Well everyone, thanks for the great recommendations on food and other things in San Francisco. We had fun. The weather was gorgeous.
Terroir lived up to the billing, it is good, lots of nice bottles. We had the Foreau brut (quite excellent) and the MMVII Lapierre, which was just, dang, unbelievable. I probably shouldn't get into a "best" gig here, but it might be the best Beaujolais I've had. It's very unusual, very fine, complex, and something to try if you can. I continue to think real highly of 07 in Beaujolais and this bottle is very convincing.
Something not to miss is the French food takeaway truck across from Terroir. Get your food, bring it back, eat with great wine. The food in the truck was pretty super, special call out to the lobster soup.
Bar Jules was very delightful and we'd never been to the Hayes Valley before - a very nice homey corner of SF. The 05 Bise Anjou rouge Gamay Spilite is a dark beast, needs decantation, but on day two is sappy, dense, and a very singular expression.
The pastor at Castillito is indeed very good, and I think I would tend to pick beer as the alcohol of choice, but I opted for a Jarritos Mandarin.
Cane Rosso in the Ferry Building was nice for breakfast.
Ate twice at the Slanted Door. It was good, but for all the hype I found it a little uninventive. The tourists begging for a seat, etc., hmm...it's good, but not that good. Beautiful view, though, and the Chidaines were great.
A16 was very good but not on par with a visit three years ago. Extremely hip, though.
We walked everywhere, what a beautiful city. Walked from Market out to the DeYoung - so cool to come upon it in the middle of the park. It reminds me of something out of the Return of the Jedi. I think they should trade buildings with SFMOMA, they would make more sense with their respective collections.
Terroir lived up to the billing, it is good, lots of nice bottles. We had the Foreau brut (quite excellent) and the MMVII Lapierre, which was just, dang, unbelievable. I probably shouldn't get into a "best" gig here, but it might be the best Beaujolais I've had. It's very unusual, very fine, complex, and something to try if you can. I continue to think real highly of 07 in Beaujolais and this bottle is very convincing.
Something not to miss is the French food takeaway truck across from Terroir. Get your food, bring it back, eat with great wine. The food in the truck was pretty super, special call out to the lobster soup.
Bar Jules was very delightful and we'd never been to the Hayes Valley before - a very nice homey corner of SF. The 05 Bise Anjou rouge Gamay Spilite is a dark beast, needs decantation, but on day two is sappy, dense, and a very singular expression.
The pastor at Castillito is indeed very good, and I think I would tend to pick beer as the alcohol of choice, but I opted for a Jarritos Mandarin.
Cane Rosso in the Ferry Building was nice for breakfast.
Ate twice at the Slanted Door. It was good, but for all the hype I found it a little uninventive. The tourists begging for a seat, etc., hmm...it's good, but not that good. Beautiful view, though, and the Chidaines were great.
A16 was very good but not on par with a visit three years ago. Extremely hip, though.
We walked everywhere, what a beautiful city. Walked from Market out to the DeYoung - so cool to come upon it in the middle of the park. It reminds me of something out of the Return of the Jedi. I think they should trade buildings with SFMOMA, they would make more sense with their respective collections.