misc SFist Whines & Dines: Elixir Bar Almost 800 years later, those dogs on the other side of the pond that bark with an accent are about to get their own Magna Carte. Following in the footsteps of San Francisco’
SF News Fast-Food East Bay First up is Oakland which is thinking about taxing certain merchants a few extra bucks to help clean up the messes left by customers, something that is apparently becoming a problem. The legislation
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique Melts in Your Hand. We do eat out on V-day, as we don't need much incentive to eat out, but we only go to places which offer the regular à la carte, not a "special" menu, where
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: We're Here; We're Queer This week Stage Fog features what's up at the city's best queer theater companies. New Conservatory Theatre Center We've mentioned plays at New Conservatory Theatre Center before, but there's always so much going
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Opinionated Loudmouth: Ristorante Mare This small restaurant, situated in a eucalyptus-scented hillside pocket of the Pedro Point area, looks like what it is: a good neighborhood place. Its proprietors — according to the framed newspaper items covering the
SF News SFist Rita's 2005 Well, I already told you my favorite news posts of the year -- but what about the other stuff? So here goes: Best movie I saw for free for SFist Reviews: It's so
misc Eating Out Tomorrow? There are a lot of restaurants open tomorrow, but keep in mind that there are also a lot of people looking to eat out, so we strongly suggest you make reservations. About.com
misc The 'Fisties: All Winners: The Best of New Bay Area Restaurants We were going to award the Best New Restaurant award of 2005, to Jack Falstaff which opened exactly a year ago, and which we reviewed here on SFist after our third visit. Although
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads, Late Edition: The Boulevard Cookbook. It is not a surprise that such a successful restaurant spawned a cookbook, aptly named Boulevard, following the path of many of the top restaurants in the Bay Area: Chez Panisse, Zuni Cafe
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Tamed Madness Bernard Loiseau was a sad casualty of a similar debate: this French chef committed suicide, alledgedly because the Michelin was going to take his third star away (on a scale of three). His
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Battle Thai Part I There are two categories of Thai restaurants, nowadays: the lounge-y kind, with black clad petite waiters and waitresses, ambient music with a techno beat, sleek furniture. The traditional kind, also known as kitschy,
SF News Courtyard Marriott Employees Paid Less than Minimum Wage Last Wednesday, word got out about a class-action suit being brought by Gonzalez & Leigh on behalf of employees at the Courtyard Marriott in San Francisco Superior Court. Originally filed September 23rd, the
SF News Who Reads Yesterday's Papers -Worried about mercury levels in fish? So is the Board of Supervisors! This week they approved an ordinance that will call for restaurants to post warnings, in English, Chinese and Spanish, about mercury
SF News Something's Fishy So, yesterday the a Board of Supervisors committee approved a proposed ordinance Monday that would require seafood restaurants to post English, Spanish, and Chinese signs warning of the dangers of mercury contaminated fish.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: New Mission Round-Up Today's places, below the jump, are Pizzeria Delfina, The Window, Baku de Thai, Big Lantern and Crazy Sushi, all of them between Duboce and 18th and Mission and Dolores.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Make Your Reservations Now! You know all our fancy, world-class, four star restaurants, and how difficult it is to get a reservation? You've got to plan months in advance -- both to book a table, and to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Mangeurs d'ail, et fiers de l'être. Bouchon is Keller's other restaurant, the French bistro sidekick to his French Laundry's and his Per Se's haute cuisine. The French Laundry, in Yountville in Napa, is arguably the best restaurant in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: It must be Siegfried, because it's not Roy. Trader Joe's has become a weekend ritual for us. We really can't admit this without shame. Weekends used to be times to climb mountains or party endlessly. Now, we must wake up early
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wanna Be a Pundit? We received a nice note from Wendy over at KQED's Bay Area Bites Blog who tipped us off about the following opportunity: A heads up for all you local foodies out there...KQED
misc SFist Raves: La Mission We're pretty inclusive when we say "The Mission." To us, it's anything from 16th to 24th, Dolores to Potrero. The Mission is one of the few places where we really feel like we're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Sous le Soleil Exactement Café du Soleil opened last week in the space formerly occupied by Movida. For the neighborhood, it seems like a win-win situation: le Soleil still serves the wine-and-beer under the same license as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: A Guide for the Guides The guide book which got us waxing nostalgic about the internet bubble was Chowhound's guide to the San Francisco. Chowhound is one of our favorite places to waste time on-line, and an iconic
SF News SFist Blind Item: Hair Pulling Isn't Just For Girls So, say you're a major local publication, and you win a major award for work published in said publication. What else would one do but go out to one of EssEff's fancy local
