Cav, Flora, Ubuntu Among ‘Chronicle’ Top 100 Newcomers

IN THE NEWS: The San Francisco Chronicle’s Michael Bauer unveils his annual Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants list with 19 new names, including Cav, Flora, Ubuntu and O Izakaya, as well as older favorites like Coco500. sfgate.com … The Mercury News’s Aleta Watson reviews Seven (754 The Alameda, at Wilson Avenue, San Jose, 408-280-1644, www.7restaurant.com), […]

Citronelle by Michel Richard Set for Carmel Resort

IN THE NEWS: IN THE NEWS: The Washington Post’s Jane Black interviews star chef Michel Richard, who confirms he’s opening two, possibly three, new restaurants outside Washington in 2008 but will continue to spend most of his time at his Georgetown flagship, Citronelle. Next month he plans to open two restaurants in California: the 80-seat […]

Japan-based Beard Papa Cream Puff Bakery Debuts

IN THE NEWS: The Mercury News’s Carolyn Jung reports the Nov. 2 opening of the first area location of the wildly popular Japan-based Beard Papa cream puff bakery (19748 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino, 408-996-2300). … Critic Aleta Watson gives two and a half stars to Original Joe’s (301 S. First St., at San Carlos, […]

Fire Temporarily Closes Tenderloin’s Original Joe’s

IN THE NEWS: The Chronicle’s Kevin Fagan and Stacy Finz report, “The well-heeled, the less-well-heeled and the downright downtrodden won’t be dining together at one of their favorite spots for a while: San Francisco’s landmark Original Joe’s restaurant was shut down by fire (Oct. 12). The Tenderloin institution will likely be closed at least a […]