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November Eats Checklist: 7 Standouts of the Month
These newcomers or new menus cover the gamut, from Greek mezé to dim sum. Alongside this month’s full restaurant reviews — Damansara, Rosemary & Pine, SingleThread & Little Saint, Tenderheart, Rich… → Read More
Food with a View: New Life at Navio in The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
California is a wonderland of all lands and climates in one glorious state: The Mediterranean soil of our thousands of farms and vineyards akin to Italy, Greece and Spain, growing some of the world’s… → Read More
Fort Point Valencia’s Playful Take on SF-Style Seafood & Historic SF Dishes
In February 2022, I visited and reviewed Fort Point Valencia as it reopened. Reborn from a long pandemic closure, it was a shining example of a local, SF-based brewery with a unique, fresh style and… → Read More
Hayes Valley’s Buzzy New Neighborhood Hang: Hazie’s
I was never much a fan of ever-packed brunch spot Stacks with its mediocre food. But I don’t wish any space to sit empty and this corner spot in hotter-than-ever Hayes Valley is a key one. On August… → Read More
Vietnamese Food Haven (with Cocktails) at Bodega
San Francisco’s Tenderloin has long been a key neighborhood for Vietnamese food, its western blocks dubbed Little Saigon. Head out to the entire half of the city that includes the Richmond, Sunset… → Read More
SF's Gozu Is an Ode to Japanese Wagyu… Sans Steak
Imagine: soba noodles teeming in wagyu foam. Brown butter chawanmushi (savory Japanese custard) layered in fat-washed wagyu dashi. Or wagyu fat-laced salted chocolate chip cookies hot out of the… → Read More
SF's Eight Tables Has the Best Chinese Fine Dining
It’s a perfect marrying of gastronomic art and cuisine → Read More
Bay Area Michelin-Star Team Serves Up Vegan Dishes
Little Saint is doing the most —by way of plant-based dishes → Read More
Ernest Remains One of the Best SF Restaurants
Ernest opened in March 2021 in the lofty, two-tiered, industrial space that formerly housed Coffee Bar. One year into the pandemic — which means they were in planning mode well before — was one of… → Read More
SF’s Uccello Lounge Has Live Music and Great Eats
Live music from SF Conservatory students and sustenance from chef legend Loretta Keller? Yes — just… yes → Read More
These SF Bartenders Serve World-Class Cocktails
One is at Cow Hollow’s For the Record, while the other is shaking things up at Members Only in the Tenderloin → Read More
12 Wines to Sip This Bay Area Summer
From sparkling summer crushers (whether easy drinking refreshing or funky, interesting natural wines) to thoughtful, sommelier-curated wine clubs for the savvy wine drinker, I’ve got 12 bottles to… → Read More
SF's State Bird Provisions Is Still Going Strong
It’s a Michelin-starred darling worthy of our time and attention → Read More
Routier Is Among the Best Bistros in San Francisco
What happens when one of the nation’s greatest pastry chefs opens a restaurant with a chef from a two Michelin restaurant at the height of the pandemic in 2020? Apparently, magic. Lots and lots of… → Read More
Ju-Ni’s New Handroll Project Elevates the Sushi Game in San Francisco
Have you seen a more gorgeous cylinder of carbohydrates and proteins? → Read More
Shuggie’s Trash Pie + Natural Wine Is a Refreshing Newcomer to SF’s Gastronomic Landscape
It’s an audacious take on cantina cuisine — in the best way possible → Read More
This SF Bar Is a Cotton Candy-Spun Dream
You’d be tempted to call The Madrigal an upscale cocktail lounge with elevated bar food, ideal for pre-and post-show imbibing near the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, Ballet, Bill Graham Civic… → Read More
New Turkish Eatery in SF Delights and Satiates
A meal at Taksim is an experience of watching time slow down — so you can appreciate each and every bite and sip → Read More
SF’s Nari Is a Tribute to Thai Cuisine and Women
‘An explosion of flavors is but one way to describe Thai food’ → Read More
Modern Indian Food at SF’s ROOH Still Inspires After All This Time
Ever since my first modern Indian experience in London at the majestic Cinnamon Club not long after it debuted in 2001, I was hooked on inspired expressions of cuisine from one of the most complex… → Read More