Julian Serrano is a new Spanish Tapas (small plates) restaurant in the new Las Vegas City Center Aria Hotel. Open in late December 2009, it is run by celebrity chef Julian Serrano who also runs top rated Picasso in Bellagio. He focuses on his native Spanish fare for lunch and dinner. Read the rest of this entry »

Bocadillos is a Spanish tapas bar in the San Francisco Financial district. Tapas are small plates of food that is meant to be shared. Bocadillos is run by Gerald Hirigoyen, who also owns the Basque restaurant Piperade. It opened in 2004 and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Organic, sustainable produce, dairy, meat, and fish are use whenever possible. We went for dinner. Lalola is another San Francisco Tapas place we went to recently. Read the rest of this entry »

Zambra Tapas Bar is a new restaurant in Burlingame that specializes in traditional small plates (tapas) from Spain. They are located right off upscale Burlingame Avenue and right next to four other restaurants. Read the rest of this entry »

lalola is a Spanish tapas bar on Russian Hill right next to the cable car tracks. It opened in early 2009 and focuses on small plates and wine. Happy Hour 5:30-7 has $2 Sangria, $2 Beer, and 2 for 1 cocktails. Read the rest of this entry »

Contigo means with you in Spanish. They are a Barcelona inspired Spanish and Catalan tapas (small plates) restaurant in the Noe Valley area of San Francisco. They cook everything from scratch using the products of local, organic, and humane farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and artisans. Pica-Pica small plates are $8 each or $7 when you order 3 or more. Read the rest of this entry »