Monthly Archives: October 2013

September 2011. Pretty close to perfect, and the price was not unreasonable ($200 with a nice bottle of wine). Portions were tiny. My geoduck starter was crunchy and loaded with olive oil flavor, and then grilled mackerel paled alongside its … Continue reading →

October 2013 This little place in the trendy/tourist part of the Mission neighborhood is one side of a restaurant-bakery collaboration. It was mobbed even on a Wednesday morning, for very good reason. It’s pretty San Francisco, everything  coarse and crunchy, … Continue reading →

October 2013. Fishing for a middle-of-the-road classy restaurant in San Francisco, we decided on this one which was described in the Michelin Guide as sexy. Maybe the reviewers consider hiding down a narrow alleyway sexy, or maybe it’s that French … Continue reading →

October 2013. This place in the middle of downtown San Francisco is well-reviewed in the Michelin Guide which shows “$$” suggesting moderate price. It deserves its one star. The chefs are presented as two ideological committed young hotshots, and the place … Continue reading →

October 2013. This is the northern-most Michelin named restaurant in the San Francisco guide. We were staying, ill-advisedly, in the town of Cloverdale about 12 miles north. The apparently gorgeous old B&B “on the vineyard” in that town turned out … Continue reading →

October 2013. This place is one of the more “respectable” joints in wild and wooly Castro. It’s mentioned in the Michelin guide, and features an atypically straight clientele. No reservations, of course, and we turned up at about 8 PM … Continue reading →