Cooking
Dine About Town! It's back! I'm really enthusiastic about this promotion because it's just the kick in the pants I need to get me to try some new restaurants or revisit some favorites.
So what exactly is Dine About Town? It's a promotion where in the month of January various San Francisco restaurants offer a 3-course lunch for $21.95 and/or dinner for $31.95. Not exactly cheap, but many of the restaurants on the list are quite pricey ones so it does represent a discount. There is also a VIP gift kit if you stay in a San Francisco hotel during the month of January, check out the web site for more details.
Some of the restaurants I am putting on my list to eat at this month include:
Zuppa--brand new, South of Market, getting good reviews, high on my list
Tablespoon--right down the block from my house, but I've never been there
Jack Falstaff--I have wanted to go ever since interviewing the wine director last year
Last year I ate at 1550 Hyde and RNM and loved them both. Check out last January 2005 in the Archives to read my reviews. Last night I revisited 1550 Hyde and the food was wonderful. I had a delicious antipasto platter with homemade pate, salami, and chantarelles. For an entree I had the heritage berkshire pork ribs with white wine, tomato and balsamic with bloomsdale spinach and soft polenta. This was a perfect Winter menu, the ribs melted off the bone and the spinach was tender, the polenta creamy and sweet. For dessert a caramelized pear tart with a Reisling ice cream.
Also worth noting, the wine list at 1550 Hyde is so good it has been honored by Food & Wine magazine, it features lots of inexpensive and interesting options. I enjoyed the 2004 Kurt Angerer Gruner Veltliner which was crisp with lots of green apple tones and a 2003 Capitel della Crossara Vapolicella Classico "ripasso" which was very well-balanced, with notes of anise, dried fruit and violet.
Ripasso is the technique that uses the unpressed skins or "lees" for Amarone, this makes it more robust, but not necessarily expensive, our bottle was only $26. A big thanks to Gastronomie for the delightful company and the lesson in Valpolicella!
- 1550 Hyde:restaurant Review Closed
What makes a neighborhood place a neighborhood place? My neighborhood has a lot of good and even some great restaurants but 1550 Hyde is a classic neighborhood place. Here's why I think it qualifies. It's cozy and warm and the staff greets you...
- Galette:restaurant Review Closed 1/06
Out running errands, including picking up the perfect sugar pot from Zinc Details, we stopped for lunch at Galette on Fillmore street. It's a cute little place that in every way reminds you of what it's like to dine in France. The staff is French....
- Dine About Town
Those of you outside the Bay Area won't care, but San Francisco's Dine About Town will once again happen in January. Throughout the month, you can get a prix fixe lunch ($22) or dinner ($32) at participating restaurants. This is a bit of a crap...
- Dine About Town 2004
Melissa's mom (mother-in-law is still odd to type) reminds me that Dine About Town is once again here. Bay Areans make sure to check out the site and take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy some of San Francisco's finest restaurants at discounted...
- Acme Chophouse
The other night we had our first dinner as part of the Dine About Town festivities. Basically, a bunch of restaurants have offered 3-course, $30 prix fixe menus for dinners on what would otherwise be slow nights. For many of them, getting a single entrée...
Cooking
What's dat?
Dine About Town! It's back! I'm really enthusiastic about this promotion because it's just the kick in the pants I need to get me to try some new restaurants or revisit some favorites.
So what exactly is Dine About Town? It's a promotion where in the month of January various San Francisco restaurants offer a 3-course lunch for $21.95 and/or dinner for $31.95. Not exactly cheap, but many of the restaurants on the list are quite pricey ones so it does represent a discount. There is also a VIP gift kit if you stay in a San Francisco hotel during the month of January, check out the web site for more details.
Some of the restaurants I am putting on my list to eat at this month include:
Zuppa--brand new, South of Market, getting good reviews, high on my list
Tablespoon--right down the block from my house, but I've never been there
Jack Falstaff--I have wanted to go ever since interviewing the wine director last year
Last year I ate at 1550 Hyde and RNM and loved them both. Check out last January 2005 in the Archives to read my reviews. Last night I revisited 1550 Hyde and the food was wonderful. I had a delicious antipasto platter with homemade pate, salami, and chantarelles. For an entree I had the heritage berkshire pork ribs with white wine, tomato and balsamic with bloomsdale spinach and soft polenta. This was a perfect Winter menu, the ribs melted off the bone and the spinach was tender, the polenta creamy and sweet. For dessert a caramelized pear tart with a Reisling ice cream.
Also worth noting, the wine list at 1550 Hyde is so good it has been honored by Food & Wine magazine, it features lots of inexpensive and interesting options. I enjoyed the 2004 Kurt Angerer Gruner Veltliner which was crisp with lots of green apple tones and a 2003 Capitel della Crossara Vapolicella Classico "ripasso" which was very well-balanced, with notes of anise, dried fruit and violet.
Ripasso is the technique that uses the unpressed skins or "lees" for Amarone, this makes it more robust, but not necessarily expensive, our bottle was only $26. A big thanks to Gastronomie for the delightful company and the lesson in Valpolicella!
- 1550 Hyde:restaurant Review Closed
What makes a neighborhood place a neighborhood place? My neighborhood has a lot of good and even some great restaurants but 1550 Hyde is a classic neighborhood place. Here's why I think it qualifies. It's cozy and warm and the staff greets you...
- Galette:restaurant Review Closed 1/06
Out running errands, including picking up the perfect sugar pot from Zinc Details, we stopped for lunch at Galette on Fillmore street. It's a cute little place that in every way reminds you of what it's like to dine in France. The staff is French....
- Dine About Town
Those of you outside the Bay Area won't care, but San Francisco's Dine About Town will once again happen in January. Throughout the month, you can get a prix fixe lunch ($22) or dinner ($32) at participating restaurants. This is a bit of a crap...
- Dine About Town 2004
Melissa's mom (mother-in-law is still odd to type) reminds me that Dine About Town is once again here. Bay Areans make sure to check out the site and take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy some of San Francisco's finest restaurants at discounted...
- Acme Chophouse
The other night we had our first dinner as part of the Dine About Town festivities. Basically, a bunch of restaurants have offered 3-course, $30 prix fixe menus for dinners on what would otherwise be slow nights. For many of them, getting a single entrée...