Amy Suto

The best bagels in San Francisco, tested by a mostly-gluten-free bagel obsessive: The Laundromat for the classic crown, Wise Sons for the gluten-free one.

My Mandalay review: San Francisco’s Burmese classic on California St — awesome, a little heavier, and so good. A cold-night regular in our rotation.

My Soba Dining Sora review: probably the best soba I’ve ever had — 100% buckwheat, an airy bright room by the Japan Center, and a Japanese soda habit we can’t quit.

My SOBAKATSU review: fantastic soba on Laguna in Japantown — hot kakesoba, tempura sets, and a soba warabimochi finish worth planning around.

My review of The Laundromat in San Francisco: after trying a lot of bagel places, this Outer Richmond spot is where I’d spend a real-bagel occasion.

My review of Eats on Clement Street: really solid fluffy pancakes and a smart farmers-market pairing — with a Sunday crowd warning from experience.

My Jin Pot Shabu House review: the best hot pot in San Francisco — three receipts in six months prove we mean it. Geary Blvd, worth every steam-fogged window.

My Naya Dessert Cafe review: absolutely incredible — the Mango Tango turns mango sticky rice into shaved ice, and we love it. Plus a green tea pudding caveat.

My RT Bistro review: a really solid San Francisco dinner from the Rich Table family — honest verdict: a little overpriced, and best for existing Rich Table fans.

My Tataki Sushi & Sake Bar review: the best happy hour in San Francisco — $7 rolls and nigiri, real plant-based options, receipts to prove the habit.

My Constance Tea & Matcha review: the Outer Richmond shop stone-mills matcha fresh daily, and the pure koicha is smooth in a way tins never are.

My Jane on Fillmore review: solid matcha, great gluten-free pastries, and the best cafe logistics in San Francisco for meeting an actual human.

My Kiss of Matcha review: the SF shop that takes fruit matcha seriously, with three locations across the city. First tasting notes, updated as I work the menu.

My Maruwu Seicha review: the Japantown matcha shop whose strawberry matcha with Hokkaido milk is my standing order — and the milk my body actually likes.

My Q Specialty Coffee review: the California St cafe whose yuzu matcha and cloud matcha are the best treat-tier matcha drinks in San Francisco.

My Proposition Chicken review: the SF spot where the fried chicken is great and the crispy tofu is actually good — not “good for tofu.” Good.

My Rich Table review: market-first cooking, the famous sardine chip, and why this is my special-occasion pick in San Francisco.

My Souvla review: why the SF Greek counter-service spot is not even secretly good — just extraordinary — plus the frozen Greek yogurt move.

My Super Duper Burgers review: the veggie burger, lettuce-wrapped, with hummus dressing — the healthyish order that beats the default. Plus those cheese fries.

My Wise Sons review: the Bodega breakfast sandwich on their gluten-free bagel is the best GF bagel situation in San Francisco. My receipts prove the habit.

The best restaurants in San Francisco, from a local food obsessive: places that are actually good (not just expensive), with healthyish and plant-forward picks throughout. Updated regularly.

The best matcha in San Francisco, ranked from freshly stone-milled koicha to strawberry treat drinks — by someone who quit coffee entirely and never looked back.

My picks for the best fast casual restaurants in San Francisco: Souvla, Super Duper Burgers, and Proposition Chicken — with the healthyish orders I actually get.

My review of Jalebi Street, the Haight Street chaat spot serving the best Indian street food in San Francisco — what to order, and why it’s worth breaking gluten-free for.