definitive Bay Area restaurants
My top restaurants per category in the Bay Area:
If you think I’m wrong on some of these tell me and help me fill in the blanks if you can.
California - Gary Danko, Lalimes, Chez Panisse (is there a good everyday type place?)
French - French Laundry: tasting menu
Bistro style - Cafe Claude, Jojo’s: steak frites
Northern Chinese - Shan Dong: Shan Dong chicken, hand made noodles, dumplings
Vietnamese - Le Cheval, Slanted Door
Korean - Oghane, My Tofu House
Thai - Lotus Thai
Indian - still need to find
Italian - Trattoria La Siciliana
Taqueria - Cactus Taqueria: burritos, fish tostada; Taqueria Ramiro and Sons: super carnitas burrito
Mexican - still need to find maybe Guaymas, maybe Dona Tomas
Pizza - Zachary’s
Burgers - Christophe’s
Steak place - still need to find
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Other
Bakery - Crixa cakes
Coffee place - Blue Bottle
Hey Raf - be sure to try Ohgane for Korean in Oakland. It’s our favorite. For Vietnamese, we like Le Cheval for the French-Indochinese style, and Pho Le Hoa in the San Antonio district for, well, pho. ;-) Lastly — Breads of India just opened up in downtown Oakland.
Comment by Paul Kim — November 20, 2006 @ 9:16 pm
Sweet. I need to try that Korean place. Le Cheval is consistently pretty good. It’s a high volume place though but I guess that shouldn’t matter.
Comment by rebron — November 20, 2006 @ 10:37 pm
Cheeseboard Collective and Lanesplitter put Zachary’s to shame…
Cafe Rouge isn’t bad for French food. For really great Chinese, with fist-size ’stickers and the best smokey ho fun, well, I’ll whisper to you where to go.
Comment by ge — November 21, 2006 @ 7:39 pm
Vik’s Chaat? Will Rivoli count for Italian?
Comment by GE — December 8, 2006 @ 3:34 pm