The most I’ve ever paid for a pair of jeans was about $50. I usually wear Levi’s that cost about $40. For women, though, buying jeans is a right of passage and they usually pay much, much more. So all of the fairer sex in the San Francisco Bay Area will be pleased to read…
The results are in for the 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The winners were announced on January 9-12 by 55 professional wine judges from across the US who evaluated more than 3,800 wines entered by 1,572 wineries from 20 states. Complete results will be published in the Chronicle on Friday, February 16 and a…
A three-course pre-fixe meal is $88 at one of SF’s most celebrated celebrity chef restaurants, Michael Mina. The ZAGAT Guide 2007 for San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants rates this celeb chef at 29 (out of a possible 30 for perfection) with the average cost of a meal, one drink and tipat a whopping $105 per…
It’s not as fancy as some of the celeb chef eateries like Absinthe and Jardinere in the Hayes Valley/Civic Center Arts District of San Francisco near Herbst Theatre, Davies Symphony Hall and the War Memorial Opera House, but Indigo holds its own. Offering simple New American cuisine, superb service, a high energy bartender who also…
It’s that time again… the Big Event that separates the “I-LIVE-TO-EAT”-ers from the “Oh, I’d Love To Try That But I’d Burst if I Ate Another Bite”-ers. The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade swoops in on our fair city (which is why you’ll find it impossible to get a reservation at a decent…
I’d had my share of omelettes across the globe. Though I’ve never paid $18 for one, the Dungeness Crab Omelette at the historic Oak Room in the Westin St. Francis Hotel on Union Square in San Francisco sounds like it’s worth every penny. It starts with Dungeness Cracked Crab, now in season and caught fresh…
Mark your calendars for February 1. The American Insitute of Wine & Food (AIWF) in San Francisco is putting on a once-in-a-lifetime wine pairing dinner featuring some excellent wines from this wild and wooly area of Spain, as well as flying in one of the region’s top chefs, Nicolas Jimenez of Tubal Restaurant, to prepare…
If you haven’t heard of the Santa Cruz Mountains Passport Program or found out about the last one too late, here’s another chance to plan your itinerary. This coming Saturday– January 20– many wineries that are normally closed to the public will be open. But only if you have a passport. In addition to the…
January is traditionally the lowest grossing month for restaurants anywhere. But 100 of the top San Francisco restaurants have found a possible cure with the annual “Dine About Town” promotion. These restaurants are again dishing up extravagant three-course meals a special prix fixe prices. Just use your VISA card to take adantage of the deals:…
It’s a shame, actually. The enormous main dining room at the French-California brasserie of the Grand Café was elegantly decorated. Its 30-foot-high ceilings and 20th century Parisian atmosphere were breathtaking. The holiday crowd was in a festive mood. The open kitchen was bustling. The food was delicious — from the chilled Lemon Drop cocktail to…
Osmosis is perhaps the only sustainably managed green spa and Japanese Enzyme Bath Spa in America. It’s one of my favorite escapes and is less than an hour’s drive north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, near the Pacific Coast. Here’s a special offer to beat the pre-holiday rush: From now through December 14th, they’re…
We were in food and fashion heaven at the opening bash of the Westfield San Francisco Centre — the phenomenal new $460-million transformation of the old Emporium, which thankfully has morphed into BLOOMINGDALE’S and over 170 other specialty stores, a huge theater, and numerous eateries. It took four floors and a 1.5 million square feet…