Rosemarie | December 31, 2009
As we’re approaching 2010 and the end of a decade, change is the buzzword on everyone’s lips. What resolutions will you be making? My suggestion….see “Fresh The Movie.” I saw this movie a few months ago and it moved me so that I (a healthy eater) will never look at food and farming the same […]
Category: Organic/Green |
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Tags: Farming, Fresh The Movie, Green, Growing Power, Just Food, organic, Seasonal Eating, Vertical Growing
Rosemarie | December 29, 2009
Now that we’re winding down to the end of 2009, we will start seeing the demise of restaurants across the city. Many that have been around for a while are being forced to close because of tough economic times and huge rent increases. Being able to last for years as well as decades is a huge accomplishment […]
Category: Italian, Little Italy, Manhattan |
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Tags: cheapeats, Friends, Good Food, Grand Street, Italian Food, Little Italy, Mulberry Street
Rosemarie | December 10, 2009
What is cheap to some is frugal to others. Let’s face facts. Traveling can be expensive but with a little ingenuity, it doesn’t have to be. My trip to SF started out with a taxi ride to Kennedy Airport. What happened to the $30 flat fee? Well, it’s now $45. Ouch! Has it been that long […]
Category: San Francisco, Travel |
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Tags: BART, Bay Shuttle, Frugal, Galleria Park Hotel, Super Shuttle, Taxi, Travel Deals
Rosemarie | December 8, 2009
Before my touring venture of San Francisco, I wanted to hit a good breakfast spot. Browsing in the Bay City Guide, I found Mel’s Drive-In. A 50’s style diner where American Graffiti was filmed. Sounds good to me. It was walking distance from my hotel and helped build up my appetite. When I stepped in, it […]
Category: American/Comfort, San Francisco, Travel |
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Tags: American, American Graffiti, Comfort Food, Diner, Mel's Drive-In, San Francisco, Yuppie
Rosemarie | December 3, 2009
The Afternoon Tasting Pavilion presented some local products that this New Yorker would have never been exposed to. Here are some of our favorites. Frog Hollow Farms – This is the Holy Grail for food. They handed out free samples of the Asian Pears at the Farmers Market. Let me say, it was the BEST pear […]
Category: Dessert, Organic/Green, Products, San Francisco, Travel |
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Tags: Annie the Baker, Aunt Else's Febleskiver, Black Stallion Winery, Botanical Bakery, Cube Market Place, Foodzie, Frog Hollow Farms, Fuego, Herbaceous Gourmet Cookies, POP Candy, San Francisco, Straus Family Creamery
Rosemarie | December 1, 2009
Happy Belated Thanksgiving. Cheapeats has finally come out of it’s food coma after attending the 1st Annual Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. It was quite an experience and opened our eyes to the foodie town on San Francisco. The first evening presented a tasting of San Francisco street food. Now when I think of street food, I think […]
Category: Food Trucks, San Francisco, Street Food |
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Tags: 4505 Meats, Alive, Hog Island Oyster Co, Mission Minis, Pie Truck, Pizza Politana, Roli Roti, San Francisco, Spencer of the Go, Straus Family Creamery, Street Food, Tacolicious