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The Barbecue Place You’ve Been Waiting For

By Lev | Published: February 1, 2012
I don’t usually use this space to plug other restaurants, but I went by B-Side Barbecue today and it blew my mind. If you haven’t heard, it’s the new barbecue place from Tonya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen. First, the space, which was done by Jeffrey Ruiz (he did our interior too), looks great. Polished [...]
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Restaurant Week- Let The Games Begin!

By Lev | Published: January 20, 2012
Hey, Folks, Restaurant Week starts tonight! Man, what a deal! Soup or salad, meatloaf or pork confit, apple blackberry crisp or Mexican chocolate pot de creme, bottomless wine, all for thirty bucks! Sheesh! Come on down!
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Great Meat From Marin Sun Farms, Great Shellfish From Two By Sea

By Lev | Published: January 9, 2012
We are pleased to announce our new affiliation with Marin Sun Farms.From now on, all fresh pork,lamb, and oxtails will be from them. Pork is delivered by the split hog and lamb is delivered whole and broken down here at the restaurant. This enables us to serve a wide variety of cuts while keeping the [...]
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New Oatmeal, Fists of Flour, Malvasia

By Lev | Published: December 12, 2011
We have a great new product on our breakfast menu- From The Fields’ Vanilla Oatmeal. Betsy Fields crafts her oatmeals, granolas, and mueslis from grains sourced directly from local farmers. Come give it a try.   Our Birichino Malvasia, a beautifully floral but dry white wine, made the Chronicle’s top 100 wines of the year.  Tonight, we [...]
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Pacific Sun Olive Oil

By Lev | Published: December 8, 2011
There’s a new book out called “Extra Virginity” by New York Times writer Tom Mueller , about the olive oil business. Apparently adulteration is extremely common. The longer the supply chain, the greater chance that the oil has been tampered with. The best way to eliminate that possibility is to buy direct from a [...]
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Brunch This Friday, Seghesio Gets Props

By Lev | Published: November 23, 2011
This Friday, we will be serving the brunch instead of lunch menu starting at 9 AM. Dinner will be as usual.   For those of you who follow the Wine Spectator, Seghesio Zinfandel, which we have in the bottle, was voted 12th best wine of the year, worldwide. We agree that it is pretty dang good, and [...]
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The Trouble With Yelp

By Lev | Published: November 18, 2011
OK, first go to Yelp and check out the one star review of us near the top. Read it? Great, here goes. Yelp can be a really good thing. I used it to find places to eat when I moved to Oakland. Some of those places became my favorites, like El Taco Zamorano and Chai Thai. [...]
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Sticky Wonton Antics

By Lev | Published: November 17, 2011
Hi, folks, we’ve got some good stuff for you this week. In savory land we have Pork Belly Wontons with Sea Bean Slaw, while on the sweet side we have Sticky Date Pudding with Rye Ice Cream and Boozy Raisins. Also,Lila would like you to know that next week we will have a delightful new [...]
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Fire Your Bank, It Feels Great

By Lev | Published: November 1, 2011
Ever notice all the big posters all over the place from the big banks that show someone with a dog grooming salon or a cupcake shop who couldn’t have done it without Wells Fargo or B of A? Well, I can tell you firsthand that you would certainly get laughed out of any of the [...]
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New Coffee, New Sandwich, Goat

By Lev | Published: October 12, 2011
 With the help of Alex from Roast Coffee, we’ve greatly improved our Chop Bar blend. The new blend is mostly Honduran, with some Sumatran for depth and Ethiopian for brightness and spice. It’s a lot more full-bodied and complex than the last blend. Come give it a try.We’ve also got a new sandwich- roasted pork, [...]
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