Check, Please! Bay Area is KQED's local series featuring regular people reviewing Bay Area restaurants.

Visit the Check, Please! Bay Area blog to experience the restaurants from Season 2 Episode 8:

1) Little Star Pizza: | restaurant information | reviews

2) Vignette: | restaurant information | reviews

3) Zatar: | restaurant information | reviews

Please feel free to join the discussion by posting comments about the show and your reviews of the featured restaurants!

You can watch all episodes online as well as subscribe to the Check, Please! video podcast in iTunes.

This season, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic will be blogging about what happens behind-the-scenes during the making of Check, Please! Bay Area.

You can also view the Check, Please! Bay Area photo gallery to view behind-the-scenes shots at many of the featured restaurants.

Just try to walk by Tartine without stepping inside. I dare you. Easily, in my estimation, the best bakery in the Bay Area, the smell of their freshly baked delicious treats will seduce you. It's like a little corner shop of sirens. Luscious, flaky, fruit-filled, chocolate-dipped, crunchy, nutty, tender-baked heaven.

So you had better believe that when I found out they were going to have a party to launch their gorgeous new cookbook--Sweet and Savory Pastries, Tarts, Pies, Cakes Croissants, Cookies and Confections by Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson--I made sure to clear my datebook.

For all you fans out there, tonight, yes tonight, Chronicle Books, Tartine Bakery, and M.A.C. Modern Appealing Clothing will be gettin down and um, tasty.

When:
Thursday November 16th from 6-9pm

Where:
M.A.C. Modern Appealing Clothing
387 Grove Street, San Francisco
415.863.3011

Tartine treats and beverages will be served.