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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Restaurant News

State Bird and Other Bay Area Greats Win James Beard Foundation Awards

By Tamara Palmer Tue., May 7 2013 at 10:05 AM
Categories: Palmer, Restaurant News

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James Beard Foundation
When Nicole Krasinski and Stuart Brioza, the couple behind San Francisco's popular State Bird Provisions, entered the packed media room at last night's James Beard Foundation Awards at Lincoln Center in New York, they were quickly devoured by a hungry press corps like some tiny little quail. And with good reason: They had just received the award for Best New Restaurant in the United States.

The Bay Area had a strong showing at the JBF Awards, with our homegrown talent snagging honors in six categories.

See also: Pancakes Are For Dinner at State Bird Provisions

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Open/Shut Report

Health Check: Are More S.F. Restaurants Grand Opening or Grand Closing?

By Tamara Palmer Fri., May 3 2013 at 11:00 AM
Categories: Open/Shut Report, Palmer

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Shanghai on Market didn't make it through 2012.
The San Francisco restaurant scene is constantly plagued with closures. Since the beginning of the year, we've lost solid places such as Masa's, Tommy Toy's, Solstice, Shanghai, Kan Zaman, and Wo Hing General Store. Luckily, S.F. is also blessed with a seemingly endless run of restaurant openings. Have a guess as to which side is winning out?

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Ramen

Small Touches Go Far at Waraku

By Tamara Palmer Mon., Apr. 22 2013 at 8:55 AM
Categories: Opening, Palmer, Ramen

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Tonkotsu ramen at Waraku.
Last summer, Japanese restaurant Men Oh Tokushima Ramen opened its second American location on Geary Street in San Francisco, followed by a hot pot spot called Shabuway. Its new Japantown sister spot Waraku provides similar quality and value. Located in the former Bushi-Tei restaurant space (Bushi Tei Bistro is still open across the street in Japan Center), the interior has been made over into a slightly more casual and affordable spot.

See Also:Japanese Ramen Import Men Oh Opens Second U.S. Location in SF
Shabuway's Answer to Arnold Palmer: Half and Half Hot Pot

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Pop-Up

American Bao Bar Extends Pilot Series at Nombe and Southpaw Through June

By Tamara Palmer Tue., Apr. 16 2013 at 5:15 PM
Categories: Palmer, Pop-Up

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American Bao Bar takes over Nombe on Mondays through June.
Blair Warsham, a white boy originally from Atlanta who has French training and been cooking underground in San Francisco via his "guerilla dining" company graffEats, channels his passion for Asian cooking with American Bao Bar. He began the pilot series of this new project, which has aspirations to go brick and mortar, in February and is now extending his current schedule for it through June: Mondays from 7-10 p.m. at Nombe and Tuesdays from 7-10 p.m. at Southpaw BBQ, both located in the Mission. Each offers the same family-style menu for $37.

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Street Eats

Side Pony Gets Into Swing at Off The Grid

By Tamara Palmer Fri., Apr. 12 2013 at 5:00 PM
Categories: Palmer, Pavement Cuisine, Street Eats

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Duck larb sandwich by Side Pony.
If you haven't yet been to the new season of Off The Grid's Fort Mason Fridays, there are plenty of intriguing new food and drink options that await you there. One of our new favorites is Side Pony, which specializes in remixing non-bunned dishes into sandwich form.

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Classes

Class Alert! Learn to Roll Sushi, Break Down a Goat and More

By Tamara Palmer Tue., Apr. 2 2013 at 4:55 PM
Categories: Classes, Palmer

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Roast beef nigiri at Delica Sushi Bar.
Sushi making seems like such a veiled art, deceptively simple magic. Every year, Mikiko Ando, executive sushi chef of Delica Sushi Bar, pulls back that secret curtain and hosts a series of three hands-on sushi masterclasses that explore various forms of rolls, nigiri, and sashimi and offer knife skills for cutting sashimi and other ingredients. There are five more sessions this year, beginning with a roll course at Delica on April 15 and continuing through June. The three-hour instructionals are $100.

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Pavement Cuisine

Foie De Vivre Breathes Life Into a Forbidden and Forgotten Favorite

By Tamara Palmer Mon., Apr. 1 2013 at 10:25 AM
Categories: Foie Gras Countdown, Palmer, Pavement Cuisine, Street Eats

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Foie de Vivre's foie gras torchon, served on asphault.
The statewide ban on the sale and production of foie gras was enacted nine months ago to the day, but that wasn't the end to the delicacy being served in San Francisco. Savvy patrons have gotten used to seeing inflated salad and "supplement" prices on fine menus, and connected diners have continued to receive foie freebies on their dinner plates.

But it took this long for a smart person to really explore the loopholes in the ban and see if there might be any way around it. Enter Roger Vivre, proprietor of the new food cart Foie de Vivre.

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Road Trip

The Evolution of Mission Chinese Food's New York Counterpart

By Tamara Palmer Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 2:35 PM
Categories: Palmer, Road Trip

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Inside Mission Chinese Food's Manhattan location.
Not that we're a total Mission Chinese Food groupie or anything, but when the restaurant opened a second restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan last May, we were literally the first customer through the door. It opened with about 80% of the same menu items as what can be found in San Francisco, but a fresh visit almost a year later finds the East Coast counterpart working toward defining its own identity.

See also: In Praise of the Peas at Mission Chinese


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Food Find

Mourad Lahlou Unlocks The Art of Moroccan Beghrir Pancakes at Home

By Tamara Palmer Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 3:40 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Mourad Lahlou plays guest chef in the SFoodie home kitchen.
It's not every day that a renowned and dashing chef comes over to make pancakes, certainly not one named an international Culinary Ambassador by Hillary Clinton. But Mourad Lahlou, the owner of San Francisco's Aziza restaurant and author of the New Moroccan cookbook, was happy to make a house call to test out his new Moroccan Beghrir pancake mix, part of a full product line from Williams Sonoma, in a less-than-professional kitchen.

See also: Pancakes Are for Dinner at State Bird Provisions


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