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When Tourists Hit the Beach You can't help but feel sorry for the tourists who wander around North Beach, hungry and confused. Even with all the information available in... More>>
Published: July 16, 2008
Feeling Lucky? With the recent arrival of Macao Friends Restaurant on Irving, a street already dense with inexpensive ethnic eateries, San Francisco now has a... More>>
Published: July 09, 2008
A More Refined Fire Amid the upscaling that has swept nearly every Asian cuisine into a wave of fusion-heavy small plates, Korean food has been the exception in San... More>>
Published: July 02, 2008
Change Is Good Market-driven, fresh, and local. We've all read or heard those words so often in regards to San Francisco restaurants that your eyes may roll... More>>
Published: June 25, 2008
'Cue the Applause There are a lot of reasons a meal can become locked in our memories, surfacing from time to time as a pleasant, even compelling souvenir. As I've... More>>
Published: June 18, 2008
Paris in the City In one's dream of city life, certain factors are key: a pleasant, light-filled, quiet, and maybe even spacious apartment; easy parking or access... More>>
Published: June 11, 2008
Mack the Kunafa Most ethnic restaurants in San Francisco serve the food of a particular country, such as Thailand, or that of a smaller region with a distinct... More>>
Published: June 04, 2008
Meat Me at the Roasthouse It doesn't take much to realize where the good tables are in a restaurant situated on the water's edge: They're the ones with a view that takes... More>>
Published: May 28, 2008
Brick & Fish If you see a compact, heavily tattooed man skateboarding down Minna, don't assume he's a carefree slacker. Chances are he's chef Mitchell... More>>
Published: May 21, 2008
A Trip to Here As you walk through the crowded city, past hordes of tourists patiently lined up to board tiny trolleys, drive down a twisty street, or board a... More>>
Published: May 14, 2008
Lucky Spot Hot Pot The Portola District has been off the rest of San Francisco's culinary radar since the mid-1980s, when the great barbecue joint Vic & Betty's... More>>
Published: May 07, 2008
Fish Story The importance of pleasing or dramatic views with your dinner is debatable. One school of thought is that all the attention should be put on the... More>>
Published: April 30, 2008
Two Blocks of Vietnam It's clear that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn left something out when he said that art and literature are the only spiritual ambassadors between... More>>
Published: April 23, 2008
Chow in Dogpatch Not so very long ago, even longtime San Franciscans who heard the name "Dogpatch" would probably first think of the mythical hillbilly town in Al... More>>
Published: April 16, 2008
Izakaya? O Yes In Japan's informal, convivial izakayas, groups of friends or co-workers gather around a table for a few hours, knocking back large quantities of... More>>
Published: April 09, 2008
Refined on Fillmore Renaming Lower Fillmore the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District is a classic example of shutting the barn doors long after the cows have fled and... More>>
Published: April 02, 2008
What Comes Between Happy is the city that boasts not only classy high-end restaurants and a variety of ethnic eateries, but also places that devote their full... More>>
Published: March 26, 2008
Snazzy and Jazzy at Yoshi's Traditionally, you don't go to an entertainment venue for terrific food. Whether it's a jazz club or a medieval jousting tournament, what's on... More>>
Published: March 19, 2008
Specialist Referrals Lots of cultures have a tradition of restaurants that specialize in one particular dish. American pizzerias, for example: While they often have... More>>
Published: March 12, 2008
Chinese Import San Francisco has a deserved reputation for excellent Asian restaurants, but a void was felt when the Shanghai-style restaurant Fountain Court on... More>>
Published: March 05, 2008
You Can Have Paris Into each life some rain must fall, and it was already pouring when I walked into Le P'tit Laurent to find a little more gloom. On the other side... More>>
Published: February 27, 2008
PROMOTION: SOMA's Fifth-Floor Restaurant in Hotel Palomar Recools Itself, Thrillist Says This article is brought to you by Thrillist.com, our homies.
There's a rich tradition of classic institutions dialing back their stuffiness to... More>>
Published: February 27, 2008
Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant: Bland Name for Bomb Food Expectations were high for the first meal at Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant. For one thing, I thought I knew what to expect. I'm a big fan of chef... More>>
Published: February 20, 2008
PROMOTION: This Week Thrillist Recommends Epic Roasthouse This article is brought to you by Thrillist.com, our homies.
If you could hire a psychic manservant, your every need would be wordlessly met -... More>>
Published: February 20, 2008
Inner Richmond's Troya Takes Turkish Up a Notch Turkish cuisine is one of the most sophisticated and diverse in the world. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire included Greece, the Balkans, Romania,... More>>
Published: February 13, 2008
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