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Friday, October 1, 2010

Prospect Adds Brunch, The Summit Opens

Posted By on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM

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​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the

San Francisco restaurant scene.

Prospect just sent out a press release advertising that the SOMA restaurant is starting up weekend brunch, featuring fried chicken and biscuits, plancha prawns with cheese and grits, and ricotta doughnuts. The first day for brunch is Sunday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., followed by every Saturday and Sunday.

And in case you didn't get the details from part 1 and part 2 of John Birdsall's interview with Chef Eddie Lau, The Summit (780 Valencia) opened yesterday. Eater SF posts a copy of the opening menu.

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The Fried Chicken Sandwich at Macellato

Posted By on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:18 AM

Fried chicken sandwich, $8.22. - JONATHAN KAUFFMAN
  • Jonathan Kauffman
  • Fried chicken sandwich, $8.22.

What do you do with a space you grew out of? This week Andrea Froncillo and Mario Ascione, owners of Caffe Macaroni Sciue Sciue, turned their teensy original location into a minuscule sandwich shop. The carmine walls and shiny pressed-tin ceiling (which you swear your crown brushes up against, even if you're far south of six feet tall) are just as they ever were, but the front window is now open, and two cooks are serving sandwiches out of it.

They've got just two sandwiches on the menu board (more are on the way) ― both hefty and stuffed with good-quality ingredients. The salami in the Italiana is from Fra' Mani, for instance, while the chicken breast you see in the picture comes from Fulton Valley Farms. Not bad for $8.22 ($9 with tax).

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