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Kauffman May Have Eaten Too Much Pizza; Bauer Gets All Emotional for Sam's Grill; More
It's true: San Francisco is swimming in pizza these days. And nobody's more ambivalently hip to this fact than Mr. Kauffman, who mostly sings the praises of the new major pie players before he even gets to Zero Zero, at...
Bauer Calls Prospect ‘A Beautiful Young Colt’, Gives it Three and a Half Stars
Bauer's verdict is in, and it's an all-out rave.
Willie Brown Files Unofficial Review of Tres Agaves, and It’s Bad
"If you go to Tres Agaves, stay in the bar. Eat the chips and guacamole, drink the margaritas, and say you’re on a diet."
Bauer Weighs In On the Drunk Tax
Like we said, it's not gonna pass become law. But today Michael Bauer argues that "members of the Board of Supervisors seem intent on killing" San Francisco's bar and restaurant draw with their silly booze tax, which they'll be voting...
Remembering Michael Mina, Version 1.0
Looking back at old reviews as Mina's eponymous restaurant has its swan song this evening.
That Restaurant With Zero Stars? It’s Morton’s
"The food was barely edible and the service was a comedy of errors."
Who’s Getting Zero Stars?; Kauffman Orgasms at Mission Chinese Food; Reidinger Not a Fan of Izakaya Sozai
An established S.F. restaurant's about to get a rare zero stars for food...
Where to Find the Best Fries in the Bay Area
Michael Bauer provided a handy french fry roundup in Sunday's Chron, revealing his six favorites: Starbelly, Flora, Angèle, Willi's Wine Bar, Chez Papa Bistrot, and Marlowe, of which he writes, "With each bite, the fry shatters like glass to reveal...
Bauer Raves About the ‘Serious and Sometimes Whimsical’ Morimoto Napa
The Chronicle critic gives the new Napa restaurant three stars.
Bauer Wins National Award
Hats off to Chronicle critic Michael Bauer, who took the prize this year for Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism from the Association of Food Journalists, besting Tom Sietsema of the Washington Post and Lee Klein of the Miami New Times. Kudos,...
Patti U. Calls Gitane ‘Elegant, Ecclectic’; Bauer Revists Evvia, Says It’s Slipped; Rocketfish: ‘Fusion Gone Way Wrong’
Patricia Unterman takes a stab at Gitane this week, which recently welcomed new chef Bridget Batson, and Patti writes, "The very first thing I tasted, calamares from the wood-fired oven, knocked me over." She also adores the caille (roasted quail),...
Precocious Young Bauer Reader Demands Quiet
"It's been a tough day. Could we go to one of the Top 100 restaurants with a one-bell rating?" — An anonymous budding foochebag, age 13 or so, overheard near the Academy of Sciences by a Garchik tipster. Mr. Bauer,...
Bauer Gives Wayfare Two and a Half Stars
Bauer seems fairly pleased with everything, but notes a few missteps from the kitchen.
The Chron Visits À Côté and Vesu in the East Bay; Patti U. Takes First Crack at Zero Zero
Also, Patti takes on Ippuku in Berkeley.
Where to Eat in Napa
Michael Bauer provides us with a listicle of his favorite Napa eats, in case you were wondering. Among them, Oenotri, ZuZu, Angèle, and the just opened Morimoto Napa, which we assume he'll be reviewing shortly. [Chron]...
Bitchy Grifters Drop Bauer’s Name, Get Table at Wayfare
Some girl is traipsing around town pretending to be Bauer's niece.
Most Chefs’ Twitter Feeds Are Boring; Hooters Targets Fantasy Footballers
• There are hundreds of chefs and food writers on Twitter, but most of their feeds are dull. [Time] Also, Bauer discovers that there are chefs on Twitter, and compares their followings. [Between Meals] • Food Gal enjoys a chef's...
Bauer Smiles on Saison to the Tune of Three Stars; Patti U. Sups at Superior Palace
Bauer adores the revamped Saison, and Patti U. finds some yummy Cantonese in the Outer Richmond.