People who ride the bus to work every day have nothing better to do than take a very long lunch -- twice -- and head over to SPUR's office to talk at length about public transit policy. Sounds like fun! There's two Muni-related and parking-related meetings coming up and open to the public (no snacks provided, but "feel free to bring a lunch"), so pencil them into your iCal now. If you're the kind......

The new Michelin was stingy with stars for San Francisco: no 3 stars restaurants (the only one in the wider bay area being the French Laundry in Napa), two 2 stars (Aqua and Michael Mina), and a 12 one stars (Fleur de Lys, La Folie, the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Rubicon, Bushi-Tei, Quince, Range, Acquerello, Masa's, Gary Danko, Boulevard, Fifth Floor). Alice Waters got only one tiny puny star for her Chez Panisse in......

We first saw the book Savor: San Francisco on the hostess stand at Myth. We used to live near Savor in Noe Valley, and while there's a line on weekend for brunch, it is not a place which would compile its recipes to put in a book. So we had to browse, and it is a selection of recipes from 25 restaurants, with a suggested wine pairing from 25 wineries. The restaurants include Myth, thus......

[Ed. Note: With a gleeful cackle, we introduce Doyle, our intrepid restaurant dish hound. There are few businesses as vain, incestuous and duplicitous as high-end dining, and we heirloom-tomato and habañero-pepper relish the chance to pass the toque, clog and check pants gossip along to our readers. Got a tip on bad tippers? Email us and your confidentiality is assured.] It's time for "Famous-for-SF Chef Swap," everybody. Ready? With the departure of low-rent Eric Ripert......