You know a restaurant’s importance in the common vernacular of a city when the initials which make up the restaurant’s name are the medium for learning the abbreviation of one of history’s most important and powerful empires. I remember visiting a friend from San Francisco studying in Rome a few years ago. With no knowledgeContinue reading “Restaurants: SPQR, San Francisco”
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Monday’s Neighborhood: Help Restore Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
This week’s neighborhood of the week exemplifies the meaning of a neighborhood– where strangers come together to help one another in tines of trouble. Brooklyn is full of many impressive restaurant and bar-rich neighborhoods, many of which have been greatly affected by Hurricane Sandy, along with so many other neighborhoods of New York City andContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood: Help Restore Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York”
The 200th Article: Restaurants: Range, San Francisco
In the daunting world that is the restaurant industry, the few restaurants that succeed beyond their first half decade have clicked with some specific formula. The formula might be as a tourist trap where the attraction is an enormous aquarium wall, or it might be about the exciting nature of a completely changing menu dailyContinue reading “The 200th Article: Restaurants: Range, San Francisco”
Plat du Jour, Tuesday November 6, 2012: Your Romney and Obama Election Dinner
As the results come in on this Election Tuesday evening, let’s imagine a dinner put together by both candidates most beloved foods. Start by with the finger foods, snacking on hummus and pita chips like Governor Romney would, and President Obama supports trail mix and chips with guacamole. We start with Governor Romney and hisContinue reading “Plat du Jour, Tuesday November 6, 2012: Your Romney and Obama Election Dinner”
Plat du Jour: November 2, 2012: The Perfect Sandwich, The Not-So Perfect Restaurant Location, and Menu Terminology
It’s the first weekend of November and APO is very much in the air. This time of year always brings such wonderful produce and comforting treats from autumnal ingredients. The past few weeks I’ve been delighted by the exceptional brussels sprouts dishes on menus (usually with bacon, guanciale, or pancetta involved), the pumpkin beers onContinue reading “Plat du Jour: November 2, 2012: The Perfect Sandwich, The Not-So Perfect Restaurant Location, and Menu Terminology”
Cocktail of the Week: The “Emerald Monk,” Dosa on Fillmore, San Francisco
You’d be forgiven for ignoring the cocktail menu upon arriving at the spectacular, grand second outpost of the modernized Southern Indian inspired restaurant Dosa, on Fillmore between Japantown and Pacific Heights. It has to be at least twice the size of the cozy original on Valencia on the Mission. The lengthy food menu will mesmerizeContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The “Emerald Monk,” Dosa on Fillmore, San Francisco”
Plat du Jour, November 1, 2012: Food and the November 6 Election
The election is now just five days away and the campaigns now intensify even more with the calendar having turned the corner to the month of November. Foreign policy, the economy, balancing budgets, values, and individual rights are all of course taking their appropriate positions as the headline subjects the Presidential candidates are covering inContinue reading “Plat du Jour, November 1, 2012: Food and the November 6 Election”
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