An ice cream sandwich would be tasty right about now.
Pac Heights: Sift Cupcake & Dessert Bar, which took part in the Food Network's Cupcake Champions this season, opens its first SF location later this summer (possibly August) in the old Dumplings & Buns space at 2411 California. Their offerings include cupcakes, cookies, ice cream sandwiches, French macarons, and cruffles, which are chocolate dipped and sprinkle-topped cupcake "truffles." [SFoodie]
Sean Baker of Berkeley's Gather, who was Esquire Magazine's "Chef of the Year 2010," is set to host a Biodynamic Roundtable at David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way, Berkeley) on July 12th. Baker will be pairing six special small plates with two white, and four red, top-shelf biodynamic wines from Napa Valley's Ehlers and Grgich Hills Estates, followed by a biodynamically produced Marian Farms brandy after the tasting.
After a full year of being out of commission, Forage SF's Underground Market will be hitting Public Works (161 Erie Street) on Thursday in celebration of its Kickstarter campaign, which ends Thursday at 9 p.m. The Underground Market will be bringing back all their favorite vendors, including those who got their starts there and have since gone on to start successful businesses. The organizers note: "Rice Paper Scissors got on No Reservations, Homeroom and Mission Cheese started restaurants, and Frozen Kuhsterd is killing it with events around the city."
Despite a successful soft opening yesterday and rumors that sausag-eria Pig and Pie (2962 24th Street) has officially opened its doors, owner Miles Pickering tells Grub Street that the restaurant has a few more hurdles to jump before that's the case. He hopes to open later in the week. So, those looking to inhale some hearty sausages, sides, and pies in the old Discolandia space will have to wait a few more days. [Earlier]
Best eaten alone.Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images
President Obama sweeps into Boston today and plans to dine at Hamersley's Bistro, where a wealthy lucky few paid $40,000 per person to sup with him. Hamersley's is a fairly neutral place known primarily for its roast chicken — hardly the type of establishment where one might be caught scarfing politicized foods like foie gras or shark fin soup. Logically, we wanted to know what was on the menu at such a price, so we rung up Chef Gordon Hamersley himself.
Photo: Joey DeRuy
Michael Bauer awarded a much coveted three stars to the new, tiny Mission eatery, Local's Corner, over the weekend, which will likely take the joint from "under the radar" to local hot spot. Bauer muses that the restaurant's tiny, limited kitchen, which is equipped with only a small self-vented convection oven, two induction burners and a circulator, is what makes the dishes so outstandingly creative.
Might as well buy pants with an elastic waistband, as Hayes Valley Bakeworks, the new community-oriented, non-profit bakery from Toolworks, is set to open on Thursday. Eater provides a first look at the bakery's interior, which features a "multi-wooded," modern open kitchen designed by Jim Maxwell of Architects II and boasts an art installation made of antique rolling pins underscoring the bakery's unique mission aimed at empowering the homeless and disabled with hands-on baking skills.
Late last week, we told you about a fight over a bungled order at a Del Taco in Hemet, California. The scuffle ended with a customer getting stabbed in the gut by 28-year-old cashier Gabriel Villalba. Well, Villalba, a suspected gang member and easily the world's worst customer-service rep, is now out on $25,000 bail after being charged with three felonies: two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and a third charge tacked on for committing a felony in association with a gang. Officials expect the unidentified customer to recover. [LAT]
Earlier: Del Taco Cashier in Hemet Stabs Man After Messing Up His Order
The fish are actually pretty safe.
Officials in Japan are cautiously taking the first steps toward allowing fish gleaned from the troubled waters near the Fukushima coast to go to market for the first time since the earthquake-tsunami double whammy wiped out the nuclear facility there last year. The AP says octopus and sea snails that were reeled in near the disaster zone last Friday were boiled, tested, and then cleared for sale this morning.
This week's Food Wise Tour, which meets every other Tuesday at noon at The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture information booth in the Ferry Building, will be serving up samples of creamy Humphry Slocombe honey ice cream. At this regular lunchtime tour, CUESA’s market chef, Elianna Friedman, provides an inside look at the season’s best offerings, while sharing pointers for enjoying the harvest at home.
Oh, those crazy Europeans! A new Danish study published in the journal BJOG suggests that pregnant women who consume "one to eight drinks a week" won't screw up their kids for life. Furthermore, even women who admitted to binge drinking (defined as nine-plus drinks per week, or five-plus drinks at once) were in the clear. Someone uncork the Champagne!
As SF Foodie reports this morning, Dan Jablow, owner of the mouth-watering pop-up Jablow's Meats, which serves up one-of-a-kind pastrami sandwiches, is currently on the hunt for a permanent brick and mortar space. Meanwhile, Jablow is also looking for new pop-up hosts with an available Friday lunch throughout the summer.
“Billy's Philly”
Billy is only there after 5 pm but if you are around go there and ask for his billy philly, the best philly you'll find this side of the Mississippi.
“Elegant Sauces & Fabulous Bread”
It is the place me and my love go for every intimate moment.
“Are you kidding?”
You have to be totally drunk to think that this is even acceptable as a public watering hole.
