Ignoring for a moment the fact that a place called The American Eatery shouldn't be serving up one of Canada's national treasures, the Stonebreaker Burger at the new Prather Ranch food counter in the Ferry Building sounds like something we need to eat immediately. What's so special about the Stonebreaker? Well, it's got poutine on it, for starters. more ›

The Good Food Awards unfurl over the weekend and the Ferry Building is where you'll want to be. (If not for the food and wine, come for the chronic celebrity sightings. Par example: Jake Gyllenhaal perused artisanal goods over the weekend, which you probably missed while getting smashed in Dolores Park.) Where to start? Well, this year's opening reception on Friday, January 13 will be open to the public for the first time. (For a weighty $100, yes; but you're sure to consume that amount in food and booze, so it all breaks even... more or less.) In addition to honored chocolates, preserves, pickle, meats, coffee cheeses and more, Alice Waters and Ruth Reichl will be there to sprinkle their special brand of elfin slow-food personality and magic to and fro. more ›

Ferry Building property manager Jane Connors wrote two letters to City Hall detailing supposed crimes perpetrated by some thoughtless Occupy SF members. An increase in shoplifting, break-ins and, ugh, reports of abandoned human feces are just a few complaints Connors has lodged against the local splinter protest group. The Occupy SF encampment, situated in Justin Herman Plaza, sits just across the street from the noted purveyor of fine artisan foods at the Embarcadero, providing a stark contrast between the haves and the (alleged) have-nots. more ›

Cheese. It's why we live. Is there anything better than cheese? Probably not. Even some vegan cheeses are good. Very good. So is (dare we say) the occasional yellow jar cheese bought and consumed at a liquor store under the duress of binge drinking. Oh please. Don't you judge us. For we, like you, love cheese. And since you love it so much, isn't it high time you learned how to make it yourself? Enter Italian cheese expert Arcangelo "Lino" Esposito of Belfiore Cheese in Berkeley. He will head Urban Kitchen SF's fall cheese workshop, teaching you the secrets of making ricotta and pulling mozzarella from curd. more ›

As part of the upcoming SF Chefs 2011 (think of it as homecoming week for San Francisco food culture and all the nonsense that comes with it, featuring a prom night-ish bash in Union Square), Foodie Chap and Eye On the Bay host Liam Mayclem will host a class teaching you how to make the perfect meat and booze setting, artisan-style. Check it: more ›

On a glacial day like today, your palate craves one thing. Sorbet. Lucky for you, Cooking Channel (Food Network's new Guy Fieri-free cousin) will send out a Scream Sorbet truck at the Ferry Building today for lunch, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m, for free sorbet. Head over on your lunch break to pick up a free frozen treat. [7x7, via Eater] more ›

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by Troy Holden. more ›

SFoodie dug up some dirt on Friday about leases not being renewed at the Ferry Building for places like Lulu Petite and Mastrelli's Deli, and found out that a few other tenants are only hanging on through threats of legal action. Over the weekend, the Chron delved further into the story, which has to do with the FB getting too cool for some of its original tenants, whose leases were based on percentages of sales. The waiting list to snag a stall in the indoor market is apparently long enough that the building managers, Equity Office Property Trust, don't have to worry much and it's all a matter of picking and choosing the best vendors who'll also be the most profitable. more ›

We're getting reports that a PG&E transformer blew (or something like that) with some kind of explosive noise, causing a power outage at the Ferry Building and some flickering around the area. There's apparently still a burn-y smell in the air. Any further info would be appreciated. more ›

CBS 5/BCN reports that "[t]hree people were injured in a shooting adjacent to the San Francisco Ferry Building on Saturday night." The incident happened a little after 10:35 p.m. more ›

If you were envious back in May when we talked about the farmers' market cocktail event at the Ferry Building during Cocktail Week, and you didn't make it to the SF Chefs. Food. Wine. extravaganza this past weekend, you have another chance this week to sample the wares of a group of talented SF bartenders and chefs. On Wednesday night, August 12th, from 5:30 to 7:30 come down to the Ferry Building for an evening of cocktails made with botanical-based spirits (including gin, Chartreuse, Bols Genever, and Square One Botanical) and fresh farmers' market fruit and herbs. The event is being co-hosted by CUESA, which manages the Ferry Building Farmers' Market, and the United States Bartending Guild, and will feature a number of local mixologists who have contributed recipes to SFist's Friday drink column, including H. Joseph Ehrmann and Alicia Walton from Elixir, Scott Baird from 15 Romolo, and Brooke Arthur from Range. Get advance tickets here and come on down for some first class boozing. more ›

Our favorite lady of the Bay Area, Marcia of Tablehopper, has word of something happening right now. Something that could cause a riot. Something "dangerous." Behold: @tablehopper: "dangeous! RT @dcpatterson: Usually, no free lunch. Today, free lunch. Cane Rosso, ferry building, SF. First day. Until we run out of food." (Free food? At the Ferry Building? May God be with you, Daniel.) So, if you're near the Ferry Building and want some free Patterson fare -- and who doesn't? -- check it out. Why the free food, you ask? Because they're celebrating their opening day. more ›

Your stalwart correspondents have been enjoying the opening events of SF Cocktail Week, and in particular last night's farmers' market drink event at the Ferry Building, co-hosted by the non-profit Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture. We don't want to be all annoying and "you shoulda been there" about it, but you shoulda been there (we would have warned you but it was sold out as of last week)! Bartenders from around town like provided little tasters of drinks made from rums and cachacas and seasonal fruit, and several restaurants provided delicious food things to cleanse the palate between beverages. Highlights included the Black Lavender cocktail from Alicia Walton of Elixir -- which was, if we remember correctly, a mix of dark rum, Tuaca, blackberries, raspberries, lemon, honey and muddled dried lavender (look for recipe on SFist later) -- and the Herb Cane from Duggan McDonnell's Esquire-honored bar CantinaSF -- which had muddled Thai basil, mint, lemon juice, syrup Cabana cachaca, Chartreuse, and an orange peel garnish. more ›

The historic Ferry Building -- home to stores devoted solely to hawking olive oil, cheese, fish eggs, mushrooms and the best Japanese food in the universe -- is raising its rents. Aw. And as Eater's Paolo Lucchesi points out,"The development is upsetting the smaller operations ... who might be forced out along with the other mom-and-pop type shops." Double aw. Landlords, however, won't fess up as to how much they plan on raising the cost due to he "'the nature of negotiations.'" Stay tuned. [KGO, Eater] more ›

We shamelessly stole today's photo of the day from SF Metblogs. It was reportedly taken at the Ferry Building's farmers market. And while we can imagine such a gruesome display occurring in more parts of the city, we always thought this kind of scene was better hidden at downtown's farmers market. Tsk, tsk. Shameful. more ›

60-year-old attorney William McGrane is fit to be tied. Why? Because of noted Ferry Building street percussionist John King's daily performances. It seems that his groovy beats, which stem from the many plastic buckets and pans and whatnot he uses as instruments, are flowing into the Ferry Building and disrupting the work flow of the hardworking lawyer, okay? (We always forget that people work on the other floors of the Ferry Building in offices. It's like realizing that people live above Forever 21 on Market Street. Freaks us out a tiny bit.) Now he's suing the city of San Francisco for $100,000, claiming the sounds hinder with his work. more ›

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First off, our heart goes out to all of you who took the Ferry this morning. Do you need dry some toast or Ginger Ale? Because: barf. more ›

Welcome back, little piggies, from your night of binge eating and sipping. (That is, if you were fortunate enough to do so.) Why not get up, out, and about tonight to work off that meal, hangover with the following: more ›

The typically chatty Gavin Newsom spoke for less than 15 minutes last night, declaring a mayoral victory at last night's party at the Ferry Building. He stood alongside his father and gal-pal Jennifer Siebel (who presumably had to be talked out performing a stirring act-II-opening rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," which, really, would have been rad.) According to the Chronicle he said, "To my critics, this is an opportunity, and in some... more ›

Too real, if you ask us. Election night will soon fall upon the city like a blanket of darkness. But that doesn't mean you should celebrate or grieve alone. Ripping off Inspired by SFBG's Election Night Parties, we present to you SFist's...election night parties. Ta-da. -- Gavin Newsom's (Victory) Party: Pros: at the Ferry Building, the thrill of victory, Gavin's form Cons: at some point you will be snubbed by someone in the society... more ›

Last Friday's public pie fight was a phenomenal, messy success. This reporter (above) got hit hard, it seems, or added more cream to her camera-ready face for the cameras. We're sorry we missed this, but again, as we used to whine in elementary school to avoid any water-balloon mayhem or recreational sporting activity, "Don't! Dude, our mom's going to kill us if we get our clothes dirty." Laughing Squid has an brilliant comment commencing... more ›

-- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl Bailey. Now, see it again on stage right here in SF. The curtain goes up tonight at the African-American Art & Culture Complex (762 Fulton); $15. more ›

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We're starting to run out of ways to introduce these stories about the murder count in SF, so we're going with a clip of "Miss Murder" by AFI, above. more ›

Like a hiker suddenly stumbling across a bear, the folks at Muni are frozen in their tracks for the time being; their concern is that trying to make adjustments now might make things worse, so they're going to take some time to really ponder their next move. Would've been nice if they'd done in the years leading up to the T's launch. more ›

Well is going to be awkward: a public town-hall meeting with Muni Director Nat Ford. It's this Wednesday, May 16, at noon; at the Ferry Building in the Port Conference Room on the second floor. As is usually the case with anything Muni-related, we have no idea how to get to that location. If manage to figure out how to get there, take notes and pictures! We'd love to hear your feedback on how the meeting goes. Cordial and even-tempered, we're sure. more ›

Tonight, there's music, Vivienne Westwood clothes, and film, for ten smackers? Or free if you are a museum member. Oh-la-la! Party with Viv (her work, she will be there in spirit only) at the de Young's exhibition spanning 36 years of her fashions. At 7 p.m., the film South Bank Show will screen. Corset lovers can admire and even try on some get ups created by Art Institute of SF students. de Young Museum, 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. more ›

--Daly's not wearing green beads anymore. more ›

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