Atelier Crenn 3127 Fillmore St San Francisco, CA 94123 Dining date: 12/23/11 Atelier Crenn opened almost one year ago, last January. It was a hotly anticipated opening and seems to have met the hype, regarded as one of the top restaurant openings of the year (and awarded a Michelin star). The chef is Dominique Crenn,…
Manhattan Beach Post (M.B. Post) 1142 Manhattan Ave Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Dining date: 1/7/12 I visited M.B Post in May of last year and walked away both completely stuffed and impressed. Since then, chef/owner David LeFevre has racked up the accolades, being one of LA Times critic S. Irene Virbila’s best meals of 2011 and…
New England Lobster 170 Mitchell Ave South San Francisco, CA 94080 Dining date: 12/28/11 My dad is a big fan of seafood and will go to great lengths to find the good stuff, particularly if it’s crab or lobster. So, when he proposed driving down to South San Francisco for this ‘truck,’ I was intrigued. I’m pretty food truck…
Saison 2124 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94110 Dining date: 12/27/11 Saison may have been my most anticipated meal in San Francisco in 2011. Chef Josh Skenes (Chez TJ, Stonehill Tavern) is cooking very modern French-Californian cuisine using locally sourced (including foraged) ingredients centered around a dining room hearth. A lot of restaurants are doing the local and…
Hong Kong Lounge II 3300 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA 94118 Dining date: 12/24/11 Hong Kong Lounge (formerly Hong Kong Flower Lounge) has been a popular dim sum option in San Francisco for decades. I haven’t been there in a long time (maybe over a decade), but it’s a consistently popular place capturing much of…