Smoked Salmon Rolls – Hooray for the Holidays!
With the holiday season in full swing, the time finally came for me to break out an hors d’oeuvre from the “Kelsey’s Classics” collection – salmon rolls…
Tags: hors d'oeuvres, Recipes, seafood
With the holiday season in full swing, the time finally came for me to break out an hors d’oeuvre from the “Kelsey’s Classics” collection – salmon rolls…
Tags: hors d'oeuvres, Recipes, seafood
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After being a loyal patron for over 5 years and having only written a fairly brief review about the magical dessert menu, the time has finally come to put joking aside and pay tribute to what I consider to be the best restaurant in San Francisco. Delfina, even after this long you are still the restaurant to which I compare all other restaurants in the City. Why? It’s simple – you are the epitome of what you are trying to be.
Tags: 100 best of the bay, craig stoll, italian food, italian restaurant, james beard award, the mission
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*queue cheesy entertainment TV voice*
“In the heart of downtown San Francisco, Michael Mina boasts one of the most reputable menus in the city. Under the innovative direction of owner Michael Mina, this restaurant takes California Cuisine to level of “Haute Couture.”…
Tags: 100 best of the bay, michael mina, Michelin-rated restaurant
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I’m scared of Gregoire. Why? Because I’m scared I’m going to eat 5000 little potato puffs before I get out the door and explode. It actually happened once, and it could happen again. You have to be careful with those little balls of heaven – they’re addicting. I heard they started making a potato puff patch, the PPP, that you can stick on your arm for those who can’t control themselves and need something to help them curve their cravings…
Tags: berkeley, french food, french restaurant, gourmet ghetto, potato, takeout
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I originally wrote this review 2 weeks after the opening of clock bar (a hot new spot with fancy cocktails!? Of course I was eager to try!), and since have been back twice – mainly because of its convenient location and fairly extensive cocktail menu. Unfortunately however, my original comments have applied to every experience I’ve had here, so I’m not inclined to do much editing…
Tags: cocktails, michael mina, union square
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There is a difference between “cozy” or “intimate” and “so freakishly small that I’m hitting everyone around me with my bag and coat.” Lolo clearly falls into the latter category. Within the first 20 seconds of walking in I had already already apologized 4 times for smacking someone in the face.
Tags: spanish food, tapas, the mission
Why, hello there. Well, after 4 years of writing, what one might say, sterling reviews for Yelp, I was finally yelled at by my co-workers for not starting something of my own. “Yell” might be a strong word. Seriously questioned is more like it. Although I may have been guilted into starting this, I’m now [...]