Restaurant Reviews

Vino Teca: The Restaurant That Wasn't There

SF Weekly's Seven Day Dish

Celebrating the Seasons

Partake of fall's bounty at Mission Beach Cafe.

Sophisticated Country in the Tenderloin

Spain meets France in a tavern setting.

Abbondanza

Joey & Eddie's brings the Bronx, and old-fashioned Italian-American cooking, to North Beach.

Paris in the City

The charming L'Ardoise Bistro turns the Duboce Triangle into the 21st arrondissement.

Cinema Supper Club

The charming L'Ardoise Bistro turns the Duboce Triangle into the 21st arrondissement.

Small Plates, Big Array

In the restaurant-happy Presidio, you'll find global cuisine and an impressive wine selection

Instant Italian

Perbacco gets it right straight out of the gate

Sine Coi Non

The gifted Daniel Patterson opens a dazzling show on Broadway

Indian Love Song

A progressive meal through three Indian places with a knowledgeable companion

Best Under-the-Radar Restaurant

Absinthe

Best Specialty Wine List

A16

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 16, 2003

Noblesse Oblige

Charles Nob Hill

So-So Chic

RNM

Spanish Fly

Lorca

Spellbound

Incanto

Humboldt Pie (If You Go...)

Incanto

Look Again

Soléa

Best New Restaurant

Aziza

Best Restaurant

Fifth Floor

Do You Want to Touch My Monkey?

The new Marina restaurant with the very strange name

Fresh Start

"The last thing I'd expect on Union -- an oasis of civility in S.F.'s little L.A."

Wine

Barrel Fever

Dinner and a Show

Boys Toys

Best Dessert Menu

xyz

Unalloyed Pleasure

Gary Danko

On the Right Track

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Side Dish

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Hat Trickery

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Dante's Paradise

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Small Wonder

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Oodles of Flavors

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Not Con-stantinople

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Global Village

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Off the Map

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Stars-Studded Affair

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Puttin' on the Ritz

Happy Birthday to Me, The Magic Number, Hello Dolly, Correction

Ethnic Boundaries

Kavkaz's Armenian menu could use some cross-cultural pollination

Confessions of a Restaurant Critic: Range, Zuni, and Chez Panisse are Still Just as Fabulous as Ever

In Praise of Sardines via FlickrRange's light hasn't dimmed a bit in four yearsIt's rare that a restaurant critic gets to revisit favorite places, whether old or new. We're always looking for the next place to write about. (It's surprising how many friends will mention, after they read my review of ... More >>

Michael Mina's RN74 is a work in progress

In Praise of Sardines via FlickrRange's light hasn't dimmed a bit in four yearsIt's rare that a restaurant critic gets to revisit favorite places, whether old or new. We're always looking for the next place to write about. (It's surprising how many friends will mention, after they read my review of ... More >>

With Locanda de Eva, Former SF Weekly Critic Robert Lauriston Switches Sides

Locanda de Eva​I find myself in an odd position: Interviewing one of my former restaurant-critic colleagues about the restaurant he's opening. Robert Lauriston, prominent Chowhound and eater-about-town, has written restaurant reviews for both the East Bay Express and SF Weekly, as well as SFoodie ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Locanda de Eva​I find myself in an odd position: Interviewing one of my former restaurant-critic colleagues about the restaurant he's opening. Robert Lauriston, prominent Chowhound and eater-about-town, has written restaurant reviews for both the East Bay Express and SF Weekly, as well as SFoodie ... More >>

Valentine's Out: Soul Cocina

jesiree b./Yelp​San Valentín at La Victoria When: Mon., Feb 14; seatings start at 5 p.m. Where: La Victoria Mexican Bakery and Cafe, 2937 24th St. (at Florida), 642-7120 Cost: $60 per couple for four-course menu; $100 per couple for seven-course menu; $75 per couple for five-course vegeta ... More >>

Announcing the East Bay Express's New Food Critic

​The East Bay Express has just made the official announcement: They've hired a new restaurant critic, and it's none other than former SFoodie editor John Birdsall. Birdsall, who has lived in Oakland for a decade and was the paper's restaurant critic in 2006-07, will be returning to write a weekly ... More >>

If New Restaurants Get to Amp Up the Hype, Why Shouldn't They Get Reviewed Immediately, Too?

​On the food blog for DC's City Paper, restaurant critic Chris Schott asks why, in the Yelp age, critics still obey the rule that they should wait a month or more to visit a new restaurant: These days, a new restaurant is able to access vast new media resources in order to pump up its reputation ... More >>

Livin' It Up with the "Hotel California" Menu at Orson

Robin Jolin ProductionsThe dish is called "Can't Kill the Beast," but it looks dead to us​"Hotel California" by the Eagles is best known as a slightly spooky song that every dummy at a party will bust out on the guitar in an effort to impress girls. At least that's what I remember from college ... More >>

Twenty-Five Lusk Serves 6-Course Champagne/Strawberry Menu

Seared diver scallop with foie gras torchon and grilled strawberries​SFoodie is willing to put ourselves on the line for you. So when we heard Twenty-Five Lusk is offering a 6-course Champagne and strawberry themed menu for $90 -- $60 food, $30 wine pairings -- through Blackboard Eats, we ran ... More >>

SFoodie's Jonathan Kauffman Makes "Best Food Writing 2011"

​I have the pleasure of sharing a desk pod with SF Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. When we received our copy of "Best Food Writing 2011," including his story "Shark's Fin: Understanding the Political Soup," I slipped it on his desk. Jonathan arrived this morning by bicycle, saw the ... More >>