SF Weekly Applauds Benu, Bar Tartine, and Ippuku in Best of S.F. Issue
And Best Burger goes to... Fifth Floor.
And Best Burger goes to... Fifth Floor.
Editor Dana Cowin has been tweeting her riddles.
The Benu chef will be discussing the increasingly parallel technologies of cooking and bioscience.
Though the Bay Area dominates in the California region, L.A.'s Michael Voltaggio is most likely to win this popularity contest.
Here's a funny little item we missed last week: It seems that soon-to-be gazillionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan tried out Benu for the first time recently, but they didn't exactly have the patience or time for the...
She apparently had no idea it was faux, and that was a great compliment.
A little more national love for San Francisco, this time from the 'Journal.'
Also, Michael Mina returns to the guide at one star.
"We're still in our infancy," says Lee, modestly.
Chefs aren't too quick to defend the practice of killing sharks for their fins, but when it comes to taking away their foie, they're pretty angry about that.
7x7 makes the case, others argue against.
The 'GQ' critic says the Bay Area is now the region to watch for restaurants of 'ambition and imagination.'
Owing to overfishing in Russia, the industry has become almost entirely domestic, and 100 percent sustainable.
• Where Zagat and Yelp fit into evolution: Researchers in the UK have discovered that bonobo monkeys actually communicate about the quality of the kiwis they find, and tell each other other where to find the best ones. [BBC] •...
The food at Rose Pistola is an improvement on a few years ago, but still not as good as when it opened, Bauer writes.
Look out for the tourists to take up a bunch of reservations at these nine restaurants this summer.