Archive for March, 2009
Industry In Action | Patrick Heig + Steve Rivera
Location: Cocoon Urban Day Spa
What You’re Seeing: Steve Rivera (RPR) and Patrick Heig (Citysearch Editor) getting (Man)icures and pedicures at this SOMA Spa. Â Randomly found this little gem of a photo on Yelp.
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2009 James Beard Awards, Final Nominees Announced
February marked the announcement of the James Beard semifinalists, today we learn which chefs “made the cut.”
This year, the locals received nominations in the following categories: Outstanding Restaurant (Boulevard), Rising Star Chef (Nate Appleman) and Outstanding Pastry Chef (Nicole Plue, Redd). The real meat of the competition lies in the Best Chef: Pacific Region,†and nominees include: Jeremy Fox (Ubuntu), Douglas Keane (Cyrus), Loretta Keller (Coco500), David Kinch (Manresa) and Daniel Patterson, (Coi).
And a special nod to the following local journalists who represented our local publications in these categories:
Newspaper Food Section
San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan
Writing on Spirity, Wine, or Beer
Jon Bonné, San Francisco Chronicle “Revolution by the Glassâ€
Sneak Eats | midi Restaurant
How far we’ve come from this post (click here) back in December when executive chef Michelle Mah was rocking flannel and picking out carpet for the restaurant with GM Catherine Green.
The carpet is down, the flannel has been replaced by a chef coat – opening for dinner TONIGHT – we give you a sneak peak inside midi Restaurant (click here for a secret video):
Industry In Action | Fast Break Breakfast
Location: Ducca Patio | 9:30AM
What You’re Seeing: March Madness kickoff breakfast al Fresco on the Ducca Patio with Jared Rivera, Nick “the announcer” Elliot (Thrillist), Patrick Heig (Citysearch), Demetrius Chapin-Rienzo (Vintage 415, etc), Todd Palmerton (Vintage 415, etc) and Mike G (Bloodhound, Double Dutch, Ambassador).
Swing by Ducca for our March Madness Patio celebration at Ducca- I’m tied for lousy 70/114 (check out our pool) but I don’t feel so bad cause Demetrius is already eliminated. Four 54″ outdoor flat screen televisions on the award winning patio (two located above our heads).
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