The Ranker

Where should I eat tonight?  San Francisco's Ten Best Restaurants, 2013 Edition The defining criterion for ranking remains "be...

I've known for a few months now that it was time to update this list, as my email replies to friends asking for restaurant recommendatio...

My friends often call me a de facto representative of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, since I'm always such an advocate for the c...

Normally, my blogs rank the best places to eat per dollar and thus are skewed towards more casual options. Those are still my first choices...

Again, it's time to update the Top Ten list for the SF Bay Area restaurant scene. As always, I do not claim to have eaten everywhere pos...

If you've read my other blogs, you'll notice that the defining criteria for my restaurant reviews is always "food quality per d...

As I enjoyed another of my favorite burgers last night, I was reminded by my dinner companion that I had not yet ranked burgers publicly des...

It seems I always write these from afar. Last year, my first blog -- the Top Ten Restaurants -- was written while I was temporarily living i...

Though everyone knows I think San Francisco is the #1 eating town in the country and probably worldwide, there are still some elements lacki...

Those who know me will be surprised to learn two things I should disclose up front: (a) that I didn't eat sushi until I was 21; and (b) ...

When I go out, I'm a vodka-soda guy (favorite vodkas: Grey Goose and Effen), but occasionally I'll mix in a caipirinha, a pastis ape...

The first thing you should ask me is how I've defined "cheap eats." My cheap may not equal your cheap, and my reliance on Time...

Having just spent a fantastic weekend in Paris, I thought I would compile a list of my favorite things to eat in Paris. I started calling th...

Some people think it's glamorous to galavant around the world the way my work has required of me for the past ten years. While I concede...

This would be a really tough list to rank an individual entry relative to another, as the standing often depends on my mood, my location, th...