AL’s Deli: Mash-Up or Mish-Mash?
AL’s Deli is the offspring of AL’s Place – yes, that AL’s Place, the one voted Best New Restaurant...
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Restaurant Reviews
Distillations: At Bond Bar, every day is casual Friday
A moment later, Gena stepped over and put shots down in front of them. They stared at her, surprised.
“I heard about the break-up,” she said, and walked away.
It’s one of the most awesome things I’ve seen in a bar in a long time.
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Troje: a silo of good eats
Efram has been in the industry 17 years, and Troje is his first restaurant. But unfortunately, it’s not in a great location, as Nayarit learned. However, along with his wife, who hails from Cuba, and who served us, and their adorable daughter Maya, this is definitely a family affair.
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Distillations: At the Rite Spot, the sum is greater than the parts
“So do you want to hear my story about painful personal growth?” I asked Stuart. “No!” he said,...
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Flour + Water Pizzeria – A pie to be proud of
Did Chef Thomas McNaughton need another insanely popular restaurant with lines in front of it at...
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Distillations: The 500 Club, like the Mission itself, has changed. But don’t panic yet.
Laura, an old-school San Francisco punk with dyed red hair, has been fighting with her landlords...
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On the Mission ramen trail: Orenchi Beyond or beyond over?
In the third of my ramen-rating adventures, we shuffled right on in to Orenchi Beyond, surprised...
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Distillations: Not feeling the buzz at The Beehive
Waiting at the bar in The Beehive on Valencia between 19th and 20th, I am sipping “A Beehive”...
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Foreign Cinema, by way of Laszlo
Foreign Cinema, way back in 1999, opened its doors as one of the very earliest gentrifying...
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Distillations: Taking stock of Bear vs. Bull, the Cadillac of ‘transit bars’
Never once, not for a moment, in the Bear vs. Bull bar, do you forget that you’re also in a...
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Distillations: Locanda does not get an A for effort
There’s a thing people sometimes say about Hollywood: For a collection of people that talented to...
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Khamsa: Moroccan in the Mission
Don’t be put off, as I almost was, by the location. Khamsa has actually been around for two...
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Distillations: All hail Delirium, a source of nostalgia and hearing loss
The first time I ever went to Delirium, it was because a friend told me he had an awesome bar to...
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Distillations: Skylark is a large bar near a BART station. There’s a nautical theme. Everything else remains mysterious.
Large bars near BART stations are their own category. No matter what kind of bar it’s “supposed to...
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Distillations: I went to The Blind Cat and learned to see
“The Blind Cat” used to be the “Dirty Thieves” tavern, but changed its name in 2011 after the...
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Hell’s Ramen: No Fury
Actually, Hell’s Ramen does have some fury, quite a bit of it, waiting to be unleashed on your...
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The Knockout: The Turnouts / The Apollo Era / Nate Budroe / The Fluorescents
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The Chapel: Bonny Light Horseman (feat. Anais Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman)
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