Category: BiteClub

My obsession was so great, I braved San Francisco’s Westfield mall on Black Friday for a Beard Papa cream puff. Apparently, 70 bizilllion other people had the same obsession, judging by a line that wrapped for miles. I left puffless. But not disappointed. Since its opening, food geeks (like me, and maybe you, too) have […]

Tuesday is the confirmed date (4pm) for Upper Fourth’s opening and BiteClub got a sneak peak at the swank new digs. The vibe is less hipster lounge, and more of a sleek, uptown jazz bar with plenty of big leather seats, low tables and a promise that the music will be kept low enough to […]

It’s so tantilizingly close. A new bar in the SR. Word on the street is that the bar, located above Flavor Bistro in downtown Santa Rosa, may open this month. There were even rumors of Dec. 1, but I still don’t have a Manhattan in my hand, so I’ll hold my breath for another week […]

Marin’s favorite hamburger is headed for Santa Rosa. A sign on the former Heavenly Hamburger restaurant on Route 12 says that the burger joint will soon open in that spot. Well-loved in counties south, the burgers are giant, juicy monsters that have lines wrapped round the block. Plus, ciabatti burgers, cheesesteak. And fries. Delightful fries. […]

Adding to its urban-meets-rural cache, Napa’s tony Carneros Inn recently opened its second restaurant, FARM. The popular Boon Fly Cafe, which easily swayed locals with its casual brunches and upscale roadhouse dining, has been open since 2004. Now heading the two kitchens is Executive Chef Kimball Jones, a former sous-chef at SR’s Campton Place with […]

Thanksgiving hangover? Yeah, me too. But here are some tasty morsels I’ve been saving up. 2 CrowsMichele Jordan and I stumbled on 2 Crows (9890 Bodega Highway, Sebastopol), the re-opened roadhouse between Sebastopol and Bodega Bay just about the same time–as it was opening. She’s got some details here in a recent article she wrote. […]

You had one job. Bring the pie.And you forgot, didn’t you? Okay, don’t panic. BiteClub is here to help- Best bet: Mom’s Apple PieChance of actually getting one: Dream the impossible dream.For you sorry slackers, Mom is staying up late Wednesday and opening early Thanksgiving morning. And these are, without a doubt, the biggest, baddest, […]

He smokes. He drinks. He cusses. He once ate a still-beating Cobra heart. And suffice to say that his after 2am antics are, uh, legendary in the foodie world. If ever a chef approached rock-star status, Anthony Bourdain…well, he’d probably give them a good smack down and spit in their food. (Of Jamie Oliver, the […]

Good judgment can be such a burden. At least that’s what I hear. Unrestrained by such things, my going 30 miles for a crab sandwich seemed like a perfectly sensible thing to do on a Wednesday afternoon……in the beating rain…while I was supposed to be at work…at speeds which may have, at one point or […]