If you live close by, it's bound to become part of the dinner routine.The best part of the homey bistro? The unexpectedly inventive side dishes like the beet salad or white beans. ģ) Pinch-hitting at the Chron is Amanda Gold, who has a pair of stars for Sunset standby Bistro 9: But the quaint restaurant, just off Golden Gate Park in the Sunset District, embodies the qualities of a solid neighborhood restaurant - familiar, welcoming service cozy, accessible atmosphere a bevy of menu options and good value. Lesson be learned: kindly refrain from choosing your dishes from Rand McNally. In several bites, I could taste neither.Other details from the carnage include butter that smells like the fridge, "careless" desserts, "wacky-sounding ingredients" and a menu that features upwards of a dozen different cuisines. The sea bass feijoada was similarly unpleasant: mushy-textured fish heaped on a messy, salty accumulation of what the menu called drunken black beans, linguica, acorn squash, and cumin-scented caramelized onions. The salmon, in a horror of a sweet glaze, was mushy and salty, sitting in something identified as lobster sage broth, with, apparently, green madras olives, sun-dried tomato puree, artichokes, and Spanish rice - but the combination tasted mostly metallic. The shrimp were hard, salty, and overcooked. The salmon came plopped unattractively in a white bowl, set on a white plate with a pile of fried shrimp alongside. Parents, you may want to shield your children from this one: We hadn't consulted on the fish dishes, but we thought both the ones we tried were pretty much a disaster. Ģ) Up next, we have Meredith Brody at Avenue G, our very own Deathwatchee, and boy, is it ugly. From the "unusual harmony" of several off-the-wall dishes (e.g., figs and beets) to more austere dishes, Tinderbox largely succeeds in its daring ascension to the top of the Bernal Heights. Warsham stops short of festooning his dishes with foams and gelees but isn't at all shy about unlikely combinations - most of which (to perfect our theme of unlikeliness) work. While both kitchens bow to the gods of the local and sustainable, Tinderbox's ethos is one of bold innovation. Buckle up.ġ) Paul Reidinger makes the excursion to Tinderbox in Bernal Heights, where he can't resist comparing the new kid on the block to the established restaurant on Cortland Avenue, Liberty Cafe: Warsham's food is also wildly un-Liberty-like. And those are just the first two reviews. Reidinger reveals the city's newest destination to be Tinderbox, while Brody reinforces the Eater Deathwatch Committee's thoughts on the horror that is Avenue G. Michael Bauer has Halloween off-he's getting his cowboy costume ready for tonight-but we've still got plenty of reviewdom to go around. The restaurant itself has become so successful, in fact, the owners were able to acquire the space next door a few years ago and re-imagined it into “The Annex,” a hip, indoor-outdoor cocktail bar with real-deal mixologists and then recently took over the space next to that, creating a casual atmosphere where pastry and bakery meet all-day noshing goodness called the Tourist Home All Day Cafe.Welcome back to the Week in Reviews. Focused on providing progressive – but not pretentious – American comfort food, the menu is often eclectic and always changing (think crispy duck confit served in a skillet with toasted quinoa and braised greens then doused in a perfect juniper duck broth). Though only 10 years old, Tinderbox Kitchen is often named among the restaurants credited for helping to re-launch the foodie movement in Flagstaff, and assisted in re-inventing the “Southside” neighborhood of the city, which now also includes Root Public House and several other restaurants.
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