"At this time of year — when I’ve made all my revisits and finished the annual Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants guide — I look back and assess the dining scene.
Last year I thought it was great, and I replaced 17 restaurants. This year was even better with 19 new places added to the list.
This year 31 restaurants were outside of San Francisco, and 26 offer only a fixed price format, which shows the major trend in the restaurant business. Just about every place is now featuring a shorter, more focused menu.
So after much thought, and even more agonizing I was able to get the list down to 100, which is now available on sfchronicle.com.
Here are the new entries in this year’s Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants, with photos of dishes from each restaurant."
Belga: This Belgian restaurant in Cow
Hollow serves much more than frites and waffles.
Bix: No other restaurant so
exquisitely captures the supper club vibe, with great food to match.
Cala: Serving seafood, this restaurant sets new standards for Mexican food.
Californios: Only a fixed price menu
is offered at this elegant fixed-price Mexican-inspired restaurant.
Commis, Oakland:
Elegantly imagined Northern California food stars on this $125, 10-course fixed
priced menu
Del Popolo: This
restaurant may only serve pizza and a few appetizers, but they are not only
great but served in stylish surroundings
Little Gem: Quick casual is a trend of
the future and this restaurant serves excellent food that’s free of gluten,
daily and processed sugars.
Lord Stanley: At the corner of Polk and Broadway, this restaurant also has a fixed price menu with imaginative preparations.
Ninebark, Napa: Here’s the best place
to go to understand how pristine local ingredients and modern techniques
intersect.
Octavia: The follow
up to Frances is even better than the original.
Old Bus Tavern: Beer
may be on tap, but the food that pairs with it is even better.
Omakase: One of the
best omakase experiences in the city.
Petit Crenn: Dominque
Crenn channels her French grandmother on the reasonably priced family-style
menu.
Rasa, Burlingame: The
best casual Indian restaurant in the Bay Area.
Shed Cafe, Healdsburg: You may be
eating in a kind of new age grange, but the food shows a close connection to
the land.
Trestle: Three
courses for $35 translates to one of the best fine-dining deals in the city.
Village Sake,
Fairfax: The place to go for Japanese food in Marin.
Volta: Scandinavian
food is the star of this restaurant by Steffan Terje, who also owns Perbacco
and Barbacco.
Z & Y: Sichuan cooking doesn’t get any better
than at this Chinatown restaurant.
Article and images sourced from http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2016/05/09/the-19-restaurants-added-to-the-2016-top-100-bay-area-restaurants/#photo-759433
