
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,

Beep’s — SF’s Best $7 Burger
I had no childhood memories of the place. I had no adulthood memories of the place, either. Honestly, I barely knew Beep’s

Eight Tables
The walk to Chinatown’s most expensive restaurant isn’t easy. For one, hidden behind a chain-link fence down an otherwise desolate alley, the

A 77,000-acre National Park Off the Tourist Path
Somewhere on the long, lonely, blissfully open road between Salt Lake City, and Baker, Nev. — a tiny town that is the

Octavia
In restaurant real estate, people often talk about cursed locations. You know, where one day it’s New American, the next it’s Thai,

Hook Fish
It was August in the Outer Sunset and so of course there were puffy coats and wool beanies and beards. And flip-flops.

Duna
Dinner at Duna involves very few decisions, and for this we should be grateful. We’ve got enough to think about as we

America’s Answer to the African Safari: The Great Bear Rainforest
It’s well into Day Two, and people are wet and cold and starting to worry. “I’m concerned,” says Carol, crinkling her nose.

Taking out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job
On a recent Monday night in San Francisco, as I lounged in the living room watching “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” out of

The Great Schlep: Florida
WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER died in Delray Beach, a few weeks shy of age 97, I was sad, of course. And then, as