These newcomers or new menus cover the gamut, from heartwarming Jamaican food to another worthy Italian seafood haven in North Beach. Alongside this month’s full restaurant reviews, these five are also worth visiting. Read more →
Coastal India Vibes & Relaxed, Modern Indian Cuisine from a Chef Who Ran the U.S.’ Only 2 Michelin Indian Restaurant: SF’s New Copra
For a decade I’ve been raving about chef Srijith “Sri” Gopinathan’s cooking, even before he became the only Indian chef in the U.S. with a two Michelin-starred restaurant for Indian fine dining at Taj Campton Place, San Francisco. I dined there after he started in 2008, when he started showing his range in his Spice Route menu, as he garnered a Michelin star, and again as he moved to two stars.
Thrilled I was to hear of Thapar and Gopinathan back in SF, taking over the former Dosa on Fillmore to open Copra Restaurant, focused on the coastal cuisines of India’s southern states, including chef Sri’s home state of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where he grew up. Read more →
Hidden Whimsical-Molecular Restaurant (Formerly A Beloved Pop-Up) Opens On A Sleepy Residential Block: Anomaly SF
The speakeasy trend peaked in the mid-aughts in New York and San Francisco cocktails bars where it first launched in the years prior, just as it was taking off around the country. But the clamor for “secret,” hidden spaces in restaurants and bars has not abated. There remains a thrill in finding a gem behind nondescript doors, a hidden room, a cozy hideaway.
Brand new Anomaly SF, opening January 19, 2023, from chef/owner (and former competitive cyclist) Mike Lanham, feels like just such a space. Read more →
March 15, 2023
THIS ISSUE:
— New Chef with Stockholm & London Roots: Reborn Michelin-starred Sons & Daughters.
— Palm Springs Guide: 18 places to eat, drink & stay now.
— 30 Years at One Market & New Fine Dining Chef at Luce: Two longtimers with new life.
— DISTILLER Bottle Column: This month I review sour cherry aperitif, rum, gin, Scotch, tequila, Indian whisky, non-alcoholic wine, American single malt and RTDs (ready-to-drink/canned) cocktails.
— Top Cocktail Bars in Seoul, South Korea: My Whisky Magazine bar guide. Read more →
Bar Guide: Top Cocktail Bars in Seoul, South Korea
Exploring 10 of the best spots for drams and drinks in the capital of South Korea… Read more →
New Chef with Stockholm & London Roots at Reborn, Michelin-Starred Sons & Daughters
Sons & Daughters’ kusshi oyster in a daikon shell (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/new-chef-with-stockholm-london-roots-at-reborn-michelin-starred-sons-daughters/ . . . . . . . . . Since first visiting Michelin-starred, intimate fine dining gem Sons and Daughters (S&D) when it opened in… Read more →
Palm Springs Guide: 18 Places to Eat, Drink & Stay Now
Palm Springs’ snowy mountains and palms (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/palm-springs-guide-18-places-to-eat-drink-stay-now Palm Springs midcentury glory is a major draw for a lifelong retro girl like me. At home, I’ve long decorated midcentury in my San Francisco 1890’s Victorians, just… Read more →
Lazy Bear’s Jacob Brown Finds Pairing Inspiration in California Produce & Vineyards
Published in the Winter 2022-2023 print issue of Maze Row’s VOICES Magazine out of London, Vol. 2:
My interview with Lazy Bear’s (San Francisco) beverage director Jacob Brown finds inspiration in the endless wealth of California produce & vineyards: Read more →
30 Years at One Market & New Fine Dining Chef at Luce: Two Longtimers with New Life
Luce‘s octopus “lasagna” (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/30-years-at-one-market-new-fine-dining-chef-at-luce-two-longtimers-with-new-life There are longtimers, then there are longtimers. This week I talk about two. One is a 15-year-old fine dining restaurant at the InterContinental SF hotel with a new Greek chef who… Read more →
DISTILLER Bottle Column: February 2023
Reviewed this issue:
— Luxardo Antico Sour Cherry Aperitif
— Pierre’s Texas Rum
— Conniption Kinship Gin
— Mortlach 16 Year “Distiller’s Dram” Single Malt Scotch Whisky
— Rampur Indian Single Malt
— Dominique x Proxies’ Pétanque Non-Alcoholic Wine
… and more Read more →