I’ve been a big fan of Goose Island Brewing for a while now, and am excited to report that they’re starting to widely distribute in the SF Bay area. To celebrate an influx of Chicago brewed Belgian ales, Goose Island and Monk’s Kettle teamed up for launch party, with a selection of treats from [...]
This past weekend, Mission Street Food played host to one of my favorite chefs in San Francisco: Chad Newton. Normally seen peeking through the star shaped kitchen window at Fish & Farm, he took this Saturday off to come decorate some delicious plates with edible flowers in the Lung Shan kitchen. He also joined in [...]
When you first enter the new Public House, the space is designed to get one very clear message across: we are serious about beer. A giant keg wall divides the space in half, and beckons you to the taps below. And why not? Surely Giants fans deserve to have great beer available at games. [...]
It’s happened again – I’ve fallen head over heels in love with a new restaurant – and her name is Frances. Tucked away on a quiet corner on 17th street, just ending into the Casto, this tiny, typical “neighborhood restaurant” is anything but typical. You see, the ongoing problem I have when visiting a restaurant [...]
While traveling around Mexico, we found most of the beer to be exactly what you’d expect – typical export lagers. Thin watery, mass produced versions of classic lagers, dumbed down till they taste of almost nothing, and cry out for a slice of lime to add some, any flavor. One bright spot in this sea [...]
Incanto’s “Leg of the Beast” dinner is like a tribal dinner, with a community coming together to enjoy the spoils of the hunt. It helps that rather than gather around a fire, we sat sit in Incanto’s newly redone dining room. Still, the sense of community and fun that comes from eating family-style is great, [...]
It felt good to be back at Mission Street Food this week. In the back, Anthony, Danny and Emma (the core MSF kitchen team) knocked out a stellar offal-tastic meal that featured some of the my favorite plates to ever come out of that Chinese kitchen. I got the real sense they weren’t just [...]
Hiding just off Mission in the SOMA district is Anchor & Hope – an east coast themed sea food restaurant, that aims to make a new englander feel at home out here on the west coast. In addition to their seafood, they have a newly expanded beer selection, both on tap, and in bottles. Here [...]
I really should start this with a bit of a disclaimer. I am in no way anything near an impartial reviewer for the new restaurant Baker & Banker. Far from it – I’ve become friends with the chef/owners behind it, and have helped pick out the beer list (it’s looking gooooood) as well as am [...]
I feel like I’ve been saying I wanted to go to Aziza forever. Between a busy travel and work schedule, it always seemed like trekking out into the Richmond was too far just for dinner. Eventually, I finally made it, raising the question: what took me so long? Aziza is stellar.
