Tag: San Francisco

  • Cotogna

    This is our fourth time dining here. It’s an easy choice for casual dinner with delicious comfort food. We had to start with some cocktails. Andrea went with the Braccialetto which was made with mezcal, citrus, and amaro. This had decent mezcal flavor to it with a bit more body from the amaro and a…

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  • Prelude

    Prelude

    Our dinner was at Prelude which just opened up in the Jay Hotel this past August and was recently added to Michelin Guide this March, so i had to give it a try. Chef Celtin Hendrickson-Jones’ cuisine is Southern with updated technique and local ingredients. We went with the tasting menu (which I think is…

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  • La Ciccia

    La Ciccia

    We were both recovering from Covid so were only up for something low key. I picked La Ciccia in our neighborhood for logistic simplicity, plus we had been meaning to revist this restaurant since it had been many years since we had eaten here. La Ciccia has long been recognized for it’s unique Sardinian cuisine.…

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  • Merchant Roots

    Merchant Roots

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    I had come across this restaurant a couple times online and my curiosity was piqued with their seasonally themed tasting menu. We had really planned anything for dinner today and since Andrea was downtown, it’s always a good excuse to find a restaurant, so I booked a first seating reservation for us for their Humpty…

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  • Ernest

    Ernest

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    TL;DR version – food was pretty interesting and tasty, but service was pretty poor. we were seated at the bar and somehow they seemed to forget about us a couple times(?!) We first ate here almost 3 years ago now and enjoyed ourselves. So we had been talking about revisiting (always so many restaurants to…

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  • True Laurel

    True Laurel

    We’ve driven by here a billion times (ok, that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, maybe only a million times) and I’ve been meaning to go here all that time. This cocktail bar is created by the folks behind Lazy Bear and is currently listed #30 on the World’s 50 Best Bars along with numerous…

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  • Birdsong – sake maker dinner with IWA 5

    Birdsong – sake maker dinner with IWA 5

    We last ate here in June 2019 in between our birthdays. I remember where we sat and having a good time and I also remember the numerous homeless people out in front of the restaurant. They were a Michelin 1-star back then, but picked up a second star in 2021. Andrea had mentioned this place…

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  • Liholiho Yacht Club

    Liholiho Yacht Club

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    This was a random Thursday dinner since Andrea was working downtown in the office and so we figured we may as well grab some dinner downtown. We were trying to go relatively low key since we had just been gorging ourselves in Las Vegas over the extended weekend. We ended up going to LihoLiho Yacht…

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  • Verjus

    Verjus

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    Been wanting to go here. Never went when they were open before, but thanks to Steven’s invite, I finally had a chance to go. Verjus is a French-inspired wine bar from the owners of Quince (where we’re have some of our best meals, but in our opinion has fallen off in our most recent dining)…

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  • Flour + Water

    Flour + Water

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    We’ve been meaning to eat here ever since they opened in 2009(!). When they first opened, there were no reservations and it was wait in line only so we never bothered. During the pandemic, we did have some of their food kits. We had also ordered on numerous occasions from the pasta shop and eaten…

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