Petaluma's Rancho Feeding Corporation, the only slaughterhouse in the Bay Area, recalled an estimated 8.7 million pounds of contaminated beef on Feb. 8, 2014. All the meat included in the recall was put out within the last year, including hamburgers from Walmart and two flavors of Nestlé Hot Pockets (three different sizes of Philly Steak and Cheese and the two-pack Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese).
Just like your cool artist friends, S.F. chocolate factory TCHO has decided to pack up and move to the East Bay. The chocolate factory has been a fixture on the Embarcadero for years, and the decision to move now -- just when the Exploratorium and restaurants like Coqueta, Fog City, and Hard Water have made that stretch actually tourist-friendly -- seems a bit mystifying at first glance.
Away from its original, idyllic oceanfront spot just north of Half Moon Bay, Bay Area diners were at first very skeptical about how Sam's Chowder House would evolve. Could the Sam's vaunted lobster roll really taste as good without a background of surfers and sea lions?
