McCaffrey's Toilet

Landmarks & Historical Buildings

Laytonville, CA

Did someone break it? My heart is sad... this is one of my favorite stops on the long drive from the Bay Area to the redwoods.

Hungry Cafe

Cafes

San Francisco, CA

A high-quality farm-to-table cafe in a neighborhood with few healthy food options... but it is pricy. And it's not really a restaurant, but very much a cafe in a large (and mostly empty) shared…

Copra

Indian

San Francisco, CA

This San Francisco-based fine dining spot from the team behind Ettan in Palo Alto (and helmed by the former chef at Taj Campton place who earned two Michelin stars just before the pandemic) is…

The Village Pub

Pubs

Woodside, CA

This is one of my go-to South Bay/Peninsula restaurants. Every dish is outstanding, and, while there's a level of stuffiness to the place, the food is still very contemporary. I took my elderly…

Sifu Wong Kitchen

Dim Sum

Sunnyvale, CA

A good but not great Chinese restaurant at slightly elevated prices. Everything is exactly what you would expect from a good dim sum spot, and the duck preparations are particularly fantastic. I was…

Chicha San Chen

Bubble Tea

Cupertino, CA

A highly-hyped tea spot (that pushes messaging that it is ranked among the best teas in the world (even thought that claim is suspect)) that does serve actually good tea, but can't justify the…

Pausa Bar & Cookery

Pizza

San Mateo, CA

Fantastic bread and pretty good pizza, but it's more of a casual neighborhood spot than an essential restaurant to visit. The accolades are well-deserved, but I found the price more expensive than…

Crepe La Fontaine

Creperies

Concord, CA

A pricy (but substantial) bakery with a lot of creative crepes. The creativity is in using candy (Snickers, Ferrer Roche) in the crepes, making an already sweet concoction a sugar rush. And as someone…

Tacos el Líder

Tacos

San Jose, CA

An excellent taco spot serving just one kind of taco; it's a limited selection, but the pork is excellent (and something I've never tried anywhere else). It's a food truck in East San Jose, hidden…

Maligne

New American

Seaside, CA

Solid food and a spectacular setting - but a bit pricy, and there's more food than you'd expect. There's clear ambition in the kitchen, and the dishes work great. But I felt over-stuffed by the end of…