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Catherine Venturini opened Olive & Vine in Glen Ellen 10 years ago as a casual cafe and catering operation, but last year changed it into a full-service restaurant, complete with vintage crystal chandeliers, Italian...
The feud between Healdsburg's four-star restaurant Cyrus (29 North St.) and its landlords at the Hotel Les Mars is moving from a simmer to a rolling boil. The two sides have been beefing since David Fink and Mirabel...
A few restaurants continue to stay fresh in my memory and lure me back, despite the fact that there is better service and food at other places. One of those is Florio, the handsome French brasserie that has occupied its...
In 2009, after more than two decades as a caterer and culinary educator, Sonoma chef Sheana Davis created her own cheese: Delice de la Vallee, a triple-cream blend of cow's and goat's milk that was immediately snapped...
As you approach the home of Louella Hill, otherwise known as the Milk Maid, the vintage metal milk can on the front porch clears away any doubt that you've found the right place. Hill, who left behind a cheese-making...
For an overview of the 49 Square Mile project, go to sfg.ly/49miles . Now we're delving further into each neighborhood, 1 square mile each week. Square 34 takes us straight down Third Street into the Bayview district,...
Our Taster's Choice Hall of Fame is getting a little crowded. A week after three maple syrups made it into the hallowed hall, it's time to welcome a pair of whole wheat bread products. Tandoori naan, a leavened...
Smart phone-users now can have The Chronicle's 2012 Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants at their fingertips, with critic Michael Bauer's annual guide available as a free app for iPhone and Android phones. The app allows...
The Flour + Water gang had hoped to open their new venture, Central Kitchen, a bit earlier than Thursday. But, delays can mean the restaurant gods are smiling. And they did, offering chef-partner Thomas McNaughton and...
Bask: Longtime San Franciscans will always remember the quirky corner building at 42 Columbus as late-night burger joint Clown Alley (or perhaps as Pickles). Now it's been reborn as a Basque restaurant, appropriately...
A pair of high-profile Mexican restaurants opened last week, just in time for Cinco de Mayo festivities. Copita, in Sausalito, is from restaurateur Larry Mindel (Poggio, Il Fornaio) and chef Joanne Weir, and is the...
San Francisco movie buffs will remember that Burritt Alley was where Sam Spade's partner was shot in "The Maltese Falcon." Tucked away near the Stockton Tunnel, Burritt Alley isn't much these days, but it's back in the...
Namu Gaji: It's showtime for this new Korean-Californian restaurant from chef Dennis Lee and brothers David and Daniel, who shuttered Namu at the end of last year to make way for this Mission venture. While Lee's menu...
The triumvirate behind popular San Francisco restaurants Town Hall, Salt House and Anchor & Hope have crossed the bridge for their fourth Bay Area project. For their new Walnut Creek restaurant and bar - named Corners...
Asian Box: The first location of a fast-casual Asian restaurant that restaurateur Frank Klein hopes to multiply across the Bay Area and beyond, has opened in Palo Alto. Running the kitchen is executive chef Grace Nguyen,...
As at most new and noteworthy restaurants in San Francisco's Mission District, there's a full house during the dinner rush at Mozzeria, a month-old Italian restaurant and pizzeria. Every one of the 45 or so seats is...
Fans of Moroccan food have a scattering of places in which to indulge around the Bay Area, but a short five-block stretch of San Francisco's Polk Street lets them sample some regional variations by just walking down the...
Long before San Francisco's Westfield shopping center opens its doors, Lark Creek Steak, on the upstairs Restaurant Dome floor, is bustling. On a Wednesday morning late in the summer, chef Ismael Macias is quietly...
If Seana Doughty wants a motto for her new Bleating Heart creamery, she might consider "No Guts, No Glory." Doughty's saga of transformation from bored office paper pusher to professional cheese maker has enough...
I have a confession that might sound familiar: I loved Kentucky Fried Chicken as a kid. Finger-lickin' goodness aside, it was usually the first meal we'd have when my father visited from Paraguay, where he was stationed...
The road to becoming a Chronicle Rising Star Chef is diverse, but there are guideposts along the way. The main one: passion. Yet, while passion is always an element in a chef's success, the feeling is palpable with this...
Japan and Mexico converge at Hecho, Joseph Manzare's new Financial District sushi restaurant and Tequila bar. The restaurant in Joie de Vivre's Galleria Park Hotel features a dining room upstairs, and a lounge and sushi...
Four-star restaurants don't just happen, no matter how talented the chef. It's a long process, as the chef matures, finds a culinary voice and transforms the other elements of the dining experience to support his vision....
The tissue-thin paper napkins in the chrome dispenser at Txoko have been replaced by cloth. The one-time stand-up bar now has stools, and the menu has expanded. When it opened, Txoko, which took over the North Beach...
Whoever said you can't go home again has never been to the reincarnated Original Joe's. The original Tenderloin restaurant was devastated by fire, and it took four years for the Duggan family to agree to move the...
Sitting at the end of a bar (there are three) alongside a bronze bust with a female mannequin's leg coming out of its head, it occurs to me that Mua may have never felt so serene. On this rainy Thursday afternoon, this...
Once in a while, a restaurant comes along that is so different and exciting that it becomes my personal benchmark. Two places quickly come to mind: Aziza, where Mourad Lahlou uses his Moroccan heritage as a reference...
There's something intriguing, romantic and exhilarating about discovering a restaurant tucked away amid the urban frenzy - that's why Belden Place seems so magical. In some cases the location and the experience...
When my colleague Amanda Gold reviewed the Tacolicious debut in San Francisco's Marina district two years ago, she joked that she half expected that the i's would be dotted with hearts, given the perky name, the upscale...
State Bird Provisions seems like a strange name for a restaurant, but it's certainly a conversation starter. Owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, both former chefs at the now-closed Rubicon, named their restaurant...
Anyone remotely interested in the Bay Area dining scene knows about Coi in San Francisco and Plum in Oakland. Now full-time chef and sometime writer Daniel Patterson has opened another project at Jack London Square, one...
The menu items at Red Hot Chilli Pepper in San Carlos say Chinese - spring rolls, chop suey, sweet and sour chicken - but the term "non-vegetarian" could mean only Indian. So which is it? Chinese food as it's served in...
Daniel Clayton has a special relationship with the Telegraph Avenue location of his new restaurant, Origen. Casa de Eva - the tenant there for nearly 40 years - was Clayton's go-to spot for quesadillas and margaritas...
From Hawthorne Street, where windows afford a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Benu, the brightly lit and modern kitchen looks like an elaborate stage set. Long panes of glass create an aquarium-like view, with white-coated...
Did I enjoy my food at the new branch of San Francisco's Lers Ros? Let me clear my head. Yes, but I felt intense relief when I walked out into the crisp air, and the next day I felt kind of foggy, like the morning after...
-- Dining Out reviews appear in the Thursday Datebook and Sunday Food & Wine sections. These are the restaurant's first review, and are based on at least three visits to the restaurant. We wait until the restaurant has...
I've never quite understood the combination of sushi and Tequila at Hecho, and when I reviewed the restaurant soon after it opened, the concept wasn't any clearer. However, when I heard that Sachio Kojima had taken over...
It's not unusual for chefs who have successful restaurants to spin off less expensive offshoots; it started with Alice Waters and her Cafe at Chez Panisse and has progressed to chefs like Coi's Daniel Patterson (Plum...
Few places promote, or practice, the farm-to-table movement as seriously as Farmstead in St. Helena, a 2-year-old restaurant that's part of Long Meadow Ranch Winery and Farmstead. On the back of the menu, the Hall...
Last year Ristobar, owned by pastry king Gary Rulli, was a new addition to the Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants, thanks to the cooking of Angelo Auriana. However, Auriana left last spring and the cooking stagnated while...
The Chronicle's star ratings always need to be looked at in the context of price. Take this hypothetical as an example: Say you had the exact same excellent main course at two similar restaurants. One costs $24, the...
