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The Starlet

March 31, 2009

Ben Affleck, Mike Walrath (Senior Vice President, Yahoo—Right Media), and a third gent dined at a corner table at Spruce. Looks like Ben is a pork man, and they also enjoyed some fab wines. Gerard Depardieu and two male friends briefly hung out over two pots of green tea…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 31, 2009

What’s Cookin’

March 31, 2009

How to sum up last week? Well, it was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Let’s start with the good stuff, like the dinner at Ottimista Enoteca with Gemma, the visiting Piemontese chef. Her rabbit with peppers dish, and the dessert of meringata, an incredible…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 30, 2009

The Socialite

Napa Valley with Altitude

Okay, fellow winos, here’s a little bit of Napa that is coming to San Francisco, the annual ~NAPA VALLEY WITH ALTITUDE~ tasting from Uncorked Events, featuring over 100 wines from Spring Mountain, Mount Veeder, and Diamond Mountain on Napa Valley’s western edge (the Mayacamas Range). Virtually all of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 30, 2009

The Socialite

Root Division: TASTE 2009

Root Division is hosting ~TASTE 2009~, an evening celebrating the beauty of art and food in San Francisco. TASTE 2009 will feature local chefs and over 15 visual artists for a night of food, drink, music, and art. Proceeds benefit local emerging artists, as well as Root Division’s free…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 30, 2009

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…

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…

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