SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Study: Prices For Signature Dishes At Bay Area Restaurants Went Up 52% Since 2005 Steamed barbecue pork buns at Yank Sing were $3.50 in 2005. Now they'll set you back $5.50. A Saturday night dinner at Chez Panisse was $75 back then — this coming weekend
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thoughts On S.F.'s Erotic Supper Club Did you know about S.F.'s erotic supper club, "Our Gourmet Life"? Even if you didn't, you've probably assumed that a) something like that exists and b) the food is probably mediocre.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, In Berkeley: Joyce Carol Oates Eats Bad Vegan Meal In late breaking Berkeley dining news, Joyce Carol Oates (author of some of the greatest American works of our time) read Berkeley restaurant Venus to filth last night, Tweeting: "Second & last near-inedible
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rick Bayless Bored By S.F. Food Scene [Update] Top Chef Master winner and noted chef Rick Bayless paid San Francisco a visit recently. But Mr. Bayless was not tickled by the food found here -- specifically, at several noted restaurants (e.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Food Trucks Banned From America's Cup Larry Ellison's personal and far less dazzling remake of The Music Man, happening right here in San Francisco, is turning into a veritable storm of shit. First, this toy-boat viewing party on the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 10 Best Classic Restaurants In San Francisco Baghdad by the Bay has seen its fair share of restaurants tank with alarming speed and frequency. But some joints manage to stay at the top. They are as representative of San Francisco
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Friday: Off The Grid Fort Mason Center Oh boy. This Friday, Off the Grid returns to Fort Mason Center. So bring your warm coats and an empty belly. Tomorrow night's sundry of savory and sweet vendors will have something for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sunday Brooze Booze: Presido Social Club After a particularly debaucherous night board a Mexican Bus -- a birthday party that took your editor from the Castro to the Marina and back again, a fete of which we recall very
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 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 Ruth Reichl.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best Diners In San Francisco San Francisco is notoriously devoid of high-end late-night dining options, but in a town known for excessive alcohol consumption and bar hopping, diners boast loads of booze-soaking options from which to choose. Great
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kyle Mendenhall Guest Cheffing At Abbot's This Sunday Executive Chef Kyle Mendenhall, from the beer-heavy and noted The Kitchen in Colorado, will do a guest chef stint at Abbot’s Cellar on Sun, December 2. Why? Well, for starters, Abbot's Cellar
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gobble: Thanksgiving Dining Guide 2012 Thanksgiving really seems more of a stay-at-home, watch-the-game, look-at-your-cousin-punch-his-father-in-the-face kind of day. But for those of you who like the finer things in life, or for those of you who cannot afford a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Infographic: Gays Drink, Dine Out More Than Straights Target 10 (via SF Weekly) turns your attention to this helpful infographic that, once and for all, gives proof that queer folks drink more and dine out more often than their heterosexual brethren.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Etiquette Week: How To Dine Out Without Being A Jerk Yesterday we taught you how to walk on city sidewalks, and on Monday we explained the unwritten rules of riding public transportation. Today, as part of SFist's ode to National Etiquette Week, we
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eat Here Tonight: Liholiho Yacht Club At Citizen's Band Ravi Kapur serves up 12 Hawaiian, Korean and Japanese-influenced dishes "restaurant style" at the second installment of the Liholiho Yacht Club at Citizen's Band. What's Kapur serving up, you ask? Smoked tako, lomi
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eat Here Tonight: Il Cane Rosso At Galette 88 Typically a trendy albeit tasty place to grab buckwheat galettes or sweet crepes during the lunch hour, Galette 88 opens its door tonight to chef Lauren Kiino and her team at Il Cane
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eat Here Tonight: 1/2 Price Wine At Luella's Starting tonight and every following Tuesday, all bottles of wine on Luella's wine list will be 1/2 price all night. Hardly a hipster haven (thank god), Luella's stands as a decent neighborhood
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hipster Chef Sounds Off On Bourgeois Customers PBR-drinking chef Ron Eyester of Rosebud restaurant and Family Dog bar in Atlanta isn't keen on certain types so customers—namely, those who aren't well-versed in the delicate ways of consuming his artisan
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Prix Fixe Madness at 25 Lusk and Bourbon Steak After a long day at work, you know what's nice? Alcohol. You know what else is nice? Not having to decide what to eat. Which is why we love a comparatively easier prix
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink City Might Ease Up on New Restaurant Limits, Still Doesn't Want Your Filthy Chains Pacific Heights supervisor Mark Farrell is leading a new push to ease up on regulations that have prevented new restaurants from opening up on the swanky section of Fillmore Street in his district.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dining Out: Bay Area Thanksgiving Feasts Can't cook? Won't cook? Don't want guests? Have no friends to call guests? Don't worry. These Thanksgiving feasts in the Bay Area (ranging from expensive prix fixes to freebies) will have your turkey
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Willie Brown, Tablecloth Fetishist Are you reading Willie Brown's weekly food/society column for SFGate? You should. He talks about everything from his lover (or "friend") Sonya Molodetskaya wolfing down an entire lobster to dining at Quince
Arts & Entertainment Dine About Town Starts Today Today marks the start of the two-week long Dine About Town, in which finer participating restaurants across the city offer a specially prepared 2-course lunch for $17.95 or a 3-course dinner for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bunny Bonanza at Bar Tartine Tonight Admit it, your saliva glands went into overdrive when Glenn Close did this. Because no matter which way you slice them, bunny rabbits hit your senses in just the right places. Whether it
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bay Area Restaurants Gain/Lose Stars In 2010 Michelin Guide As Monsieur Bauer and many food blogs are reporting today, SF's showing in the new Michelin Guide is a little less stellar than last year. Many foodies would trust the much sought-after Michelin