Category: Restaurant

  • The Temple

    The Temple

    We had picked up fruits and vegetables at the small local market in Kona and were just walking around and stopped here to get some drinks and some nibbles. We started with cocktails – A Dill With It Martini for Andrea and a Templue Resurrection with the upgrade to Monkey 47 Gin (same gin as

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  • Da Ramen Kind

    Da Ramen Kind

    We had just landed and were trying to find somplace quick to eat. We went into the food court at the Queen’s Marketplace in Waikoloa. Ramen sounded good. Andrea ordered a green salad, the Tan Tan Ramen, and I had the Tonkatsu Ramen. I also ordered some Friend Chicken Wings. It was all pretty meh,

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  • The Centurion Lounge – SFO Terminal 2

    The Centurion Lounge – SFO Terminal 2

    Finally had a chance to go to the temporary location (due to all of the construction in Terminal 3) for the Centurion Lounge in Terminal 2. I believe this was the previous Alaskan Airlines lounge. Space feels pretty spacious since it’s not all chopped up and stretched out like it was in Terminal 3. Food

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  • Verjus x Rajat Parr

    Verjus x Rajat Parr

    We had a wine maker dinner at Verjus with Rajat Parr who was previously the somm for the Mina group but now has his own wineries (we had not heard of them before). I’ve been wanting to go here with Andrea ever since I went in January, since I know she’d enjoy the food here.

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  • Bones Bagels

    Bones Bagels

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    Finally went back back here to get the bagel dog which I’ve wanted to do ever since we first visited. Andrea got the Veggie bagel sandwich with an every bagel and I also picked up a Brown Butter Pecan Cookie. The bagel dog was of course pre-cooked and was just sitting on a rack when

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  • Niku Steakhouse

    Niku Steakhouse

    Jacob, our account manager, invited me out to dinner with Lionel, one of the reps. Not as many options on Monday, but this was a fantastic option. I haven’t been here since 2023 when Andrea and I last dined here and was definitely looking forward to it. We had a 6pm reservation and it was

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  • Spruce

    Spruce

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    Last minute decision to go here for lunch/brunch. I had a great solo dining experience here last October, so was happy to come back and I was starving since I had gone for a run this morning and this was pretty late for me to eat. We were served the coffee cake to start, but

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  • Angela’s Organic Ice Cream

    Angela’s Organic Ice Cream

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    We wanted something sweet after eating at Tacolicious and we’ve been meaning to try this new ice cream shop in our neighborhood. It’s on the far easter end of the shops on 24th St. so it wasn’t ideally located since it wouldn’t get a lot of natural foot traffic. It was pretty empty when we

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  • Tacolicious – Noe Valley

    Tacolicious – Noe Valley

    We wanted to grab a quick lunch in our neigborhood and headed to Todo El Dia, but it looks as though they rebranded it as Tacolicious who owned them anyway. I think Todo El Dia was a slightly more casual concept since now they are doing direct table service (before it was more place your

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  • Hennessy Bar at Chase Center

    Hennessy Bar at Chase Center

    Last time we were here for a Valkyries game, we had heard about a Hennessey slushie, but it wasn’t on the floor we were on and didn’t have time to go up the bar, but this time our seats were in the section right by this bar so we finally got to try it. I

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