Our policy: While we occasionally attend and blog about media dinners and opening parties for new restaurants, we will only recommend places where we have dined anonymously on our own dimes. That’s because restaurants might treat food writers better than the average customer, and we want our recommendations to reflect the real experience. The out-of-town selections are posted below the local listings.
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Venice Beach
Beverly Hills
Culver City
Marina del Rey
San Gabriel Valley
Green Village Shanghai Restaurant
For Vegetarians:
Axe (which also serves meat dishes) in Venice
Real Food Daily (organic vegan cuisine only) in Santa Monica
Out of Town
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Durham, N.C.
Edmonton
Minneapolis
Montreal
Nashville
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco/Bay Area
Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Dopo (Oakland)
Dio Deka (Los Gatos)
Sushi Tomi (Mountain View)
Evvia (Palo Alto)
Zibibbo (Palo Alto)
Village Pub (Woodside)
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, Va.
Washington, D.C.
Overseas:
Capri, Italy:
Florence, Italy
Rome
Ristorante La Bruschetta at Via Sardegna, 39
San Gimignano (Tuscany)
Taipei, Taiwan