Tag: Bay Area

Escape to the South Bay: Where to Stay & Eat

My June print article in Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazines covers Peninsula/South Bay/Silicon Valley hotels and where to eat around them, from luxury escapes to walkable downtown urban hotels. Article online here and below. My other Oakland and Alameda Magazine articles:— Walkable OC: Huntington Beach in one walkable mile— Romantic getaways in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica — Going well… Read more →

Mendocino Coast Ferment & Forage with Little River Inn

It’s always a pleasure to return to the breathtaking, restorative Mendocino Coast and Little River Inn (my past Mendo love/articles here) amid ocean cliffs & redwood forests. I just returned to Little River Inn, May 10-12, for their Forage & Ferment Experience, a weekend of cooking demos, coastal and forest foraging, picnic lunches and eating Mendo’s spectacular seaweed, urchin, scallops,… Read more →

The 11 Best New Bars in San Francisco: Summer 2018

Published at Liquor.com this Summer 2018, my regular update on San Francisco/the Bay Area’s top 11 new bars: The 11 Best New Bars in San Francisco: Summer 2018 The Beehive, Mission Che Fico, NoPa/Western Addition China Live’s Cold Drinks, Chinatown Gibson, Tenderloin/Union Square Hello Stranger, Oakland Junior, Mission Last Rites, Castro School Night, Dogpatch Seven Stills on Nob Hill, Nob Hill True Laurel, Mission… Read more →

10 Best Restaurants in Palo Alto

In my latest Time Out column, Palo Alto has long been centered around the great Stanford University and world-changing companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Pinterest and PayPal. With its suburban, college town vibe and heavy dose of chains and mediocre eats lining University Avenue, it’s not exactly been a food destination. But Palo Alto has its gems… if you know where… Read more →

10 Top San Francisco Bay Area Breweries

In my latest Time Out column, 10 of the Bay Area’s best breweries, from iconic pioneers to more recent trailblazers (article here). Almanac Beer Co., The Rare Barrel, Fieldwork Brewing Co., Fort Point Beer, Seven Stills, Anchor Brewing Company, Ale Industries, Russian River Brewing, HenHouse Brewing Co., Temescal Brewing Additional components of best viagra for women are: magnesium stearate; titanium dioxide;… Read more →

Weekend Escape: Eating and Drinking in Los Altos

In my latest Time Out column, here are my top three new openings of the month — article here: East-meets-West, under-the-radar fine dining at Ambience Coffee geek haven at Red Berry Coffee Bar German bakery queen: Esther’s German Bakery Japanese gem for curry, donburi (oyakodon), udon, tempura and saké: Sumika Sleek wine/beer/low proof cocktail respite, Honcho Paris meets the Peninsula: hotel… Read more →

Four Top Low-Proof Bars

From my weekly Time Out column, published September 5, 2017: I share four low proof bar greats around the Bay Area — Oakland to SF — that are not so much about cocktails. These four are standout bars pouring the likes of unusual, natural wines, sherry, vermouth, fortified wines, Champagne and sparkling wine. —Horsies Saloon at Royal Cuckoo Market, Mission… Read more →

Time Out Magazine: July 2017

The first print edition of Time Out Magazine San Francisco is here. Time Out has long been my #1 go-to for what’s happening in NYC and one of a few key sources I reference when narrowing down my eat and drink “hit lists” around the globe. In SF’s print edition, the Eating and Drinking sections are written by yours truly.… Read more →