Category: San Francisco

  • Stones Throw: Let’s Keep Talking

    Stones Throw: Let’s Keep Talking

    Stones Throw is not a restaurant that has an identity crisis. They know exactly who they are, head-to-toe: from each table to each dish to each guest. Stones Throw is a thoughtful, playful and comfortable restaurant; it’s like kind of boyfriend you wish you can be around with all the time. This is a place where they notice the…

  • Foreign Cinema: Brunch is the Key Scene

    Foreign Cinema: Brunch is the Key Scene

    “No, we’re not showing the Avengers…“, said the hostess as she hung up the phone. Having the name Foreign Cinema, it’s hard not to confuse it with a normal theater; this restaurant resides within a space that has the exterior with a marquee, and they play foreign and independent films in their outdoor courtyard (check out their website…

  • SPQR: Finally, Satisfying Tasty Italian

    SPQR: Finally, Satisfying Tasty Italian

    I have gone around to various San Francisco restaurants hoping to get delicious pasta dishes like I can in New York, with depth in flavor and cooked al dente. I became skeptical, thinking that good Italian is doomed in this city. For every time I expressed my frustration, a friend would mentioned SPQR. For that reason, I made the OpenTable reservation with a…

  • Nopa: Hearty American SF Dining

    Nopa: Hearty American SF Dining

    I have moved to San Francisco from New York City, and am making my way through the dining scene. It’s exciting, and so far I find it notably different than New York (there’s good and bad to that). Overall, I want to focus on the great meals I have here so that whoever ends up coming to this city will know…