Notes on restaurants I’ve been to and want to try. I liked, were just ok, I didn’t like. Also see other lists.

To try:

Bette’s, Berkeley, breakfast spot

Merchant Roots (Fillmore, SF)

St. JOHN (London)

Single Thread (Sonoma)

Nari (Downtown, SF)

Gregoire (Berkeley)

Oma San Francisco Station (Japantown, SF)

Park Tavern (North Beach, SF)

Birdsong (SOMA, SF)

Commis (Oakland)

Sorrel (Richmond, SF)

Che Fico (NoPa, SF)

Sasaki (Sushi, Mission, SF)

Ju-Ni (Sushi, Panhandle, SF)

Robin (Sushi, Hayes Valley, SF)

Topolo Bambo (Chicago)

A list in Sonoma…

Skool (SOMA, SF)

Rosso (Santa Rosa)

Izakaya Rintaro (SOMA)

Kinjo Sushi (SF)

Glen Ellen Star (Sonoma, CA)

Naschmarkt (Campbell, CA)

Mosu (Fillmore, SF)

Damon Baehrel (upstate New York)

Akiko (Financial District, SF)

The Ramp (Dogpatch, SF)

Commissary (Presidio, SF)

The Modern (Manhattan, NY)

Yoshizumi (San Mateo)

Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack (Mission, SF)

Scoma’s (Fisherman’s Wharf, SF)

Marianne’s (bar; SOMA, SF)

7 Mile House (bar; Brisbane, SF)

Club Twenty-One (bar; Tenderloin, SF)

Vesuvio (bar; North Beach, SF)

Camino (closed, Oakland)

Harris’ Steakhouse (get the porterhouse!) (SF)

Rich Table (Hayes Valley, SF)

Sukiyabashi Jiro (Tokyo, Japan)

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (London, UK)

Capo’s (North Beach, SF)

Peter Luger (Brooklyn, NY)

Atera (Tribeca, NY)

Chef’s Table (Brooklyn, NY)

Char No. 4 (Brooklyn, NY)

Essex (Manhattan, NY)

Baume (Palo Alto)

Eleven Madison Park (NY)

Commonwealth (closed, Mission, SF)

One Market (Embarcadero, SF)

Cotogna (Financial District, SF)

Zarzuela (closed, Russian Hill, SF)

Dopo (Oakland)

Sawa (Sunnyvale)

Criolla (Castro, SF)

Village Pub (Woodside)

Murray Circle (Sausalito)

La Toque (Napa)

Osteria Stellina (Pt. Reyes)

Farmhouse (Forestville)

Terra (St. Helena)

Cafe Jacqueline (North Beach, SF)

Sea Salt (Oakland)

Town (San Carlos)

Kaygetsu (Menlo Park)

Cafe Gibraltar (Half Moon Bay)

Madera (Menlo Park)

Vero (Palo Alto)

Quattro (Palo Alto)

California Cafe (Palo Alto)

Plumed Horse (Saratoga)

Trevese (Los Gatos)

Arcadia (San Jose)

Los Cubanos (San Jose)

Been to:

Besharam (Dogpatch, SF)

Memphis Minnie’s (Haight, SF)

Starbelly (Castro, SF)

CreoLa (Cole Valley, SF)

House Of Prime Rib (Nob Hill, SF)

French Laundry (Yountville)

Octavia

August 1 Five (Van Ness, SF)

Death By Taco (Mission Bay, SF)

Sasaki (Mission, SF)

Mourad (SOMA, SF)

Al’s Place (Mission, SF)

Nightbird (Hayes Valley, SF)

Avery (Fillmore, SF)

Rasa (Burlingame)

Imperial

Avatar’s (Sausalito)

Dove’s (Chicago)

Girl and the Goat (Chicago)

Alinea (Chicago)

Giant (Chicago)

Cockscomb (SOMA, SF)

Maru Ya (Mission, SF)

K-Paul’s (New Orleans)

Cochon (New Orleans)

Bayona (New Orleans)

Commanders Palace (New Orleans)

Nomad.PDX

Tasty ‘n Alder (Portland)

Mister Jiu’s (Chinatown, SF)

Magnolia Smokestack (Dogpatch, SF)

3rd Cousin (Bernal Heights, SF)

Beso Bistronomia (Haight, SF)

Agenzen (Ichizen) (Millbrae, CA)

In Situ (SOMA, SF)

Baby Blues BBQ (Bernal Heights, SF)

Bottega

Solbar

Ichi (Mission, SF)

LV Mar (Redwood City, CA)

Saru (Noe Valley, SF)

Local (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)

The Bunnery (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)

Gary Danko (Pacific Heghts, SF)

Californios (Mission, SF)

Stones Throw (Russian Hill, SF)

Gather (Oakland, CA)

Boxing Room (Hayes Valley, SF)

Gló (Reykjavík, Iceland)

Sjávargrillið (Reykjavík, Iceland)

Íslenski barinn (Reykjavík, Iceland)

Marlowe (SOMA, SF)

Pläj

Ad Hoc (Yountville)

Lazy Bear

SO (SOMA, SF)

Kusakabe

Pabu (Financial District, SF)

Ananda Fuara

Aveline

Lolinda

Bobo’s (Marina, SF)

Bistro Aix

1760

Alta (Civic Center, SF)

The Cavalier (Downtown, SF)

Super Duper Burger (NY, SF)

Hops & Hominy (Union Square, SF)

Kinfolk (Bernal Heights, SF)

Baker & Banker (Japantown, SF)

Poesia

Sushi Ran

Mikkeller (Civic Center, SF)

Hakkasan (Downtown, SF)

Atelier Crenn (Cow Hollow, SF)

Corner Store

Moosse Cafe

Mendocino Hotel

Dottie’s

Nojo

Plow

Koi Palace

Basil Canteen

54 Mint

Manzoni

Cafe Claude (Union Square, SF)

State Bird Provisions (Fillmore, SF)

Abbott’s Cellar (Mission, SF)

Frances (Castro, SF)

Perilla (Manhattan, NY)

Vinegar Hill House (Brooklyn, NY)

WD~50 (Manhattan, NY)

The Little Owl (Manhattan, NY)

Sushi Sam’s (San Mateo, CA)

Farmer Brown (Civic Center, SF)

Campton Place (Financial District, SF)

2G Japanese Brasserie (Civic Center, SF)

Masa’s (SF)

Pomelo (SF)

Incanto (SF)

Elite Cafe (SF)

Sociale (SF)

Chapeau! (SF)

Thermidor (SF)

Saison (SF)

Bar Jules (SF)

Piperade (SF)

Hyde Street Bistro (SF)

Brenda’s (SF)

Gitane (SF)

Sons & Daughters (SF)

Bar Bambino (SF)

Isa (SF)

Neoteca (SF)

Gialina (SF)

Applewood (Marin)

Stevenswood (Marin)

Lafitte (SF)

Benu (SF)

La Folie (SF)

Walzwerk (SF)

Triptych (SF)

Luna Park (SF)

Prospect (SF)

Twenty Five Lusk (SF)

Loló (SF)

Chez Papa Resto (SF)

Guy Savoy (Las Vegas)

Nopalito (SF)

Slow Club

Zuni Cafe (SF)

Coi (SF)

Ironside (SF)

Swell (SF)

Absinthe (SF)

SPQR (SF)

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Paris)

Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée (Paris)

L’Alcazar (Paris)

Pierre Gagnaire (Paris)

Les Quinze Nits (Barcelona)

Abac (Barcelona)

Cinc Sentits (Barcelona)

Taller de Tapas (Barcelona)

Fifth Floor (SF)

Wexler’s (SF)

RN74 (SF)

Moss Beach Distillery (SF)

Bar Crudo (SF)

Herbivore (SF)

Amber (SF)

Manka’s Inverness (Marin)

Cyrus (closed, Healdsburg)

Redd (Yountville)

Martini House (closed, St. Helena)

Auberge du Soleil (Napa)

Meadowood (Napa)

Tra Vigne (Napa)

Pelican Inn (Marin)

Aqua (closed, SF)

Delfina (SF)

Mexico DF (SF)

Fleur de Lys (closed, SF)

Tigelleria (San Jose)

Espetus (SF)

Betelnut (SF)

Street (SF)

21st Amendment (SF)

Firefly (SF)

Blue Plate (SF)

Salt House (SF)

Beretta (SF)

Indigo (SF)

Aziza (SF)

Local (SF)

Spruce (SF)

Farallon (SF)

Town Hall (SF)

Citizen Cake (SF)

CreoLa (San Carlos) /

Ozumo (SF)

Michael Mina (SF)

Manresa (Los Gatos)

Cosmopolitan (SF)

La Foret (San Jose)

Aureole (Las Vegas)

Alex (closed, Las Vegas)

Town’s End

La Bodeguita del Medio (Palo Alto)

Palo Alto Sol (Palo Alto)

Mantra (Palo Alto)

Zibibbo (Palo Alto)

Millennium (SF Oakland)

Spago (closed, Palo Alto)

Chez TJ (Mountain View) /

Cascal (Mountain View)

Jardiniere (closed, Hayes Valley, SF)

Fuki Sushi (Palo Alto)

Flea St. Cafe (Menlo Park)

Calafia (Palo Alto)

Junnoon (Palo Alto)

Osteria (Palo Alto)

Bistro Maxine (Palo Alto)

Evvia (Palo Alto)

Shokolaat (Palo Alto)

Joya (Palo Alto)

Reposado (Palo Alto)

Madison & 5th (closed, Palo Alto)

Spalti (Palo Alto)

La Strada (Palo Alto)

Bella Luna (Palo Alto)