— August’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: My latest Bob Cut column includes standouts in Japanese, Italian, patisseries, American comfort food and more.
— Support Chinatown Restaurants During New Walkway Weekends: My latest feature for The Bold Italic on five Chinatown restaurants as part of new outdoor dining neighborhood streets.
This Issue:
— As Restaurants Struggle, Bay Area Chefs Create a New Wave of Food Businesses: My latest feature for The Bold Italic on chefs, bartenders and industry folk working creative collaborations and new businesses in pandemic.
— Distiller Bottle Column: Unique canned cocktails from a Copenhagen distiller. Apple brandy from New Hampshire. Small production Cognac. Australian whisky. Italian vodka. 10 spirits reviewed.
— Healdsburg’s Visionary Women: In this Sonoma County town, a high concentration of Healdsburg’s best restaurants, boutique hotels, winemakers and distillers and restaurants are female.
This Issue:
— Spacious Outdoor Patios in San Francisco: Five standout restaurants doing right by outdoor dining, with longstanding patios and rooftops or new gardens, converted parking lots and beer gardens.
—July’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: Covering a range of cuisines and fast casual to mid-range, as well as Oakland to Napa. Here you’ll find my recommends for Jamaican, Vietnamese, Korean, Middle Eastern, New American and beyond.
— The Best SF Takeout to Celebrate a Special Occasion: Five standout upscale restaurants doing special takeout/delivery in pandemic times, from cheese and champagne tastings, or nigiri sushi feasts to upscale but “real deal” BBQ.
— June’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: 10 standouts around the Bay Area doing takeout/delivery or outdoor dining, from Jamaican to Mexican vegan, Modern Jewish to old school “red sauce” American-Italian, hip spots to OG classics.
— DISTILLER Bottle Column: This month’s 10 bottle/spirits reviews include organic Cognac, rhum agricole, rock ‘n rye, American fernet, American single malt, gin, amaro and aquavit.
This Issue:
— Industry webinars and interviews
— We Are Losing So Much More Than Business: What Makes America Great? My essay on the state of the hospitality industry now and going forward, in context with how far we’ve come in recent decades and how much we stand to lose.
— My Distiller Magazine Bottle Column: From Thai rums with agricole flair to Denver aquavit.
— 10 Restaurants for Takeout/Delivery of the Month: My Bob Cut magazine column covers under-the-radar Iraqi, Sri Lankan, modern Venezuelan, Filipino, modern Indian and other restaurant standouts, as well bakeries, chocolatiers and New American greats for delivery.
— A Taste of Chinese Szechuan Cuisine in SF: Takeout and delivery Sichuan greats at home after my recent travels studying the cuisine in Chengdu, China.
— Distiller Bottle Column: My 10 reviews for the month include a U.S. sake, canned makgeolli, mezcal, gin, Indian whisky, absinthe or Lithuanian schnapps.
— April’s Best New Bay Area Restaurants & OG Alternatives To-Go: Order paella, brunch, burgers, Thai, sushi, Chicago-style deep dish, cocktails and much more at home.
—April’s Best New Bay Area Restaurants & OG Alternatives To-Go
— Travels in Chengdu, China: Why Sichuan cuisine is widely misunderstood.
— A Guide to the Bay Area’s Local Grocers: International markets, CSAs, CFAs, farmers markets and 10 of our best independent, local grocers from SF to the East Bay and Peninsula.
— A Guide to the Bay Area’s Local Grocers: International markets, CSAs, CFAs, farmers markets and 10 of our best independent, local grocers from SF to the East Bay and Peninsula.
— NYC’s Top 10 Bars
— Distiller Bottle Column: Stay-home sips ranging from a San Jose peated single malt you’d think is Scotch to the best maraschino liqueur I’ve ever tasted.
— The Hunters Point Supper Club That Helped Transform a Community Needs Your Support
—The State of the Bar World is Dire: As donations and aid changes daily, info is quickly out of date, but hearing from some of our best bar owners and managers early this week, the precarious state of our beloved bar world is real… and global.
— Bay Area, It’s Time to Get Takeout/Delivery: 10 of our best in every food category from Burmese to bagels.
— The Best Tacos in San Francisco That Aren’t La Taqueria: Updated with current takeout/delivery options.
— Chasing the Funk: R(h)um lovers, drink Haitian Clairin.
— Best New Bay Area Restaurants & Old-School Greats of the Month: My Bob Cut column explores cuisine rarities from Guam, Eastern Europe, other standout newcomers and classic “best kept secrets.”
— 12 of the World’s Most Inspiring Bars: My latest print feature at the UK’s Cocktail Lovers magazine.
— 1760 Reborn: Changing themed tasting menus traverse the world on Polk Street (currently Tuscan; next up, Filipino).
— Jeremy Allen of MiniBar: Why this unassuming Hollywood bar (hidden inside a Best Western!) draws in music industry with its retro-yet-modern vibe and beautifully-crafted cocktails.