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Petit Crenn

Walking into Dominique Crenn of Atelier Crenn’s new casual restaurant in Hayes Valley, PETIT CRENN, is like a breath of fresh seaside air. The clean lines and chic white palette (which includes glossy artwork by Lucky Rapp, curvy modern chairs, and pendant lights suspended from thick rope) do a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 29, 2015

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Cala

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Mexico City's Gabriela Cámara Opens Cala in Hayes Valley Stars Sighted * Jake Gyllenhaal * Gwyneth Paltrow 149 Fell St. San Francisco (at Franklin St. ) 415-660-7701 calarestaurant.com Gabriela Cámara, chef Cuisine…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 21, 2015

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Middle'terranea

I had just finished my first float in a sensory deprivation tank a couple of blocks away*, and was in a blissed-out, easy-breezy, super-relaxed state of mind (no Purple Kush needed). Walking into MIDDLE’TERRANEA, at the new Mina Test Kitchen, it was initially a bit of sensory overload. The…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 20, 2015

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Montesacro

Anyone who has traveled to Italy, lived there, dated an Italian…any of it or all of it, Italy gets under your skin. The fresh ingredients, the old buildings, the natural beauty everywhere, the lightly chilled and acidic red wines, the handsome men, the warmth. And oh yes, the salumi.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 06, 2015

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Californios

You know what? Sometimes first impressions are really wrong. And a lot can happen in six months, as the now fantastic experience at CALIFORNIOS can mightily attest. I was invited to visit the restaurant during its soft opening around the beginning of the year, and while I loved the room,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 11, 2015

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Huxley

What is a neighborhood restaurant in this shifting city landscape of ours? HUXLEY straddles two worlds: on one hand, it’s tucked in the Tenderloin, a small space that feels very urban, with friendly, heavily tattooed servers and West Coast hip-hop dialed up. On the other hand, the urbane one,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 28, 2015

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Cockscomb

With so many places to eat at in this town, would you feel impelled to write a review of a place when the chef has blocked you on Twitter (I honestly don’t know why), and once bellowed in your ear when you called for a quick interview? (Come to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 30, 2015

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Octavia

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Poetry in Motion: Melissa Perello's Octavia Now Open in Pacific Heights 1701 Octavia St. San Francisco (at Bush St.) 415-408-7507 octavia-sf.com $$$ Melissa Perello, chef Cuisine * American (New) * Californian Features…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 20, 2015

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Jiro SF

San Francisco is a leading force in our nation’s culinary scene—and some would argue the best—but our Achilles’ heel has been our city’s painful lack of a strong sushi game. Honestly, it’s downright mystifying, considering our love of Japanese cuisine, seafood, and pristine ingredients, let…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 16, 2015

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La Nebbia

Anyone who has enjoyed the fantastically deep list of Italian wines (crammed onto the legal-sized menu in its minuscule font) over the years at Noe Valley’s LA CICCIA will be pleased to run around in Massimiliano Conti and Lorella Degan’s second playground: LA NEBBIA. It’s the perfect…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 19, 2015

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