Nico 3228 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94115 Dining date: 12/26/14 Nico opened in late 2013 quietly garnering a following as a sort of neighborhood restaurant nestled between Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights. SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer has been a fan since the restaurant opened; on Christmas Eve, he wrote a review calling…
Monsieur Benjamin 451 Gough St San Francisco, CA 94102 Dining date: 11/29/14 Corey Lee, best known for being ex-chef de cuisine of The French Laundry and for three-star Benu, opened Monsieur Benjamin over the summer. It’s a departure from his fine dining experience towards something more casual – a somewhat modernized French bistro. Given Lee’s pedigree,…
Nopalito 306 Broderick St San Francisco, CA 94117 Dining date: 11/30/14 Nopalito is the sister restaurant to ever-popular Nopa, located just a few blocks away (though there is a second location of Nopalito in the Inner Sunset). Whereas Nopa serves New American cuisine (that pork chop!), Nopalito serves up modernized Mexican fare. Tacos, quesadillas, ceviche…
Alta CA 1420 Market St San Francisco, CA 94102 Dining date: 11/28/14 Alta CA opened late last year, the latest from chef-restaurateur Daniel Patterson (Coi, Plum, Haven). The restaurant is one of the more notable SF openings in the past 12 months and has generally garnered praise for its Californian cuisine. My parents had dined…
Woodhouse Fish Co. 1914 Fillmore St San Francisco, CA 94115 Dining date: 12/27/13 Known for its fresh seafood, Woodhouse Fish Co. has been a long-time popular option in San Francisco. Two locations exist, in the Castro and in Pacific Heights; I’ve passed by the Pacific Heights location numerous times to see some good-sized crowds waiting…
Nopa 560 Divisadero St San Francisco, CA 94117 Dining date: 12/26/13 Nopa opened almost eight years ago but continues to be one of the more popular restaurants in San Francisco. That was never more evident than in my last visit; attemps to get a reservation weeks in advance weren’t successful and we ended up waiting…
Perbacco 230 California St San Francisco, CA 94111 Dining date: 12/23/13 Perbacco has been open for some time now (2006) but this was my first visit. For a number of years, I kept hearing good things about the restaurant but it never quite made it high enough on the list to actually go. On my…
Cotogna 490 Pacific St San Francisco, CA 94133 Dining date: 12/3/13 Cotogna opened just over three years ago, the next-door sibling to two Michelin-starred Quince. Cotogna’s food is a comfortable, rustic Italian style differing from Quince’s more modern, refined Italian. The commitment to quality and strong execution is shared at both places; they even share…