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The Selecter DJ Kirk on the Sweater-Funk Parties and What's Missing in Current R&B

​Soul and funk guru The Selecter DJ Kirk has been dubbed the unofficial mayor of San Francisco by friends and peers. Born and raised in S.F., he is recognized for his all-embracing knowledge of soul music through the decades, his extensive record collection, and for producing events like Soul ... More >>

Scenes from Mission Chinese Food's Shenzen Dinner

Janice Leung/E*ting FoodMission Chinese Food's Shenzen meal: Clam sashimi with tomato water and melon. ​Thanks to a tweet from Gary Soup this morning, SFoodie discovered series of posts from food bloggers in Hong Kong and China about a dinner that Mission Chinese Food cooked during the staff's rec ... More >>

Eight San Francisco Drinks to Imbibe This Weekend

Lou Bustamante​ The three-day weekend: That's enough time to drive out to the Sonora and find God among the cacti! Or shred the three boxes of 10-year-old phone bills you've been meaning to throw away! Or send emails to every single one of your relatives you've been meaning to write! Here's a mo ... More >>

A Full List of the 92 Best Dishes in S.F. for Fresh Eats

No. 3: Sichuan Pickles at Mission Chinese Food

Albert Law/porkbellystudioMission Chinese Food's mixed pickles, $3.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.The longer Danny Bowien and Anthony Myint's restaurant sticks around, the farther afield it spins, growing wilder and more elaborate wit ... More >>

No. 5: Mushroom Soufflé at Cafe Jacqueline

justafoodie/FoodspottingThe mushroom souffle at Cafe Jacqueline, $28.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.The reason that Cafe Jacqueline still shows up in most-romantic-restaurant lists isn't the fact that Jacqueline Margulis makes each of ... More >>

No. 8: Pork Skewers at Halu

Albert Law/porkbellystudioHalu's tontoro (left) and bacon-wrapped mochi.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.Most studio apartments are bigger than Shigemi and Mimi Komiyama's tiny, personal restaurant, and signs of Shigemi's adoration of t ... More >>

No. 17: Wayfare Tavern's Steak Tartare

Gil Riego, Jr.Wayfare Tavern's steak tartare, $16.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.Cooking beef causes all sorts of delicious chemical reactions: Amino acids and sugars on the surface of the meat combine, the beef browns, and dozens of ... More >>

No. 20: Sardine and Avocado Toasts from Contigo

Christian HaasContigo's sardine and avocado toasts, $2.50 a piece.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Here in California, ingredients rule the table. Excellent, impeccable produce and proteins, minimally manipulated, almost always resul ... More >>

No. 21: Blacksmith Cellars' Chenin Blanc

Lou BustamanteBlacksmith Cellars' chenin blanc: Drink local.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.Even with the success of Dashe Cellars in industrial Oakland and Sutton Cellars in Dogpatch, it's challenging to hear the words "urban winery" ... More >>

We've Mapped Even More of Our Favorite Local Dishes

View SFoodie's 92 in a larger map ​We've been busier than ever working on the second annual countdown of favorite dishes, SFoodie's 92: The 92 dishes and drinks we've loved most in 2011. We've since made it all the way up to No. 21 -- Blacksmith Cellars' Chenin Blanc -- and we thought it wou ... More >>

No. 22: Tataki's Faux-Nagi

Photo courtesy of Bart Nagel​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. There are people out there -- we've met them, we know -- who can't think of a sushi meal without a couple of orders of unagi. With its broiler-blistered skin and sweet, thi ... More >>

No. 23: Mandarin Lamb at Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant

Anthony Bak/www.pragmaticepicurean.comOld Mandarin's Mandarin lamb, $9.95​ SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Old Mandarin's namesake lamb dish is the exception to SFoodie's rule of avoiding any dish with the word "Mandarin" in its name ... More >>

No. 27: Fava Greens from Tairwa'-Knoll Farms

CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>

No. 36: Seven Hills' Raviolo Uovo

Kimberly SandieSeven Hills' raviolo uovo, $8.50.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. During his internship at San Domenico restaurant in Northern Italy, Alexander Alioto fell in love with a raviolo dish he learned to make. so he put the d ... More >>

No. 39: Sticky Chewy Chocolate Ice Cream at Swensen's

John BirdsallSticky chewy chocolate ice cream, $2.70 for a 4-ounce cup at Swensen's.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. I was a kid growing up down the Peninsula, spending summers with my grandpa at Bay Meadows, getting coached in ho ... More >>

No. 53: Vegan Flan at Gracias Madre

Gil Riego Jr.Gracias Madre's almond-and-cashew-milk flan, $8: No ersatz custard this.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.In general, SFoodie prefers not to bestow praise on vegan copies of meat- and dairy-based foods. There are so many ele ... More >>

No. 61: Hard Knox Cafe's Chicken and Waffles

John BirdsallHard Knox Cafe's chicken and waffle, $10.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​What does soul food look like in San Francisco? Show up at Hard Knox in Dogpatch some afternoon, vying for counter space with the bro wi ... More >>

No. 65: Sidekick's Chocolate Spritzer

John BirdsallSidekick's Recchiuti-based chocolate spritzer, $2.75.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​You could argue that Sidekick was conceived in Paris, a city with a healthy respect for the pure products of pleasure and the pe ... More >>

One Month In, San Francisco's Best Things to Eat and Drink

Jonathan KauffmanGoat taco (foreground) from the El Norteño truck.​ It's been a month since we began our daily countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Along the way, we'll pause to catch our breath, rounding up the favorites on our list so far, an ... More >>

No. 72: Sauerbraten at Walzwerk

Earl G./FlickrWalzwerk's sauerbraten, $18.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. SFoodie has eaten sauerbratens so vinegary we worried that the meat had spoiled. But Walzwerk's sauerbraten, one of the Mission restaurant's best dishes, hits just ... More >>

No. 74: Comstock Saloon's Pisco Punch

Lou BustamantePisco Punch at Comstock Saloon, a cocktail with a lineage.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​The one issue all cocktail historians can agree on is this: Determining the origin of a drink is imprecise work. Like most ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Saiwaii, Newest Arrival in S.F.'s Year of Ramen

Luis ChongSaiwaii's tonkotsu ramen with chasu and kakuni, braised pork belly.​South Bay restaurants have dominated the trend, but 2010 appears to be the year of ramen for San Francisco, as new shops continue to pop up around the city. SFoodie was among the first to spot Saiwaii, a new ramen co ... More >>

Saiwaii Ramen About to Open; Mystery Ensues

​Just spotted this sign on the old Macao Friends space on Irving and 23rd Avenue ― more ramen to feed the fad. (Additional fodder: the new branch of the international Ajisen Ramen chain, which is slated to open in August in the food court of the Westfield San Francisco Center). There's a help wa ... More >>

Macao Friends Shutters; No Word on Restaurant's Fate

Tamara Palmer​Macao Friends, a Chinese-Portuguese restaurant at 2240 Irving (at 24th Ave.) that we recently raved about, has suddenly closed. A handwritten sign in the window reads "under construction," while an official notice details that the build-out will take the next two months and block ... More >>

Hell Fried Crab at Macao Friends is Satan's Crustacean

T. PalmerHades never tasted so good.​A sign out front of Macao Friends boasts the current special, "Hell fried crab" ($11.99). The fiery threat lured us into the restaurant, finally, after years of peering curiously through the window. Inside, the sign for the special was emblazoned with five ... More >>

Look Back in Hunger

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

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SF Weekly's Seven Day Dish

Greed catches up with the major labels

The Good, the Bad, and the Set Pieces

Johnnie To, gunslinger, pays stylish homage to the good old days

Songs of Science

If you don't know birds have accents, you haven't been attending your birdsong symposia

S.F. Pyrotechnica

The fuse of 200,000 firecrackers

A Dream Half-Fulfilled