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PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn: refined and elegant lodgings in Lake Tahoe

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With 58 rooms and luxurious suites, the inn has picturesque views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and is part boutique hotel, part ski chalet, and fully relaxing. The rooms are spacious and well-designed with décor that is a bit funky and whimsical with metal vanities and soothing lighting.  However, PlumpJack doesn’t skimp on comfort and [...]

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November 25th, 2010 | Posted in Hotels | Read More »

Moya: delicious Ethiopian cuisine in San Francisco

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Moya is the latest Ethiopian restaurant to open in San Francisco and one of the best places to get vegetarian food in the city. Located in the south of Market (SOMA) district, Moya’s airy restaurant is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. We tried the lunch vegetarian special ($15) for two persons which includes kik [...]

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September 9th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Bai Thong: delicious northeastern Thai food comes to San Francisco

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Bai Thong (“banana leaf”) is a new Thai restaurant on Gough St. (at Fell) in Hayes Valley. It specializes in northeastern Thai dishes (which tend to include lime juice), although they also serve southern Thai dishes such as red and green curries, and a few Northern Thai noodle soups. We tried the following dishes (and [...]

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August 25th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Bar Agricole: good cocktails, small plates, industrial chic in San Francisco

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Bar Agricole opened this evening (officially, that is) to a rather fashionable crowd intent on sampling as many of their cocktails ($8) and small plates. We started with a glass of cava and a dolcetto then ordered a few small plates, all of which were very delicious and fresh: courgette fritters ($6) grilled sardines with [...]

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August 17th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Skool: fabulous industrial chic fish restaurant opens in Potrero Hill

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Skool is a new fish restaurant that opened three weeks ago in the Potrero Hill neighborhood (not up in the hills but on the flats, near Grand Pu Bah). Skool consists of two husband and wife pairs, Toshihoro and Hiroko Nagano and Andy and Olia Mirabell. The first thing you notice when you arrive at Skool [...]

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August 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Cheap Eats San Francisco, summer 2010 edition

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Eating out in San Francisco is very expensive. Many restaurants charge $15 for an appetizer, $28 for a main dish, and $10 for dessert, but what do you get for that? Most of the time, nothing special. Multiply that by two and you’re spending $106 only for food. Now, add wine and you’re up to [...]

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July 27th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Ruchi: delicious homestyle South Indian cuisine in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood

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Last night I had a chance to visit Ruchi, a restaurant serving homestyle south Indian food, in the south of Market (SOMA) neighborhood of San Francisco. I have dined at other restaurants serving south Indian food (see my review of Dosa) and I love the dosas and piquant vegetable dishes from a region whose cuisine [...]

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July 13th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Bouchon: a French bistro in the heart of Napa Valley

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If you are visiting Napa Valley, make sure you stop by the town of Yountville, the culinary capital of the region and home to several famous restaurants like The French Laundry, Bistro Jeanty and Bouchon. This week, I went to Bouchon Bistro for lunch after an exhausting hike up to Bald Mountain in the Sugar [...]

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June 11th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Marlowe: cool bistro opens in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood

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Marlowe, a bistro on Townsend Street across the Caltrain station in San Francisco’s south of Market (SOMA) district, has just opened in the space formerly occupied by South Food & Wine Bar. Anna Weinberg (one of the founders of South) is behind Marlowe, but there is a different menu and wine list. Where South F&WB [...]

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February 24th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »

Manora: good, reasonably priced Thai restaurant in SOMA (San Francisco)

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I will be adding Manora to my list of favorite Thai restaurants in San Francisco (Basil Thai, Grand PuBah). The menu is smaller than at other Thai places with fewer curry dishes which leads me to believe that the owners are from Northern Thailand. The sour seafood soup (tom yum) is very spicy and savoury. [...]

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February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Restaurants | Read More »