LOLS

Viral Kitchen Nightmares: The Best of The Crazy Amy Meme

By Tamara Palmer Fri., May 17 2013 at 2:00 PM
Categories: LOLS, Palmer

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In case you missed it, Amy's Baking Company of Scottsdale, AZ became the most famous new restaurant of the week after Gordon Ramsay failed to help rehabilitate it on the television series Kitchen Nightmares and a subsequent Facebook flame war, later denied as hackery, placed the proprietors squarely against the ruthless army that is Reddit. The restaurant is now closed and planning an ill-advised "grand re-opening," for which patrons have been screened in advanced by a publicity team.

If you haven't seen the episode yet, you can view it after the jump. It'll give context to the many "Crazy Amy" memes that have popped up this week to poke fun at restaurant owner Amy Bouzaglo (who says in the episode that people call her "Crazy Amy B"), the best of which we've collected up here.

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Beer

City Beer Store Celebrates 7 Years

By Jason Henry Fri., May 17 2013 at 1:40 PM
Categories: Beer

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Facebook/City Beer Store
City Beer Store's impressive bottle selection.
Between Bay to Breakers and Maker Faire, there's a lot going on this weekend. For those of you with a child-like sense of whimsy but a distaste for huge crowds, there's a 7-year old's birthday party that we think you'll enjoy. On Saturday, City Beer Store celebrates its 7th Anniversary with the release of a new beer from a wildly popular brewery. It'll be just like the parties of your youth, only boozier!

See also: Beer of the Week: Drake's Alpha Session
Where to Celebrate Session Beer Month in the Bay Area
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Sweet Beat

Three Babes Bakeshop Popping Up At Dandelion Chocolate Next Week

By Anna Roth Fri., May 17 2013 at 1:05 PM
Categories: Pop-Up, Sweet Beat

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Molly DeCoudreaux Photography
The stylish digs of the Mission's Dandelion Chocolate.
Good news, pie fans: The ladies of Three Babes Bakeshop will be heading into the kitchen at the Mission's newish chocolate factory, Dandelion, next week. Instead of focusing on chocolate, they'll be making fruit-focused desserts adorned with nibs, chocolate shavings, and more -- but chocolate fans don't fret, there will be a chocolate cream pie with whipped cream spiked with Almanac's Biere de Chocolat. Yum.

See also: Dandelion Chocolate Smoothies Contain Real Cacao Fruit
Almanac Pairs with Dandelion Chocolate For New Biere de Chocolat
Dandelion Chocolate: Now Open!

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Peninsula Dining Update: New Coastal Restaurants, a Hofbrau, and Pizza in Palo Alto

By Trevor Felch Fri., May 17 2013 at 11:00 AM
Categories: South Bay

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Mike Koozmin
Peruvian restaurant Puerto 27 is now open in Pacifica.
Just in time for the summer beach season, a few new destinations have opened up along the coast. In Pacifica, the 140-seat Puerto 27 is now open inside the Pacifica Beach Hotel. The Peruvian-style cuisine comes courtesy of Jose Calvo-Perez, most recently of Pasion in San Francisco's Sunset District. Complementing the menu's ceviches and lomo saltado is an extensive bar program emphasizing pisco, masterminded by Enrique Sanchez, former bar manager at upscale Peruvian spot La Mar on the Embarcadero. 525 Crespi Dr. Pacifica, 650-733-7343.

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Drink of the Week

Drink of the Week: The Marshall Manhattan at Nick's Cove

By Lou Bustamante Fri., May 17 2013 at 10:35 AM
Categories: Cocktails & Spirits, Drink of the Week

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Lou Bustamante
We were on our way to dinner at Nick's Cove, that cozy collection of cottages and a restaurant on the edge of Tomales Bay and purportedly the place where the barbecued oyster was invented. We were certainly there for oysters, but also to escape the hard landscape of the city for a few hours. The transition began in earnest after leaving highway 101 in Petaluma, the lush grassy hills dotted with cattle darting in and out of view as the car traveled along the two lane country road towards highway one. The bucolic scenery zipping by was so lush with spring grasses and wildflowers that even with the threat of cold and pollen wasn't enough of a deterrent to rolling down the windows for deep breaths of sweet air.

See Also: Shuck and Jive: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Forces a Redefinition of Environmentalism
Drink of the Week: Get a Grip on Grappa at Bar 888
5 Things You Didn't Know About Oysters

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Farm Fresh

In Pictures: Drakes Bay Oyster Company at Work

By Anna Roth Thu., May 16 2013 at 4:30 PM
Categories: Farm Fresh, Talking Points

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Josh Edelson
Drakes Bay Oyster Company workers hang racks of baby oysters from planks in the water.
I wrote a long feature for this week's paper on the fight over the future of Drakes Bay Oyster Company, a small, family-owned oyster farm in Marin that happens to be on federally protected land. The case was heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday, and it's unknown if the farm's operating days are numbered. We captured so many great photos from our day in the oyster boat with the crew that we made a slideshow of the oyster-harvesting process.

See also: Shuck and Jive: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Forces a Redefinition of Environmentalism
Slideshow: Drakes Bay Oyster Co. at Work


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Ice Cream

Humphry Slocombe Starts "Lickstarter" to Help Fund Ferry Building Spot

By Molly Gore Thu., May 16 2013 at 3:15 PM
Categories: Ice Cream, Kickstarter

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Flickr/goodiesfirst
Pending an upcoming expansion into the Ferry Building, Humphry Slocombe is reaching out to the gods of crowdfunding through a campaign they've cleverly coined a "lickstarter." The campaign is run through a thing called "Kudos," which appears to be an online platform that lets you do all kinds of philanthropic things like donating to AIDS research and sending truffles to your friends as a "social accolade."

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Ice Cream

Lottie's Creamery's Ice Cream is Intensely Delicious

By Josh Leskar Thu., May 16 2013 at 1:00 PM
Categories: Ice Cream

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Strawberry and Honey-Lavendar in a Cone at Lottie's Creamery
When it comes to anything regarding the food industry in the Bay, it seems as though the most difficult, time-consuming aspect isn't recipe development, staffing or finding a space. It's cutting through all the ridiculous red tape.

But over the bridge and through the tunnel, after months of battling through the rules and regulations, down to the wavy shape of the floor in her kitchen, Deb Phillips of Lottie's Creamery in Walnut Creek has finally opened the first ice cream shop in Northern California to pasteurize her ice cream base on site -- all in her 15 gallon drum named Louis.

See also: Food Truck Bite of the Week: Floating on a Peanut Butter Cream Puff at Pacific Puffs
San Francisco's Top Five Ice Cream Shops

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Events

Celebrate the Ferry Plaza's 20th Birthday On Saturday

By Anna Roth Thu., May 16 2013 at 12:35 PM
Categories: Events, Farmers' Market, Ferry Building

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The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market was just one of three San Francisco farmers markets when it opened in 1993, according to its website. And now there's a farmers market for every microhood. Celebrate the 20 years of local food contributions of CUESA and the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market this Saturday, where a $20 ticket gets you access to a build-your-own shortcake and mimosa bar.

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Opening

Change Up Your Lunch Routine At Amawele's South African Kitchen

By Pete Kane Wed., May 15 2013 at 1:00 PM
Categories: Opening

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Pete Kane
Chicken Durban roti wrap from Amawele's South African Kitchen.
Spicy and sour is a seductively simply combination that couldn't be more alien to what we think of as typical American food. Its dominance in the food at Amawele's South African Kitchen is explained in a helpful blurb that describes the provenance as an amalgam of various African cultures with British, Indian, Afrikaner and Malaysian influences. Yum.

"The twins" in Zulu, Amawele's -- that is, "ah-muh-WAY-lay's" -- has a menu that approximates what you usually find at a food truck these days. It's a good selection of hot, $8-ish things with basic drinks in cans, but instead of tooling around town on four wheels, it's planted in the Rincon Center food court best known for the dim sum queue at Yank Sing. And you don't have to shout upwards through a tiny window to place your order with these two friendly women.

See also: Sydney Town Tavern Sticks to Basics Done Well in the FiDi
Heyday: Chez Panisse Alums Reinvent Power Lunch In the FiDi


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