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In the past month, I had 3 different out-of-town visitors who came and asked of me one thing: “Pailin, take me to the best place to eat in San Francisco.” This is more difficult than one might…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Beignet, California, farmers market, la ciccia, mexican, pie, ramen, san francisco, Travel | 1 Comment »
Two Foodists flying to a new city ready to eat is a little like dangling a raw side of beef in front of a hungry tiger… Last week fellow Foodist founder Mark Busse and I headed to a conference in San Francisco. A…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bottarga, bourbon and branch, cask, four barrel coffee, la ciccia, san francisco, spaghetti bottarga, Tartine | 8 Comments »
I believe 30 minutes of my time is worth more than all less-than-awesome food, and so there are few places (the awesome-and-above places) I would actually line up for. When I arrived at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco on…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bread, san francisco, sourdough, Tartine | 5 Comments »
With Vancouver being so close to the border, there are many tasty reasons to cross it. Seattle is the closest major food destination but Portland is not much further, especially if you take the I-5. Then you’re…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Napa, Portland, road trip, san francisco, Seattle, US | 8 Comments »
My love for Mexican cuisine started at the tender age of 17, when en route to Mazatlan, we stopped at a remote village somewhere just west of Torreón and entered a ramshackle hut where, amidst the dust of the road, I was…
Posted by: Jules Morgan on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: mexican, mexican-food, organic, san francisco, sustainability, the mission district, vegan | 5 Comments »
If you are a farmers market kind of person—you spend all morning examining produce stopping only for a quinoa salad and a soy chai, you get excited over oddly shaped squash, you interview anyone who’s selling…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: farmers market, Ferry Building, san francisco | 4 Comments »
I’ve recently become increasingly aware of how disingenuous “new” restaurants can be, many of which seem to be responses to the latest trend (as if charcuterie and wine bars are an original idea). I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 25th, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: delfina, italian, mission, restaurant, review, san francisco, trattoria | 1 Comment »
Forget calzones. Put your pepperoncini aside. Da Flora, a small venetian-style ostaria in San Francisco, does Italian food with such freshness and imagination that you’ll never look at a plate of fettucini the same way again.
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: California, Da Flora, gnocchi, italian, restaurant, review, san francisco, Wine | No Comments »
I’m headed to San Francisco for the weekend. I know it is somewhat of a mecca for foodies in North America, but I have done only a little bit of exploring on my own. I’d love to hear recommendations for some…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bar, California, Ferry Building Marketplace, san francisco, Travel | No Comments »