Posted on January 30, 2012 by bayareafoodie
Yesterday marked the 4 year anniversary of Bay Area Foodie. I meant to do something special like go get a Jumbaco (j/k) then completely forgot. So on my way home from work today I stopped by a new cupcake shop in Campbell called Frost Cupcake Factory. Luckily it was Mini Monday so I could get a [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities), VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: 4 year Blogaversary, bakery, baking, campbell, cupcakes, food, frost cupcake factory, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by bayareafoodie
NOPA is located north of the panhandle in San Francisco and serves up rustic wood-fired cuisine. We stopped in for brunch on a Sunday morning and it was standing room only. Luckily I made a reservation. We were immediately seated at a table upstairs overlooking all the action. We had a view of the open kitchen, bustling bar [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: brunch, food, forkandtell, nopa, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel, wood-fired cuisine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 17, 2012 by bayareafoodie
The man behind the Flip video camera has opened up a high-tech chain of grilled cheese fast food restaurants called The Melt all over the Bay area. Since we were at the Stanford Mall in Palo Alto to pick up the new S’more cupcake at Sprinkles we stopped in for lunch. The menu was fairly simple [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: bay area, flip video camera, forkandtell, Grilled Cheese, palo alto, restaurant, review, soup, stanford mall, the melt, travel | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Who knew that it was harder to get a reservation at Chez Panisse than the French Laundry? I had no idea that it was still so popular. We attempted to reserve a table for my birthday about 3 weeks prior but they were fully booked. The reservationist said I had to call exactly at 9am [...]
Filed under: East Bay, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, TOP RATED RESTAURANTS | Tagged: alice waters, Berkeley, Chez Panisse, farm to table, food, forkandtell, Organic, restaurant, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
When humans eat, they use all of their senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste) to form general judgments about their food, but it is taste that is the most influential in determining how delicious a food is. Conventionally, it has been thought that our sense of taste is comprised of four basic, or ‘primary’, [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: burgers, food, forkandtell, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel, umami burger, union | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by bayareafoodie
The huge house on North Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos is open for business again. The old site of Trevese is now Palacio featuring high-end Latin American fare. Walking in we were surprised to see the amount of renovations the new owners had made since the last tenants had already made major upgrades. They [...]
Filed under: Los Gatos, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: latin american, Los Gatos, mexican food, Palacio Restaurant, restaurant, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Fremont Diner is a small revamped diner in Sonoma that serves up tasty vittles like pulled pork, corn fritters, Oyster Po’Boy, mac n cheese and fried pies. Yes, another healthy meal for us! When we told a local we were heading over for lunch he said the food was good but then warned us about the service. When [...]
Filed under: North Coast, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Chicken and Waffles, food, Fremont Diner, restaurant, review, Shrimp & Grits, sonoma, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 17, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Rolled up for brunch on a brisk Saturday afternoon. Didn’t take much time to figure out what we wanted because the menu is limited to MAC + CHEESE! This is probably the only restaurant in the area where you will find that. I went with the Breakfast mac (only served Sat and Sun, 11am – 3pm) [...]
Filed under: East Bay, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: homeroom, mac & cheese, macaroni and cheese, oakland, restaurant, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 15, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Billy I wanted to fall madly in love with you but I think we are going to just remain friends. I was uber excited to find out that a New England style restaurant had opened less than 10 minutes from my house in Los Gatos. It’s located near Nick’s on Main where the Smoky BBQ [...]
Filed under: Los Gatos, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: Billy's Boston Chowder House, FRIED CLAMS, lobster roll, Los Gatos, new england, restaurant, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Cool little spot that serves humphry slocombe ice cream and you don’t have to drive to San Fran to get it!!! Nuff said… You’re Welcome. Note: they don’t have all flavors just like 4-6. Good coffee too. Website: http://www.bitter-sweet.com/
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: Bitter + Sweet, cafe, Coffee and Dessert Bar, Cupertino, Humphry Slocombe, ice cream, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We rarely venture to Willow Glen but a new restaurant caught my attention. Picture a space filled with old black and white framed photos (plus one random with Patrick Swayze and some dude with long hair), crates with bottles of wine, stacks of cookbooks and other antique looking stuff cluttered around. Johnny Cash is piped [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Jose, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: Hay Market, meat, Organic, restaurant, review, san jose, Willow Glen | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I spent a long weekend in Seattle visiting friends. We had never been so we arrived with a long list of things we wanted to check out and luckily our hosts were game to show us around. Here are the highlights! Day 1 We arrived around noon and it was amazingly sunny and [...]
Filed under: Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Seattle | Tagged: Bainbridge, black bottle, built burger, daily dozen doughnuts, din tai fung, eleven winery, ferry ride, food, island vintners, Kirkland, palace kitchen, Pike Place Chowder, pike place market, purple cafe, review, seattle, street donuts, tom douglas, travel, underground tour, washington, wine tasting | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by bayareafoodie
For our last evening in Boston we headed to Cambridge. We decided to first check out a small restaurant called Hungry Mother that serves up seasonal southern grub. We ordered the following: GREEN TOMATO GAZPACHO: maine crab salad, cherry tomatoes, cornbread crumbs FRIED CHICKEN: sautéed collard greens, compressed watermelon, tabasco honey LOCAL CATCH: summer corn [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: boston, Cambridge, food, fried chicken, Hungry Mother, restaurant, review, southern, Toscanini's Ice Cream, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
On our second evening we ventured to the waterfront area for dinner and drinks at Sportello and Drink, both owned by one of Boston’s most renowned chefs Barbara Lynch. Sportello (Italian for counter) is a modern Italian take on a diner. The restaurant is composed of almost all counter seating with an open kitchen. The [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Barbara Lynch, boston, Cocktail Bar, drink, food, fort point, italian, restaurant, review, SPORTELLO, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 3, 2011 by bayareafoodie
BEST FREE TOUR EVER!!!! If you have time to go out to Jamaica Plain and do this tour I highly recommend it because you get to drink beer for free ~kinda (they suggest that you leave a couple bucks that is donated to the local community). Mike and I are not big beer drinkers but we still had fun. [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: boston, free, review, Sam Adams Brewery Tour, samuel adams beer, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 2, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I had heard that an itty bitty sandwich shop in Boston’s bay village neighborhood serves up some killer breakfast eats so on our way to the Sam Adams brewery tour we stopped by for some morning grub. You don’t want to drink on an empty stomach ! We ordered 2 sandwiches: – fancy bacon and [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: bacon and egg fancy, bay village, boston, breakfast sandwiches, food, Mike & Patty’s, restaurant, review, shop, travel | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 2, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Joanne Chang is the chef/owner of Flour Bakery. The Harvard grad turned pastry chef beat Bobby Flay in a Sticky Bun throwdown so of course we had to stop by one of her 3 locations to see what all the hype was about. We arrived at 1pm so it was a bit busy with the [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: bobby flay, boston, Flour Bakery, Joanne Chang, review, sticky bun throwdown, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 1, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Our first meal in Boston had to be seafood and all reviews pointed to Neptune Oyster. I knew ahead of time that it was difficult to get a table because they don’t take reservations and they only have 6 small tables and a long bar. Protocol is to arrive and put your name on the list and [...]
Filed under: Boston, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: boston, food, FRIED CLAMS, lobster roll, Neptune Oyster, restaurant, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 18, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Project Open Hand, a San Francisco non-profit food relief organization that provides meals and groceries to the city’s most vulnerable residents is now selling their popular homemade peanut butter to the Bay Area masses. Check out their story… Purchase it at Project Open Hand – 730 Polk Street or SF Whole Foods markets. Also, find the peanut butter [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Bon Appétit, food, homemade, natural, Peanut Butter, peanut butter milk chocolate pudding, Project Open Hand, RECIPES, review, San Francisco non-profit food relief organization, short documentary | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 2, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I gotta get this out before we leave for Boston tomorrow. Hi, My name is Nicole and I’m a lobstaholic. I can’t believe I’ve lived in the Bay for over 24 years and never heard of the Lobster Shack until late last year. We finally made the trek to the Redwood City Shack in December [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: bay area, clams, food truck, lobster rolls, maine, Old Port Lobster Shack, redwood city, restaurant, review, travel | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Is there Soul Food in Santa Clara? You know the shabby looking wood building down the street from the San Jose Airport… well, they have a new tenant. Lillie Mae has moved in and is cookin’ up all your soul food favorites like BBQ ribs, brisket, catfish, collard greens, mac & cheese and of course [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: ca, fried chicken, Lillie Mae's House of Soul Food, mac & cheese, restaurant, review, san jose airport, santa clara, soul food | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 17, 2011 by bayareafoodie
What did we do for our 5 year wedding anniversary? We went to one of the best restaurants in the world…the French Laundry owned by Chef Thomas Keller!! How did we get a reservation? See below. It was a gorgeous July day in the Napa valley when we arrived for our three hour lunch. As we entered [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, TOP RATED RESTAURANTS | Tagged: best restaurant in the world, food, how to get a reservation at the french laundry, napa, review, The French Laundry, thomas keller, travel, wine, Yountville | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 16, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I’m always looking for ways to keep my CSA greens from dying. When the manufacturers of Clearly Fresh bags contacted me with claims that they had a bag with BreatheWay® packaging technology that would help my produce last 50% longer I jumped at the chance to try it. After looking at the bag sample I had some serious [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: Clearly Fresh Produce Storage Bags, food, review, save produce | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Tres Agaves, a local Tequila producer, contacted me to see if I wanted to try out their new margarita kit. They must of known I needed a drink! Tres Agaves’ entire product line has been carefully designed to help people make a delicious margarita at home using the only agave nectar that is cocktail-ready – in addition [...]
Filed under: Cocktails, RECIPES | Tagged: cocktails, drinks, Margarita Kit, review, Tequila, Tres Agaves | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2011 by bayareafoodie
A friend (Thanks Julie!) brought Mike and I a sampling of cupcakes from Mrs. Delish’s cupcake boutique. She felt they were better than Sprinkles…. Here is what we got: Red Velvet – good frosting & cake but tasted like a cupcake I could make at home. Coconut/Coconut – best of the bunch..loved the toasted coconut [...]
Filed under: Monterey Peninsula, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: baking, cupcakes, monterey, Mrs DeLish's Cupcake Boutique, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
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