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SIGNS OF THE TIMES - Just when you thought Jennie Lorenzo was out of here for a while since she dashed off from Fifth Floor over the weekend, news has spread rapidly that she'll be popping up at the Le... »
Local food writer and avid CHOWhound Robert Lauriston recently opened his own restaurant in Berkeley, Locanda da Eva (2826 Telegraph Avenue), featuring Italian cuisine from chef Huw Thornton (formerly a sous chef at SPQR and A16), and a cocktail progra... »
4505 Meats is run by chef and artisan butcher Ryan Farr. Ryan formerly was executive chef at Fifth Floor. He teaches butcher classes and serves up food at the San Francisco Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. We saw them at the Eat Real festival in Oakland... »
Something's in the air or the water or the hormone-free eggs today as two local lady chefs have unceremoniously called it quits. First up, Jennie Lorenzo will wash her hands of Fifth Floor after this Saturday, and then Erica Holland-Toll's... »
Chè revolution! (Photo: Jonathan Kauffman) What in heaven's name is chè? Jonathan Kauffman explains. Some sort of XX chromosome chef migration is afoot downtown. First, according to Grub Street, Jennie Lorenzo leaves Fifth Floor, and then Erica Holland... »
I've been a peach fanatic for a long time, subscribing to the peach-a-day theory until the bitter end of the season. So I was heartened to hear that there might be some primal reason behind this craving I have for the queen of stone fruits. To quote fr... »
Yeah, we went to the Fifth Floor recently and thought everything was pretty good - the service, the atmosphere, and above all, the food. »
I've been reading this board for a long time (more than nine years), and to my best recollection there are only two upper echelon restaurants that have racked up significant (several, over a period of years, with complaints that didn't seem overly fuss... »
Because it amuses us, we're going to let the Examiner's Mixologist column pinch-hit on this week's cocktail, entirely because they traveled into the Gold Dust Lounge, which despite Prohibition (see Footnote) has been a continually operating Union Squar... »
18 San Francisco restaurants have joined forces for the "My Fruit My Body" campaign to raise money for breast cancer. It's themed around peaches and plums, which are in season, are delicious and also have cancer-fighting health benefits. Each resto... »