We’ve always wanted a breakfast nook in our kitchen. A breakfast nook along with a chef who specializes in local, fresh ingredients. Oh and a creative barista who crafts artistically-landscaped, ultra-caffeinated concoctions for us every morning. But until we become eccentric ...Read More
People who queue up at Tartine Bakery have all the trappings of geeks lining up at an iPhone launch: wide eyes, fevered anticipation, and copious drooling. There's a reason for that. The perma-packed Mission patisserie infuses its collection of baked ...Read More
With only a sliver of a storefront, Primo Patio sparks another SOMA "Secret Garden" moment, as you walk through what appears to be a kitchen corridor, and emerge in a preturnaturally summery, brightly painted courtyard. We visited in the dead ...Read More
To celebrate the shortest day of the year, we hitched up our one-horse open sleigh and headed to Solstice Restaurant and Lounge for some live music and secret eats. HiddenMenu snuggled into a booth with Solstice's Alison Winters where she ...Read More
On the spectrum of sweets, there are those who believe that donuts skew towards the low-rent end of the continuum — more closely related to populist jello than hoity-toity creme brulee. But those holey haters clearly haven't been to Sara Spearin's ...Read More
One glance at the plaid hipsters sitting atop their fixies on Ritch Street, and you'd swear Little Skillet was in a Mission enclave, not an alley in SOMA. But it is indeed south of Market. Planted by the farm-fresh soul foodists ...Read More
The problem with Chinese food in America is that it's, well, very American. Noodles slathered in sweet-and-sour-meets-napalm sauce or deep fried dough injected with overcooked mystery meat is often standard issue. Dishes like these are about as close to authentic ...Read More
Asking for a gyro at a nice Greek restaurant is kind of like walking into French Laundry and requesting a hot dog. Sure it'll taste fantastic, but it's also a bit of a cultural faux-pas. Κύριε ἐλέησον! as they'd say in ...Read More
Does Bi-Rite Creamery make any apologies for catering to foodies with a serious sweet tooth? Hell no. The ice cream mecca is unapologetically positioned within a few blocks of some of SF's finest restaurants — and it's literally a ...Read More
People who claim you can't score a decent sandwich in California have never been to Ike's Place. The SF staple consistently produces some of the tastiest (and toastiest) combinations of bread, meat, cheese, and veggies we've ever crammed down our ...Read More