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2009 Stories by Meredith Brody

• Father in the Black

  published March 18, 2009

  Arriving at Chez Papa Resto for dinner on a chilly night feels a little mysterious. The small plaza next to the still-deserted, stately old... More >>

• Room with a View — and Heat

  published March 4, 2009

  There has been one version or another of the Cliff House on its magnificent rocky site overlooking the Pacific since 1863. The first one burned... More >>

• Got the Baby Blues

  published February 25, 2009

  Barbecue, BBQ, barbeque. I love some good 'cue, however you spell it. And it doesn't matter whether it's Texas-, North Carolina–, or... More >>

• Sheer Poetry

  published February 18, 2009

  It's difficult to visit a restaurant for the first time without having a preconceived notion of what it's going to be like — especially... More >>

• On a Mission

  published February 4, 2009

  If, while passing through one of the bleaker stretches of Mission Street on a Thursday night, you spy a clutch of people clustered around the... More >>

• Recession Proof

  published January 28, 2009

  The day I had lunch at Limón Rotisserie, I'd read a piece in The New York Times about the effects of economic downturn, titled... More >>

• Be a Shopping Star at B Star Bar

  published January 21, 2009

  San Francisco is fortunate in having a number of delightful shopping-and-eating streets: Haight, Mission, Union, and Valencia spring to mind,... More >>

• Below Expectations

  published January 7, 2009

  At night, the shiny new California Academy of Sciences is locked up tight, but there's no signage for the Moss Room, its fancy dining room... More >>