I have been to San Francisco three times already, and each 5-day trip was a full food experience one… I have tried enough sandwiches, cookies, burgers, Italian food and desserts to feel…

Salito's has been a long-standing part of the Sausalito landscape-Zack's in the seventies, then Margaritaville and most recently Paradise Bay. The new look is fresh, bright and full of casual…

Located at the entrance of Whole Foods market, The 2nd is a bar selling alcoholic drinks, draft beers, and quick bites. Burgers and sandwiches, the beyond burger, pulled pork sandwich, pasta and…

Waiting in line to be seated means something: this place is famous around here. Choose to sit at the bar or on a table and wait to be served. I had the eggs Benedict, the pancakes and a bowl of…

On the corner of Bush and Powell, few meters from my hotel, Roxanne serves breakfast until 2 pm. Eggs, French toast, pancakes, and waffles alongside omelets and sandwiches. An American diner with its…

Last year, visiting New York, I was introduced to the “Impossible burger” which is a burger that looks and tastes like meat but isn’t. Walking along the aisles of Whole Foods, I…

The only restaurant open at 5 am in San Francisco, I stopped at Denny’s for breakfast. Not too clean but the food is good. A loaded egg and ham sandwich, fluffy pancakes and good American…

Childhood friends, Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger, left their careers to follow their true passion: serving up inventive sweets to their home town of San Diego. At The Baked Bear, they assemble…

Amazing food, great colored and loaded with flavors, breakfast at Eight Am was memorable. I loved the waffles with whipped cream and red fruits. The bagel texture, the salmon quality, the cream…

Marlowe is a neighborhood bistro owned and operated by husband and wife team Anna Weinberg & James Nicholas, along with chef/partner Jennifer Puccio, since 2010.

It’s a real factory up on the 8th floor of Macy’s San Francisco. Over fifty persons waiting in line to be served, hundreds of people already seated and having lunch, this food factory…

Visited by President Obama in 2012, this already famous Chinese restaurant doubled in popularity. In the heart of Chinatown and open all day long, I visited at 04:30pm for a late lunch/ early…

When you see the colorful bar stools left in the middle of the street, you know that you’ve reached your destination. The Little Giant Ice Cream shop is really little, probably two square…

Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant chain founded February 21, 1951, by

Blue Daisy, located on the street that takes you to Santa Monica's famous pier, offers a selection of innovative food items starting from 8am. It is a pub-like restaurant with a terrace, some wooden…

Salads and sandwiches, a salad bar and bags of chips, the Blue Barn is a tiny little place that looks like a country barn, that sells everything fresh... They take their time in preparing things, and…

A typical American diner, Lori's Diner is where you feel like you're one of stars in Grease the movie... Red leather sofas, a bar in the middle, the floor decorated with white & black tiles,…

Creams&Dreams is a creamery known for their nitrogen ice cream and trust me they do it amazingly well. They pour the liquid nitrogen on top of freshly churned ice cream in front of your eyes…

Lemonade is a catchy restaurant at LAX airport in Los Angeles. Hidden behind its sign in Terminal 5, Lemonade serves salads, sandwiches, drinks and desserts. White with lines of green and yellow,…

I came across the name Umami Burger in New York so thought why not give it a try at one of their branches in Los Angeles. Umami Burger is a casual diner that offers a selection of burgers,…

From the same people who brings us Oslo in Beirut, brings us Milk, an ice cream parlor and pastry shop in Los Angeles.  Drooling over their mouthwatering photos on Instagram, I always dreamt of…

Open 24 hours a day, California Donut is known place for their freshly baked donuts prepared by the hour.  The first thing you'll notice is their glass display of donuts in a grab and go…

It's a best seller at the mall down in San Jose and it is called Sarku, a Japanese restaurant that serves good, generous and tasty sushi. You can enjoy a selection of Japanese bites including…

What a place! What a concept! A coffee shop and a dedicated place for work where only people with a credit card or a ticket can access. An industrial and calm well designed to focus and work.

While in San Francisco, I was walking by and came across this big place with an orange logo occupying the corner street. It was 3pm and the place was packed with people eating. I was intrigued to say…

California Pizza Kitchen, known as CPK, is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. This is a place I wanted to have on NoGarlicNoOnions. A yellow logo, some…