San Francisco Bay Area

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

A year ago during Christmas week, I ended a day on the Sonoma Coast with a vist to Russian House #1 in Jenner. On the Russian River, the restaurant features a daily buffet of mostly vegetarian ...

by Melanie Wong 2 days ago

The Dungeness Crab season kicked off today, December 1, in California for areas north of the Sonoma County line, and also in Oregon and Washington. The fleet began dropping pots two days earlier an...

Anybody know the scoop on the change of ownership at Kabuto? There's a notice posted in the window.

by Dave MP 3 days ago

I was thinking of ordering lox from Zabar's in NYC, but the shipping prices are really high. I'm wondering what's the best lox I can buy locally in the Bay Area? I know that best means different th...

by Melanie Wong 6 years ago

The "Grand Opening" banner has been flying on Story Road for a couple years already. Two weeks ago I finally made a point to stop in, my first visit to any of the Đức Hương Giò Chả locations. I lov...

Hi all, We're heading to Clement St. around 9th Ave. this weekend. I'm looking for some good dim sum (also open to other Chinese food), and would be particularly interested in any restaurant that...

Asian grocery stores have freshly made noodles, but they're machine-made as opposed to hand-pulled or hand torn. Is there a place to buy hand-pulled noodles? I'm thinking noodles from A&J beef n...

by baron45 27 days ago

Redwood City location.

by Melanie Wong 5 years ago

Jane, the cafes, have been joined by Jane the Bakery, opened December 7. http://www.chowhound.com/post/cafe-grumpy-coffees-jane-san-francisco-821644 I had a chance to try the new bakery-cafe for br...

I'm late posting this; they have been available thru Good Eggs and Farmstead delivery services for about 3 weeks. Short season so if you love mangoes, these are the best we've ever found and wel...

Was at the Richmond (near Berkelely/Albany) Costco today. They had put some cheese near the entrance, and the triple-creme Brie caught my eye. It, very, very surprisingly for a US-supermarket chee...

by Melanie Wong 9 days ago

For the past couple weeks, I've been tasting Thanksgiving pies around Sonoma County when there's an opportunity to buy a sample slice. Tough work, but someone's gotta do it! Quail and Condor, He...

by patsully 2 months ago

A new top 50 list, unranked thankfully. "Together they reflect the rich mosaic of American dining — from the melding of Thai curry and Texas brisket in the Pacific Northwest, to heritage crab r...

While a student at Cal I quite enjoyed East Ocean Seafood both for dim sum and dinner service. I will be up in the East Bay with my family and was considering returning for a meal, likely an early...

by Melanie Wong 4 months ago

After 35 years on the Healdsburg Plaza, Kathleen Stewart has put her iconic bakery up for sale and plans to retire. From the broker’s quote, sounds like it will sell fast, so revisit and stock up o...