ORSON’S BELLY: Day and Night

by Julie Lindow Have you ever dreamt of opening a café or bar that would be the medley of everything you love? Have you ever worried that San Francisco is losing its creative venues because high rents demand investors who demand tried-and-true (i.e. boring) business formulas so that they can be assured of a return?

Feasts at The Kitchen of Efrosinos

By Julie Lindow It is rare that one falls in love with a restaurant. The Fabrika tou Efrosinos is a dream come true, a new restaurant and wine bar in the hopping Koukaki neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The restaurant grew out of the fantastical tale of Efrosinos, the patron saint of all cooks.  

Stookey’s, Part Deux: Drinks and Style

by Julie Lindow (Ed. note: This is the second of two parts about Stookey’s Club Moderne, celebrating its first anniversary this month. Part One ran in the Jan. 22 edition of EatDrinkFilms.) Whether you want a quiet corner to finish your book along with a perfect Negroni, to observe an extraordinary bartender in action, or […]