Ron Siegel at Michael Mina, Bauer on Brothels

[Photo: Michael Mina]

FIDI — Ron Siegel, who left his post at the Ritz-Carlton after eight years, has started his new job at Michael Mina (252 California). One of his first new offerings is a kona kampachi with a special soy salt. [EaterWire]

BAUERWIRE — Michael Bauer is interviewed on a wide range of San Francisco food topics, including how he thinks the food scene in the city compares to what's going on in Los Angeles. Of particular interest is his theory about what early brothels might have to do with the food here. [Zagat]

EAST BAY — Over in Oakland, the forthcoming Mexican restaurant with PieTisserie pie window known as Nido (444 Oak) is hosting an open-house sneak peek with free light bites from 5-9 p.m. tonight (September 28). There's one week left in a Kickstarter initiative to help complete construction. [EaterWire]

THE ELSEWHERE — Elizabeth Falkner's Brooklyn pizza parlor is set to open soon. It's called Krescendo and has a prime spot on Atlantic Avenue in the borough's Boerum Hill neighborhood. [Eater NY]