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The Regular

A Collection of Updates

Instead of a review this week, these are just a bunch of mini updates of pre-existing reviews. You can read the original reviews on the site, linked to each update. CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen With all the salumi mayhem going on out there, with some places giving you three…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 30, 2009

The Chatterbox

March 24, 2009

Congrats to the official ~JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD~ local restaurant nominees, including Boulevard for Outstanding Restaurant; Nate Appleman (A16, SPQR) for Rising Star Chef; and the Best Chefs in America/Pacific candidates: Jeremy Fox (Ubuntu, Napa), Douglas Keane (Cyrus, Healdsburg), Loretta Keller (Coco500), David Kinch (Manresa, Los Gatos),and Daniel…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 24, 2009

The Lush

March 24, 2009

~ZINNIA~ is hosting a happy hour Tue–Sat from 5pm–6:30pm, with half-off on wines by the glass and cocktails. 500 Jackson St. at Montgomery, 415-956-7300. How timely, we’re still in the “r” months, and ~DISTRICT~ is now offering $1 oysters every day during happy hour (4pm–6pm…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 24, 2009

The Starlet

March 24, 2009

John Cleese dined at One Market Restaurant, and was reportedly a “delightful guest, funny and gracious.” He ate a lighter version of the mushroom potpie. How, you wonder? He ate it without the pastry top. A tablehoppin’ reader spotted Forest Whitaker sipping a cappuccino at Douce France cafe in Palo…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 24, 2009

What’s Cookin’

March 24, 2009

Brrrr, it was nippy last night. I was totally jonesing for a bowl of pháờ from this week’s restaurant in the regular (a hazard of food writing—you often get wicked cravings for whatever you’re writing about). Last week I had my own top picks for gettin’ heated,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 23, 2009

The Socialite

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation

~SHARE OUR STRENGTH’S TASTE OF THE NATION~, a culinary benefit that raises critical funds needed to end childhood hunger in San Francisco and across America, returns to San Francisco, . One hundred percent of ticket sales help ensure no child in America grows up hungry. The evening will begin with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 23, 2009

The Socialite

Easter

Here’s a roundup of locations where you can feast on ~EASTER BRUNCH~ or take the little ones for an Easter egg hunt that will leave you saying, “Thank you Easter Bunny, bwok bwok!” ~EPIC ROASTHOUSE~ is serving a three-course prix-fixe menu from 10:30am–3:30pm, and the regular…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 23, 2009

The Regular

Pot de Phờ

Finding good ethnic food in the City is like an urban hunting ritual, often tempting food fiends into dark alleys, back rooms, and sketchy bodegas in pursuit of "the authentic." I am grateful for the street stands and scrungy delis and random food windows I've been…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 23, 2009

The Chatterbox

March 17, 2009

I know, it’s quite the week of celebrating ~ST. PATRICK’S DAY~ (I think some people are still recovering from the weekend’s festivities)—but tonight is the night. I’m going to be cruising home to the 650 to celebrate the Irish side of my heritage with my…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 17, 2009

The Lush

March 17, 2009

This Thursday March 19th is a tasting with Sans Liege Wines at ~SWIRL ON CASTRO~. Curt Schalchlin produces Rhone varietals (grenache, syrah, mourvedre, viognier, and marsanne)—these are the first releases from this dynamic young winemaker under his own brand. $15 with your RSVP to info [at] swirloncastro.com, $20…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 17, 2009