The San Francisco Bay Area
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- Half Moon Bay (2)
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- Oakland (8)
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”Ame, the wonderfully serene year-old restaurant in the St. Regis Hotel, combines Californian, European and especially Japanese ingredients and techniques....” MORE>> |
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”Leary appears happy to be cooking—not a leisured happiness but the happiness of rock climbers and chess players, the happiness...” MORE>> |
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”using my campus-job earnings to splurge on dinners at Chez Panisse...” MORE>> |
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”Coi's chef (and F&W Best New Chef 1997) Daniel Patterson combines his passions for local ingredients and avant-garde experimentation. With...” MORE>> |
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”As the Ritz-Carlton finishes its $12 million renovation, chef Ron Siegel continues to serve his excellent modern French food, which...” MORE>> |
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”We ate the famous Hog Island oysters and had a bottle of winemaker Sean Thackrey’s stunningly original Pleiades blend from...” MORE>> |
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”In the high-ceilinged Barbara Barry–designed space, chef Michael Mina prepares luxe American cuisine—much of it served on platters that Mina...” MORE>> |
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”Supercrisp pizzas from Chez Panisse alum Charlie Hallowell....” MORE>> |
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”San Francisco chefs are fanatical about seasonality—Michael Tusk, a veteran of Chez Panisse and Oliveto, even more than most. He’ll...” MORE>> |
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”At restaurateur Drew Nieporent’s downtown bastion, chef Stuart Brioza prepares an impressive California modern cuisine menu, while his girlfriend, Nicole...” MORE>> |
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”...San Francisco’s vaunted Vietnamese restaurant...” MORE>> |
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”A16’s sister restaurant, SPQR, opened in September 2007 and serves—as you might guess from its name, which refers to the...” MORE>> |
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”German riesling is very much the focus of the list created by Spruce partner and wine-and-spirits director Andrew Green. In...” MORE>> |
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”It’s hard to decide which dish at Zuni is most iconic. Some would argue for the whole-leaf, anchovy-spiked Caesar salad;...” MORE>> |
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”At his elegant place in the newly revived Fillmore Jazz District, David Lawrence serves Southern-inflected food, frying shrimp in a...” MORE>> |
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”Guests who manage to wedge themselves into one of 1550 Hyde's 42 coveted seats find that what the spare, mostly...” MORE>> |
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”As the wine director and co-owner of A16, the standout Southern Italian restaurant in San Francisco, Shelley has built a...” MORE>> |
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”At the café’s noodle station, visitors can try Phan’s signature Vietnamese dishes, like a ginger-infused lemongrass pork with vermicelli. The...” MORE>> |
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”At her spacious outpost in Pacific Bell Park stadium, Traci Des Jardins (an F&W Best New Chef 1995) uses only...” MORE>> |
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”For a zeitgeist, post-dot-com dining experience, À Côté, a cozy little den with sponged ocher walls and vaguely Belle Époque...” MORE>> |
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”You'll learn more about sake only by sampling different types. Here, a few of our favorite sources in the United...” MORE>> |
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”Pastry chef Cheryl Burr of San Francisco’s Bacar loves candy, as is obvious from her homage to the Almond Joy...” MORE>> |
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”It's no surprise that a Moroccan-Spanish tapas restaurant would have a sultry vibe, but owner Jocelyn Bulow sets the mood...” MORE>> |
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”The first restaurant for Jessica Bonecutter...” MORE>> |
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”The Blue Bottle Café's halogen-powered Japanese coffee siphon is the only one of its kind in North America. ...” MORE>> |
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”Grilled meats and marinated seafood in Mini Me portions and rotund sandwiches known as bocadillos make for relaxed, elbows-on-the-table eating...” MORE>> |
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”Like a quaint culinary lab, this small open kitchen in the Ferry Building produces sauces, crèmes, and stocks for discriminating...” MORE>> |
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”A small chain of restaurants specializing in raw vegan cuisine. ...” MORE>> |
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”At lunchtime the closet-sized kitchen serves chic sandwiches on Acme baguettes and unimpeachable piatti di giorno, such as a super-Tuscan...” MORE>> |
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”Dishes from the hearth might include roast pork with sorrel gratin and grilled artichokes with wild greens...” MORE>> |
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”Raised in Gascony and apprenticed at Paris's Taillevent, chef Laurent Manrique makes the most of the Californian cornucopia in dishes...” MORE>> |
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”At Chez Papa Bistrot, Swede Ola Fendert cooks stellar Provençal seafood....” MORE>> |
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”An art-filled loft space in an industrial alley is the site of one of the city's most daring new bistros....” MORE>> |
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”Half-restaurant, half-pâtisserie, Citizen Cake is the perfect spot to refuel: try a crisp Cuban sandwich or a chocolate cream-filled cookies...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Loretta Keller's beloved Bizou has been transformed into this snazzy new spot....” MORE>> |
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”Japanese entrepreneur Kozo Iwata opened Delica RF-1, his sleek Tokyo-style delicatessen, to pay homage to his idol, Alice Waters, and...” MORE>> |
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”Doña Tomás offers something else altogether: dutifully researched regional recipes, elevated by terrific ingredients. Pescado Veracruzana, where you'd normally expect...” MORE>> |
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”While in town, Haggis enjoys both, from hole-in-the-wall joints such as Dottie's True Blue Café to the haute cuisine of...” MORE>> |
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”Pastry chef Gary Rullispecializes in crisp biscotti and almond paste rolled in pine nuts at Emporio Rulli Gran Caffè....” MORE>> |
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”Try the lomo saltado (steak with yucca fries)....” MORE>> |
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”Grab soulful barbecued ribs and juicy links at this meeting place for Oakland's African-American community....” MORE>> |
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”Brian Barneclo (www.brianbarneclo.com) has literally painted his town red—and black and yellow and blue. The 34-year-old San Francisco...” MORE>> |
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”Laurent Manrique—the chef at nearby Aqua—has created a menu of dishes inspired by his native Gascony, like crispy duck confit....” MORE>> |
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”Indeed, when I ask the Ospitals over dinner to tell me everything they love about their hometown, their enthusiasm is...” MORE>> |
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”They puree it into a sweet-tart salad dressing with figs to toss with mixed greens, bake it into surprisingly moist...” MORE>> |
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”Open until 1 a.m., Go Go Café & Restaurant comforts hungry night owls with hot rice porridge and fried bread....” MORE>> |
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”But addictive as you'll find the organic edamame, the food here is a mere excuse for a tasting flight—or two—of...” MORE>> |
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”At this remake of the tony JohnFrank, Lance Dean Velasquez (an F&W Best New Chef 1996) charges half what he...” MORE>> |
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”At this North Beach spot, he's serving a menu of Basque small-plate dishes, like sautéed scallops and artichokes deglazed with...” MORE>> |
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”The 12-year-old Chinatown original and its outpost serve exceptionally rare teas, including a Pu-erh aged over 20 years....” MORE>> |
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”Chris Cosentino doesn’t look like a traditionalist. But the chef at San Francisco’s Incanto wants people to think about meat...” MORE>> |
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”Scoop sushi from floating boats at Isobune in Japantown....” MORE>> |
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”All the wines are well-priced, mostly between $40 and $60, marked just above retail. Ballance loves the 1997 Cigliuti Cru...” MORE>> |
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”His hearty, unfashionable, French-grandmother dishes—leeks vinaigrette, coq au vin—are perfectly at home in these historic San Francisco rooms....” MORE>> |
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”...serves seven kinds of ceviche representing Peru’s various culinary traditions, from Clásico (halibut spiked with habaneros, corn and yams) to...” MORE>> |
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”Opening in San Francisco later this month, Bradley Ogden's place will grill over grapevines and almond wood....” MORE>> |
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”Consider it the evolution of bistro food, with great beer, too: Authentic Belgian restaurants are opening all over. NYC’s Resto...” MORE>> |
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”At San Francisco's Limón, chef Martin Castillo proves that Peru offers more than seviche and rotisserie chicken, with dishes like...” MORE>> |
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”This energetic Spanish tapas bar and restaurant is the latest effort from former 42 Degrees chef Mark Denham....” MORE>> |
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”A combination retail store and take-out shop, it's a great place to get made-to-order sandwiches and salads prepared with the...” MORE>> |
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”In this rustic dining room (think logs and antlers), chef Daniel DeLong and chef-innkeeper Margaret Gradé treat locally raised, trapped...” MORE>> |
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”Ron Siegel (an F&W Best New Chef 1999 and the opening sous chef at the French Laundry) is the perfect...” MORE>> |
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”The shop specializes in Mexican street foods like carnitas, tacos and aguas frescas as well as homey dishes like spicy...” MORE>> |
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”A restaurant worldly enough to serve citrus-glazed salmon in lobster sauce and relaxed enough to deal in burgers too....” MORE>> |
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”Innovative sushi rolls and cocktails (try the 'spicy jalapeño saketini') are a hit at Naked Fish....” MORE>> |
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”Peter Rudolph, chef de cuisine of the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, so reveres Dungeness crab that he makes it the...” MORE>> |
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”Passersby may not know that this sleek Marina spot offers more than just a great wine list. But should they...” MORE>> |
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”They were small, white cellini runner beans, a more assertive version of Italian cannellini, which he stirs into a lush...” MORE>> |
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”We ate the famous Hog Island oysters and had a bottle of winemaker Sean Thackrey’s stunningly original Pleiades blend from...” MORE>> |
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”The handful of tables at Pacific Catch are packed with patrons chasing salmon fish-and-chips with lemongrass iced tea....” MORE>> |
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”Pasta Pomodoro, near the Marina District, is fast and satisfying—unless you're on Atkins....” MORE>> |
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”Peony offers a shining example of a brash convention hall-scaled Cantonese restaurant. Yes, they serve immense crab from the seafood...” MORE>> |
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”'We showcase the wines and food of northwestern Italy, Piedmont and Liguria,' says Mauro Cirilli, wine director of this stylish...” MORE>> |
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”Vietnamese pho at San Francisco's Pho Hoa Hiep...” MORE>> |
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”Plouf, an outdoor French seafood café, specializes in mussels and roast chicken and frites. Also ideal as a lunch stop....” MORE>> |
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”She joined me at R&G, her favorite Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, to taste some world-class crab as part of...” MORE>> |
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”While in town, Haggis enjoys both, from hole-in-the-wall joints such as Dottie's True Blue Café to the haute cuisine of...” MORE>> |
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”At this stylish new lower Haight lounge, 29-year-old chef and owner Justine Miner serves a small-plates menu with items like...” MORE>> |
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”Thomas Odermatt, the son of a Swiss butcher, re-created part of his family’s business in San Francisco, building a truck...” MORE>> |
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”This is an example of a double-immigration sandwich. The baguette-style roll (lightened with rice flour) emerged in Indochina during French...” MORE>> |
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”Pure Kauai and Pure Maui rent homes for $300 to $8,000 a night. For an extra fee, both will arrange...” MORE>> |
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”At each stop, Julia Yoon serves a variety of Korean classics, including bulgogi: thin slices of tender rib eye steak...” MORE>> |
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”The iconic San Francisco restaurant Slow Club...” MORE>> |
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”Qi Black Tea Liqueur, distilled from cedar-smoked Lapsang souchong tea from China’s Fujian province, has made a splash in San...” MORE>> |
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”idle up to the counter at Swan Oyster Depot in Polk Gulch for a half-dozen local Miyagis. ...” MORE>> |
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”In this small Russian Hill restaurant, chef and co-owner Robert Riescher is serving a more casual New American menu than...” MORE>> |
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”Forget turkey and the trimmings and head to dim sum wonderland Ton Kiang for Hakka- and Hong Kong-style dishes and...” MORE>> |
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”Brick walls and straight-backed chairs whisper of a luxurious colonial schoolhouse, but the scene at the bar clamors of the...” MORE>> |
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”In San Francisco, Bermejo's Tres Agaves has 100 varieties....” MORE>> |
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”'Falafels deluxe' in lavash bread, with silky eggplant and fried potatoes, at Truly Mediterranean...” MORE>> |
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”Dishes like braised pork with nori and quail eggs have a California touch: humanely raised meats from Niman Ranch and...” MORE>> |
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”Poori (puffy fried bread) served with perfectly spiced chickpeas at Vik's Chaat Corner...” MORE>> |
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”Join the debate over whether the dim sum at Yank Sing is the city's best....” MORE>> |
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”This wine bar - in the rapidly evolving neighborhood of Dogpatch, on the back side of Potrero Hill - was...” MORE>> |
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”The food, inspired by southern Italy (like a rich country pork ragù on rigatoni), pairs well with the 80-plus bottles...” MORE>> |
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