The Regular

I have three words for you: hash brown sandwich. It's a straight-up brilliant addition to the usual line-up of breakfast suspects. Take that, omelette and French toast and eggs Benedict! In all my years of eating breakfast in diners, cafes, restaurants, truck stops, cars, ships, planes, taquerias, trains,…

tandoori-stuffed aloo Photo from Amber-India.com I don't understand why Indian places always have to be cheap and dingy and have buffets and leave you smelling like a tandoori oven when you depart (kudos to Roti and DOSA for changing that paradigm). Another member in that better-heeled bunch…

Photos by Mathew Sumner. When the hankering for a steak strikes, you don't want to mess around. It's a primal need that means business. Which is why I enjoy the whole white tablecloth experience that usually surrounds what is quite the carnivorous act. It's…

No Restaurant Required There is an explosion happening in San Francisco of irreverent and inexpensive places for food, whether it's delicious bites in bars (like Broken Record, Taco Shop at Underdogs, 15 Romolo) to curry and crème brûlée from carts. Here's a little recap of five…

No Restaurant Required There is an explosion happening in San Francisco of irreverent and inexpensive places for food, whether it's delicious bites in bars (like Broken Record, Taco Shop at Underdogs, 15 Romolo) to curry and crème brûlée from carts. Here's a little recap of five…

Do you eat your pizza with a fork and knife? Then you're gonna have a problem at PHAT PHILLY, because you're about to eat one of the messiest, drippy, meaty sandwiches I've encountered since I had an Oki Dog in L.A. one stoned…

Instead of a review this week, these are just a bunch of mini updates of pre-existing reviews. You can read the original reviews on the site, linked to each update. CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen With all the salumi mayhem going on out there, with some places giving you three…

Finding good ethnic food in the City is like an urban hunting ritual, often tempting food fiends into dark alleys, back rooms, and sketchy bodegas in pursuit of "the authentic." I am grateful for the street stands and scrungy delis and random food windows I've been…

When I was approached by the San Francisco Bike Coalition to come up with an auction item for their annual Winterfest fundraiser event, I was like, right on, let's do a progressive tablehopper dinner! I wanted to start somewhere for a cocktail and a bite, and then figure…