Patti U. tries out the tasting menu at Benu, and says, "by the sixth course... I was in love." She adores the faux shark's fin soup and the 1000-year-old quail's egg, and notes that "Everything that actually lands at the...
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),...
Michael Bauer filed an updated review of former Top 100 fave Las Camelias in San Rafael, which still has the same chef-owner as when opened in 1978 (!), Gabriel Fregoso. He last reviewed the place in 1996 to the tune...
Patricia Unterman swings through the almost-year-old Starbelly in her latest review, and notes that chef Adam Timney's "quirky California eclecticism" and the staff's "inclusive esprit de corps" make the place stand out from its more Italian sister restos Beretta and...
Bauer raves about John Maher's menu at CAV; Ness also raves about Oakland's Hibiscus.
• Ms. Unterman adores the cardoon custard, the wine selection, and the "unusual, yet perfectly balanced" pasta dishes from Ristobar chef Angelo Auriana. Overall, she writes, "Everything works together and the place is so happening that everything stays fresh." [SF...
