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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada
Montreal’s vibrant dining scene is one of the reasons this is one of my favorite cities to visit, and why I recently spent a long summer weekend here.
Like San Francisco and New York, Montreal’s dining scene is getting competitive, which means some of my favorite restaurants I visited three years […]
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CHICAGO
A couple of weekends ago I spent it at one of my favorite cities in America. Chicago. Chi-town. Second city.
The food scene is also one of the best in the country, but over my last few visits the focus seem to always lean more toward the sustainable, seasonal ingredients, Euro-centric, Midwestern comfort […]
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TOKYO
My favorite meal from my 14-day vacation in Japan was also my final dinner as my trip came to an end.
Planning for a fancy dinner in Japan can be a challenge. Michelin-star restaurants have such a reputation that reservations must be booked months in advance or you have to use a broker […]
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Tasting menus at bars are trending right now, with notable Bay Area restaurants such as Lazy Bear and Saison offering a smaller tasting menu at the bar or opening a bar-focus program next door.
The latter is the case for Oakland’s only Michelin-star restaurant, Commis, from Chef James Syhabout. Following the success of his […]
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
Celebrity Chef José Andrés has a reputation for curating some of the most technically inspired and Catalan-flavored tasting menus in the world, at restaurants from Washington, D.C. (minibar) to Las Vegas (é).
I’ve never had an opportunity to try […]
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HONOLULU
My gripe about Hawaii’s dining scene is that it doesn’t change very much. So I stayed away for nearly three years and now that I’m in town, I’m playing catch up. First up is one of the island’s most highly touted new openings: Senia.
On a […]
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The restaurant business is one of those with a clear glass ceiling, where many executive chefs are often men rather than women. Few female chefs have been able to garner much attention, even in the diverse and food-crazed San Francisco Bay Area.
But one of the women who are making waves in the city is […]
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Tasting menus seem to be trending in San Francisco right now. And I’m not talking about the astronomically priced ones served up at places like Saison or French Laundry, but what I’ve noticed are the refined plates and casual settings for tasting menus at restaurants like Lord Stanley in Russian Hill.
More than a year old, Lord […]
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UPDATE: The restaurant management unexpectedly closed this high-profile spot in summer 2016, saying it was “temporary” but no signs of when it will reopen or what will happen to the talents of Chef Matthew Lightner.
NAPA, Calif.
There’s been a lot of activity in wine country lately, and a lot of chefs are creating […]
Some things are worth the wait.
Atelier Crenn, the highly-praised fine-dining restaurant by Chef Dominique Crenn, has been open for more than five years. Since then it has earned two Michelin stars and thousands of online raves about the chef’s poetic approach to a tasting menu.
It probably would have been smart for me to visit […]
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The story: Wako is a cozy yet modern-looking sushi restaurant in the inner Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, less than two years old but already getting buzz among locals for its pristine and elegant dishes from Chef-Owner Tamoharu Nakamura.
Why I went: I love sushi, and I had read about the restaurant’s omakase (chef’s choice) dinner […]
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The story: Lazy Bear had a cult following when it was an underground pop-up restaurant, notifying newsletter subscribers of upcoming dinners via email. Last year it finally established itself as a full-fledge restaurant when it opened its doors in the Mission, but still continued to break ground by creating a dining experience with a pre-paid […]
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Chef James Syhabout of Oakland’s Commis and Hawker Fare plans to open a new restaurant called Box and Bells this spring in the Rockridge neighborhood.
While I wait for his latest venture to open, I thought I’d make a long-overdue return to his first gem, the one-Michelin-star Commis on Piedmont Avenue. The last I […]
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A restaurant that started off two years ago with a lot of promise now has picked up a Michelin star and is establishing itself as a fine-dining destination in Nob Hill.
Sons & Daughters was created by two friends from culinary school, Chefs Matt McNamara and Teague Moriarty. People didn’t know much about the duo, […]
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