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Wild Game Week at Big 4 Restaurant
The Socialite

Wild Game Week at Big 4 Restaurant

Attention meat eaters: here's your big chance to try the outré! How about some cornmeal-crusted crocodile, or lightly smoked corned buffalo hash, or wild boar loin, or rib eye of Himalayan yak! No, National Geographic Explorer is not hosting a dinner of animals that "didn't…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Mediterranean Spirit
The Regular

Mediterranean Spirit

*THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED* Oh yeah, I definitely caught the spirit here. The owner of MEDITERRANEAN SPIRIT, Khalil Aboudamous, and his wife, Lubna, really have the spirit. Their regular customers totally have the spirit. You will too. Because at this little hole-in-the-wall joint, man, are they doing good things to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

October 24, 2006

A slew of openings this week—exciting times, gang. First, and right on schedule I'd like to note, ~EUREKA RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE~ (the project from the chaps at Chenery Park) opened on Saturday in the old Red Grill space in the Castro. Open Tue-Sun for dinner, starting at…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Ambassador
The Lush

The Ambassador

The boys from Vintage 415 continue to take over and hippify the city, one place at a time: this time it's the King Henry VII, a bar sitting just across from Rye on Geary St. It will morph into ~THE AMBASSADOR~ by December. Expect a 1950's…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Icon Ultra Lounge
The Lush

Icon Ultra Lounge

Just this weekend, ~ICON ULTRA LOUNGE~ opened in the former Luna Lounge space in SOMA. Three born-in-SF residents are behind the project; the upscale lounge atmosphere was designed by Charles Doell AKA Mr. Important (he was formerly of FUN! Display—think Backflip, Red Room, etc.) and includes a bar made…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

October 24, 2006

I loved this one: Ben Fong Torres of Rolling Stone fame (my fave character in Almost Famous) was spotted dining at Scott Howard last week. And in a culinary version of Where's Waldo?, let's play Where's Mario! (He was in town for the Wine…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Outstanding in the Field
The Socialite

Outstanding in the Field

You all know what a big fan I am of ~OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD~ events (my favorite meal of 2006, and it's not like I don't eat out a lot). Well, the OITF folks are back from their U.S. road trip and are hosting a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Breast Cancer Fund Benefit
The Socialite

Breast Cancer Fund Benefit

A pamper-iffic event benefiting the ~BREAST CANCER FUND~  will be held at Mani Pedi this Thursday: enjoy a mani and a pedi, get extra-relaxed drinking some delish Mount Tamalpais Vineyards wines, and nibble on some hors d'oeuvres, all for $50 per person, with proceeds going to the Breast…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Poleng Lounge
The Regular

Poleng Lounge

Okay, I'll admit it: I was a bit skeptical about POLENG LOUNGE when I initially heard about it. Let's just say the transformation from the 1751 Social Club (o' troublemakers) into a tea lounge and Asian street food hotspot made me arch at least one…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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