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 in the
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 ring 24
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 9 years
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 now —
The Price of Poetry
Published by Lucky Peach, performed at La Cocina’s “Voices from the Kitchen” On Clay Street, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, next to Adult
Kantine
Old laundromats have been getting a new lease on urban life lately. And in San Francisco, not surprisingly, that means restaurant leases — from Tide
Avery
There was a lot of chest hair. Not in my food, but peeking out from the shirts of the men presenting it. And 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 of opening,
Nyum Bai
Restaurants are often defined by their view: There are waterfront restaurants and rooftop bars and sidewalk cafes. But sitting on a pastel-pink
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, but it
International Smoke
Everyone loves Ayesha Curry. She is warm and smart and real, with a tireless commitment to kids, her own as well as the
As Quoted
A Glutton’s Report from the Gluten-Free Frontlines For an omnivorous, carb-craving, cocktail-swilling, relatively new restaurant critic still getting accustomed to her intake,
