Chaat Room

Redeeming the slider with spice

Preeti Mistry proves that when Indian and American cuisines meet, the result doesn’t have to taste dumbed down. At Juhu Beach Club, the Top Chef alumna’s new Temescal...

Neighborhood Watch: Castro

The food here just keeps improving

The Castro is no culinary destination, with all due respect to Frances and Poesia. If these three great new dishes are any evidence, though, the quality of its neighborhood...

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...