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I am going to be in SF on a Thursday night and we don't land until 9. Any recommendations for a nice good any price place to eat at around 10:30 on a Thursday??
I've been dreading this moment, but it's time to post the question: where are good eats in Berkeley/Oakland? You see, I'm leaving NYC -- my born and bred home -- for a PhD program (min. 6 years) ...
We had a lovely lunch in Berkeley today at the Cafe de la Paz, on Shattuck a block or two south of Cedar. I was quite taken with the Cachapas de Jojoto con Chile, pancakes with kernels of fresh s...
Welcome to Chowhound Starship Mellencamp. Bob(TM) has added features that will make these boards much more convenient to use. We'll let most of them be pleasant surprises, but there are two thing...
I'm going to SF for a wedding this weekend. I have dutifully used the chowhound search and read everything that came up for SF, but what I'm really looking for didn't come up. I've always had go...
Suze was asking about where to find pan fried turnip cakes in SF (I had been lamenting that you can't find great ones in NYC; that it's more a SF thing) Suze, you're gonna hate this answer, b...
We will be visiting SF in early September. Is there any place to get Abalone? We had it several years ago on an earlier visit. How about a place to buy a good picnic lunch? We will be going ...
We will be in San Francisco for 4 days and our location is the Fairmont Hotel for a Pediatric meeting. I would appreciate a list of the 4 best restaurants in San Francisco. We like French, Ita...
I want to know about new cool delicious not pretentious places to go in Berkeley/Bay area/oakland chinatown--lived here for a VERY long time,but am sure there are new places I don't know about....
Two words for you all: Ton Kiang. Simple, Honest, Easy. 582 Geary Blvd., San Fran. Paul, my long-suffering-prefers-fat-free-but-indulges-to-please -me boyfriend wants to positively wring my n...
Life takes us frequently to the west edge of Oakland, to Balloon Excelsior to get supplies or repairs for our hot air balloon. BE is on High Street, just across the bridge from Alameda. Since ...
I moved back to New York from San Francisco three years ago and the one thing I sorely miss are the excellent food resources. These are some of my faves. The best cup of coffee in San Franci...
I made a quick trip to SF for the weekend and can report on a very satisfying lunch that my two sons and I had at Rose Pistola. We ate on the street after the sun made its appearance and we sha...
Opinions on: ave 9, canasta, casa aguilar, chow, eliza, emerald garden, eos, khan toke, manora, massimo, meditereene, tien fu, oriental pearl, real food deli. ricochet, rose's cafe, socca, yaya?...
First -- I'm still in Palo Alto/Silicon Valley and am always keeping an eye out for good eats...so i'm always looking for suggestions! I'm also taking a drive to Vegas (through Bakersfield) an...
Before my husband and I left LA last year for New Orleans we heard that Ken Frank had left Fenix and was planning to open a restaurant in the Napa Valley area. Does anyone know if he did that a...
Pleasanton's downtown is a hidden gem. This is a suburban city just east of Oakland, with 2 Interstates running alongside it (I-580 & 680), and the normal compliment of huge freeway-oriented Ca...
Posting from Cesar, a tapas bar co-owned by Alice Waters, right next door to Chez Panisse. Went to Cesar this evening with 6 friends, and tried a good sampling of their offerings. The restaura...
I have some very long writeups of French Laundry and Chez Panisse coming, but in the meantime I just have to slip in a mention of Greens, an established (1979) vegetarian restaurant in SF. Deb...
Last spring, on a flight to San Francisco, a passenger suggested that I try the restaurant Betelnut Pejiu Wu. While I didn't get a chance to try it that time out, on a recent visit I made ...