The San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau wants you to have the greatest dining experience possible on you next trip to the Bay Area. They've added Taste as an additional website to the official visitors bureau site, and it's completely dedicated to food.I was particularly interested in Taste, as I am going to San Francisco later this summer and I want any dining info I can get. Taste does offer plenty of dining information, especially of you have plenty of cash to spend on your trip. There's a mini blog, Foodie 411, and a calender of upcoming food events. Also, you can check out restaurants based on different categories like 'price', 'dining adventures', and 'al fresco', even the area of town. Overall the site is interesting and east to navigate.
There is one area that I think Taste is deficient in. Taste has a section dedicated to drinks, and it is awful. There is only one brew pub listed and no wine bars, even though they have several wineries listed. I'm not sure what's going on with that, but my guess is that the brew pubs didn't sign up with the visitor's bureau. Either way, if you're planning on going to San Francisco this website can help with dining choices, but definitely use as many resources as possible for the food aspect of your trip to San Francisco.
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4-28-2008 @ 4:01PM
bigkingken said...
Oh, no! Anyone going to Anchor in hopes of drinking some beers and enjoying some food will be greatly disapointed since the location is only a brewery and does not offer food! Only tastings after its often filled tours!
For drinks, there are several EXCELLENT options, each of which I have visited at least twice during my 4-month stay at Stanford last summer. My favorites are 21st Amendment (amazing Watermelon Wheat beer) near the Giants' stadium, Thirsty Bear Brewing Company (the best overall quality I've ever had during my brewpub travels), Magnolia Brewing (ecclectic home-town feel), San Francisco Brewing (with a 100-year-old bar), Beach Chalet (great brunch on the beach), Rogue Alehouse (imported from Oregon), and the German beer-styled chain Gordon-Biersch.
For more information on each (plugging my own website), visit:
http://www.kingsbrewpubtour.com/Web%20Pages/States/Bay%20Area%20A-J.html
or the more official bay area brewer's guild:
http://www.sfbrewersguild.org/
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4-29-2008 @ 1:18PM
Jason said...
THE best place for a drink is Bourbon and Branch. Yes, it's in the Tenderloin, but just a block into it so it's relatively safe. Visit their website because you can't just pop in...there are rules...
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