Tag: SF Bay Area
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The Caviar Co.
What to eat after a run to Tiburon (for the record, i “only” ran the 16 miles from Sports Basement Presidio instead of the 20 miles from home) – caviar of course! We love having lunch at The Caviar Company of course. Plus it was sunnier on this side of the bridge and I worship
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Izakaya Rintaro
This week’s dinner was a bit more lowkey than our more typical fine dining. This restaurant often appears on a lot of lists so we figured we’d try it again. We’ve eaten here once before for an impromptu dinner since we had been shopping at Rainbow Grocery and did a walk-in seating. I remember it
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Friends Only
Last night’s dinner was at Friends Only, an omakase counter that is also the R&D kitchen for Akikos (at which we ate in February). The restaurant only seats 10 and for our reservation there were only 6 seated to we were all spaced out nicely and it was quite nice to not have things so
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Aphotic
Last night’s dinner was at Aphotic a newly opened fine dining seafood restaurant with a focus on local produce a traceable seafood. This space was formerly the restaurant Palette (Andrea also remembered this prior to that being Lulu’s) owned by the same chef, Peter Hemsley (a Quince alum). It underwent a renovation with a darker
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Copra
Tonight’s dinner was at Copra, a new Sri Lankan restaurant where Dosa used to be. We were very saddened when Dosa closed and haven’t found any decent Indian restaurants (Bibi Ji in Santa Barbara was very good, but not great). For us, it’s often about the quality of the spices and of course the preparation,
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Ritual Dinner with Javi Olleros
This week’s dinner was another Ritual dinner this time featuring Spanish Chef Javi Olleros from the 2 Michelin star restaurant Culler de Pau. The venue was at a small a art gallery, the saved venue when they hosted Nacho Manzano from Asturias. These Ritual dinners are a great way to experience the cuisine of internationally
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