Aziza is one of the most fascinating restaurants and restaurant stories in the country. There aren’t many Moroccan restaurants in the country period. There certainly are even fewer restaurants with daring chefs like the incomparable Mourad Lahlou bravely, often brilliantly re-designing Moroccan cuisine into a new global modern cuisine altogether, with a few influences fromContinue reading “Restaurants: Aziza, San Francisco”
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The Bites of March
The Alembic, San Francisco:The Promissory Note cocktail A spectacular, mellow blend of Reposado tequila, dry vermouth, canton ginger liqueur, honey, and a brief bite from absinthe. Served up, this is everything you want from a cocktail: some spice, some sweet, some booze notes, all together refreshing and thought-provoking. Bi-Rite Creamery, San Francisco: Mexican Chocolate withContinue reading “The Bites of March”
Round Up Around San Francisco– Where Summer Is Winter and Winter Feels Likes Summer
Having grown up in the Bay Area until I ventured to cold weather Ohio for college, I never realized how upside down the seasons are in the city. Though summer produce like fresh tomatoes and peaches still listen (for the most part) to the seasonal calendar, it is amazing how warm January and February areContinue reading “Round Up Around San Francisco– Where Summer Is Winter and Winter Feels Likes Summer”
Cocktail of the Week: The Promissory Note at The Alembic, San Francisco
The Promissory Note is an appropriate name for a cocktail in this economy, as the paragraph long description of this drink at the Haight District’s go to cocktail spot from the folks behind the nearby Magnolia Brewery explains. The bar writes, “In these economic hard times, everyone needs a little bailout. We’ve concocted a littleContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The Promissory Note at The Alembic, San Francisco”
Le Plat du Jour: Thursday March 29, 2012
This last Thursday of March brings sunshine to the west coast before another forecasted winter storm, all of this rainfall absolutely necessary after the summer-like winter we’ve been having. Showing a visitor around San Francisco yesterday, we spent some quality time waiting in line and then enjoy excellent Dungeness crab louie and smoked salmon onContinue reading “Le Plat du Jour: Thursday March 29, 2012”
Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco
It is seldom seen today in 2012 for chefs to open restaurants with their name as the restaurant’s name, unless perhaps there is some clever twist (here’s looking at you Baker & Banker). To name a restaurant after yourself takes courage for chefs. It means you are the destination. Your cooking will be evaluated byContinue reading “Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco”
Cocktails of the Week: El Presidente and the Moonraker from Bar Agricole, San Francisco
San Francisco’s now two year old Bar Agricole continues to break new ground, while remaining true to its heart as a modern urban tavern. Tavern? The James Beard award winning design inside and out on the patio where 350 days a year it’s too cool in the city to enjoy, are far from the tavernsContinue reading “Cocktails of the Week: El Presidente and the Moonraker from Bar Agricole, San Francisco”
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