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Blue Bottle Coffee Company

I make a yearly visit to San Fran­cisco and the Bay area. Before our daugh­ter was born I would would fly out there 3–4 times per year. The area is so spe­cial to me that I chose to pro­pose to my  wife at one my favourite parks in Moun­tain View. On a recent visit we […]

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Zare at Fly Trap

  We were meet­ing up with a friend on a recent visit to San Fran­cisco. Since it was late she offered to take us to B*uppo’s for a quick bite; I know her to be a foodie and I think she saw the look on our face. The plan quickly changed and we headed up […]

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Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant

The appe­tiz­ers at Wine Spec­ta­tor are more invit­ing the entrées — the entrées were bistro fare — good but not out­stand­ing. We ordered 1 entrée (the ricotta stuffed whole wheat ravi­o­lis) and 3 appe­tiz­ers. The soft-shell crab BLT, the arti­choke salad made of olive oil poached arti­chokes, water­cress, wal­nut bagna cauda, and lemony aioli, and their sea­son offer­ing Today’s Temp­ta­tions, which that day was dif­fer­ent bites of Mediter­ranean influ­enced amuse-bouches.

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