Tag: SF Bay Area
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Lehr’s German Specialties
We were on a walk in our neighborhood. We’ve been meaning to go into this German goods store since it was resurrected after it went out of business and was bought by a neighborhood local and revamped and updated and reopened last November. We had always peeked in the window as we passed by. They
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Obsidian Wine Co.
After lunch at Valley, we went to Obsidian partially based on the recommendation from Corner 103 and based on our memory of having had this wine before. The tasting room is set back slightly from the street of the plaza. We did a walk-in. They were fairly busy (packed inside and mostly outside) and they
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Valley
We were looking for someplace for lunch. This place was listed as a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin guide, so why not. We took seating the patio area in the back under a large canopy to provide share to all of the tables. A large percent of the tables had young children/babies including a baby
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Corner 103
We had a little bit of time in Sonoma and decided to just do tasting in the plaza. Andrea asked ChatGPT where to taste and this place came up as one of the top mentions. The tasting room was on a corner of course. We just did a walk-in and the place was empty. We
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Enclos
We were looking forward to dining here and spending a little bit of time in Sonoma which we don’t do often enough. We just walked from our AirBnB which was located a couple blocks south of the plaza. The restaurant was just barely east of the plaza on Napa Rd. and coincidentally next to Sojurn
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Angler
Andrea hadn’t been interested in revisiting Angler so when Steven invited me for dinner, we decided to go since neither of us had been for awhile. The cocktails were very enjoyable. We mainly had them mezcal versions of other cocktails (e.g. penicillin, last word, negroni). There are some items off menu that you can ask
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Elena’s
We had the cleaners scheduled at the house so we decided to take a late brunch here at Elena’s. We didn’t have a reservation, but based on our previous visits, we figured we’d be able to just walk in without much trouble. We were surprised to see that it was near full even at the
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Miller & Lux
Andrea P. and Stanford invited us to the Valkyries game and dinner beforehand. I was very interested in going to a Valkyries game and had been interested in going to Miller & Lux for awhile, but we hadn’t gotten around to doing either. Miller & Lux is a steakhouse from celebrity chef Tyler Florence (we
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Akikos
I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since Plamen and I ate here, but I am very thankful for him reaching out with the invite. The first in the Otsumami part of the meal was the Katsuo Tataki. It was, but a little fishy tasting, so not my favorite. Next was the Mehikari, or greeneyes
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Belotti Bottega pasta shop
We were in Oakland on Piedmont running some errands and walked by this pasta shop. We popped in to take a look and were blown away how great their pasta looks. They were actively making more pasta too. So we had to buy something. We decided to try something a little different and went with