Our L.A. food critic's highly specific guide to San Francisco dining

Looks like it’s subscribers-only. Which places?

four kings
lunette
mijoté
hong kong lounge bistro
quince
cotogna
minnie bell’s soul movement
californios
copra
mister jiu’s
dalida
beit rima
noodle in a haystack
benu
san ho won
liholiho yacht club
atelier crenn
the progress
aziza
prubechu
kin khao
rintaro
old mandarin islamic restaurant
acquerello
palm city
maison nico
reem’s mission
breadbelly
arsicault bakery
true laurel
kitchen istanbul
coffee movement
song tea & ceramics
la taqueria
zuni cafe

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Nothing jumps out as wrong other than La Taqueria (good place but the laziest choice for restaurant critics) and Zuni, after decades of consistent greatness, was shockingly hit and miss when I went in July.

How’s he have time to eat at so many places in SF, San Diego, and Palm Springs when he has to update the LA 101 list? I guess he only writes like one regular review a month.

$5 a month, what the hell, I resubscribed. That’s about right for the amount of content relative to the NY Times or Washington Post.

Zuni’s chicken was deservedly legendary, and it’s not very good any more because they made ill-considered changes to the recipe.

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Interesting. Had a much better meal at kiln than benu or Californios last time I was there (and experience at benu way far behind the other two)

I guess I’ll have to try Lunette. I found Nyum Bai’s food so bland and Americanized I couldn’t understand the hype or how she ended up on Chef’s Table.

I never liked the food at Mister Jiu.

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What changes did they make?

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Read my linked post.