This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. Starting 2017 off with a slew of newcomers, the most notable restaurant and bar openings of January were The Halal Guys (first SF location), Khai, Coin-Op Game Room, Almanac Beer Co., Contrada, The Gastropig in Oakland, Uma Casa, The Korean Kitchen (good for takeout — they do… Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. Those of us who live in the Bay Area are blessed — for thousands of reasons — but just one being the accessibility of Wine Country in all forms, from Napa to Mendocino, for a quick day or weekend “escape” to sunny vineyards and olive tree groves,… Read more →
This issue:
— Hottest 11 Cocktails Around the Country Now: My latest at Liquor.com on 11 notable cocktails around the US.
— 24 Hours in St. Helena: In one of Napa Valley’s great towns, four notable (and out of the way) wineries, where to stay, get coffee and, of course, top places to dine.
— Washington D.C.: As D.C. is hotter than ever for dining, here are seven of the best restaurants now.
— Baltimore: The seven places to eat now, from modern Venezuelan to Maryland seafood.
Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my bar and drink recommends this month at these bars: Tartine Manufactory, San Francisco Long Island Bar, Brooklyn Eat the Rich, Washington D.C. Catherine & Mary’s, Memphis Midnight Rambler, Dallas Oak at Fourteenth, Boulder ‘Aina, San Francisco 2 Birds 1 Stone, Washington D.C. The Front… Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. Those of us who live in the Bay Area are blessed — for thousands of reasons — but just one being the accessibility of Wine Country in all forms, from Napa to Mendocino, for a quick day or weekend “escape” to sunny vineyards and olive tree groves,… Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. As I recently dug into Baltimore‘s burgeoning food scene (more on the city’s top cocktail bars this spring), I now explore the exciting scene that is D.C. dining right now. With Michelin arriving for the first time to the nation’s capitol in 2016 (for perspective, the venerable… Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. As a first time visitor this November, Baltimore was not what I imagined after years of crime reports and The Wire. Founded in 1729, the city’s industrial past and poverty are present, to be sure, but what dominates is its waterside setting, Colonial architecture, cobblestone streets in… Read more →
This issue:
— Top 3 Bay Area Openings, December 2016: From Healdsburg to SF, sushi to Mexican, here are the three top newcomers of the month.
— Bread With Dinner: Two SF bread temples that also serve excellent food.
— Two Cocktail Cities on the Rise: Watch out, Asia and Europe, for Taipei and Portugal’s growing cocktail scenes.
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. The notable restaurant and bar openings of December were Flores, Sasaki, Duchess Oakland in Oakland, Single Thread in Napa, Finn Town, Hinata, Dip, Haight Ashbury Slice House by Tony Gemignani and Lucia’s Pizzeria in Berkeley. While I’ve been to all but two (I am about to visit… Read more →
On two different continents, in two wildly different cities — Lisbon, Portugal, and Taipei, Taiwan — a small few pioneers and a recent influx of strong cocktail bars finally usher in the cocktail renaissance to cities that might be well behind others on their continents. But watch: these two cities’ drink scenes are primed to blossom… quickly. Here are my… Read more →