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San Francisco can be a pretty nice place. 50-degree days in August notwithstanding. But an undeniable sign of niceness: Tartine, with its pastries the size of your head and bread good enough to make fully functioning adults weep tears of carbohydrate-induced joy. So grab a tissue or an absorbent bagel and ready yourself for Tartine Manufactory. It’s the
“Come, let us journey to Uptown Oakland for the drinking of mezcal and the prolonged experiencing of delight.” Never say that. Except maybe on Wednesday. You can maybe say that on Wednesday. Because that’s when Agave Uptown opens. It’s a glowing tribute to Oaxaca, it looks like this, and it tastes like this. What you have here is the bigger, more
Under normal circumstances, we wouldn’t dare deploy such a flagrantly bombastic word as “transcendent” upon you. But since this isn’t a normal circumstance, here goes nothing... You’re in for a transcendent dining experience sometime in the very near future. At SingleThread, the highly anticipated, now-open restaurant/farm/inn near Healdsburg Square.
Lisbon and San Francisco have some very important things in common. An orange-hued suspension bridge, for one. Ridiculously steep hills. An appreciation for good food and great wine. We’ll let you guess which one pertains to Uma Casa, a bright little slice of Lisbon comestibles that’s now open in Noe Valley and looks like this. This is the brainchild of
As San Franciscans, we know how to have a good time. The wine. The camping. The casually constant presence of now-legal substances. But if anyone’s going to give us a run for our money, it’s going to be New Orleans. Hell, their motto means “Let the good times roll.” Which is precisely what you’ll do at Alba Ray’s, a fine Cajun queen that’s about to grace
Bold predictions for tonight: 1) You’ll say the words “Follow me to Kinjo, an inviting sushi sanctuary helmed by an omakase legend that’s now open on Polk.” 2) Things will just sort of fall into place and go remarkably well from there. It’s true. Because you’re about to enter the domain of chef Takatoshi Toshi. He’s spent the last 10 years wielding his
Ever heard of a boba tea shop with a Korean fried chicken “speakeasy” in the back? Right. Looks like we’ve got some work to do today. Let’s start with the fact that the Boba Guys’ new café comes complete with, yes, a semi-hidden fried chicken takeout window called Sunday Bird that opens tomorrow on Fillmore. Then let’s look at the slideshow. Then let’s
Is that an alligator head wearing Mardi Gras beads? That’s an alligator head wearing Mardi Gras beads. ... is what you might think upon first entering Bayou Creole Kitchen & Rotisserie, a casual new NoLa-style restaurant that’s now soft-open on Valencia and looks like this. In fact, all of the art errs on the weird-but-fun side (why, yes, that is a
At what point does a coffee shop become less about coffee and more about sambal shrimp and coconut grits? Great question. Really glad you fake-asked that. The answer lies, of course, in Drip Line, a little hidden gem of a café that’s now open in Oakland and that looks like this. You’ll enter through the modern facade resembling a garage door and start
This place has a pizza called the Tyson Punch Out. The two of you should hit it off just fine. But, believe it or not, there’s much else to explore about Pink Onion, a new Sicilian pizzeria from the Lo Coco’s people that soft-opens Monday for dinner at the intersection of SoMa and the Mission, and you can start by checking out the slideshow. The first
