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The Lush

Get Classy! Upcoming Events at The Boothby Center

This month, The Barbary Coast Conservancy of the American Cocktail is hosting three upcoming classes well worth considering (for those 21 and up, ahem). All classes take place at the Conservancy’s home, ~THE BOOTHBY CENTER FOR THE BEVERAGE ARTS~ located at 1161 Mission Street between 7th and 8th Streets.…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

The Starlet

Hot Roddin'

Meanwhile, Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod from the NY Yankees) was in for dinner at Twenty Five Lusk with five guests last night (Monday May 30th). Alex ate the NY strip steak (seems appropriate) with steamed vegetables, and they all shared salmon pastrami, tuna sashimi, and beef tartare. As for beverages, they…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

(Sponsored): Fresh. Hot. Meatpaper.

The latest issue of your quarterly journal of meat culture is available now. As usual, Meatpaper 15 presents a wide-ranging feast of topics. You are cordially invited to join us as we learn about meat glue, animals that eat people, Cree hunting traditions, beef in India, the challenges of lamb…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Another Chance to Win Tickets to Taste of Mendocino

Don’t miss out on a chance to sip, sample, taste, and, yes, buy the best food, wine, spirits, beer, and artisan goods produced in Mendocino County. For one night only, on Monday June 13th, 2011 (from 5pm-8pm), the Mendo vibe will be kicking at this marketplace-meets-showcase, Taste of Mendocino,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

May 31, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers.

This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers. Miner’s lettuce spotted on the ForageSF walk I took on Sunday. I’m getting really tired of bitching about the rain, but this is so ridiculous. Never thought I’d have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) in May, but there…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers.

I’m getting really tired of bitching about the rain, but this is so ridiculous. Never thought I’d have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) in May, but there you have it. It’s enough to drive someone to drink. Which is why I have a fun little giveaway this week:…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

The Socialite

Get Your Swerve On at San Francisco Magazine's Best of the Bay Area Party

With over 45 restaurants and 12 open bars, SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE’S 2011 BEST OF THE BAY AREA PARTY promises to be the city’s biggest bash of the year and their best party yet. Expect fabulous food, drink, and entertainment as you celebrate the best of the Bay with…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

May 27, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: start your engines.

This week's tablehopper: start your engines. At the Champagne Grand Tasting. Photo by Dakota Fine. I can imagine many of you are chomping at the bit to get the hell out of work and get started on your three-day weekend. Someone had to remind me it was Memorial…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: start your engines.

I can imagine many of you are chomping at the bit to get the hell out of work and get started on your three-day weekend. Someone had to remind me it was Memorial Day this weekend (this is what happens when you’re self-employed—I don’t even have a…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

The Regular

Oliveto

Predecessors. Big shoes to fill. Legacies. Nope, it’s never light stuff. So when chef Paul Canales left his post as executive chef of OLIVETO after six years (he was at the restaurant for 15 years altogether), and it was announced Jonah Rhodehamel was taking the helm, I was like,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

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