News from the Heart & Soul of San Francisco
SALOONS | Chris Barnett The first long bar I ever bellied up to was reputedly the original Long Bar, inside Raffles Hotel in Singapore, birthplace of the cloyingly sweet Singapore Sling. During Fillmore’s jazz era, the Long Bar at 1633 Fillmore, next door to Woolworth’s, boasted of having one of the longest bars in the…
By Gary Carr Seneca Klassen is a chocolate nut. His shop, Bittersweet, the chocolate cafe at 2123 Fillmore Street, is the culmination of a lifelong passion for chocolate. “I’m a home chocolate-maker from way back,” Klassen says. For years, he’s collected recipes for chocolate drinks and confections, concocting goodies in his kitchen capable of driving…
Celebrity food guru Alice Waters had been approached by a number of writers who wanted to tell the story of Chez Panisse. But they didn’t “get it,” and getting it was the whole idea behind Chez Panisse. So she approached Tom McNamee, whose work on food and natural history she admired, and asked if he…
FIRST PERSON | PASCAL RIGO One morning not very long ago, I was eating breakfast with my family. We were sitting around the kitchen table in our apartment, which is above our bakery on Pine Street.
By BONNIE WACH SF Weekly Even here in the inventive food capital of the world, where unusual couplings are not merely accepted, but hoisted high on diners’ shoulders and paraded around like conquering cuisine heroes, a chef can once in a while go too far. We are indulgent, but we do have to draw the…