
The Usual: Tekka’s Most Regular Regular
Welcome to The Usual, a new, irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play

The Usual: Table 93 at Jardiniere
Welcome to The Usual, a new, irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play

Help! There’s a Bear in My Airbnb
Ann Bryant’s phone rings all season long. She has four phones, actually, in her Homewood, Calif., home office, and they

A Big Change in Little Cottonwood Canyon
When Cassie Dippo’s family moved from the city of New York to the slopes of Alta, Utah, in 1965, she was

Taming the Beast in Your Basement
“I get lot of calls about animals in pools,” said Ray Hartley. “Squirrels in pools. Skunks in pools. Usually I

With a Shortage of Reviews, SF Restaurants Grow Restless
As the Bay Area awaits new San Francisco Chronicle critic Soleil Ho’s debut review — which is expected to drop any day

Kantine
Old laundromats have been getting a new lease on urban life lately. And in San Francisco, not surprisingly, that means restaurant leases

Avery
There was a lot of chest hair. Not in my food, but peeking out from the shirts of the men presenting it.

Che Fico
Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t come here often, but she came here once — on the heels of Anderson Cooper, no less. And once, within weeks

Nyum Bai
Restaurants are often defined by their view: There are waterfront restaurants and rooftop bars and sidewalk cafes. But sitting on

Bar Crenn
I’m not sure the man in a velvet maroon blazer who greeted us at the front door of Bar Crenn was French,

International Smoke
Everyone loves Ayesha Curry. She is warm and smart and real, with a tireless commitment to kids, her own as