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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
Mack the Kunafa Most ethnic restaurants in San Francisco serve the food of a particular country, such as Thailand, or that of a smaller region with a distinct... More>>
Published: June 04, 2008
Meat Me at the Roasthouse It doesn't take much to realize where the good tables are in a restaurant situated on the water's edge: They're the ones with a view that takes... More>>
Published: May 28, 2008
Brick & Fish If you see a compact, heavily tattooed man skateboarding down Minna, don't assume he's a carefree slacker. Chances are he's chef Mitchell... More>>
Published: May 21, 2008
A Trip to Here As you walk through the crowded city, past hordes of tourists patiently lined up to board tiny trolleys, drive down a twisty street, or board a... More>>
Published: May 14, 2008
Lucky Spot Hot Pot The Portola District has been off the rest of San Francisco's culinary radar since the mid-1980s, when the great barbecue joint Vic & Betty's... More>>
Published: May 07, 2008
Fish Story The importance of pleasing or dramatic views with your dinner is debatable. One school of thought is that all the attention should be put on the... More>>
Published: April 30, 2008
Two Blocks of Vietnam It's clear that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn left something out when he said that art and literature are the only spiritual ambassadors between... More>>
Published: April 23, 2008
Chow in Dogpatch Not so very long ago, even longtime San Franciscans who heard the name "Dogpatch" would probably first think of the mythical hillbilly town in Al... More>>
Published: April 16, 2008
Izakaya? O Yes In Japan's informal, convivial izakayas, groups of friends or co-workers gather around a table for a few hours, knocking back large quantities of... More>>
Published: April 09, 2008
Refined on Fillmore Renaming Lower Fillmore the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District is a classic example of shutting the barn doors long after the cows have fled and... More>>
Published: April 02, 2008
What Comes Between Happy is the city that boasts not only classy high-end restaurants and a variety of ethnic eateries, but also places that devote their full... More>>
Published: March 26, 2008
Snazzy and Jazzy at Yoshi's Traditionally, you don't go to an entertainment venue for terrific food. Whether it's a jazz club or a medieval jousting tournament, what's on... More>>
Published: March 19, 2008
Specialist Referrals Lots of cultures have a tradition of restaurants that specialize in one particular dish. American pizzerias, for example: While they often have... More>>
Published: March 12, 2008
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