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Monk's Kettle Turns Five and Throws a Party (Today!)

We remember when Monk's Kettle was knee-high to a grasshopper. Five years into their run as one of SF's first beer-centric restaurants, and they've never been more on top of their game. In half a decade, the menu at Monk's has taken on a refined yet rustic personality, and the vintage beer list cont ... More >>

Radio Africa Lures in Locals with New Lunch Menu

Eskender Aseged of Radio Africa and Kitchen has been thrilled with the critical acclaim his restaurant has received as San Franciscans trek to the Bayview, which has not often been a foodie destination. He is even more excited, however, to see members of the neighborhood, many of whom were ... More >>

There's a National Kerfuffle About Restaurant Stars, and Why I Don't Care

​If you hadn't heard, the LA Times, which recently hired Jonathan Gold away from our sister paper the LA Weekly, made the decision last week to drop assigning stars to restaurant reviews. "Star ratings are increasingly difficult to align with the reality of dining in Southern California," food edi ... More >>

Josiah Baldivino, Lead Sommelier of Michael Mina, Dishes About Wine

​SFoodie's Ben Narasin sat down with Josiah Baldivino, Lead Sommelier of Michael Mina, to talk about wine. You moved here from NYC, so what differences do you see between how people order wine on the left coast versus the right? People order a lot more local things out here, and they're quick to ... More >>

Lers Ros Hayes Valley: Stylish Thai Taste Travels Uptown

The Food Lover's Guide to Wine Authors in Town

​A discerning palate in food translates well to a discerning palate in wine because, well, they're both really about flavor. But wine and food literature have split ways in the past decade or so, with books and personalities focusing on one or the other but not both -- something Karen Page and ... More >>

WANTED: Fall 2011 Photography Interns

​Calling all photo students! Village Voice Media (SF Weekly's parent company) is recruiting undergraduate photo students for its Fall 2011 Photo Intern Program. By "student," we do not mean "a student of life." There's no cash offered with this gig, only credits. Don't bother applying if thi ... More >>

The Less You Spend, the More Interesting Fifth Floor's Wines Are

Amy Goldberger in the Fifth Floor wine room​There might be no better sign of where San Francisco's fine dining scene is in 2011 than the wine list at Fifth Floor. It's a pricey hotel restaurant, reviewed today by our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. Yet the list is currently managed by wi ... 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 >>

Bar Tartine Wine List: If It's Porn, It's European Porn

Alex Fox​This week we ran our first wine list review to accompany Jonathan Kauffman's restaurant review in the print edition of SF Weekly. Jonathan likes to offer people a little extra flavor on the web, so I decided to do that too by dropping by Bar Tartine on a Friday morning to taste wine w ... More >>

Basque-Style Gastropub Txoko Nears Debut, Top Chef Alum's Restaurant/Club Opens

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Eater SF reports Enrico's replacement, Txoko (504 Broadway at Kearny), is set to open before the end of the month. The Basque-inspired menu from chef Ian Begg will offer small bites, larger dishes, and ch ... More >>

The Food World 30 Years Ago, Old Apples, and New Cheese

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. rivalhedgehogs.com​1. A little history for you. Yesterday, I was looking up Jack Shelton, the "famous restaurant critic" listed on the Bill's Place burger menu, to find out more a ... More >>

Why Do You Review Some Little Mexican Restaurant When You Should Be Tackling Wayfare Tavern?

Lara HataI like a Torta Gorda quesadilla as much as I do a Delfina pasta.​Today's "Ask the Critic" comes courtesy of J. B. at Grub Street SF, who writes in his weekly summary of restaurant reviews around the city:In a summer rife with so many notable openings, both large and small, we don't totall ... 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 >>

Jonathan Kauffman: Dining on the Micropayment Plan at Barbacco

Maureen415/FlickrYou can rack up a surprising bill on a collection of small eats.​Today in "Eat," SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman slips into Barbacco's cramped communal six-tops, rubbing elbows (literally) with strangers in business clothes. The FiDi spinoff of Perbacco offers an edite ... More >>

Saison: Haute cuisine in the country

Doggy Bag: Eyes on the Prixe (Fixe)

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. We few, we happy few: A current meme has Oakland as the future epicenter of Bay Area dining, we're still not done with the pop-up, and even a place as steeped in classic hospitality as Town Hall once reportedly flirted with the notion of rolling out a food ... More >>

Frank Reviews Himself

Retooled Lark Creek Inn to Open Next Week

After a brief delay following a last-minute scramble for chef, the Larkspur restaurant formerly known as Lark Creek Inn has an official opening date: next Thursday, June 4. Lark Creek Group culinary director Adrian Hoffman told SFoodie that the Tavern at Lark Creek (234 Magnolia at William, Larkspur ... More >>

Night Cap: Fifth Floor Restaurant and Lounge

You might have noticed that lots of people in San Francisco think they know all about wine. But very few can claim the title of master sommelier, as can Emily Wines (yes, that is her real last name) of Fifth Floor Restaurant and Lounge (12 Fourth St. at Mission). In fact, Wines made history last ye ... More >>

Deal Alert: Half Priced Bottles At Frisee

Pinot Days Winemakers Dinners @ Isa, Jack Falstaff

SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish

The New Grazing

A fancy restaurant morphs into a place where you can order some food with your cocktails

Cinema Supper Club

Best French

Best Wine List

The Raw and the Cooked

Curious George, of Aqua and Fifth Floor, opens his quirky new jewel box

Indian Love Song

A progressive meal through three Indian places with a knowledgeable companion

Falling in Love, Slowly

It took a number of visits over many months before our critic tumbled for Quince

Best French Restaurant

Chapeau!

Belle Époque

Jeanty at Jack's

The Comforts of Home

Home

Catching a Buzz

Cozmo's Corner Grill

Shufflebored

High-powered comings and goings in the food biz

Walking on Water

Aqua

Many Bites

Azie

Best Female With a Bottle

Renee-Nicole Kubin

Best Kaiseki Tasting Menu

Elka's

20th Century Limited

Write Your Own Review!

Romantic Rendezvous

Quest for Prime

Thai Breaker

Truffle Season

Puttin' on the Ritz

Cocoa Nuts

At Alfred Schilling, there's no escape from chocolate