Results tagged “diningout”

Eater is a fantastic spot to read what's opening and hot in the Bay Area's gastronomic scene. We all know that. But these days, and we really do hate saying this, it's pressing our morbid curiosity button with all of the "shutters" going on in SF Take, for example, today's roundup of restaurant industry deaths, which include Atrium, Azie, Bar on Castro, Baraka, Breezy's, Cafe Revolution, Cafe de la Paz, Cetrella, Chopsticks, Deep Sushi, Geoffrey's, Jojo, Joseph Smith, La Vinoteca, La Taqueria (South Bay), Laurel's, Lola's, Lou's at the Square, Marche on the Square, Mecca, North Beach Lobster Shack, Pancho Villa, Pink, Tansitaro Michoacan, Scharffen Berger, and Wappo Bistro. Eater's Paolo Lucchesi goes on to say that while January is typically a hard month for the nightlife/food industry, this year, with the depression recession and all, it's been particularly bad. Sigh.

Luring us in with "just the kind of quirky San Francisco event that SFist readers would be interested in," a PR company sent us word today of a zany pre-Valentine's Day activity that's happening right this very second! It seems that a woman -- a woman who looks like she has no trouble finding a date whatsoever, God bless her -- is looking for love. Check it:

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back.

We decided to cheat a little for the letter S. Instead of choosing a restaurant name, we settled on an entire cuisine - from S is for South of India. By the end of the meal, at popular new spot, Dosa, we realised that the initial of the day would more aptly describe S is for "Secret" recipes. The menu is apparently full of them.

OK, so we jumped the gun on Britney Spears's pregnancy, but maybe her non-gravid state is for the best, as it's now rumored that her marriage to Kevin Federline is disintegrating after only five months of nuptial bliss.