Eat & Drink

Readers' poll: Best restaurants 2008

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Punch-drunk love

San Francisco’s lost classic cocktail, Pisco Punch, is resurfacing around town.

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The wine lover's soft drink

Rosé grapes make for a sobering refresher.

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The state of the plate

When it comes to dining out, is San Francisco becoming a Valhalla or a Vegas with hills? Josh Sens looks back on a confounding 12 months of meals and takes the measure of a region and its restaurants.

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2008 Best Chef Awards

Discover the meat-eating chef who’s created the most intriguing vegetarian restaurant in the nation, the woman who’s making California cuisine exciting again, a pastry chef who looks to the past to make desserts like nothing we’ve ever tasted, and a bartender who’s shaking things up all over town.

On the waterfront

At Waterbar and Epic Roasthouse, Pat Kuleto competes for the attention of big-spending diners.

Five great places on Jones Street

With some of the city’s finest cocktails being served a few doors down from several of its best Pakistani restaurants, Jones Street between Geary and O’Farrell Streets is a microcosm of the city’s obsession with food and drink at all price points. Here, a culinary map of the block.

The well-traveled steak

A King among cooks

7/2/08—Food reviewer Scott Hocker toasts James Beard winner Niloufer Ichaporia King.

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New restaurant reviews

Fish & Farm, Jin Sho, and Mono.

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Restaurant updates

Updates abound at Cafe Majestic, Quince, Terra, and Absinthe.

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Five great savory breakfast snacks

Whether you grab a sugar-crusted muffin or a chocolate-laden croissant, breakfast on the go too often resembles dessert. These five portable morning meals take a walk on the savory side.

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Enrico's on the run

Having already enjoyed what seem like more lives than an alley cat, Enrico’s in Nor

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