My Food & Drink Recommends, New Opening Tastes and More: May 15-31
Photos and articles by Virginia Miller
From my 15 articles/posts a week as Zagat Editor, I summarize and link to just some of this coverage here – you can sign up for Zagat’s weekly newsletter for the Bay Area here and follow along on Twitter @ZagatSF, where I post daily.
As I have been for over a decade, I’m on the ground daily looking for early standouts at each new opening, I also share underrated places and dishes you’ve seen me write about here at The Perfect Spot for years, and continue with plenty of drink coverage (cocktails, wine, spirits, beer).
Events
OUTSIDE LANDS FOOD LINE-UP announced – plus for more summer festivals for food & drink lovers
BAYVIEW UNDERGROUND FOOD MARKET every Thursday in the Dogpatch
New Bay Area Openings
Every Friday: 25 NEW RESTAURANTS TO TRY IN THE BAY AREA
10 BAY AREA RESTAURANTS set to open this Summer
BEST BITES at the new GASHEAD TAVERN
Early favorite dishes at the new GASPAR BRASSERIE
First Look at PALM HOUSE, a new tropical/Carribean-inspired restaurant and bar
BARTLETT HALL (aka Maverick Downtown) opens near Union Square
Bay Area BEER GURUS open PERDITION SMOKEHOUSE in BERKELEY on June 13
UNO DOS TACOS opens on Market Street
Drink Coverage
Local bars, writers, bartenders and industry folk finalists in the Oscars of the cocktail world, TALES of the COCKTAIL
5 COCKTAILS to LOVE at the new SMOKESTACK
3 COFFEE COCKTAILS you’ll want for breakfast
8 EARLY FAVORITE COCKTAILS from Kevin Diedrich at the new GASPAR BRASSERIE
Trend Alert: 3 PRICKLY PEAR COCKTAILS around the Bay Area
3 LOCAL WHITE WINES to pair with take-out
South Bay/Peninsula
10 REASONS SARATOGA should be your next day/weekend trip, from a Michelin starred restaurant to quality Indonesian food
Coffee
EQUATOR COFFEE opens first SF location downtown
Underrated & Established Spots & Dishes
5 BEST CARIBBEAN SPOTS in the Bay Area
UNSUNG HEROES: Gaspare’s Lasagna
10 TOP OUTDOOR dining and drinking spots in the Bay Area
SECRETLY AWESOME: Champurrado at La Espiga de Oro
PAXTI’S GIVES AWAY $500 worth of pizza