Serpentine: Another Local Gem in the Dogpatch
July 4th, 2009
There’s something that always seems to pull me into hidden little nooks and crannies. Whether they be alleys–each with unique personalities (boisterous, quiet and cozy, peaceful)–off-the-beaten-path hiking trails, or used bookstores–the ‘diamond in the rough’ always seems to spark my fancy. It’s kind of like that with neighborhoods, too. I know that the Inner Sunset [...]
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Domo: A Sushi Place…To Come Home To + Truffle Winner!
June 19th, 2009
Sushi is often my feel-good food. I like to go out to sushi when I have something to celebrate, when I want to have a deep conversation with someone, or when I want guaranteed gastronomic satisfaction. After an unfortunate sushi experience in Oakland about a month ago, I’ve been somewhat scared of sushi. I didn’t [...]
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Review: Gialina Pizzeria and an Ode to Pizza
June 5th, 2009
I will admit that I am a bit of a pizza snob. I haven’t forgotten my elementary school love of Pizza Hut, or how much I craved Papa John’s pizza with that wicked butter garlic sauce in college, but my tastes have most certainly shifted to something a bit more…shi shi? The fact is, living [...]
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A Wine Country Treasure: The Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant
May 29th, 2009
California wine country holds a special place in my heart–I’ve spent three birthdays there to date and will be getting married there in September. I’ve spent most of my wine country time in Napa and Sonoma, but this past weekend, we headed in a bit of a different direction: the adorable town of Healdsburg. It’s [...]
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Venus in Berkeley
May 22nd, 2009
Oh, the power of Twitter. A few weeks ago, as I was getting ready to head down to Berkeley for a ballet, I asked the Twittersphere if anyone had any good restaurant recommendations. @ciderandrye came back with an impressive list–one spot that she noted was Venus, right on the main drag of Shattuck Avenue. With [...]
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Cuba Cuba: Colorado Gets Gastronomic
May 15th, 2009
Someone once told me that Colorado sees something like 300 days of sunshine per year. I might be totally off on this number, but I thought that my odds of getting a sunny day on my visit were pretty good. I got one sunny day–interspersed with some rain. And then came the clouds, rain and [...]
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Nopalito: You’ll Wait for Your Taco (Plus a Local Pairing of Birds & Batteries)
May 8th, 2009
Sometimes a restaurant is so hyped up, that I begin to question just how good it could be. Such was the case with Nopalito, a long-anticipated newcomer from the owners of one my favorite San Francisco restaurants, NOPA. DailyCandy alerted newsletter subscribers to its arrival. Michael Bauer raved about them. And San Francisco ‘foodies’ were [...]
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Canteen: Have You Tried the Vanilla Souffle?
May 1st, 2009
Before I tell you about Canteen, I’ll give you a little preview of what we had our sights on. You see, Downtown San Francisco, food snob capital of the West Coast, is home to a bevy of lunch posts, but none with as die-hard a following as The Sentinel. Churning out sandwiches, coffee cake, muffins, [...]
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Outerlands: In the Outer Sunset (Shhh…)
April 24th, 2009
Back when I lived in San Diego, outdoor dining was something of a staple. Beachy waiters, often clad in Rainbow flip flops and flawless sun-streaked beach hair, would mosey over to your table with heaping plate-fulls of breakfast food on Saturday mornings. To this day, breakfast in San Diego is a fond memory (and one [...]
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Roast Chicken and Bread Salad at Zuni: It’s That Good
April 17th, 2009
Zuni Cafe’s Roast Chicken and Bread Salad. It’s 7×7 Magazine‘s #1 thing to eat before you die (study it, my friends). It’s taken me four years to get to this iconic San Francisco restaurant, but I made it (finally!) last night, and I wasn’t about to order anything but the classics. The restaurant, which dons [...]
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