Ocean Beach
Whoa, dude, that IS a big pizza.Hey dude. Wassup, bra? Hungry after catching those swells at Ocean Beach? It was bitchen' today, you should have been there. Even those who don't have sand in their hair and toes are making...…
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January 20, 2009
Hey, muchas gracias to everyone who entered the giveaway for Joanne Weir’s Wine Country Cooking. Yes, all 63 of you! ~BELOW IS A LIST OF YOUR FAVORITE WINE COUNTRY RESTAURANTS~; I thought you’d like to see what’s on everyone’s list! I grouped any similar answers together,…
January 20, 2009
~15 ROMOLO~ in North Beach is closed for a facelift, and when it reopens around mid-February, there will be a new weekly menu of affordable bar food, with about 6–10 items on the chalkboard per day. The look will be warm and inviting, and will give a nod…
January 20, 2009
A tablehopper reader wrote in with a sighting of Todd Oldham and John Waters having dinner at Asia de Cuba: “John looking dapper as always, Todd looking like a lumberjack, scruffy with a beard.”
Glenn Close was spotted dining at Bong Su in the company of friends.
Adam Savage, from…
January 20, 2009
Wow, the alfresco living just continues… Who would have thought that on Friday night I was going to be sitting on the outside patio at Chez Papa Resto for dinner, without a jacket or heat lamps? Downright balmy at 8pm. Seems a fair number of Dine About Town-ers were…
January 20, 2009
Coming up is ~MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION’S WINE AND WISHES GOURMET FOOD & WINE TASTING EVENT~, which includes a walk-around tasting of wine and food on Treasure Island. Restaurant participants include: A16/SPQR; Absinthe Brasserie and Bar; Bocadillos; Culinary Academy; Farallon; Farina Focaccia Cucina Italiana; Kara's…
January 20, 2009
Strong Beer Month and ~SF BEER WEEK~ are coming up. Strong Beer Month begins February 1st, and SF Beer Week, a new event celebrating local craft beer history and the artisan beer culture here in SF and around the Bay, will run from February 6th–15th. SF Beer Week has…
Emily Wines on Blind Tasting Her Way Back to Childhood
Emily Wines is the wine director for Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants and the Fifth Floor Restaurant. In February of 2008, she became one of 15 female Master Sommeliers in the world. In addition to maintaining the Fifth Floor's Wine Spectator Grand Award, she teaches the casual Wednesday wine…
January 13, 2009
Yup, this is definitely going to be a challenging start to the year. So many restaurants are hurting out there, and a bunch of them will not be able to weather this horrid economic climate. I am really going to hate having to write about so many places closing in…
January 13, 2009
Of late, I’ve been following a few pieces of ~BAR NEWS IN THE CASTRO~, like what was opening in the second location of the Metro (formerly Expansion) and whaddya know, the Bay Area Reporter did a very detailed piece covering all kinds of booze news. So I’m just…