In deep dives tasting my way around Singapore, to my love for dear departed places like Indonesian great Warung Siska (chef Siska Silitonga, please come back!), I am crazy about the unique cuisines of this island-heavy corner of Southeast Asia....
Debuting October 13, 2022, Rosemary and Pine (R&P) opened in the former Skool space on a sleepy block of San Francisco’s Design District, nestled between SoMa, Mission Bay and Potrero Hill....
The LINE Hotel is an uber-hip line of boutique hotels only in LA, DC, Austin and San Francisco, with the latest sleek LINE Hotel SF opened August 2022 on Market and Turk Streets next to the Warfield....
Since Rich Table opened in July 2012, I knew it was “primed for greatness,” as I headlined my initial SF Bay Guardian review back in my Bay Guardian critic days....
These newcomers or new menus cover the gamut, from steakhouses (American and Argentinean) to Japanese tsukemen noodles....
Classic French cuisine has gone out of vogue with some international restaurant traveler types I interact with on the regular around the globe....
For my first three years in San Francisco, I held a Precita Avenue address. When I moved here way back in early 2001, I was just a couple blocks from idyllic Precita Park....
The lofty, industrial space that housed Alexander’s Steakhouse Group’s The Patio pop-up during pandemic, opened as AFICI on September 24, 2022, on a heavily-trafficked stretch of Folsom Street during rush hours in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood....
From a Santa Barbera uni croquette dotted with smoked pepper relish to pumpkin chawanmushi under shaved truffles, I tasted the immediate promise dining at chef David Yoshimura’s Nisei not long after it opened in August 2021....
Though I’ve eaten everywhere this month from Adriano Paganini/Back of the House group’s latest, Rad Radish, to the new Arepas Latin Cuisine and Fiddle Fig Cafe in North Beach, these six newcomers (or new menus) stood out in September, covering the gamut…...
If you’re like me, you can smell a vegan cupcake a mile away....
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 focus....
