Nightcaps: Evening Headlines
Toronado. Photo: Mark Costantini/The Chronicle From the local scene: Mark Bittman continued his Bay Area eating tour at Toronado and Rosamunde. As it so happened, he stopped by Burger Tuesday, enjoying...
View ArticleCotogna’s 3.5 stars, Winemakers to Watch in 2011: In Sunday’s Food & Wine...
The fire and meat at Cotogna. Photo: David Paul Morris/Special to the Chronicle The Review: Michael Bauer reviews Cotogna, the sequel to the adjacent, more upscale Quince. One phrase sums it up best:...
View ArticleFavorite dishes: Tongue at One Market; uni flan at Fifth Floor
Mark Dommen of One Market isn’t one of the most visible chefs in the Bay Area, but he’s one of the best. Just check out the tongue salad if you have any doubt. The slices are paper thin, draped like...
View ArticleNightcaps: Snakes and Free Happy Hour Food
Ristobar has uniquely shaped pizza. Photo: Lance Iversen/The Chronicle Top headlines from elsewhere in the food mediaverse: Asparagus is at the market, free food is flowing at Happy Hour events, snakes...
View ArticleRistobar has a new chef: Michele Belotti
Ristobar. Photo: The Chronicle Gary Rulli has a new chef at his 2-year-old Chestnut Street Italian restaurant, Ristobar. Now running the kitchen is Michele Belotti, a 25-year old from Bergamo, Italy....
View ArticleI just had my best banquet meal ever
The Garden Court at the Palace. Photo: The Chronicle 2009 The Garden Court of the Palace Hotel was the site of a birthday dinner I hosted for my friend Sonya Molodetskaya for about 130 people. It was...
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