Angostura bitters: The herbal tonic with the oversized label

Angostura bitters has been around for nearly two centuries – you’ll find a bottle in any bar and probably in your own refrigerator. Its oversized blue-and-white label c... Read More

The Tablehopper

An address you’ll want to remember: 1760 Polk

The place for a midweek break

By Marcia Gagliardi

After pestering co-owner Giancarlo Paterlini of Acquerello for weeks about gossip surrounding a second project, I can finally release the details. The Acquerello team (co-owners G... Read More

Short Bites

Dynamo Donuts & Coffee

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

After Sara Spearin graduated from the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, she honed her skills as a pastry chef at big name restaurants like Hawthorne Lane, Stars, Foreign C... Read More

Wine World

What wines we’re drinking this season

White Rhône varietals

By J. Sano

When the weather can’t decide between winter and spring, white Rhones are the wine equivalent of the lightweight springtime coat that suits your mood and the hint of approach... Read More

New & Notable

Marina Bistro & Wine Bar offers cafe food, top-flight wines

By Julie Mitchell

Not much is certain in the restaurant business in San Francisco except change. And change is what Coskun “George” Bektas did with Marina & Kebab on Chestnut Street... Read More

Short Bites

Lucca Deli

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Lucca is a Marina staple, serving up delicious sandwiches, salads and entrées as well as selling meats, cheeses, pastas, and dry goods from their old-fashioned deli counter.... Read More

Short Bites

Isobune

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Isobune (“canal boat”) patented their Sushi Delivery System in 1982, becoming the first sushi boat restaurant in the United States. The original location is tucked insi... Read More

Short Bites

Liverpool Lil’s

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I have fond memories of watching baseball games with my dad at Liverpool Lil’s, and then stepping from the bar into the restaurant for a heaping platter of fish and chips. Th... Read More

Hungry Palate

North Beach Restaurant remains at top of its form

43 years of quality

By Ernest Beyl

When a restaurant has been operating for more than 40 years, it must be doing something right. Longevity alone is important in a city like San Francisco, where restaurants open alm... Read More

The Tablehopper

It’s not over until the fat lady sings at Tosca; Fior d’Italia blooms again

By Marcia Gagliardi

Big news swept through the City with the announcement in the Business Times that Tosca Cafe (242 Columbus Avenue) has been saved (owner Jeannette Etheredge reportedly owed $100,000... Read More

Hot Spots

Fab 5 sexy dishes on the northside of town

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

With Valentine’s Day near, it’s time once again for our list of sexy dishes to share with someone you love. This year’s list focuses exclusively on the Northside.... Read More

New & Notable

Hayes Valley Bakeworks: A bakery and cafe with a conscience

By Julie Mitchell

San Francisco is home to many upscale bakeries, teashops and other specialty food purveyors, but most of them are simply out to provide good food. At Hayes Valley Bakeworks, the mi... Read More

Hungry Palate

Capo’s: A gangster theme restaurant for North Beach

Making pizza you can’t refuse

By Ernest Beyl

Brassy and theatrical Capo’s is a newcomer to the North Beach restaurant scene. And let’s just say up front, it’s not pushing the outer limits of gastronomic exce... Read More

The Tablehopper

Cocotte and coffee, plus new projects in 2013

By Marcia Gagliardi

Good news for S.F.’s Embarcadero (and for his many lady fans): Chef Michael Chiarello of Bottega (Napa), television, book, and NapaStyle fame will be opening a Spanish restau... Read More

Dining, Interview

Dishing with Mo Rocca: Cooking with experience

Show: My Grandmother’s Ravioli broadcast on The Cooking Channel Airs: Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time; repeats at 12:30 a.m. Thursday and throughout the week at... Read More

Dining