Dining

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Jamie Lauren talks about how her life has changed since she was on the hit show Top Chef.

Jan 7, 2009

The San Jose Sharks never leave practice with an empty stomach thanks to a gourmet kitchen on wheels.

Jan 6, 2009

If you've dined out at all in the past year, it's been impossible not to notice the impact that the economy's had on the restaurant industry. The latest development? Establishments have begun charging...

Jan 6, 2009

Vegans beware. Soy ice cream has a new rival. Olive oil flavor is real and shockingly enough it tastes good. A new creamery, uh, oily bar is open in the Mission.

Jan 5, 2009

The Bay Area is home to some of the our country's classic imported dish, meatballs. But where to get them and where are they best? We got you covered.

Jan 1, 2009 | 1 comment

A simple East Bay cafe is introducing local, organic food to the quaint city, we mean town, sorry they don't like being called a city, of Danville and the local taste buds are still trying to figure out...

Jan 5, 2009

The economy sucks but that doesn't mean we don't want to eat out. If $5 is just too much, here's a guide to the best $1, $2, $3 and $4 snacks in town.

Dec 30, 2008

From fine dining with panoramic bay views to ocean cliffs, there are five beautiful places to celebrate the New Year.

Dec 31, 2008 | 4 comments

Three Bay Area cab companies are offering free taxi rides home this New Year's Eve for people who get too drunk to drive.

Dec 29, 2008

In the Bay Area, there is a growing scene of distillers and bartenders making drinks more than just a drink.

Dec 30, 2008

One, okay technically three, Bay Area cafes are mixing the strange with the ordinary hot chocolate and creating something truly extraordinary. Peanut butter and chocolate. Yum. PB&C laced in a warm...

Dec 25, 2008

The city of San Francisco's free New Year's Eve celebration will include fireworks over the Bay, but no public entertainment and police will be cracking down on any public drinking, police announced Wednesday.The...

Dec 29, 2008

An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific...

Dec 31, 2008 | 4 comments

While it's true drinking moderate amounts of any form of alcohol can help your heart, wine provides the biggest benefit.

Dec 18, 2008

Here is to all you hippies out there. A list of the cities best raw, local and organic restaurants.

Dec 18, 2008 | 2 comments

Officials of San Francisco, California and 12 other states Thursday announced an agreement in which the MillerCoors beer company will end sales  of caffeine-spiked alcohol drinks allegedly aimed at...

Dec 18, 2008

Three T.G.I. Friday's restaurants shut down unexpectedly in San Mateo, San Bruno and San Jose earlier this week, leaving employees wondering where they will get their next paycheck just days before the...

Dec 17, 2008

Chefs Doug Washington and Mitch Rosenthal of Anchor and Hope in San Francisco talking about their favorite cheap places to eat in the Bay Area.

Dec 17, 2008

Restaurants are being told to list calorie counts on their menus. Schools are banning bake sales, and cities are outlawing new fast-food restaurants in some neighborhoods.

Dec 17, 2008

In the holiday season it can be easy to forget that there are days beyond Christmas and around those days is great food.

Dec 16, 2008

The Bay Area is filled with things to do during the holidays, whether you want to take in a concert or sip the yummiest hot chocolate around.

Dec 16, 2008

Be sure to try the fleur-de-sel bonbons, the heirloom tomatoes, the organic almonds, the lovely coffee and everything else the California food revolution has given us.

Dec 13, 2008

Have you ever wanted to take a Willie Wonka style tour of a chocolate factory minus those creepy Umpa Lumpas? Here's your chance.

Dec 11, 2008

For many of us it is not the holidays without visiting our favorite Bay Area restaurants for their holiday inspired dishes.