An anonymous San Francisco blogger of “Give Me Some Food” writes: “Terzo” means ‘a third place’ in Italian. The design looked awfully like something out of Sweden. Minimalist, wood, sleek, geometric…” This Cow Hollow is a vibrant, authentically European designed neighborhood restaurant featuring friendly service, interesting wines, and a Pan-Mediterranean menu based on seasonal ingredients….
My friend America told me that the groovily fashionable Lingba Lounge just opened last night on Potrero Hill after an extensive remodeling. New photos of this restaurant and lounge are not yet on the Web site, but I’m told by a reliable source that it now looks just like a tropical oasis in the heart…
Want to hit the trendiest new restaurant in town? Can’t get reservations? In a recent issue of Allure Magazine, David Lunch, the General Manager of Mario Batali’s Babbo Restaurant in New York shares these tips: • Don’t be choosy. Everybody wants a prime reservation on Saturday night. Instead, try picking an off-night, like a Tuesday….
SavoryNewYork.com does video overviews of restaurants in New York City. You can sign up for their newsletter, but I could not find an RSS feed for the videos, so by some definitions this is not really a videocast or podcast. Savory New York provides detailed information about a wide range of restaurants in New York,…
For years, a restaurant called Bizou occupied the prime SOMA space at 4th & Brannan, a few blocks from the SF Giants’ ball park. Now, it’s been reinvented as COCO5OO, Loretta Keller’s new hotspot offering a warm, modern vibe and bold, stimulating flavors. Chocolate and caramel aren’t just on the menu. They’re on the toned…
The critics are raving about Joël Antunes. He owns the fashionable restaurant Joël in Atlanta, renowned for its chef’s weekly three-course gourmet $39 menu. Born in France, head chef in Paris, Nice, Bangkok, London, and Atlanta, Joel has been a chef for over 30 years. Even Rachel Ray of The Food Channel has aired a…
A rose-colored neoclassic building houses the four-story Pushkin Cafe on popular Tverskoy Bulvar in central Moscow. The cafe is on the first floor; the restaurant spreads up to the second and mezzanine floors. Frequented by contemporary diners and the nouveau rich, it’s located near the Tverskaya and Pushkinskaya metro strops. The 24-hour eatery is the…
The Pink Adobe serves the best steak I’ve ever tasted — and I’ve purloined the sirloins at the premier beef houses in SF, NYC, Dallas, Chicago and more. Affectionately known by Santa Fe locals as “The Pink,” it was established in 1944. Fifty-one years later, it’s now a national landmark housed in a 300-year-old rose-colored…
From the outside it looked like a Scandinavian Motel 6, all low-slung, buckwheat-colored cedar and wrap-around parking lot. But any semblance to a budget chain disappeared when I walked into the lobby of Vancouver Island’s five-star Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa
What do Dr. J, Danny Glover, David Spade, Chief Justice Scalia, the Bush Twins and me have in common? We were all served by the same waiter at The Old Ebbitt Grill. As Washington’s oldest, most historic saloon, it was founded in 1856 a few blocks away. Today, housed in a Beaux-Arts building a block…
Houston’s Pesce may look like a hip downtown club, but it feels like eating in a chef’s home. The kitchen is not only open but extends into the main dining area, and we have yet to eat there when the executive chef Mark Holley didn’t personally come to greet us at our table.
A grocery store that serves classic bistro cuisine? In Food & Wine Magazine’s April 2005 issue’s “Affordable Paris” section, a one-year-old grocery store (epicerie) called Les Papilles (“taste buds” in French) lets you feast on a 4-course $39 prix-fixe meal that’s delicious in every way: soup, entree, a cheese course, and creme brulee for dessert….