Tartine Bakery, San Francisco serves up legendary freshly baked bread every Tuesday through Sunday at 5 PM. An article from San Francisco Magazine left us drooling and pointed us towards this bakery. Bread is a specialty along with Banana cream pie. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why did we dine here? – Farina Pizza is a sister restaurant down the block from Farina Restaurant, in San Francisco’s gentrified Mission district. They serve dishes from Executive chef Paolo Laboa and Neapolitan pizzas by master pizzaoli, Antonio and Gennaro Langella. True Italians.
We’ve big pizza fans, having dined at the best in Naples, so we had to try them. We have avoided Farina over the years, due to inconsistent reviews on Yelp. At least we killed 2 birds with 1 stone!
Since 1998, Delfina, a bustling neighborhood Italian trattoria has been packing them in. The menu changes daily and they use organic produce and sustainably-raised meats and fish whenever possible. It is a popular place that requires advanced booking for a reservation or showing up at 530pm for a table at the counter or bar. Our last visit was in July 2012. If you cannot find parking, try the valet at sister restaurant Locanda.
Why did we dine here? – Central Kitchen is a new restaurant in the Mission District from the creators of Flour and Water. They source products locally and look for sustainable foods. This long awaited restaurant opened in May 2012, along with next door sister deli Salumeria. Chef-partner Thomas McNaughton and chef de cuisine Michael Gaines (Manresa) Read the rest of this entry »
Why did we dine here? – Bar Tartine has been on our hit list ever since Mr. Bauer extolled the virtues of this restaurant a couple weeks back. We are big fans of the sister location, Tartine Bakery. There haven’t been many new Hungarian, Eastern European restaurants lately, so this was a refreshing change of pace from another California cuisine restaurant. Chef Nicolaus Balla took over in January 2011 and has moved Bar Tartine forward. The restaurant is loud and interior decor rough, but the food is exciting.
Mission Chinese Food is a restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District that shares space with Lung Shan restaurant. Mission Chinese Food even shares their chef, when things are busy. You can order off either restaurant’s menu.
Why did we dine here? – Wo Hing general store is the latest restaurant from the Slanted Door and Heaven’s Dog folks. Wo is Charles Phan’s uncle while Hing is his father, they opened a general store after they fled China for Vietnam. We had to give this new restaurant a visit. The food here is focused on Chinese street food. Read the rest of this entry »
Commonwealth is a contemporary American restaurant in the Mission district that focuses on local, sustainable and organic ingredients whenever possible. They also donate some dining proceeds to a local charity.
Locanda is a new Roman style Italian restaurant from the Delfina crew. This restaurant is one of the major openings this year. We patiently waited approximately 3 weeks for them to iron out any kinks.
Rosamunde Sausage Grill is a small Sausage restaurant in the colorful lower Haight district of San Francisco with an additional larger location in the Mission district. This Place has a cult like following. Sort of like Vancouver’s Japadog. They serve grilled sausages on french rolls. You can select 2 free condiments from sauerkraut, grilled onions, peppers, or spicy beef chili. They also sell uncooked sausages, which we took advantage of one time.
flour + water is a wildly popular Italian restaurant in the Mission district of San Francisco. They focus on hand rolled pastas, house cured meats, and an Italian pizza oven. The chef, Thomas McNaughton is a veteran of La Folie, Gary Danko, Quince. They take reservations and reserve half the place for walk ins, causing a line to form 20 min. before the place even opens.
Suriya Thai Restaurant is a Thai restaurant located in the Mission district of San Francisco. Mr. Suriya opened the restaurant in 1991. They moved from their Valencia Street location to this new more spacious location on Howard Street in 2009. Our last visit was in late 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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