SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA
Tasting
- Coi
- Quince
- Saison
- Benu
- Atelier Crenn
- Chez Papa Bistro - French - Potrero
- Baker and Banker - Californian - Pacific Heights
- Range - Cali/ Wine List / Cocktail
- 25 Lusk - Cali / Wine List / Cocktail
- Serpentine - Cali / Cocktails
- Piccino's Cafe - Cali/Pizzeria
- Hierloom Cafe - Cali - they have a stunning wine list. Try the Carema. / Wine List
- Delfina - Italian / Wine List
- Catogna- Italian / Wine List with all wines are $40
- Frances - Cali/french / Wine List / Cocktails
- La Ciccia - Sardinian
- Lolinda - South American steak house / Cocktails and Whiskey
- Central Kitchen / Californian
- Bar Agricole / Cali / Good Wine List
- Izakaya Yuzuki / Japanese
- Ino Sushi
- Umi Sushi
- Ken Ken Ramen
- Universal Cafe
- Mission Street Cafe
- Serpentine
- Plow
- Yang Sing (for dim sum)
- Pizzeria Delfina
- Pizza Nostra
- Piccino's - get the funghi pizza, or add an egg!
Coffee
- Blue Bottle - Ferry Building, Mint street
- Piccino's Cafe - serving Sightglass (Dogpatch)
- Four Barrel (Mission)
- Sightglass (SOMA)
- Ritual Coffee (Mission)
- Red Blossom - It's a tea shop but they usually are making samples.
- Terroir - by-the-glass (or bottle) and shop
- Arlequin - by-the-glass and shop, they have tastings often
- Dig - shop with tastings on the weekends
- Bi-Rite - the grocery and the ice cream shop
- Smitten Ice Cream - Hayes Valley
- Tartine - Bakery
- Mission Cheese - it's a cheese bar!
PENNINSULA
- Evvia
- Tamarine
- Clarke's Burgers
- Sushi Sam
- Village Pub - Californian / excellent wine novel
EAST BAY
- Chez Pannise
- Cafe Fanny
- Cheeseboard Pizza
- Gregoire's (for gourmet fast food)
- Tacubaya
- Dona Tomas - some of the best mexican I've had in the area. Good Cocktails. (Mexican sit down)
- Tamarino / Mexican
WINE COUNTRY
// Napa
Food
- Bouchon/Bouchon Bakery – french - they have great cocktails
- Ubuntu – Californian/vegetable
- Morimoto's – Japanese
- Ad-Hoc - Californian
- Meadowood (St. Helene) - 3 Michelin Stars, always had a stellar meal from the chef
- French Laundry (Yountville) - 3 Michelin Stars, book in advance
- Charles Krug
- Stag's Leap ($$)
- Rubicon Estates
- Robert Sininsky
// Sonoma
Food
- Girl and the Fig - californian
- El Monio Central - mexican
- Westwood
- Schug
- Loxton
- Hanzell- by Appointment tasting, and the tour is lovely
// Russian River
Food
- Underwood – Californian
- Barndiva – Californian (Healdsburg) - they have great cocktails
- Flying Goat - for Coffee (in Healdsburg and Santa Rosa)
- Super burger - Santa Rosa
- Willi's Wine Bar- extensive wine list and small plates
Wine
- D'Argenzio's
- Sheldon
- Kurtz Family Cellars
- Arista
- DaVero
- Wind Gap (Appointment only)
CHICAGO (Yes, I know, it's not near San Francisco)
- Charlier Trotter's (Dec 2008) (closed?)
- Alinea (Dec 2008)
