Neighborhood fave Cafe Maritime has kicked off a program that doles out a free entree during your birthday month. So far as free food promotions go, Waterbar's free taxi lunch idea probably still takes the cake for sheer entertainment value, but Maritime's new brainstorm is probably a bit more, well, conducive to the dining public. [City Dish]
Now that Luisa Hanson is dead set on shuttering Cafe Maritime, its owner Mark Mitcheltree shares his first experience of the joy, along with a small victory: "It's confirmed: she has bought 2417 Lombard St., home of Cafe Maritime. As is her wont, she immediately informed the proprietor, Mark Mitcheltree, that his lease would not be renewed. Says Mitcheltree after his first taste of Ms. Luisa Hanson: 'She's a shark.' ... According to Mitcheltree, Ms. Hanson was under the impression that the liquor license—of the coveted type 47—belonged to the location and not his just-evicted business. When she discovered that this was not the case, 'Luisa was furious.'" [BS]
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POLK GULCH—Shuttered since that fatal December fire next door, the new owners at Pasha have, obviously, taken the opportunity to go beyond "smoke damage repairs." Hoping to reopen in about a month, they are redoing everything, from the interior to the menu, which will abandon the traditional Moroccan menu for a fusion version. And you thought fusion was dead. [EaterWire]
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