FRIDAY FIVE Fiorella Sunset — Photo Courtesy of Fiorella Restaurant Group In our city of water, hills, and stunning vistas, rooftop dining is a unique joy all to itself— but there are surprisingly few spots from which to seek out. Yes, Karla the Fog and gusty wind conditions add to the city’s mercurial (and moody) skyline. That said: Those two weather anomalies… Read more →
25 Lusk’s New Traveler Menus Offer Jaunts Around the World (With Staycation Vibes) Photo: Courtesy of 25 Lusk via @25lusk Reinvention and multiplicity are smart moves in times like these. As international travel remains a struggle, menus that tour us around a region are a gift. Enter 25 Lusk’s new Traveler concept, which kicked off September 1 inside the restaurant and… Read more →
Photo: Courtesy of Itria To say the last seventeen months have been anything but easy for local restaurants. They’ve experienced financial ruin — leaving many unable to recover from the loss of revenue from having to adapt to Covid-19 protocols. But the Bay Area’s gastronomy is recovering. Restaurants and bars are reopening; parklets have ushered in a new era of al fresco dining;… Read more →
My dining column in Bob Cut magazine covers standout newcomers and longtimers worth supporting.
I’m covering outdoor and indoor dining, takeout and delivery restaurants, all of which I’ve vetted, visited or ordered from. Here are this month’s 10 standouts: Read more →
During pandemic, our beloved dining and drink communities continue to struggle to survive, so my dining column includes takeout/delivery and outdoor dining standouts, alongside our increasing indoor dining as we move from red to orange tiers. I have vetted, visited and/or ordered directly from each place and all working hard adhering safety guidelines: Read more →
Because you deserve a cocktail with pancakes Brunch on the rooftop of 25 Lusk. Photos: Virginia Miller Brunch is a respite, recovery, church, and nourishment, all at the same time. San Francisco has long been lined with brunch and breakfast treasures by the hundreds, whether dim sum feasts or classic American breakfasts. After this beloved weekend activity was stripped from San Franciscans… Read more →
My dining column at print and online magazine, Bob Cut — column details and my philosophy here — covers standout newcomers and longtimers we want to keep supporting. During shelter-in-place pandemic times, I cover outdoor dining, takeout and delivery restaurants:
My latest article for The Bold Italic, was published March 12, 2020, and written before the coronavirus nightmare: https://thebolditalic.com/the-best-tacos-in-san-francisco-that-arent-la-taqueria-bd29f5b36540. So as our cherished hole-in-the-walls and deep ethnic communities — including our long-vibrant Mexican community — are hit hardest, I post this article with a heavy heart and below share links to each in my article doing delivery/take-out now so you… Read more →
In Distiller Magazine, my feature on the Mexican agave spirit tradition you didn’t know about: flavored bacanora.
Karaweik Burmese Cuisine Published by Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in August 2019, my article on 10 standout San Francisco newcomers, from Nigerian food to a Marin seafood haven: — Mago, Oakland — William Tell House, Tomales (Marin) — Eko Kitchen — Palette — Flour+Water Pizzeria — Fiorella Polk Street — Sushi Nagai — Noe’s Cantina — Tartine Inner Sunset — Karaweik Burmese… Read more →