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[http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com] Follow Us: Home Michael Bauer Paolo Lucchesi Jon Bonné Carey Sweet Voices SFGate Galleries Inside Monsieur Benjamin in Hayes Valley Preview the food at the 49ers' new Levi's Stadium Restaurant openings of the first half of 2014 More Galleries » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Scenes from the 2014 edition of Cochon Heritage Fire Posted on 08/05/2014 at 10:04 am by Paolo Lucchesi in Events , featured | — On Sunday, about 200 chefs gathered in Napa Valley to cook a lot of meat over a lot of fire. This year’s edition of Cochon Heritage Fire was the biggest yet, with over 700 people total descending upon Charles Krug Winery to eat and cook. The Cochon team was working by 7 a.m. on Sunday […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Sam’s Grill delays reopening (again) Posted on 08/05/2014 at 8:50 am by Paolo Lucchesi in featured , FYI | — As you may or may not have noticed, Financial District old-timer Sam’s Grill — which dates back to 1867 — has been closed for several weeks. Would-be lunchers have been denied by a closed door, and per construction workers at the restaurant, the phone has been ringing off the hook. According to owner Phil Lyons, […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Reader says: Don’t call a “waitress” a waiter Posted on 08/05/2014 at 4:46 am by Michael Bauer in Between Meals , Reader Questions , Restaurants | — Sometimes the smallest detail can incense readers. Here’s an e-mail I received after my recent Update of the Slow Club. It wasn’t about my criticism of the food, or the star rating. No, it was the way I referred to the server. I’ve been reading your restaurant reviews for years, and find them informative, and […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani open their Mission District restaurant: Urchin Bistrot Posted on 08/04/2014 at 4:20 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in featured , What's New | — After a weekend of test runs, tonight is opening night for Urchin Bistrot. Urchin is the new restaurant from Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani, who also own Terra in St. Helena and Ame in San Francisco (both which boast Michelin stars). You can read all about the meaning of the name here, but in many […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Ferry Plaza Seafood opens in North Beach Posted on 08/04/2014 at 2:40 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in What's New | — The decorative swordfish is back in action, and so is Ferry Plaza Seafood. But despite the name, the former Ferry Building resident has been resurrected in North Beach. To quickly recap, Ferry Plaza Seafood ended its decade-long run alongside Hog Island in the Ferry Building last winter. The closure allowed Hog Island to double the […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Plin opens in the Mission Posted on 08/04/2014 at 2:09 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in What's New | — Friday was opening day for Plin, the new Mission District restaurant from Alexander Alioto. Plin takes the design-centric space that was formerly Conduit and most recently, Another Monkey. Location was a prime challenge for its predecessors, set on the northern outskirts of the bustling Valencia corridor. But Alioto — a young chef who made […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Ramen Gaijin pops up in Sebastopol Posted on 08/04/2014 at 1:41 pm by Carey Sweet in Sonoma , Wine Country | — How much of a need is there for good ramen in Sonoma County? Consider that for Ramen Gaijin’s debut evening in Sebastopol on July 28, owners Matthew Williams and Moishe Hahn-Schuman sold 120 bowls before running out, and then had to turn away 50 or so customers. Not bad for a little pop-up operating out […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Interview: The Game crew on game meats, modern fine dining and the old Masa’s Posted on 08/04/2014 at 12:42 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in Coming Attractions , featured , Interviews | — Last Thursday’s Inside Scoop column tackled Game, the restaurant slated to open in the former Masa’s later this month. As first reported in February, Game is the new project from Sachin Chopra of San Mateo’s Michelin-starred All Spice and his wife and business partner, Shoshana Wolff. They’ve hired a crew of chef Zack Freitas pastry […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Curbside Creamery opens in Oakland’s Temescal Alley Posted on 08/04/2014 at 9:43 am by Ethan Fletcher in East Bay , What's New | — Curbside Creamery opened this weekend for business in Oakland’s Temescal Alley, just in time for First Friday. The highly anticipated ice cream parlor becomes the latest mobile food success story to make the transition to brick and mortar: Owner Tori Wentworth got her start last year selling her vegan ice cream sandwiches from a freezer-equipped […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It The Commissary continues to rise in the Presidio Posted on 08/04/2014 at 4:33 am by Michael Bauer in Between Meals , featured , Restaurants , Reviews | — The Commissary, the subject of my review yesterday in The Chronicle, was one of the most perplexing situations I’ve encountered in the last several years. It’s the new Spanish-California restaurant in the Presidio headed by chef Traci Des Jardins, who also owns Jardiniere, Mijita and the Public House at AT&T Park. She’s one of the […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Favorite dishes from Gaspar, the Dock, Bar Tartine and more Posted on 08/01/2014 at 8:45 am by Michael Bauer in Between Meals , Favorite dishes | — I promised myself many years ago I would never complain about my job. Who else gets to eat out every night in one of the country’s best food cities? I don’t even mind going out of town for stories where, at the end of the day, I feel like a now-banned forced-fed goose. Four meals […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Dum’s stellar chicken biryani, the allure of the Interval and more: In Today’s Newspaper Posted on 07/31/2014 at 5:47 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in In the Print | — The Bite: Jonathan Kauffman files on Dum, a two-month-old food truck serving what just might be San Francisco’s best chicken biryani: But there’s nothing like Dum’s biryani at the city’s Indian restaurants, let alone the neighboring trucks in the food truck parks he’s appearing at. And for $3 more, [owner Rupam] Bharat will add a half-size version […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Doughnut Dolly opening in Berkeley next Wednesday with new menu items Posted on 07/31/2014 at 1:41 pm by Ethan Fletcher in East Bay , What's New | — Popular fried sweets purveyor Doughnut Dolly is set to debut its second location next week in Berkeley. According to owner Hannah Hoffman, her larger new shop has passed inspections and will be open for business at 7 a.m. Wednesday (August 6) morning. It’ll be located in a newly redeveloped section of West Berkeley at 1313 […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Jesse Koide to leave Mission Chinese Food, open Pink Zebra in the Mission Posted on 07/31/2014 at 12:09 pm by Paolo Lucchesi in Chefs on the Move , Coming Attractions , featured | — For the last four-plus years, Jesse Koide has been a key force in the Mission Chinese Food kitchen, first as Danny Bowien’s lieutenant and more recently as the restaurant’s head chef. In mid-August, Koide will leave the Mission hotspot as he ramps up his own project. Named Pink Zebra — after the pink zebra camouflaged […] More » Share this: Email Print 0 Pin It Local filmmaker debuts documentary about farmworker injustices: ‘Food Chains’ Posted on 07/31/2014 at 9:38 am by Tara Duggan in Agriculture , featured , Videos | — There’s probably more interest in food in the United States right now than in any time in our history. And yet, there’s a complete lack of interest in the people who bring us that food. “Fast Food Nation” author Eric Schlosser delivers that message in the opening minutes of Food Chains, an incredibly moving documentary […] More » Page 2 of 521 « 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 20 30 ... » Last » Michael Bauer Between Meals Bar Tartine heads in a new direction There’s no doubt in my mind that Nick Balla is one of the most talented and visionary chefs in the Bay Area. 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