The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the
San Francisco restaurant scene.
We'd seriously consider cashing out our 401(K) to be able to pay for dinner at Quince, except, well, it's become something of a personal pastime to predict when our current vested balance might hit $1,000. But according to Grub Street's Jay B., we may not have to wait that long to taste the glories of Michael Tusk's cooking, at least in streamlined form. Cotogna (490 Pacific), Tusk's casual spinoff ― the Cane Rosso to Quince's Coi, if you will ― should be open Nov. 4. Menu reveal TK.
Eater's Carolyn A. gets the word on Crêperie Saint Germain's weeks-old soft-launched FiDi cafe (1 Sansome, creperiesaintgermain.com). That makes it one of the rare pavement-cuisine vendors to execute the move from street to brick and mortar. Way to go, CSG.
And Inside Scoop's Paolo L. is the alpha dog in marking Monday's bated-breath handicapping of today's release of the 2011 Michelin Guide. "Every year," Paolo writes, "Michelin comes to town. And every year, the guide serves as a reminder that as much as everyone says they don't care, it still resonates in some way." Damned with faint praise, perhaps (Frances drama? Seriously?). But on a day when the city's preoccupied with texting plans to get to MoMo's early enough to score a Beard-tini before the start of tomorrow's Game One, it's somethin' to write about.
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