5.08.2005

Bay Area Restaurants

I've decided to start posting reviews on Bay Area restaurants that I've eaten at and have some sort of opinion on. Here is a list of restuarants I can think of at the moment grouped by cuisine. Rating table is as follows: food (*-****), cost ($-$$$$), service (s-ssss). I'll elaborate on each as time goes by. Maybe one day I will review LA, LV, NY and Boston too..... Gonna be awhile though.

Chinese
Joy Restaurant - San Mateo
Fortune Garden - Union City
Yank Sing (dim sum) - SF (Financial District)
Jade Villa (dim sum) - Oakland (Chinatown)

Japanese
Angelfish - Alameda
Kirala - Berkeley
Murasaki - SF
Yoshi's - Oakland
Uzen - Oakland (Rockridge)
Nobu (not THAT Nobu) - Oakland (Montclair)
Sushi House - Alameda

Korean
Brothers - SF
Koryo - Oakland
Ariyang - SF
Chicken House - SF
Hayward

Thai
Cha-Am - Berkeley
Soi4 - Oakland (Rockridge)
Thai Garden - Hayward

Singapore
Straits Cafe - SF

Tapas style
A Cote - Oakland (Rockridge)
Cesar - Berkeley
Bocarillo - SF

Italian
Delfina - SF
Fontina - Berkeley
Bistro Don Giovanni - Napa
Aperto - SF (Potrero Hill)
Cucina Viansa - Sonoma
Della Satina's - Sonoma
The Swiss Hotel - Sonoma
Rivoli - Berkeley

Indian
Ajanta - Berkeley

Seafood
Pearl (raw bar) - Oakland (Rockridge)
Spengers - Berkeley
Fish - Sausalito
Sam's Anchor Cafe - Tiburon

Burgers
Barneys - Oakland (Piedmont)
21st Amendment - SF

Brewery
Triple Rock - Berkeley
Pyramid Brewery - Berkeley

Breakfast
Jim's Coffee Shop - Alameda
Ole's Waffle Shop - Alameda
Ann's Soup Kitchen - Berkeley
Diggery Inn - Oakland (Montclair)
Old Monterey Cafe - Monterey (Downtown)
Basque Boulangerie - Sonoma
Blackberry Bistro - Oakland (Montclair)
Westside Bakery Cafe - Berkeley


French (or sort of)
Chez Panisse Cafe - Berkeley
The Girl and the Fig - Sonoma
The Left Bank - Santa Clara

Pizza
The Red Grape - Sonoma

Mediterrenean -
Evvia - Palo Alto
Zibibbo - Palo Alto

Vietnamese -
Tamarine - Palo Alto
Crustacean - SF
Le Cheval - Oakland (Downtown)

Other
Stacey's at Waterford - Dublin
Olema Farmhouse - Olema
Skates on the Bay - Berkeley (Marina)
Postrio - SF (Union Square)
Horizons - Sausalito
Downtown - Berkeley
Spago's - Palo Alto
Lalime - Berkeley
Chaya - SF
Neumalani - Hayward
Paradiso - San Leandro

Ice Cream
Sketch - Berkeley (4th St)
Mondo Gelato - Berkeley
Fenton's - Oakland (Piedmont)

Forever Closed Favorites
Palermo - Palo Alto
Le Poisson Japonais - Palo Alto
Mazzini Trattoria - Berkeley

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