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SF Eater 38 Essential Restaurants

Kevin Koss — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:59:24 +0000

SF Eater publishes a list of the best 38 restaurants in the city. You can see the list here.

Here is the condensed list:

Slanted Door
Boulevard
Perbacco
Tadich Grill
Bix Restaurant
Quince
COI Restaurant
15 Romolo
R & G Lounge
Swan Oyster Depot
Canteen
Ryoko Restaurant & Bar
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
Zuni Cafe
Sebo
SPQR
DOSA on Fillmore
A16
Spruce
Nopa
Namu
Halu
Aziza
Magnolia Pub & Brewery
Contigo
Incanto
Beretta
Range
Maverick
Foreign Cinema
Delfina/Pizzeria Delfina
Bar Bambino
Flour and Water
Blue Bottle Cafe
Coco500
AME Restaurant
Town Hall Restaurant
Zaré at Fly Trap

Why 38? Not sure. This isn’t ranked either, they are just all on the list.

Tweet Cart Article in NYT – New Website Resource

Kevin Koss — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:40:59 +0000

For those of you who follow the whole debate around street food in SF….the NYTimes has a great article on the debate.

There is also a new website for the San Francisco Cart Project. The debate centers around whether it is unfair to restaurants who have to abide by city rules and whether these carts are taking away their customers. My take? They should stop whining and get carts of their own! Take the food to the people.

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a wonderfully innovative local street food culture that is growing extremely quickly through its combination of technology and mobile, sustainable, food. The SF Cart Project seeks to complement the research of people interested in starting, or expanding, a street food business of their own by providing a relevant central resource for documents, information and community awareness regarding the often confusing (and occasionally contradictory) process of starting and running a legal mobile food business in the Bay Area.

sf cart project

Best Fried Calamari in San Francisco?

Kevin Koss — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:02:44 +0000

Who has the best calamari in SF? Would love to hear opinions. Please don’t say Cha-cha-chas. My current favorite is the FRITTO MISTO WITH LEMON, AIOLI AND FRESH HERBS at Pizza Nostra in Potrero Hill. It comes on a wooden cutting board with lemon and sauce. It includes calamari, but also white fish, vegetables, etc. Very delish.

Best calamari in San Francisco

Spendy California Wines Headed for Deep Discounting?

Kevin Koss — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:02:08 +0000

Are you one of the many that believe California wines are over priced? Check out this article which explains some of the price pressures the wine industry is facing. Also, it mentions a site where you can get wine as it is being liquidated as people realize they can’t sell it at the steep prices anymore.

Artisan Bacon? Mmmmmm, why not?

Kevin Koss — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:44:18 +0000

Great article and overview of artisan, organic, sustainable bacon in the Bay Area in today’s online Chronicle. Check it out.

Momofuku Inspired Ramen

Kevin Koss — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:04:29 +0000

I made some Ramen last night for friends who I have not seen in a long time. I got the Momofuku book for my birthday and was inspired. I will get better pictures, this one is off my iphone.

Slow cooked pork with star anise, cloves and ginger
Broth was beef stock, mirin, soy, rice vinegar
Bacon that I broiled and cut up into bits
Napa cabage and carrots
Serrano chiles, cilantro, chives (as toppings)
Lime

We drank a Riesling. Delish.

Starbelly – Good Food in the Castro (?)

Kevin Koss — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:48:13 +0000

Recently went to Starbelly in the Castro. It was really good. Had the chicken liver pate with chutney pictured here. Starbelly is run by the same people as Beretta, I think.

Pinky’s Bakery/Pera Open in Potrero Hill

Kevin Koss — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:47:09 +0000

Pinkie’s Bakery
Former pastry chef at EOS and bacar, Cheryl Burr brings her deliciousness to Potrero, right next to Pizza Nostra.
300 De Haro Street #342 (map)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Monday – Friday (6:30am – 3:00pm)
http://pinkiesbakerysf.com/

Pera
Mediterranean restaurant in the Eliza’s space (boo hoo, still traumatized). We’ve been, and the Hummus is delish.
1457 18th St. San Francisco
(at Missouri St.)
415-796-3812

As always, check out www.tablehopper.com for the best restaurant buzz.

The Pizza Triangle

Kevin Koss — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:26:15 +0000

I keep telling my friends that they live in the “pizza triangle”, but it is actually more of an L shape. Unless you add one in Potrero Hill….then you’ve got the city’s best pizza all withing 2.2 miles of each other.

Check it out

Little Star Pizza Valencia
400 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94103-3415

Pauline’s Pizza
260 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94103

Pizzeria Delfina
3611 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94110-1531

Pizza Nostra
300 De Haro St
San Francisco, CA 94103-5144

Food News – San Francisco

Kevin Koss — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:10:28 +0000

Jay’s Deli in Potrero Hill is shuttered, no word as to whether it will reopen or not. You’ll remember that this was the old Klein’s Deli location.

Also, Eliza’s in Potrero Hill closed, which is a bummer. They still have another location, but this one is closed, being replaced by a new Mediterranean restaurant. So no Chinese in Potrero for the most part.

Osha Thai is coming to 3rd and Townsend. Yeah!