Is Timothy Swischuk making America's most interesting sandwiches?
Disclaimer: This food review is blatantly partisan: the writer is acquainted with the owner/chef of the restaurant under discussion, and...
Farewell Tour: Sam's Burgers, Swan Oyster Depot & Zuni's Chicken
The list I had made was long and I was short on time and tight with money. The Tonga Room, Red’s Java, The Buena Vista, Farallon, The Old...
Shanghai Dumpling King: BYOB Bargain
What is it about the Shanghai soup dumpling that impels the restauranteur to affix the name "King" or "Kingdom" somewhere in the title of...
Offalmania in the Inner Richmond : The Organ Trail Part 3
The Richmond. Utter that small collection of phonemes three times in a row a la Beetlejuice and you might suddenly find yourself clad in...
The Best Places to Eat Organ Meat in the Mission
For those interested in the consumption of fine entrails, we present to you here within a weekly collection of macabre signposts pointing...
A South American Food Journal Part 3, Cock Soup at 11,000 Ft
Large, central markets situated in cities with lax or non-existent health codes always make a strong impression upon the senses of smell...
A South American Food Journal Part 4, Beef Heart of Darkness
As the latter part of the above title flat-footedly implies, this weeks article has me journeying into savage, humid environs redolent of...
A South American Food Journal Part 5, Belen Market in Iquitos, Peru
Iquitos, in case you haven't heard of it, is the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon. As such, it absorbs anything into its bloodstream...
24th Street Series: La Palma Mexicatessen
There isn't a neighborhood of any city in our union that is completely static, no urban zone where the prevailing skin tone will forever...
Ryoko's Weird Late-night Sushi
If you like eating raw fish below street level, two options come to mind. The first is Sushi Time, a tiny shoe box crammed into the...
A South American Food Journal Part 9, Guts and Glory in Salta, Argentina
The Argentinian food scene, which I had found fairly monotonous heretofore, is improved markedly the closer your proximity to Bolivia and...
Wham-Bam Burmese at Yamo
What is it about Burmese food and long waits? Burma Superstar in the Inner Richmond is legendary for the starving throngs that gather...
Toyose: Late Night Korean Haven in the Outer Sunset
Un-expected pockets of commerce are scattered like playing cards on the beat-up, grey basement table that is The Sunset District. One is...
A South American Food Journal, Part 11, Buenos Aires is Red Meat + Red Wine in Large Plastic Bottles
Buenos Aires, by most accounts, is a city. Those accounts also attach various adjectives to it such as world-class, cosmopolitan,...
The Great California Burrito Dispute
The burrito world is full of strident opinions. Not enough meat. Structural integrity. Too much rice. Rice?! And there are few culinary...