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La Costanera Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, La Costanera, a contemporary Peruvian nuevo comer from chef-restaurateur Carlos Altamirano (who also owns SF’s Piqueo’s and Mochica ), brings punchy Read More...
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Burgers of all stripes – beef, buffalo, ostrich – made with mixed-in toppings (à la Coldstone Creamery) are the haus special at Acme Burgerhaus , a no-frills Western Addition storefront serving combinations like the Jerusalamb (ground Read More...
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Eve Lounge Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Dramatic dimly lit chandeliers, hand-painted murals and leather banquettes are the decor highlights of the subtly 1920s-themed SoMa seductress Eve from the John Colins team; during happy hour, after-workers Read More...
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Photo: courtesy of Burger Bar Burgermania reaches new heights, literally, on the sixth floor of Macy’s, where Hubert Keller ( Fleur de Lys ) has opened his luxe build-a-burger concept, Burger Bar (which already has locations in Las Vegas and St. Read More...
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Pi Bar Photo: by Kevin Bond Plenty of thin-crust pies – and π references such as $3.14 slices – abound at casual Mission hangout Pi, which slings locally sourced, straightforward pizzas and artisan beers to the neighborhood’s hipsters, Read More...
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Prime Rib Shabu Photo: Kevin Bond Restaurateur Luke Sung ( Domo , Isa ) is behind Prime Rib Shabu , a DIY shabu-shabu joint in the Inner Sunset where the sliced meats are of the hand-cut, rib-eye variety and the rest of the menu is rounded out by lamb Read More...
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Pica Pica Maize Kitchen , the popular Venezuelan areperia in Napa’s Oxbow Public Market, has opened Pica Pica Bar, an adjoining coffeehouse/bar set in the center of the market hall. It offers a range of batidos (nonalcoholic blended fruit shakes) Read More...
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Ironside Photo: courtesy of the restaurant South Beach cafe Ironside , set in the new Chronicle Books building (and run by folks behind District ), serves coffee, breakfast bites and affordable lunch fare, accompanied by beer and wine, with dinner service Read More...
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Fang Photo: Kevin Bond Fang , the SoMa sidekick to Chinatown’s House of Nanking , offers up the usual suspects of Chinese cooking – e.g. potstickers, sesame chicken – along with more atypical fare like stuffed clamshell buns filled with Read More...
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Aiming to be an affordable, three-meals-a-day local hub, Oakland newcomer Chop Bar near Jack London Square offers an Eclectic-Californian menu of seasonal, locally sourced fare such as panini, flatiron steaks and housemade pastas, all priced under $20; Read More...
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Naked Lunch Photo: Kevin Bond With a tip of the hat to William S. Burroughs , simple North Beach sandwich stand Naked Lunch finds a former Cafe Majestic chef slinging low-cost, highfalutin sandos (think foie gras and duck prosciutto with truffle oil), Read More...
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Bocanova Photo: Ashley Teplin The first entrant in what’s shaping up to be the Jack London Market supernova , Bocanova arrives courtesy of MarketBar ’s husband-and-wife team, who are offering a midpriced menu of greatest hits from South and Read More...
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Emerging like a phoenix after a fire closed it down for a year and a half, Limón – the Mission Nuevo Latino responsible for making Peruvian the current ‘it’ cuisine – is back in business with a new chef, Emmanuel Piqueras Read More...
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Starbelly Photo: courtesy of the restaurant A plethora of meat-oriented bar snacks (e.g. mini-corndogs and charcuterie), plus affordable flatbread pizzas, salads and other Californian comfort foods are served continuously from 11 AM till midnight daily Read More...
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At stylishly rustic Castro watering hole Blackbird , vintage newspapers plaster one wall, old-fashioned Edison-style bulbs hover above the long mahogany bar and you’re equally likely to see straights congregating at the rear pool table, gays canoodling Read More...
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