Bauer Gets Flack For Praising That Chicken Tartare
The chicken tartare at Ippuku sounds disgusting, but Bauer defends it.
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Kauffman Thinks Ippuku Is Just Swell; Reidinger Waxes Nostalgic at Capp’s Corner
Jonathan Kauffman is impressed with the beak-to-tail preparations of "every molecule" of the chicken at Berkeley's Ippuku, and he goes so far as to say the place is "one of the year's new restaurants I'm most impatient to return to."...
Unterman Seems to Like Commonwealth, But We Can’t Be Sure
We see the opening paragraph of Patti U.'s new review of Commonwealth is online, however because the Examiner remains a bit technically, well, slow, the link to the full review has apparently gone dead, and none of our usual tricks...
Bauer Loves Gitane, Hates Not Getting His Own Cocktail Menu
Also, Mandy Erickson reviews Kokko in San Mateo.
Reidinger Revels in Papito’s Corn; Kauffman Tours the Town’s Bakeries
Kauffman reviews the various, mostly newly opened "micro-patisseries."
Patti U. Praises the ‘Great Diner Food’ at Citizen’s Band
She especially loves the fried chicken and the frank and beans.
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.
Patti U. Compares Prospect to Jeremiah Towers’s Stars; Josh Sens Pens Mini-Rave of Comstock
Patricia loves the food and the vibe at Prospect.
Nearing the End of His Tour of Duty, Local Michelin Inspector Compliments SPQR, Sociale
He says they "love" Matt Accarrino's food.
Kauffman Files Lackluster Update on Slow Club; Cantinetta Piero Gets Two Stars
Jonathan Kauffman, in his series dedicated to "restaurants that have been around so long they've slipped into a media black hole," returns to the heart of the 1990s at Slow Club, which he calls "the Dorian Gray of restaurants." He...
What It’s Like to Dine With Bauer
Beth Spotswood scores an invite out to dine with Michael Bauer and partner Michael Murphy.
Kauffman Loves the Chicken Xacuti at Viva Goa; Reidinger Waxes On About Spire
In reviewing the new Indian restaurant Viva Goa in the Marina, Jonathan Kauffman ponders a paradox this week: Whether to judge the 'authenticity' of a regional ethnic restaurant's cuisine when the chef is deliberately trying to adapt dishes for an...
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."
Patti U. Wastes No Time In Raving About Bar Agricole
After less than a month, Patti U. files the first review of the new cocktail-focused restaurant in SoMa.
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...
Bauer Raves About the ‘Serious and Sometimes Whimsical’ Morimoto Napa
The Chronicle critic gives the new Napa restaurant three stars.