Tag: Peninsula

Food with a View: New Life at Navio in The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay

by Virginia Miller on September 30, 2022 in Around the Bay

This week I veer from reviewing a San Francisco restaurant South to the Ritz-Carlton’s signature restaurant Navio. With this summer’s promotion of Chilean-born chef Roberto Riveros from executive sous chef to executive chef over all the resort’s culinary operations (restaurants, banquets, in-room dining), alongside Navio chef de cuisine Francisco Simón, Riveros has run or cooked in kitchens from Santiago to Hong Kong, including six years at three Michelin-star Lasarte in Barcelona. Simón cooked Michelin-starred restaurants throughout Spain, including being head chef of Enoteca Paco Pérez in Barcelona, and Navio is his first cooking venture in the states. Together they are changing up the kitchen at Navio. Read more →

A Night in San Jose: 5 Standouts in Food & Cocktails

by Virginia Miller on September 15, 2022 in Around the Bay

Though I don’t get to San Jose as much as I wish I could given my nonstop research around endlessly amazing NorCal plus nationally and globally, when I do, I always find treasures. My recent night on the town offered one hit after another at a standout new restaurant and four excellent bars, some of which also serve great food. Read more →

Weekend-ing: Japanese Food & Drink + Cultural Events at New Sunnyvale Hotel, Tetra

by Virginia Miller on September 10, 2022 in Around the Bay

Staying in Sunnyvale in the heart of Silicon Valley surrounded Google offices may not sound like the ideal weekend “getaway.” But when you tell me there is a Bay Area hotel with a Japanese-American chef cooking inspired Japanese-influenced food, a Suntory Toki highball machine in-house and Japanese whiskey focus, I’m intrigued. Read more →

Redwood City’s Warung Siska Is a Passport to Authentic Indonesian Cusine

by Virginia Miller on September 8, 2021 in The Latest

Redwood City’s Warung Siska Is a Passport to Authentic Indonesian Cuisine Photo: Courtesy of Instagram via @warungsiskarestaurant It takes a woman—or two, in fact—to bring standout Indonesian food to the Bay Area. I’ve spent months around Asia over the past 20 years, and one of the things I’m most proud of about the Bay Area is that it has remained… Read more →

The Most Magical Outdoor Dining Experiences in the Bay Right Now

by Virginia Miller on October 9, 2020 in Top Tastes

Friday Five State Bird Provisions. Photos: Virginia Miller Once dining became an option in San Francisco again mid-pandemic, it was outdoors or nothing. While the rest of the state (and country) moved ahead, we’ve only just now entered 25% indoor dining capacity as of September 30. And even though that’s an option, many still prefer outdoors. That’s okay in the Bay,… Read more →

A Guide to San Francisco’s Local Grocers

by Virginia Miller on March 27, 2020 in Around the Bay

Photo: Bi-Rite Market Grocery stores are on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re one of the few places we’re allowed to venture out to, albeit as little as possible and only in order to grab what we need for the next week before quickly returning home. While you might be hitting up the big chains in the Bay Area — Trader… Read more →

Top 6 New Bay Area Restaurants

by Virginia Miller on September 1, 2019 in The Latest

Published by Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in September 2019, my article on 6 top new Bay Area restaurants, from modern Thai to retro supperclub: — Nari (Inspired Thai in Japantown)— Selby’s (Retro-Elegant Night Out in Atherton/Redwood City)— Square Pie Guys (Detroit Pizza & Decadent Goodness in SoMa)— Um.Ma (Hip Korean in Inner Sunset)— Bac Lieu (Neighborhood Vietnamese in Outer Mission)—… Read more →

Escape to the South Bay: Where to Stay & Eat

by Virginia Miller on June 6, 2019 in Around the Bay

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 beyond… Read more →

6 “Secret” Peninsula Culinary Gems

by Virginia Miller on May 21, 2019 in Around the Bay

Published at Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in May 2019, my article on 6 “secret,” under-the-radar restaurants – from fine dining to order-at-the-counter — in the South Bay/Peninsula. Treasures in Turkish-Antolian, Georgian, South Indian, Oaxacan, Japanese and Modern Korean food:

8 Cocktail Bars Worth Going Out For

by Virginia Miller on May 15, 2019 in Imbiber

Published by Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in May 2019, my article on 8 cocktail bars worth heading out for and what to drink — and eat — on their menus now: Tropical Thunder at Don Pisto’s Marina, Rich Table, Cockscomb, Gibson, The Cordial, Palio, Cold Drinks at China Live, Rasa in Burlingame. Article here: www.wheretraveler.com/san-francisco/eat/8-cocktail-bars-worth-going-out Read more →

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