• Michael Bauer notes that unlike in other cities, the restaurant business here is booming, and he's a bit overwhelmed with the list of reviews he has to schedule by the end of the year. Don't expect too many updates...
Nob Hill resident John Waters was spotted dining at Sons & Daughters by none other than Bauer better half Michael Murphy, who tweeted, and we quote, "Sitting a table down from me tonight, was John Waters...complete with mascara enhanced pencil...
Bauer gives 2.5 stars, but not a ton of praise, to Scott Howard's new venture; Patricia Unterman enjoys almost everything she ate at Hog & Rocks.
• Just to taunt a commenter who wrote, "I’m going to go insane if i read another article about pizza or hamburgers," Bauer puts up another blog post about pizza. [Between Meals/Scoop] • Bi-Rite Market owner Sam Mogannam looked to...
Bauer likes most of the food at Comstock Saloon, but thinks it's kind of salty, even though that tends to encourage more drinking.
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...
Sure, we have Nopalito and Doña Tomas, but our cohort down south today brings word that "seemingly everybody in L.A. these days looks interested in opening Mexican restaurants," and giving the cuisine regional and modern attention like Top Chef Master...
He loves the atmosphere and most of the dishes at L'Appart, and he calls the cioppino at Sotto Mare one of the best he's had.
Patti loves the retro vibe and updated dishes at Thermidor; Bauer gets grossed out by sous vide chicken at Flora.
There will always be VIPs who get tables faster than you.
2.5 stars for Another Monkey, and Patti loves the "playfully Japanese" food at Nombe.
The new Nob Hill eatery already gets Bauer's nod under the header 'Four Places to Check Out this Weekend.'
Michael Bauer revisits Bacco in Noe Valley to update his three-star review from 2002. As some might remember, chef-owner Paolo Dominici died while spearfishing in Hawaii last year, but the place is still going strong under the leadership of widow...
Kauffman gets the Thai side of the menu translated; Bauer likes his sausage; Reidinger gets all Freudian and saucy about the boys and their cigars at Cigar Bar.
Bauer's commenter pool is, as usual, cranky.
Bauer isn't thrilled with 25-year-old Lalime's; Patti loves Heirloom, finds they may have a new chef.
• The Eternally Displeased Diva, the Gonzo Journalist, and eleven other useless and easily categorizable types of Yelp users. [Urlesque] • Bauer went to Marlowe for his birthday, got a new iPhone 4, and loved the poulet vert. [Between Meals/Scoop]...
Bauer teases Heirloom with a three-star review, but says the menu's too limited.
Four years after giving it two and a half stars, Michael Bauer revisits Angèle in Napa, and says it's now one of the area's "most exciting destinations," to the tune of three stars. He says there's some disconnect between the...
