The Chowhound's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Features
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With more than 740,000 visitors a month, Chowhound.com has become a favorite source of information for those who want to take their dining experiences off the beaten path. So why should San Francisco eaters limit their choices to the same old locales found in most restaurant guides? As fun to read as it is comprehensive, The Chowhound's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area is all about finding the perfect bite for every occasion, focusing on the undiscovered gems that will generate tomorrow's buzz. From the best Chinatown noodle shops and secret tamale ladies to sumptuous sushi meccas and sensational stock-up stops for a romantic Sonoma picnic, this is the richest treasure trove of San Francisco restaurants, cafes, take-out counters, delis, farmer's markets, and food carts ever compiled.
Customer Review
Want to out-Zagat Zagat? Start a website for chowhounds and get them to eat at various places and send in a report to your website. When your website registers 500,000 hits go to a publisher and talk them into publishing your aggregation of reviews in one compact volume. Come up with variations on the theme, like farmers markets and lunch trucks, so you're not just stuck in the restaurant world. Of course it helps if you have a name and a column somewhere.
Create a "by-cuisine" index (besides the main alphabetical one) that sub-divides cuisine into Chinese (Beijing) Chinese (Dim Sum) Chinese (Cantonese) and see if anyone can top that!
The format and organization of this guide is as individual and eclectic as the editor and chief chowhound, Jim Leff. Although the book is laid out alphabetically the alphabet can refer to anything here-a town, a food, a lunch truck. Santa Rosa, Sausage, Sausalito, and Scones all follow each other alphabetically. Luckily there are several indexes to help the reader sort things out.
Be forewarned. Chez Panisse isn't in here and neither are some of the other well-known restaurants in S.F., Berkeley, and Napa where I ate during my last visit five years ago. But the next time I see my cousin in Berkeley, I'll remember that the best rugelach in the world (or at least in the bay area) can be found in a bakery there. I've got to bring him something, right?
I love this book - Bunny Howard - Boston
This is the best San Francisco food guide.
This book was very helpful on my recent visit to San Francisco. I have visited San Francisco a dozen times, but have never had such delicous food.
I saved so much money too.
If visiting SF, this is the book to get. I've used them all and know what I'm talking about.
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