Cuisine Rapide

Burgers even better than a Royale with Cheese

When the owners of Le Garage snapped up the former Plate Shop space in Sausalito and turned it into Fast Food Français--a burger joint, no less--the conceit almost seemed too...

Sunday Munch

Two new brunches for a city that loves them

Brunch is not always a sucker’s game. Sure, every Sunday, half the city finds itself sleeping in while the other half lines up outside Mama’s. Here are two new...

Open House

A Northern Chinese snack mecca

Not every international house of pancakes is an IHOP. There’s no double stack of Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity cakes at House of Pancakes, which opened on Taraval late...

Whisked Away

B. Patisserie has a delicate touch

Belinda Leong is a master of air. As anyone who has picked up one of B. Patisserie’s croissants ($3) at her pop-ups knows, the former Manresa pastry chef produces buttery...

Chef Obsessions: Seaweed

Saison's Joshua Skenes plays with marine vegetables

Few American chefs pay the kind of attention to seaweed that Joshua Skenes does at Saison. Depending on the season--yes, seaweed gathering has a season--a local diver brings...

Sharing Is Caring

Tapas you won't need to hog

There are small plates designed like miniature hors d’oeuvres: pretty to look at and impossible to share. Not at Duende, Paul Canales’ month-old restaurant, where...