfast will be prepared by Hayes Street Grill and CUESA's market chef. Farmers and food artisans will be at the table to share stories about the food they grow and make. Check out the delicious springtime…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 01, 2009

The Socialite

SummerTini

~SUMMERTINI~ is just a couple of weeks away! SummerTini is the fifth annual benefit for CHEFS (Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service). The CHEFS program is part of Episcopal Community Services, and provides culinary training and employment placement for homeless adults in San Francisco. More than 80 percent of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 01, 2009

The Chatterbox

May 26, 2009

Well, it's the end of an era. After seven years in the Financial District, the last tomato soup en croute was served on Friday night at ~JEANTY AT JACK'S~. I know I'm not the only one who will be missing the famed soup, oysters…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2009

The Lush

May 26, 2009

Some really good cocktails came out of the Depression, no mistake about that. ~AMERICANO~ at Hotel Vitale is now offering Depression Era Cocktails Sat–Wed from 4pm–6pm and 10pm–12am. For $6, you can have an Americano, Sidecar, Vodka Collins, Aviation, or Whiskey Sour, plus $5 glasses of red…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2009

The Sugar Mama

May 26, 2009

Nothing quite like winning a dinner for two, right? Especially when you've got two female badass chefs in the kitchen: Top Chefs Jennifer Biesty (executive chef of Scala's Bistro) and Stephanie Izard (Top Chef season four winner). These two talented chefs are partnering up to present…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2009

The Starlet

May 26, 2009

Urban myth, or fact? A tablehopper reader writes in “I heard Drew Barrymore was at the Phone Booth again last night.” Star Jones and her new chef boyfriend, Herb Wilson, who was formerly the executive chef at the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand, were having lunch at RN74 with gents…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2009

What’s Cookin’

May 26, 2009

photos by Mathew Sumner Love is many things. I will tell you one thing that it definitely is: when your sister returns from New Orleans and brings you back "hog's head cheese" and boudin from the Bourgeois Meat Market in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Yeah, baby, any place…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 25, 2009

The Socialite

StarChefs Napa Sonoma Rising Stars Revue

The ~STARCHEFS.COM AT THE NAPA SONOMA RISING STARS REVUE~ is a walk-around tasting gala featuring the Napa Sonoma Rising Star award winners and their signature dishes, cocktails, and wine pairings. The 2009 Napa Sonoma Rising Stars and their dishes include: Jeremy Fox, Ubuntu Ubuntu Fregola in Caramelized Vegetable Juices…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 25, 2009

The Socialite

Grow a Farmer

Photo by Jered Lawson Gabriella Café in Santa Cruz and Pie Ranch (a partner with Mission Pie here in SF) are teaming up for this special ~GROW A FARMER FUNDRAISING DINNER~ at Pie Ranch, located near Año Nuevo State Reserve. Grow a Farmer is a six-month UC Santa Cruz Apprenticeship…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 25, 2009