In my latest feature at Blackboard Eats, here is my latest feature on 7 of the best Indian restaurants in SF & Berkeley (article here): Thanks to the dense Indian population in the Bay Area, you’ll find a wide range of regional Indian food around the Bay, as well as neighborhood gems in SF. The Tenderloin has long been unofficially… Read more →
This issue:
— Top New Openings of the Month: My top 5 new restaurants include Palestinian-Syrian comfort, creative American-Italian pastas, Pacific Northwest fine dining and Neapolitan pizzas along the Bay.
— 9 Top Tasting Menus Under $100: Many of fine dining quality.
— 11 Top National Vodka Cocktails On Menus Now: Miami to Nashville, SF to Santa Barbara, Vancouver to LA, bars/restaurants doing cool things with vodka.
— Top 10 Berlin Bars
— 10 Iconic San Francisco Bars: From beer to cocktail bars, 10 truly essential SF bars.
In my latest Time Out column, nine of San Francisco’s best tasting menus that are under $100, many of them of fine dining quality (article here): www.timeout.com/san-francisco/restaurants/affordable-tasting-menus-san-francisco In a region rich with fine dining, Michelin-starred greatness — not to mention supreme produce year round — tasting menus abound. But many are past the $100 mark. These 10 restaurants, from SF to the… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, my top 5 openings of the month join other standout newcomers for a top 10 on where to eat now (article here): Sorrel — Time Out Review 3228 Sacramento St., SF; 415-525-3765; sorrelrestaurant.com. Tuesday-Saturday 5-10pm. The former Nico transformed to Sorrel this May, finely balancing neighborhood comfort with ambitious touches from CIA-grad chef Alexander (Alex)… Read more →
Covering the 11 top vodka cocktails of the month around the country at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Read more →
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here) is on Berlin bars that do right by gin. Online link to my Berlin bars article here — next issue, I write about top Tokyo bars. Past issues of Gin Magazine: my SF bars article here. Read more →
This issue:
— 10 Iconic San Francisco Dishes: How San Francisco/Bay Area changed the country and food world when it comes to iconic dishes and cuisines like bread, pastries, ice cream, Crab Louie, Cioppino, Burmese and Filipino food.
— 11 Top Cocktails Around the Country: SF, Nashville, LA, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Somerville, Chicago, Vancouver and other cities making innovative and delicious drinks now.
— Top 10 Places to Eat in Downtown Napa
— Top National Tequila/Mezcal Cocktails: Nashville to LA, Vancouver to Santa Barbara, SF to Portland… where to drink great agave cocktails now.
— 23 Essential Bay Area Bars
Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, 10 of San Francisco’s most iconic dishes, foods and food categories that have been changing the food world for decades — and the most iconic places to eat them (article here): www.timeout.com/san-francisco/eat-like-a-local-san-francisco Read more →
Covering the 11 top tequila/mezcal cocktails of the month around the country at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Read more →