EAT

The Plant Organic Café has started a trend here in San Francisco. Their concept is “Fresh. Organic. Local” and they take it very seriously. The...

Loving Hut is easy to find on the corner of Vallejo and Stockton Streets in San Francisco’s Chinatown. It’s also easy to find around the...

There is a fine line between a wait that shows how popular a restaurant is and how exhaustingly difficult it is to eat there. There...

closed It is one thing to preach “maître”(Buddhist term for “loving kindness”), but it is a rare restaurant that can claim that its staff actually...

Nestled quietly between 21st and 22nd streets on Mission, Foreign Cinema is surrounded by a number of old movie houses now turned department stores (paying...

As a long time Marin resident, I must confess that getting a good meal within the county isn’t an easy task. Despite the affluence of...

Accessible and unique is the little establishment known as Table Café, nestled among the trees of Larkspur in Marin County. The name refers to the...

There is a fine line between a wait that shows how popular a restaurant is and how exhaustingly difficult it is to eat there. There...

Be warned: Pizzaiolo, the long-awaited restaurant from local boy Charlie Hollowell is up and firing. Firing up pizza, that is. And the place is busy....

Venus has a bright energy and warmth that draws you immediately into a comfortable gathering of locals and visitors, hosted by sparkling yogini-owner Amy Murray....

The more I practice, the more I find the need to get out in nature on a regular basis. Unfortunately, urban living doesn’t always conspire...

While atmosphere for many Indian restaurants consists of a boom box blasting ragas throughout a tired dining room, Lotus on Fourth offers outrageously delicious Indian...

Located in San Francisco’s Richmond District, Mandalay’s brightly colored signs can be seen through even the foggiest of the city’s summer nights. Nestled between 5th...

The tea service at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is somewhat of a caricature of the high art of the Japanese tea...

Samovar Tea Lounge epitomizes the widespread cultural influence of tea. Now with three locations in the city, Samovar has fused the East-meets-West tea ethos into...

While tea stalls and ceremonies have yet to become as common as cafes in the west, an updated version of the eastern staple is fast...