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): Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn movie-themed menus in Nashville. Pisco-centric menus in SF. A lemon icebox pie-inspired cocktail in Houston. Bourbon Tiki cocktails in Louisville. These 11 national bars and… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, 10 of the Bay Area’s best breweries, from iconic pioneers to more recent trailblazers (article here). Almanac Beer Co., The Rare Barrel, Fieldwork Brewing Co., Fort Point Beer, Seven Stills, Anchor Brewing Company, Ale Industries, Russian River Brewing, HenHouse Brewing Co., Temescal Brewing Read more →
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 →