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St. Patrick Would Have Wanted You To Drink, Eat

St. Patty’s Day weekend is upon us, and what kinds of friends would we be if we didn’t help you blackout this weekend? You could start tonight at RN74 where Happy

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Coming Soon: Lines At Linea

Ecco Caffe (now Intelligentsia) founder Andrew Barnett is opening Linea Caffe to make sure the Mission never, ever runs out of caffeine. The Scoop tells us the stand-up espresso-centric bar will

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Pi Day Is A Thing, Eat It

Good news, everyone, today is the 25th annual Pi day. It’s always a little too early in the morning for math, but if you recall, the first three digits of the never-

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Chez Panisse Delays Reopening

Looking dismayed in this Contra Costa article today, Alice Waters tells us that, sadly, the re-opening of Chez Panisse will be delayed. As we reported last Friday, parts of the Shattuck Avenue

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Eat This Tonight: Hutong (AKA The New Old Betelnut) & Big (Featuring Tango & Stache)

Betelnut in the Marina closed March 3rd after 18 years and reopens tonight as the wildly anticipated Hutong. Unveiled tonight will be the new look, new naan and live fire ovens, and the

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2013 Rising Stars Announced: No Love For The Ladies, Again

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Food and Wine staff selected five Rising Star Chefs was announced over the weekend “to find and highlight some of the Bay Area's freshest talent, those

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Eat This Tonight: Yonsei Ramen

Yonsei Ramen Shop is the savory after-hours shadow of Hopscotch in Uptown Oakland. Chef Kyle Itani (Yoshi’s, SF/Oakland, The Meatball Shop, NYC) started Yonsei last November with the idea of

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Ruth Reichl: Return To Formal Dining Imminent

In yesterday’s dose of the Daily Dish, renown restaurant critic and food writer Ruth Reichl predicted formal dining was going to make a comeback, and we’re listening because ... it's

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Can't Get Enough Beef? Smashburger Hopes So.

Just when it seems like we are maxxed out on burger options in the city, Denver-based chain, Smashburger waves Angus beef patties and fancy buns under our noses, and they’re getting

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George Lucas Proposes Presidio Museum To Showcase His Stellar Collection

You know that Sports Basement near Crissy Field? It's going to become a museum of visual storytelling, if George Lucas has his way. According to The Chronicle, the 68-year-old

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Douglas Keane Of Cyrus Fame To Guest Chef At Jardinière

Mark your calendars: James Beard Award winner, Top Chef Master's finalist and chef/owner of French fine-dining city staple, Jardinière, Traci Des Jardins is stepping down -- for only three days.

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Go Eat This Tonight: Juhu Beach Club

What started as Top Chef alum Preeti Mistry’s Indian street food Mission pop-up a couple years ago is crossing the bridge and settling in to a permanent home in Oakland’s

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Shorty Goldstein's Makes Warm Fuzzy PR Campaign and Pastrami Benedicts

The FiDi got a some chopped liver love by way of a new Jewish deli, Shorty Goldstein’s, that just opened today across from the Crocker Galleria. And their PR campaign is downright

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Another Hi-Five For SFPD: Assault Rifle Stolen From Cop Car [Update]

It was a bad day for cops, San Francisco residents, and a good day for one very violent person(s). According to KTVU News, an AR-15 assault rifle was stolen when a

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Good Eggs Is The New Milkman

Now we really have no excuse not to get our hands on farm-fresh produce and artisan baked goods, daily. As of Friday, Good Eggs delivers to your doorstep. Saturday night, they threw

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Cocktails On Tap Decrease Wait Time, Increase Intoxication

San Francisco, you drinker's paradise, you. We've stumbled our way right through the pre-mixed bottled cocktail trend. And then by last summer, Perlini siphons and CO2 cylinders behind

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Go Do This Thing Tonight: The Hemlock Gets Reflective with Porchlight Open Mic

It’s the last Monday of the month, which means the little stage in the music room at Hemlock Tavern is about to get a little sentimental. Tonight is Porchlight Open Door, an

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Welcome To Meat Week!

What began as a joke between two friends in Florida in 2005, Meat Week is a national holiday with a growing number of fans dedicated to celebrating good ol’ traditional Southern BBQ. It