Odette Ferrante
Odette Ferrante writes The Pass, the Inquirer’s weekly reported restaurant column, and covers the restaurants, chefs and food businesses of San Francisco and the Bay Area.
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The Pass: At Shinka, a Jean-Georges Veteran Bets on California Produce, and on Downtown
Fumio Yonezawa’s $185 tasting menu opened Oct. 9 in a Financial District hotel, part of a wager that ambitious dining can return downtown.
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Handroll Hawker Brings an Australian Take on the Hand Roll to Polk Street
An Australian filmmaker and a chef from Robin have opened a nine-roll counter on Polk Street in Russian Hill.
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Mama Ji’s, a Castro Sichuan Favorite, Serves Its Last Meals
Lily Ji and Marv Wolpa are closing their 18th Street restaurant on Oct. 31 after a rent increase their landlord tied to insurance costs.