Published October 8, 2021, in my The Bold Italic column and weekly restaurant reviews, my review of Michael Mina’s new colorful escape to Mykonos, Greece, in his former Michael Mina Restaurant (and Aqua) space.
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Hawaii in SF: Michael Mina’s New Trailblazer Tavern with Chefs Michelle Karr-Ueoka and Wade Ueoka
My latest at Time Out covers Michael Mina’s brand new Hawaiian escape, Trailblazer Tavern, in the Salesforce East building, a collaboration with Honolulu-based husband-and-wife team Michelle Karr-Ueoka and Wade Ueoka of MW Restaurant. Article here. Read more →
Food Lovers & 49ers: Michael Mina’s Guest Chef Series at Levi Stadium Football Games
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. The third season of Michael Mina’s Tailgate parties — a food lover’s feasting extravaganza for season ticket holders (annual membership is $3500, including all pre-season and regular season home games) at Levi’s® Stadium Bourbon Steak and Bourbon Pub — is the best season yet. A world class… Read more →
Inside Michael Mina’s Revolving Test Kitchen
This article was first published here at Food Republic on April 8, 2016. “There are two messages I wanted to send all our guests,” says chef Vikrant Bhasin as he delivers a platter of Kashmiri kofta (meatballs made from local lamb) brushed with mustard oil. “One, this is home-cooked food. Second, this is the food available on the streets of India… Read more →
Cocktails with Food at Rich Table, Michael Mina, Hog & Rocks
Though Trick Dog is the just-opened hot cocktail/food destination of the moment (my my early word here), slipping in at the bar at these three restaurants, ranging from elegant to festive, offers some of SF’s best cocktails with incredible food. It’s impossible to get a reservation at Rich Table, one of the most buzzed about restaurants in the country right now, but I… Read more →
Carlo Splendorini Cocktail Creations at Michael Mina
I concur with the Chronicle’s choice of 2011 Bar Stars, calling out the maturity in the craft of these five. You’ve heard me talk about drinks from all five bartenders (like Kevin Diedrich and Alex Smith). This issue, I want to focus on Carlo Splendorini. MICHAEL MINA, 252 California Street between Battery & Front, 415-397-9222 Carlo made beautiful drinks at… Read more →
Bay Area Overnights: Magical Places to Eat & Stay in Sonoma County Now
Farmhouse Inn pool, Forestville. Photo by Virginia Miller. This month, I review five notable restaurants and three luxurious-yet-relaxed resorts across Sonoma County, all resorts with remodels and two of them with notable restaurants. The restaurants range from high to low, sushi omakase tasting menu to order-at-the-counter Lebanese food. Here, eight places worth visiting now for a day trip or overnights in… Read more →
Chic New Italian Cocktail & Food Haven Hidden in the FiDi: Bar Sprezzatura
Bar Sprezzatura’s mortadella pizza (Photo Credit: Virginia Miller) COME SEE OUR NEW HOME — The Bold Italic has a new home online, and this story has moved! Read it here: https://www.thebolditalic.com/chic-new-italian-cocktail-food-haven-hidden-in-the-fidi-bar-sprezzatura Us San Franciscans don’t normally hang out downtown and since pandemic, even less so. As the neighborhoods (which make up the majority of the city) we spend most of our… Read more →
Visionary Cal-Moroccan at Mourad SF
Mourad Lahlou’s Mourad is the best upscale modern Moroccan restaurant I’ve been to in the U.S. Mourad’s visionary Cal-Moroccan cuisine, a more upscale sibling to his long-beloved, more casual Aziza, has been a trailblazer in that category since he opened it in San Francisco’s Richmond District in 2001.
Just after I wrote this review, California Michelin stars were announced earlier this week, and I am puzzled as to why Mourad would lose its Michelin star of multiple years, especially given the tighter-than-ever service, drink pairings and dishes I experienced there last week. When not one but three dishes leave a deep impression, that already is well above the average. I’ll explain. Read more →
Roman Pinsa Multiplies in SF: Montesacro Marina
When Roma native Gianluca Legrottaglie opened Montesacro in SoMa in 2015, it was the first proper Roman pinseria in the nation, complete with pinsaiolis (akin to a pizzaiolo) from Rome. Not familiar with pinsa? It’s an ancient Roman-style pizza, oval-shaped, happily crispy and airy simultaneously and made from a more easily digestible fermented soy, rice and wheat flour blend. Montesacro’s thoughtfully-made recipe remains the best I’ve had anywhere.
… in June 2022, San Francisco gained their second Montesacro in the Marina. Read more →