Daily Dining News: Former La Bonne Soupe Cafe Chef Surfaces With New Restaurant
November 03, 2011
When we last heard from Chef Daniel Pont, he was cooking off into the sunset after selling his iconic restaurant, La Bonne Soupe Cafe. At that time, he said his cooking days weren't over, reported Blair Anthony Robertson in the Sac Bee.
He says he will be back, but this time leading a team. His next restaurant, he says, will have him creating the menu and overseeing its execution. But he will no longer be a one-man show, and the downtown food scene will never be the same.
Now, Robertson has the details on the new venture.
Beloved for both his food and his gentlemanly style, Pont is set to open a white- tablecloth restaurant in Folsom that promises to be much more elaborate than the soup-and-sandwich joint he made famous downtown...
The new place, with an opening date approaching but not finalized, will be called Chez Daniel, at 49 Natoma St., Folsom.
Read the entire story in the Sac Bee.
More News:
Mini-pies join the small-food movement - Move over, cupcakes, there's another bite-size treat sweetening up a bakery near you. Call them hand pies, "cutie pies" or personalized pies – they're bites of home-style dessert that fit in the palm of your hand. Look for $3 apple crumb mini-pies to debut Nov. 11 at Icing on the Cupcake locations around Sacramento. You'll also find midtown's TreyBCakes selling individual-size apple pies, like a gourmet version of the Hostess pie that every kid hopes to find in their lunch sack, plus a mini Popie's Banana Cream Pie with homemade whipped cream. Chris Macias in the Sac Bee.
Restaurants near Capitol cash in on political mingling - More than 500 times in the last three years, Chops restaurant – just steps from the doors of the Capitol – played host to a political occasion. From after-work fundraising receptions to power lunches, the restaurant was the top beneficiary of spending from campaign accounts. While it took in more than most – $382,000 – Chops had company. Spataro Restaurant and Bar, the Sutter Club, Ella Dining Room & Bar, Esquire Grill and the Firehouse all pulled in plenty of money from the Capitol crowd. Torey Van Oot in the Sac Bee.
Food truck ordinance talks postponed - Any decision regarding Sacramento’s controversial food truck ordinance – which currently limits trucks to operating a maximum of 30 minutes in one spot – will have to wait, since a City Council Law and Legislation Committee meeting was canceled Tuesday. Brandon Darnell in Sac Press.
Check It Out: Village Bakery in Davis - I popped into Village Bakery in Davis recently to pick up some of its award-winning artisan bread. Seduced by the aroma of fresh-baked pizza, however, I left laden with pepperoni-encrusted slices for my kids, who gobbled them up with greedy enthusiasm the minute I got home. Kira O'Donnell in Sac Mag.
By popular demand - Lunch is making a comeback at Morton's. The swanky downtown Sacramento steakhouse stopped midday service two years ago. Recently, though, staffers began hearing pleas from business people in the neighborhood to bring it back. Bob Shallit in the Sac Bee. (Third Item.)
The problem is that it's in a card form right now, and not integrated into a mobile contactless form and, even if it was, there's zero places that accept NFC contactless payments (that are obvious to consumers anyway).
Posted by: Christian Louboutin sale | November 10, 2011 at 12:57 AM