The August 2007 Bon Appetit magazine’s Top Tables feature includes: Seattle’s Brasa (2107 Third Avenue, brasa.com); Boulder, Co.’s The Kitchen (1039 Pearl St., thekitchencafe.com); Brenham, Texas’ The Inn at Dos Brisas (9400 Champion Drive, dosbrisas.com); Kansas City’s Bluestem (900 Westport Road, bluestemkc.com); Chicago’s Crust (2056 W. Division St.); Atlanta’s The Farmhouse (10950 Hutcheson Ferry Road, Palmetto, serenbe.com); and San Francisco’s PlumpJack Cafe (3127 Fillmore St., plumpjack.com). epicurious.com/bonappetit

Food & Wine magazine’s August 2007 issue features in its Where to Go Next column: Boston’s La Verdad (1 Lansdowne St.); New York’s Kefi (222 W. 79th St.); Washington, D.C.’s M’Dawg (2418 18th St. NW); Edwards, Colo.’s Larkburger (105 Edwards Village Blvd); and San Francisco’s Out the Door (Westfield San Francisco Centre, 845 Market St., No. 80). foodandwine.com

IN THE NEWS: The Tablehopper tablehopper.com previews Bar Drake (Lobby of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell St.), reviews Katana-ya (430 Geary St., San Francisco) and reports: “Brenda Buenviajez (Café Claude, DeLessio) will be opening her own place on lower Polk (632 Polk St.) called Brenda’s. She took over and is currently renovating the former Sun’s Cafe space, and hopes to open by the beginning or middle of August … After three years of business, the plant-covered Acoustic Cafe on the corner of Octavia and Page is being sold … Pasha Restaurant on Broadway has new owners: After 21 years of service, owner Jelal Takesh decided to retire and travel to New Zealand. The new owners, Zouhair Senhaji, and his wife, Jennifer Senhaji, were friends of the owner and decided to take it over. Zouhair’s brother, Hicham, is the new chef, who is altering the menu to reflect a Moroccan approach with a California twist … the second location of Malacca, just next to the Café on Market Street, has closed. … The Chronicle’s Michael Bauer awards three stars to Cafe Majestic (1500 Sutter St., the Hotel Majestic, www.the hotelmajestic.com.) and gives two stars to Alamo Square Seafood Grill (803 Fillmore St., San Francisco), while Amanda Gold awards two stars to Ginza (41 Main St., Tiburon). … The paper’s Inside Scoop reports: the upcoming opening of MoMo’s owner/executive chef Peter Osborne’s Pete’s Tavern next month, just two doors down from MoMo’s (760 Second St., at King) at 128 King St. … Nick di Arenzo is leaving Zuppa (564 Fourth St.) at the end of July to head to Miami as executive chef at the Biltmore Hotel’s 1200 Restaurant. Instead of hiring another chef, co-owner Joseph Manzare will start manning the stoves himself. … Andre and Jennifer Larzul look for an end-of-July opening for their new Socha (3235 Mission St.). … The paper’s Jane Tunks takes a first look at Nick’s Cove on Tomales Bay (23240 Hwy. 1, Marshall). sfgate.com … East Bay Express‘ John Birdsall reviews San Miguel (4729 International Blvd., Oakland). eastbayexpress.com … San Francisco Weekly’s Meredith Brody reviews Bar Bambino (2931 16th St., www.barbambino.com.). sfweekly.com … The Bay Guardian’s Paul Reidinger reviews La Salette (452 First St. E., suite H, Sonoma, www.lasalette-restaurant.com) … Bay Area Bites kqed.org/weblog/food visits Bar Bambino.

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