The 38 Essential San Francisco Restaurants, July 2014:
It's time to update the Eater 38, your answer and ours to any question that begins, "Can you recommend a restaurant?" This highly elite group covers the entire city, spans myriad cuisines and collectively satisfies all of your restaurant needs. Every few months, we add pertinent restaurants that were omitted, have newly become eligible (restaurants must be open at least six months) or have...
The Brunch Heatmap: 15 New Brunches to Try NOW:
With Mother's Day just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to update the brunch heatmap, listing all the spots that have either opened with or added brunch service since the last update in January. As usual, you'll find a mix of cuisines, with everything from breakfast banh mi to Jamaican jerk chicken to pie brunch (nope, not kidding about that last one). Whether you're...
SPQR's Accarrino Named Food & Wine Best New Chef:
Matthew Accarrino's stellar work at SPQR has earned him a Michelin star, multiple turns on the James Beard Award longlist, a StarChefs Rising Star honor, and a spot on the Eater 38, among other laurels. Now he's received his biggest prize yet: Food & Wine named him one of their Best New Chefs this morning, alongside the likes of Paul Qui, Ari Taymor, and Justin Yu. "He incorporates secrets he...
Fans insist "you should try" the "fantastico" Italian fare at this "urbane" Pac Heights sibling of A16 turning out "heavenly pastas" and other "soulful" yet "extremely creative" dishes and pouring "amazing" "lesser-known" wines; the "tiny" room gets "noisy", but service is "fine" and "sitting at the chef's counter" is a "reward" in itself.