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Celebrating the Seasons It is pleasant to be reminded, in these challenging times, that restaurants can be nourishing in more ways than just the obvious one. Several... More>>
Published: November 26, 2008
Survival of the Tastiest Considering the turmoil and strife Afghanistan has undergone over the past thousand years or so, it's amazing how balanced and nurturing its... More>>
Published: November 19, 2008
Neither Much Crab nor Shack When is a crab shack not a crab shack? Well, maybe when it's a rather elegant, well-lit, spacious, and comfortable restaurant whose regular menu... More>>
Published: November 12, 2008
Chinese Novelty There are two kinds of hunger: one for the familiar and another for novelty. Six nights out of seven we may be content with foods we've eaten... More>>
Published: November 05, 2008
Sophisticated Country in the Tenderloin Calling a new restaurant a tavern when it's ensconced in the downtown Hilton is a bit of a stretch. Taverns were originally rustic drinking... More>>
Published: October 29, 2008
Sanctuary for Salvadoran Food It's one of the finer flavor combinations available in today's flooded market. A ball of fresh cornmeal dough is stuffed with soft cheese,... More>>
Published: October 22, 2008
Nothing But the Best In these trying and uncertain times, you might not be in the mood for a full-on three-course big-ticket restaurant experience, with its... More>>
Published: October 15, 2008
I'll Have What She's Having Often, when I go with a group to an Asian restaurant, especially if it's one I've written about, I end up doing the bulk of the ordering. I'm... More>>
Published: October 08, 2008
La Terrasse is a bridge to France You can't find a sweeter setting in San Francisco than the one enjoyed by La Terrasse. Tucked away in a modest-looking tile-roofed building in... More>>
Published: October 01, 2008
Victuals Tour When out-of-towners ask me where they should visit when they come to San Francisco, my initial response is always the Ferry Building. North Beach... More>>
Published: September 24, 2008
A Pair to Bet On A wonderful lunch at a new neighborhood restaurant in Oakland later led us across the bay to an even more wonderful dinner at a restaurant that... More>>
Published: September 17, 2008
Hurry Up and Slow Down Hotel restaurants used to be stodgy, predictable, and dull — not destinations, but places of last resort for travelers too tired to leave... More>>
Published: September 10, 2008
The Secret Garden One of the delights of San Francisco is its wide range of eateries, not only in price and presentation, but also in location and surroundings.... More>>
Published: September 03, 2008
North African Modern Sometime between the Summer of Love and Mabuhay Gardens' punkadelic heyday, four Moroccan restaurants of varying quality but almost identical... More>>
Published: August 27, 2008
Abbondanza After several years of the tapas-inspired small-plates trend influencing practically every new restaurant in San Francisco, could big plates be... More>>
Published: August 20, 2008
Secret Places So we were at dinner and this guy asked me, "Where have you eaten lately that you liked?" and I mentioned Bar Jules, Serpentine, and Ironwood... More>>
Published: August 13, 2008
Palace of Fine Price I can't count how many times I've driven by the corner of Mission and Cesar Chavez and noted the restaurant on the northeast corner whose big... More>>
Published: August 06, 2008
High Time in Low Country It's not entirely surprising that in a third-millennium universe of easily derailed attention spans and quickly consumed info-nibbles, the... More>>
Published: July 30, 2008
Orson Not Well San Francisco hasn't seen a lot of the cutting-edge style of cooking called molecular gastronomy. It features deconstructed dishes (often with... More>>
Published: July 23, 2008
When Tourists Hit the Beach You can't help but feel sorry for the tourists who wander around North Beach, hungry and confused. Even with all the information available in... More>>
Published: July 16, 2008
Feeling Lucky? With the recent arrival of Macao Friends Restaurant on Irving, a street already dense with inexpensive ethnic eateries, San Francisco now has a... More>>
Published: July 09, 2008
A More Refined Fire Amid the upscaling that has swept nearly every Asian cuisine into a wave of fusion-heavy small plates, Korean food has been the exception in San... More>>
Published: July 02, 2008
Change Is Good Market-driven, fresh, and local. We've all read or heard those words so often in regards to San Francisco restaurants that your eyes may roll... More>>
Published: June 25, 2008
'Cue the Applause There are a lot of reasons a meal can become locked in our memories, surfacing from time to time as a pleasant, even compelling souvenir. As I've... More>>
Published: June 18, 2008
Paris in the City In one's dream of city life, certain factors are key: a pleasant, light-filled, quiet, and maybe even spacious apartment; easy parking or access... More>>
Published: June 11, 2008
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