Regarding the Scene at Chili’s in San Bruno, on Mother’s Day
Once again, Ms. Spotswood ventures where we dare not.
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Local Scribe Sickened After Meal at Hard Rock Café at the Wharf
Be very, very afraid of that appetizer sampler.
Beware: There Are Many Bridal Showers at Crown & Crumpet
Investigating yet another corner of our fair city we wouldn't dare enter ourselves, Tourist Trapped scribe Beth Spotswood this week visits Ghirardelli Square and begins at the very British-y Crown & Crumpet. It's where you go for a high-tea bridal...
Kitchen Staff Staged Walk-Out at Castagnola’s on the Wharf
The 95-year-old restaurant has replaced its entire kitchen staff as a result of a Labor Day walkout.
NYT Recommends Visiting Every Touristy Restaurant Along the S.F. Waterfront. Really?
The Cliff House? Really?
Hooters: Where They Drag The Trash Out Through the Middle of the Dining Room
Beth Spotswood files another 'Tourist Trapped' column, and it's hilarious.
A Harrowing Tale of an Evening at Joe’s Crab Shack, Followed By a Double Homicide
The servers actually do a dance called the 'Cha Cha Slide' around your table. And this makes us sad for them.
Won Over By a True Tourist Trap?
"The ambiance was a bizarre jungle cartoon come to life, with the staff constantly busting out their birthday song and children running around unsupervised. But it was so weird, the Rainforest Café became kind of fun." — Beth Spotswood, in...
In Re: The Rougher Cuts of Pork From Mitteleurope
"Who can resist a nice pig knuckle?" — Jonathan Kauffman, who as part of his 'Black Hole Dining' series pays a visit to old-old-school German joint Schroeder's in the FiDi, where they still have polka nights, and where they still...
Two Terrible Restaurants Partner In Timeshare Scheme
We try not to pay too much attention to the inept YouTube-based advertising efforts of certain restaurant concerns, because it's kind of like watching your grandmother navigate Facebook and you have to have a little sympathy and cut them some...
Venturing to Forbes Island, That Mini-Lighthouse Restaurant Near the Sea Lions
You don't really go there for the food, but...
A Guide to Dining at S.F.’s Cliffside Tourist Traps
Take a tour through several renowned tourist traps with blogger Beth Spotswood.
Get a Load of the Statuary and Bizarrely Church-y Interior at Jeanne D’Arc Restaurant
Watch a new promotional video/slideshow from the Nob Hill restaurant buried in the Hotel Cornell de France.
Read What Happens When a Local Braves Pier 39
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., like much of the tourist-gouging mall fare at Pier 39, is as foreign a place to most locals as Fremont or Northern Iraq. Enter brave SFGate blogger Beth Spotswood, who finds actual boxes of chocolates and...