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It's that time again. If you register with Zagat, then rate three or more San Francisco restaurants, you will receive a free copy of their popular guidebook. The survey has been streamlined this year and it's much easier to fill out. This year you can even win $100 if your comments are witty and insightful enough. Enter the survey by April 16, 2006.
If you're not a subscriber, sign up for free, here.
And go here to enter the San Francisco survey. Do it today, before you forget!
Other active surveys include:
New York
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
London
Though some people prefer the online edition, I like to have the guidebook around because it's a convenient way to search for restaurants by neighborhood or type of cuisine. On the other hand, it's by no means comprehensive or entirely accurate, especially when it comes to prices. The ratings are democratic in nature which may or may not be the best method of evaluation. With the Zagat, you end up with a popularity contest. But that said it is awfully handy as a kind of directory to have in the glove box or stashed by the phone.
Personally when it comes to choosing a restaurant, I'd prefer to stick with the recommendations of someone I actually know and trust. For restaurants in San Francisco, two great guides that I wholeheartedly recommend are the San Francisco Food Lover's Guide by Patricia Unterman and The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. As an added bonus each includes markets wine shops and the Food Lover's Guide also has a handful of signature local recipes.
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Zagat Survey
It's that time again. If you register with Zagat, then rate three or more San Francisco restaurants, you will receive a free copy of their popular guidebook. The survey has been streamlined this year and it's much easier to fill out. This year you can even win $100 if your comments are witty and insightful enough. Enter the survey by April 16, 2006.
If you're not a subscriber, sign up for free, here.
And go here to enter the San Francisco survey. Do it today, before you forget!
Other active surveys include:
New York
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
London
Though some people prefer the online edition, I like to have the guidebook around because it's a convenient way to search for restaurants by neighborhood or type of cuisine. On the other hand, it's by no means comprehensive or entirely accurate, especially when it comes to prices. The ratings are democratic in nature which may or may not be the best method of evaluation. With the Zagat, you end up with a popularity contest. But that said it is awfully handy as a kind of directory to have in the glove box or stashed by the phone.
Personally when it comes to choosing a restaurant, I'd prefer to stick with the recommendations of someone I actually know and trust. For restaurants in San Francisco, two great guides that I wholeheartedly recommend are the San Francisco Food Lover's Guide by Patricia Unterman and The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. As an added bonus each includes markets wine shops and the Food Lover's Guide also has a handful of signature local recipes.
FOOD + RESTAURANTS + SAN FRANCISCO
- Michelin Missed The Mark
Ok, so I've finally gotten a chance to really dive into the Michelin Guide San Francisco: Bay Area and Wine Country 2007 and I now have a bit more of an opinion. While most critics and bloggers are focusing on the issue of "who got how many stars"...
- Waiter, Waiter!
Ever notice how in a restaurant when the service is good, you barely even notice it? When service is perceived to be off, people are likely to complain and yet when it's perfect they don't even remember it! That's the way it goes in the front...
- San Francisco Food Lover's Guide: Review
You might have noticed all my caveats about the Zagat Survey the other day. I have none to report for the fourth edition of Patricia Unterman's San Francisco Food Lover's Guide. As the last edition did, this one shall sit right next to the Zagat...
- Patricia Unterman's San Francisco Food Lover's Guide:book
I remember reading "The Food Lovers Guide to Paris" by Patricia Wells back in the early 1980's. It was a revelation to me. Someone who knew and loved food so well took the time to catalog all the best places in Paris for eating and shopping for food....
- San Francisco Food Lover's Pocket Guide
Every month or so, one of my readers asks me for advice on food tourism in San Francisco. I offer some ideas—Incanto and the Ferry Building—but then defer to higher authorities: Sam, The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco, and The San Francisco...