Two new tasting menu spots are playing for keeps… and (already) outdoing their previous Michelin-starred restaurants: Read more →
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A Tiny Chinese Restaurant Like No Other… And Impossible to Get Into: Fù Huì Huá
The creative Chinese tasting menu restaurant topping best-of-the-year lists… Read more →
Italy (Still) Rules in SF, Part 2
9 New & Seasoned Standout Italian Restaurants reviewed:
—Upscale Italian newcomer Shimmers By the Ballpark
—Italian Newcomer Is A “Whole Package” Experience
—16 Years In, This Pasta Temple Still Wows
—One of Our Best Bars Is Also a Great Restaurant
—35 Year-Old Italian FiDi Treasure
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Italy (Still) Rules in SF
9 New & Seasoned Standout Italian Restaurants reviewed, part 1:
—Deliciously Dramatic Itameshi Cuisine at the Base of the Transamerica
—Nearly Two Decades In, Still A Creative Pasta Queen
—A Modern Day Classic Reborn for A New Era
—Crudo, Pasta & Wine Goodness
Bay Area Dining Is Fun Again: 4 Playful Restaurants Having A Good Time
If Waffle House were gourmet, Jewish delis were a drink, bold color dominated and fish and fried chicken were a theme Read more →
SF is Dominating on the Modern Chinese Front: Enter The Happy Crane
An England-born, Hong Kong-raised chef with two and three Michelin experience on his resumé delivers casually refined modern Chinese creativity in Hayes Valley: Read more →
SF’s Best New Seafood Eatery is a Counter-Service Market: Nopa Fish
Chef Laurence Jossel and Holly Rhodes’ Nopa is an SF institution since 2006, still packed nightly, a tough seat to snag. It has remained quality, from food to wine and cocktails, for almost 20 years. So there was no question Nopa Fish, which opened June 17, 2025, would be a priority as it debuted in the Ferry Building from Jossel, Rhodes and Water2Table owner Joe Conte: Read more →
Where to Eat Now: 7 Heartwarming Restaurants
Five are new-er, two are celebrating two or twenty years, from killer Laotian food or Italian comfort to Tatarstan Russian food. These seven are worth visiting. Last month’s standouts here. As always, I’ve personally vetted and visited each: Read more →
Where to Eat Now: Hidden Gems to Viral Hits… 7 Restaurants Reviewed
Reviewed in this article:
—Cuban Rooftop Party: Cubita, Mission
—Tiny Gem Turns 10 with Steal of a $52 4-Course Menu: Trestle, North Beach
—Tyler Florence’s OG Restaurant Reborn After 14 Years: Wayfare Tavern, FiDi
—Longing for More at Modern Ethiopian-Dominican Meski, TenderNob
—Modern German Beer Hall with a View: Radhaus, Fort Mason
—New Vietnamese Coffee and Bánh Mì Go-To: Angiday, Upper Haight
—Don’t Go Out of Your Way But Fun Finger Foods: Bar Darling, Marina Read more →
Hi-Fi Restaurant Serving Midwest Comfort Food: Side A
Large portions. Midwest comfort food with California freshness. A badass playlist from a co-owner who doubles as DJ. A cozy, packed neighborhood spot that has drawn crowds since it opened. This is husband-wife Caroline and Parker Brown’s new Side A in the beloved (for 27 years!) Universal Café space in San Francisco’s Mission district. And it is special: Read more →