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• Tim Costner submitted on Farmstead Restaurant at Long Meadow Ranch in St Helena, CA.
  10 months ago

  

  As its name might suggest, St. Helena's Farmstead Restaurant captures the farm-to-table spirit of eating locally. Although the restaurant's menu certainly highlights California's vast bounty of stellar produce, the grass-fed beef from Long Meadow Ranch remains the key attraction. Farmstead offers various options for its Long Meadow Ranch beef, ranging from the cheeseburger, to their cut of the day, to their monthly chicken-fried steak special.

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• Tim Costner submitted on Hog Island Oyster Co. in San Francisco, CA.
  about 1 year ago

  

  Whomever was brave (or lucky) enough to eat the very first oyster may have never envisioned it as part of an oyster po-boy, but fortunately for us, Hog Island Oyster Company doesn't limit themselves to oysters au natural. Whether paired with an ice-cold beer or a crisp and bracing Sancerre, the oysters at Hog Island showcase the simple, briny pleasures of the ocean's bounty.

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• Tim Costner submitted on Limon Peruvian Rotisserie in San Francisco, CA.
  over 1 year ago

  

  As a Napa chef who had been dating a San Francisco chef, Limon Rotisserie remains my all-time greatest first-date triumph: Surprisingly, she had never even heard of Limon, and so I somehow opened her eyes to a fantastic restaurant within her own backyard. To be sure, the Pollo a la Brasa, with its hints of garlic and citrus, impressed her much more than my small talk ever could. The kicker is that I had actually forgotten that Limon's rotisserie chicken was so perfectly moist and delicious. I even impressed myself.

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• Tim Costner submitted on Bowl'd in Albany, CA.
  over 1 year ago

  

  I’m fairly convinced that whenever a dish arrives at the table still sizzling, it triggers some sort of primordial instinct. It might be difficult to pinpoint the reasoning for this reaction, but there's definitely something special about the sizzle. That being noted, Bowl’d Korean Rice Bar offers its patrons the option of a regular serving bowl, or a screaming-hot stone bowl; don’t make the mistake of ordering anything but the screaming-hot stone bowl. Not only will your bibimbap quietly whisper to you as you contemplate its seven accompanying side dishes, but if you douse the contents with a few splashes of citrus soy, the bibimbap will soon hiss back to life before releasing an impressive plume of aromatic steam. And it’s not just for show, either. As you begin to explore and experiment with the bibimbap’s myriad ingredients and supplements, the rice at the bottom of the bowl forms an addictive, carmelized crust that cannot be denied.

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• Tim Costner submitted on Pizzeria Picco in Larkspur, CA.
  over 1 year ago

  

  As someone who enjoys making daytrips in search of food, I've found that pizza can be a great way to avoid Bay Area rush hour. For instance, If I’m driving back to Napa from Oakland or Berkeley, the Gilman Exit off of Highway 80 leads to Gioia Pizzeria. Or, if I'm returning from San Francisco, the Tamalpais Exit off the 101 leads to Pizzeria Picco. At 5pm yesterday evening, the latter choice made perfect sense. Rather than sit bumper-to-bumper on the 101, I drove into Larkspur and watched the sun dip behind the trees from the bustling sidewalk patio at Pizzeria Picco. I ordered a Margherita Pizza and a cup of Straus vanilla soft-serve with caramel sauce and sea salt. Talk about a delicious diversion -- by the time I had paid the check, I had open road ahead of me.

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• Tim Costner submitted on Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, CA.
  over 1 year ago

  

  I was driving back from San Francisco last weekend, when I decided to take a short detour up to Petaluma to check out the Lagunitas Taproom. To describe the scene at Lagunitas as anything less than raucous would be a gross understatement; the brewery’s sprawling outdoor patio, which was tented for the rain, was teeming with folks on this early Saturday afternoon. I was practically in awe at the spectacle. The beer garden was impressively loud with jubilant conversations, the community-style picnic tables nearly packed to capacity, and the bartenders barely pouring the beer fast enough to meet demand. Obviously, this is the place to be in Petaluma. Aside from a tall glass of refreshing pilsner, I also had food on my mind, so I ordered the smoked pork nachos. Dressed with an abundance of pork shoulder, melted cheese, and barbecue sauce, the Lagunitas nachos were vaguely reminiscent of chilaquiles, which should be taken as a compliment, if anything.

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• Tim Costner joined Open Places.
  over 1 year ago

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