The Socialite

Three waterfront restaurants—La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, The Plant Café Organic, and Lafitte—and their respective piers—Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5—have teamed up to put on a new event they’re calling RESTAURANT ROW. On Tuesday January 25th starting at 6pm, each restaurant will serve three small plates,…

Sure, we can’t all get tickets to the Good Food Awards—the first national awards program to recognize American craft food producers who make food that is tasty, authentic, and responsible, with host Alice Waters—but we can all get a taste of those award-winning foods at the GOOD…

Let’s just make it official and call January 2011 Bay Area underground dinner month. There are quite a few delicious-sounding ones going on this month, so don’t be shy, step right up, and take your pick. First up is the WHOLE BEAST SUPPER CLUB’s prix-fixe pork tasting…

For the first year ever, Oakland is launching its counterpart to San Francisco’s Dine About Town: it’s called OAKLAND RESTAURANT WEEK, and it debuts January 23rd-29th. Participating restaurants will serve prix-fixe dinner menus (and some lunch menus) for only $20, $30, or $40. The resto list is hot,…

January is almost here, which means it’s time for DINE ABOUT TOWN, from January 15th through the 31st. Can you believe it’s on its tenth year? You can make your reservations now for a variety of lunch and dinner offers, and there are new additions to the lineup,…

Yeah, if you’re out carousing on New Year’s Eve, the odds are excellent you’ll need some sustenance on New Year’s Day, so here’s your recovery list: ~ABSINTHE BRASSERIE & BAR~ will be open (for the first time in a very long time) on New Year’…

New Year’s Eve is handily on a Friday this year, and practically every restaurant in town will be open, serving a prix-fixe menu at two seatings. If you have a favorite place to dine at, call and see what they’re doing! But in case you need some fresh…

There are so many cheesy New Year’s Eve parties, and at $100-plus a pop, the mind reels. But the S.O.S.—Standing on Stardust party at The Burritt Room from the Bon Vivants has top shelf written all over it: “At the stroke of midnight on the evening…

Looking for a nice location for your Christmas Eve dinner? For the first time ever, ~DELFINA~ will be open, offering a very special “traditional and not so traditional” seafood dinner menu (offered à la carte so their regulars can still get their spaghetti fix). They are also taking larger groups…

Here are some Christmas Day dining options—whether you’re looking for a special meal, or you just want a bite to eat. ~THE DINING ROOM AT THE RITZ-CARLTON~ will be offering a six-course tasting menu for the table at $175 per person. ~AME~ at St. Regis will offer a…