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The Wino

Corkage Unplugged by Alex Fox

Alex Fox is the Wine Director for Myth Restaurant in San Francisco. The focus of Myth's wine list is small production wines from California and archetypal wines from Europe. Myth's corkage policy allows for a maximum of two bottles corkage per party at a fifteen-dollar fee…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2007

The Regular

South Park Café

There are some restaurants where you just can't help but order the same thing, again and again. To wit: how can I possibly visit A16, and not order the burrata, the tripe, and the gnocchi? It would be scandalous not to. I'm normally an adventurous diner,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2007

The Chatterbox

June 12, 2007

Okay, before we dive in here, did you happen to see the article about the evils of the CCA in the most recent issue of the SF Weekly? No? You gotta read it—it’s pretty ugly to read about the crippling debt aspiring chefs are racking up by going…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 12, 2007

The Lush

Nickie's

image from Nickie’s website The former Nickie’s BBQ on Haight has gone through major changes: new ownership (Shay Lyons and Noel Morgan, their first project together), new sleek yet cozy look (yay, the nasty bathrooms are gone), and a new simplified name: ~NICKIE’S~. It just reopened last…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 12, 2007

The Lush

O'Neill's Irish Pub- Ghirardelli Square

image from O'Neill's website Eoin O’Neill is one busy bloke—he’s gearing up to open his third ~O'NEILL'S IRISH PUB~, this time a 3,000-square-foot space in the Fairmont Heritage Place development at Ghirardelli Square. He’s keen on creating…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 12, 2007

The Starlet

June 12, 2007

La Stone was at the St. Regis bar last week with a couple girlfriends. Reportedly looked amazing, why am I not surprised? Krist Novoselic (the bass player from Nirvana) was spotted by a server at Bambuddha Lounge on Wednesday. The server was a huge Nirvana fan and recognized Krist despite…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 12, 2007

What’s Cookin’

June 12, 2007

I successfully survived last week’s onslaught of fabulous living—the highlight was the ridiculously fantastic LCD Soundsystem show at Mezzanine, which gave me faith in how many cool, fun people live in this city and still know how to rock it, hard. The Golden Glass event on Saturday featured…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 11, 2007

The Socialite

Share Our Strength: Taste of the Nation

Okay, I know some of you out there have some serious ducats, and this is one fab event to consider attending because 100% of all sales go to fighting hunger. Coming up is ~SHARE OUR STRENGTH'S TASTE OF THE NATION —SAN FRANCISCO~, hosted by Food Network’s Tyler…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 11, 2007

The Regular

Spork

God is in the details. (I also think he's hiding out in sublime peppery olive oil, Hog Island Kumamotos, Old World reds, the ankimo at Sebo, hot coppa, and the black magic cake my mother makes me for my birthday.) Anyway, before I get too lost playing the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 11, 2007

The Chatterbox

June 5, 2007

I’ve always has a soft spot for Buca Giovanni in North Beach—it was the site of one of my earlier childhood dining memories, and I tasted rabbit for the very first time there. (No Thumper trauma here.) Anyway, I was very excited to find out that by mid-July,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 05, 2007