San Francisco's Top 100 Eateries

The Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants by San Francisco Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer are out for 2007, and Womantraveler consistently recommends several of them with first-hand knowledge to her visitors. Special favorites are Betlenut (Pan-Asian along the city's Union Street), Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley in Marin County), Delfina (casual Italian in the city's Mission District), Gary Danko (elegant night out in the city), Hog Island Oyster Co. (in the Ferry Building), Silks (revived in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel), Sushi Ran (with a great wine bar in Sausalito) and Terra (Tuscan Cal-Asian in Napa Valley). Not that we are vindictive, but we saw some justice in the removal of Poggio's in Sausalito, a one-time favorite that plunged into indifference in service. Incidentally, there's been quite a dust-up lately between the food establishment and food bloggers about restaurant reviews, but in a metro area where food lies at the heart of the culture, we find Bauer and his his blog reliable.