Tag: SF Bay Area

  • Bob’s Donuts

    Bob’s Donuts

    After dining at Sorella, we were walking back to our car and we passed Bob’s Donuts, so we had to pick some up, even though we wouldn’t be eating them today. We picked up a smores, a coffee, a fruity pebbles, a strawberry, and creme brulee donuts. I’ll have to tell you how they are…

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  • Sorella

    Sorella

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    This week’s dinner was at Sorella, the “little sister” (sorella literally means sister) restaurant to Acquerello which we still love (I’ve been going there for more than 20 years…yes, I’m old) and Sorella is positioned as more an any day dining experience compared to the occasion dining experience at Acquerello. We’ve been meaning to eat…

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  • Ritual dinner with Julien Royer (Odette)

    Ritual dinner with Julien Royer (Odette)

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    Another Ritual dinner last night, this time the venue was at the St. Joseph Art Academy location (where we also attended the California Caviar Co.’s caviar day event a couple months ago). The chef was Julien Royer from Singapore who has a 3-Michelin star restaurant, Odette, which is also on the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants…

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  • Benu

    Benu

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    Kristine had an evening free on a work trip to SF so we were so happy to be able to take her out for dinner and it was close enough to her birthday that it was a good excuse to also celebrate that. I was able to score a last minute reservation at Benu, a…

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  • The Cheesecake Factory

    The Cheesecake Factory

    We were downtown and Andrea had never eaten at The Cheesecake Factory, so I said we had to go. Great view from up here, but food is pretty typical chain food and. And we didn’t even get any cheesecake 🙁

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  • Ancora

    Ancora

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    We’ve been meaning to try this place for a bit ever since they opened in July. Executive chef is Nick Anichini, formerly of Atelier Crenn. Menu primarily features seafood with their main supplier being Water2Table. We went with the Chief’s Tasting Menu at the Chef’s counter with wine pairing. We went with the Chef’s tasting…

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  • Boulevard

    Boulevard

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    Neither of its had eaten here in many years so we thought it’d be fun to try this place after so many years. 25 years ago (dang I’m old), I used to work at One Market and had eaten here many many times. Restaurant appeared to be quite busy (we showed up at almost 6:00pm)…

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  • Bansang

    Bansang

    This week’s dinner was at Bangasng, one of the hot new restaurants in SF per Eater located on the block on Filmore, next door to Avery and just up and across the street from The Progress and State Bird Provisions and The Anchovy Bar. It’s a modern Koreran tapas place. The banchan was only a…

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  • Robin

    Robin

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    This week’s dinner was at Robin. I hadn’t eaten here since before the pandemic, but Andrea had eaten here with Trisha since then. Back then, I really enjoyed the modern take on sushi and enjoyed the rap music playing as background music. So I was really looking forward to coming here again, but wondered if…

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  • Rich Table

    Rich Table

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    This restaurant was the last one we ate at (3/12/20) right before the pandemic lockdown occurred. We remember having a great time so we were curious to revisit although they did lose their Michelin star in the latest guide. We had a 5:15 reservation and the restaurant was already quite full on a Thursday. Cocktails…

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