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Jun 1, 2011

Beginnings and Endings at the Baltic

Occasional bouts of food poisoning notwithstanding, being a restaurant critic isn't a bad way to make a living. There's the miraculous fact that someone's...
May 25, 2011

Truth in Advertising at Trueburger

Californians take their hamburgers seriously. Whenever a New Yorker sneers at our pizza, we sneer back at their listless, scrawny, unimaginative burgers. We are...
May 11, 2011

Get Lao at Green Papaya Deli

Although Laos has borrowed the occasional ingredient and cooking technique from different influences over the centuries, the national cuisine is absolutely unique — fresh...
Apr 27, 2011

Beckett’s Becomes BEC Bistro

For nearly a decade, 2271 Shattuck Avenue was the home of Beckett's, an Irish pub/eatery/hangout known around Berkeley for its live music, high conviviality...
Apr 13, 2011

A Taste of Summer at Doña Tomás

Every year there's a certain day in early spring when the rains that have been drenching, battering, and otherwise depressing the San Francisco Bay...
Mar 30, 2011

Go to the Westside Cafe, Young Foodie

The Westside Cafe has been famous for its meal-size muffins, corned beef hash, exemplary cinnamon rolls, and hippie-dippy service for a quarter-century. But last...
Mar 16, 2011

Catch the Flying Disc at Disco Volante

We felt happy as soon as we walked into Disco Volante, a new nightspot-bar-restaurant in downtown Oakland. Some restaurants are like that. While lesser...
Mar 2, 2011

The Earl of Southie

Nothing could be simpler: Take two slices of bread, put something on top of one of the slices, put the other slice on top...
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