Posts Tagged ‘restaurants’
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Just announced, what you’ll see when your Michelin Red Guide comes out next week.
Someday, I’ll tell you about the kick-ass Michelin tires what have been in service on my giant Toyota for tens years now:
“Michelin Offers List of 77 Bay Area ‘Bib Gourmand’ Restaurants for 2012
Full Selection to Be Announced Oct. 25
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18, 2011 / — To whet the appetite of Bay Area residents for the sixth edition of the MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country being released next week, Michelin announced today the 77 Bib Gourmand restaurants listed in its 2012 edition. Bib Gourmand selections are restaurants serving two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less (tax and gratuity not included).
Introduced in the 1997 editions of the MICHELIN Guides in Europe, the Bib Gourmand is identified in the guide by a red symbol depicting the head of Bibendum, the Michelin Man. This year, 19 restaurants in the Bay Area are new to the Bib Gourmand category, which indicates the inspectors’ favorites for good value. The full selection of restaurants — including those garnering the famous MICHELIN stars — will be announced Tuesday, Oct. 25, when Michelin officially introduces its complete selection for the MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012. The guide will go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 26, at $18.99.
The MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012 covers a wider geographic region than most of its peers, stretching from Los Gatos in the south to Geyserville in the north. Over the past year, Michelin inspectors have analyzed restaurants throughout Northern California, always anonymously. MICHELIN inspectors share insights from their many meals on Twitter at @MichelinGuideSF.
The Bib Gourmand selections for 2012:
A 16
Artisan Bistro
Bar Bambino
Bar Tartine
BarBersQ
Bay Wolf
Bellanico
Betelnut
Bistro 29
Bistro Aix
Bistro Jeanty
Boon Eat + Drink
Bottega
Burma Superstar
C Casa
Chapeau!
Chevalier
Chu
Colibri
Contigo
Cook St. Helena
Corso
Cotogna
Crouching Tiger
Cucina Paradiso
Delarosa
Delfina
Domo
Dosa
eVe
Fish Story
FIVE
flour + water
Fringale
Gather
Hachi Ju Hachi
Hibiscus
Hot Box Grill
Incanto
Insalata’s
Ippuku
K & L Bistro
Kabab & Curry’s
Kappou Gomi
Kitchen (The)
Kokkari Estiatorio
LaSalette
Laurus
Le Charm
Le Garage
Mamacita
Marinitas
Monti’s Rotisserie
Namu
Oenotri
Osteria Coppa
Perbacco
Pican
Plum
Risibisi
Rivoli
Sazon
Scopa
Slanted Door (The)
Slow Club
Sociale
SPQR
Starbelly
Sumika
Sushi Ran
Thai House
the girl & the fig
Troya
Willi’s Wine Bar
Wood Tavern
Yank Sing
Zero Zero
With more than one million copies sold in approximately 100 countries, the MICHELIN Guide has always built its success on the diversity of its selections, especially with small establishments offering a high-quality dining experience at an affordable price. Both the popularity and importance of the Bib Gourmand category and the Under $25 category are reflected in the 2012 edition. Moreover, inclusion in the MICHELIN Guide is, in itself, synonymous with quality, because only the best establishments in each comfort and price category are featured in the guide.
Enhancing mobility is not only the mission of the Michelin Group but also of the MICHELIN Guide, which was created to assist travelers — and motorists, in particular — by making their journeys more enjoyable. Now representing 23 countries and three continents, the collection of 27 MICHELIN Guides includes more than 45,000 addresses. In North America, three U.S. cities — New York, San Francisco and Chicago — currently have guides. For more information about the guides and the inspection methodology, visit www.michelinguide.com.
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
The typical Happy Meal (or Kids’ Meal or what have you) with an included toy has just been banned in the City and County of San Francisco. Check it:
“This legislation is aimed at promoting healthy eating habits and to address issues related to childhood obesity. The legislation encourages restaurants to provide healthier meal options. To provide an incentive item, meals must contain fruits and vegetables, not exceed 600 calories, and must not have beverages that have excessive fat or sugar.”
Today’s vote at the Board of Supervisors was 8-3, which means that any veto from Mayor Gavin Newsom would get overridden with a quickness, one would presume. Robble robble, indeed.
Legislation author and District One Supervisor Eric Mar is aiming to “challenge the restaurant industry.” Well, mission accomplished.
Get all the deets from this uploaded doc: Healthymlsdig3
So, either McDonalds will alter its menu accordingly or you won’t be able to get the likes of these Barbie dolls, these “Youth-Focused Incentive Items” in the 415 come December 1, 2011:
The upshot is that McDonald’s es infeliz. Muy infeliz. See?
“Just after the vote, McDonald’s spokeswoman Danya Proud said, ‘We are extremely disappointed with today’s decision. It’s not what our customers want, nor is it something they asked for.’”
So there you go.
All the deets:
“Supervisor Eric Mar’s Healthy Meal Legislation passes with a supermajority
The Healthy Meal Legislation sets nutritional standards for restaurant food that is accompanied by toys or other youth focused incentive items. Supervisor Eric Mar’s legislation is co-sponsored by Supervisors Campos, Chiu and Avalos and was supported by a broad coalition of grassroots community organizations, parents and health professionals. Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Daly, Dufty, Mar, Maxwell, and Mirkarimi voted in support of the legislation.
This legislation is aimed at promoting healthy eating habits and to address issues related to childhood obesity. The legislation encourages restaurants to provide healthier meal options. To provide an incentive item, meals must contain fruits and vegetables, not exceed 600 calories, and must not have beverages that have excessive fat or sugar.
“This is a tremendous victory for our children’s health. Our children are sick. Rates of obesity in San Francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,” said Supervisor Eric Mar. “This is a challenge to the restaurant industry to think about children’s health first and join the wide range of local restaurants that have already made this commitment.”
The effective date of the legislation is December 1, 2011.
OK then.
What the suits had to say about this plus Your Amended Legislative Digest, after the jump.
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Here they are, the best restaurants in the Bay Area for 2011, below.
Carolyn Alburger is all over this situation already at Eater SF as is Paolo Lucchesi at The Inside Scoop, as is Jay Barmann at GrubStreet SF.
2011 MICHELIN GUIDE SAN FRANCISCO STARRED RESTAURANTS (“N” DENOTES A NEW STARRED RESTAURANT)
Three Michelin stars mean exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey. One always eats here extremely well, sometimes superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients.
Two Michelin stars mean excellent cuisine, worth a detour. Skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality.
One Michelin star means a very good restaurant in its category. A place offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard.
All the deets, after the jump
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Well, it’s finally arrived, the biggest day in high-end bay area restaurants for the entire year of 2010. It’s Opening Day for the Famously Anonymous Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country Restaurants 2011.
Keep up with the day’s events on the Twitter. Here’s the latest:
“Jean-Luc will be calling chefs soon…we can’t wait for the big day in San Francisco!“
In other words, Jean-Luc Naret, bon vivant and Director of the Michelin Guides, is on the horn giving area chefs wake-up calls, just the way the Nobel Prize Committee does it.
And Paolo Lucchesi, the Bay Area’s Most Popular Blogger, has just handicapped the race. Check it:
“Six plotlines to follow for the upcoming Bay Area Michelin Guide“
This is serious bidness, people.
Now you’re prepared for when the announcements come.
Enjoy.
Tags: 2010, 2011, bay area, book, california, drink, food, guide, Guides, Jean-Luc, MICHELIN, Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country Restaurants 2011, Napa, Naret, Paolo Lucchesi, red, red guide, restaurants, San Francisco, Sonoma., Wine Country
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
Do you like reading reports? Well, today’s your lucky day. You’ll get to read all about how restaurant workers get treated in San Francisco’s Chinatown after today’s lunchtime news conference.
This draft report from last year should whet your appetite. It’s big, baby:
Health and Safety in San Francisco’s Chinatown Restaurants (.pdf)
The final report is called Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco’s Chinatown Restaurants. You should be able to find it here starting later on today.
This is the kind of thing that investigators looked at:
All the deets:
Study Finds 1 out of 2 Workers Making Below Minimum Wage in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants: Millions Lost to the Local Economy Every Year
Friday, September 17th, San Francisco, CA – Chinatown restaurant workers in conjunction with the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) and key research partners will release a study that exposes sweatshop conditions in restaurant workers in the popular tourist district Chinatown. This groundbreaking report examines health and working conditions in Chinatown restaurants, with over 400 workers interviewed by their peers, and lays out a vision for improving working conditions for a healthy Chinatown.
Speakers: (partial list)
Chinatown restaurant workers
Meredith Minkler, DrPH, MPH, world renowned expert on health and equity, UC Berkeley
Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Pam Tau Lee, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
SF Board of Supervisors: David Chiu, John Avalos, David Campos and Eric Mar (in attendance, not all will speak)
Key findings about the working conditions include:
1 out of 2 workers (50%) receive less than minimum wage;
1 out of 5 workers (20%) work more than 60 hours a week;
Nearly half (48%) of workers have experienced a burn injury;
Only 3% of workers have employer provided health care; and
95% do not receive a living wage
Through this important study, Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants, Chinatown workers are exposing the sweatshop working conditions that they must endure. While thousands of locals and tourists who enjoy Chinatown each day, workers are struggling to make ends meet and provide for their families. Many workers and their families are forced to live in Single Room Occupancy (SRO) spaces in Chinatown that average about 80 square feet.
All the deets, after the jump
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Via Tim at 8Asians.com and, ultimately, Brittney Gilbert, who catalogs interesting bay area-related blog posts for CBS5, comes news of the 2010 Top100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards straight out of Las Vegas, NV.
How did the bay area do? Well, You Make The Call. San Francisco’s Ana Mandara placed highest in our vicinity. (Isn’t this mostly a Vietnamese place? Yes. How does that square? I don’t know.)
No matter, the polarizing Panda Country Kitchen on Geary is also on the list – possibly worth checking out based upon the name alone.
Pork belly, pork belly, pork belly from AM:
via evadedave
Your bay area winners:
Top 100 Overall Excellence Winners (USA)
Ana Mandara 891 Beach St. San Francisco CA
Chef Chu’s 喜福居 1067 N San Antonio Rd. Los Altos CA
Cheung Hing Chinese Restaurant 祥兴烧腊小馆 2339 Noriega St. San Francisco CA
Moonstar Restaurant月星宮 383 Gellert Blvd. Daly City CA
New China Delight 百家宴酒家 360 Castro St. Mountain View CA
Panda Country Kitchen五粮液 4737 Geary Blvd. San Francisco CA
Vip Coffee & Cake Shop 嘉賓閣 671 Broadway San Francisco CA
Full list after the jump.
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Tags: 2010, 6th, ana mandara, annual, bay area, best, chinese, geary, las vegas, nevada, panda country kitchen, restaurants, San Francisco, top100, U.S., usa, vietnamese
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
As always, You Make The Call. But the phrase “True World” is redolent of the “True Father” (Sun Myung Moon, the big guy himself), the “True Mother,” the “True Children” and on and on.
So check out these bits here and here about the Unification Church to give you something to think about the next time you see a True World Foods truck on the prowl making deliveries of delicious fish to your favorite sushi place.
As seen in San Francisco. Click to expand.
Tags: bay area, church, east bay, fish, food, foods, group, moonies, post, restaurants, reverend, San Francisco, san leandro, street, Sun Myung Moon, sushi, true world, true world foods, true world group, trueworld, unification, unification church
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
The people from UNICEF’s Tap Project were getting the word out yesterday at the hideous Vaillancourt Fountain (aka Québec libre!) yesterday in Justin Herman Plaza. (Tap water is just fine in San Francisco, you know – bottled water isn’t necessary or anything.)
Read all about it.
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Sadly, no quarters could be seen on this day:
Oops, time to go. She’ll be back soon though.
See a list of participating restaurants after the jump.
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Tags: 2009, Blue, bottled, Children's Fund, dress, fountain, girl, justion herman, March 22-29, participating, plaza. embarcadero, Québec libre!, restaurants, San Francisco, Tap Project, tap water, UNICEF, United Nations, United Nations Children's Fund, Vaillancourt, World Water Week
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