You know kids, sometimes a food experience is made special not just by what you’re stuffing into your face but by where you are and who you are with and how you feel on that day…. is something a wise old man would say and he would be right. A prime example that comes to…
Having had a great dinner at Highland Kitchen a few weeks ago, I decided to return for their brunch, which I’ve been hearing good things about for some time now. I was particularly enthusiastic about their Chicken Liver Omelette. I knew this would be great because of how well the kitchen treated the organ in…
An unexpected stop on our trip to Marin County was Sol Food in San Rafael, a local Puerto Rican favorite of my host friend which I would’ve never have found on my own. The dine-in restaurant (appropriately referred to as “The Big Place”) is adjoined to a takeout counter, which is necessary considering the tremendously…
A sleepy Sunday morning in Sonoma County found us sipping brunch beverages at the delightful Girl and the Fig near leafy green Vallejo Home State Park. We had just visited Marin Civic Center Farmer’s Market, where I could not help gorging on the painfully fresh local produce cut up into neat little slices for sampling.…
Wine Country on an empty stomach is never a good idea, especially on the Saturday morning after a Friday night out in Oakland. The thought ran through all three of our minds as we headed out, the trunk packed with sheer white tops and boat shoes. So we rolled back down to Oakland during brunch…
Roaming around The Embarcadero of San Francisco around lunch time one day, we stopped by the Ferry Building to check out the market within. Our host had recommended a sandwich shop in there, and a huge building full of specialty food products is never easy to say no to. There are cafes, creameries and delis…
A few weeks ago I found myself back in a place that I had said goodbye to for what I had thought was forever… or at least a while. But life works in strange ways, and by a turn of fate I was given another chance to do something I had always regretted not having…
Fresh off work, our host brought us to a place called Monk’s Kettle for a much desired afternoon beer. And this place had many to choose from. 200 rotating beers, with 24 of these on tap, mostly Belgian but with a huge variety of styles and flavor profiles. The bar wall is adorned with hundreds of…
After day-drinking a crispy bottle of Napa Valley rosé in Dolores Park with my travel buddy and an “eclectic” bunch of Canadian musicians on their way to skinny dip in a Calistoga hot spring, I was in the mood for a late afternoon snack. We walked through the Mission and passed a place called El Majahual…
I didn’t do too much research on the San Francisco food scene prior to arrival. I didn’t watch Bourdain or skim Eater or even read that one helpful paragraph before restaurant recommendations in the Wikitravel “Eat” section. I had full confidence that our local host and my dear college friend would know to show me…
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