—Pacific Seas at Cliftons, Los Angeles
—Public House, Nashville
—Pagan Idol, San Francisco
—The Dawson, Chicago
—Finch & Fork, Santa Barbara
—Makeready Libations & Liberation, Nashville
—Lost Property, Los Angeles
—Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver
—Gio’s Pizza & Bocce, Berkeley
—Saffron NOLA, New Orleans
—The Douglas Room, San Francisco
In my latest Time Out column, my top openings of the month join other recent standout newcomers for a top 10 on where to eat now (article here): Che Fico 838 Divisadero St., SF, 415-416-6959; chefico.com. Tuesday-Thursday 5:30–11:00pm, Friday–Saturday 5:30pm–1:00am. Che Fico is the new “it” spot (and one of the toughest reservations) in town, garnering national press and celebrity… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, two new rooftop bars that just hit Napa and SF this week (article here). La Taberna, Miminashi, Clemente’s at Val’s, Oxbow Public Market, Compline, Charlie Palmer Steak, Kenzo, La Toque, Torc, Angèle Read more →
In my first feature at Montecristo Magazine, I cover my beloved New Orleans. I write about restaurants adding to its layers with cuisines previously rarely seen in the city as well as restaurants/chefs pushing the boundaries with modern Southern, Cajun or Creole, beautifully co-existing alongside the traditional. — Sac-a-Lait, Seaworthy, Angeline, Meauxbar, Saffron NOLA, Root, Shaya, Red’s Chinese, Marjie’s, Tito’s… Read more →
— Time Out Print Magazine: My latest restaurant and bar reviews, mezcal bars and coffee interview features in the April-June print issue.
Top Tastes — Chinatown’s Eight Tables: Chinese fine dining like nowhere in the country.
— Top 11 Gin Cocktails Nationally: Exploring creativity and deliciousness with gin across the country now.
— Two Brand New Rooftop Bars in SF & Napa
— 6 Top Bay Area Brewery & Distillery Tours from Sonoma to Alameda.
Our fourth print edition of Time Out Magazine San Francisco is here. The Eating and Drinking sections are written by yours truly. More Time Out SF online here. You can pick copies up around Bay Area — digital editions here. Past Issues where I wrote the food & drink sections:— January-March 2018— October-December 2017 — July-September 2017 ____________________________________________________Online links to… Read more →
In my latest feature at Blackboard Eats where I cover dining and drink, here is my latest feature on 6 of the top brewery and distillery tours in the Bay Area: Going back to the great Anchor Brewing in SF in the 1960s and distilling groundbreakers, St. George Spirits, Germain-Robin and Charbay in the early 1980s, the Bay Area has… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, two new rooftop bars that just hit Napa and SF this week (article here): www.timeout.com/san-francisco/news/two-new-rooftop-bars-just-opened-in-the-bay-area-042018 Read more →
With more 3 Michelin-starred restaurants than New York City (a city with 10 times the population and nearly 7 times the size), San Francisco has been a giant and a pioneer in food and drink for decades, excelling in every sub-category beyond cities many times their size and jumpstarting farm-to-table, wine, craft beer and spirits movements literally decades ago. The… Read more →
Covering the 11 top gin 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): As one of the greatest, far-reaching spirits in history, gin is worth drinking any day of the year. But spring seems particularly suited to its green herbaceousness, its citrus-driven… Read more →