Charlotte L. Blackmer > wrote:

>Christine Dabney > wrote:

>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:53:11 -0700, Don Martinich >

>>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/food/top100/2010cuisine
>
>>Except they left off Contigo....and I hear that is terrific. Charlotte
>>(and other folks I know) give it high marks...

>The absence of Contigo and the-place-in-Oakland-whose-name-
>I-can't-remember-that's-not-Camino were cited by local foodie friends (one
>of whom is partner to a chef who was On The List) as evidence of the
>restaurant critic's increasing disconnect from reality.

There's some funkiness to this list (or, anything else he says...)
He did include some of my favorite places -- A16, Bay Wolf, Canteen.
Very bizarre that he left out Orson. Yet he includes some
quite unremarkable places in my opinion -- O Chame, Bocadillo, and
Dopo would seem only average restaurants; and if Hog Island were
not part of a well-loved local oyster-farming startup, it would not stand
out as a restaurant in any way. They can be slack in fact (like, not
updating their list of oysters when they run out of them).

Azisa doesn't belong on any list either, unless your salt tolerance is
off the charts. I would issue a similar warning about Dosa but it's
more worth checking out.

I mentioned Orson earlier because I think it's possibly about the best
restaurant around that isn't ultra pricey, and one of only a few left
that does molecular/foam, but maybe our intrepid reviewer thinks
the prices are pushing it.

I haven't been to Rivoli in awhile and am curious as to why it's
under California, and not Italian.

Ah well... I'm probably posting this in the wrong newsgroup.


Steve