Photo by Craig Lee / The San Francisco Chronicle ###Notes: Piperade restaurant 415-391-2555 Craig Lee 415-218-8597 clee@sfchronicle.com ###Special Instructions: MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF . Mr Cantu worked at Pujol in Mexico City, Uchi in Austin, and Sons & Daughters in San Francisco before trying out his ideas for modern Mexican food in two years of pop-ups in the city prior to opening here in January 2015. Hamachi taco. Outstanding. Posted 5:51:05 PM. Music plays but at a pleasantly low volume, tonight with a playlist ranging from The Communards to Tears for Fears and The Talking Heads. Very well thought out and executed. Beautiful presentation, but a bit tough to eat as it was all one ribbon. Please see their website or wait to visit the restaurant to learn more. Quesabirria. After describing each of the 3 types, he asked Teresa which she wanted. I am not even sure that it really needed the caviar. Beverage director Charlotte Randolph (who co-owns the restaurant with her sister and brother-in-law, Executive Chef Val Cantu) navigates the dynamic dinner menu with plenty of Champagne and other bubbles, Riesling at all levels of ripeness, a good dose of California Chardonnay, and small bites of wine from everywhere else including, yes, Mexico. Monday-Friday 8 a.m. 5 p.m. We use cookies to help make this website better. Sope. Food and wine delicious as always. Each year, we tour the country to uncover America's most brilliant up-and-coming chefs. Thank you! [6], Californios received its first Michelin star in October 2015[15] and then its second in October 2017, becoming the first Mexican restaurant in the US to earn two Michelin stars. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. OpenTable is part of Booking Holdings, the world leader in online travel and related services. Their playlist was eclectic and outstanding. The dishes served to San Francisco Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer as subsequent courses were "aged yellowtail [fish] [] with slices of Serrano chiles, finger limes and kumquat"; "a bowl [] of chicken and slices of radishes with [] pomegranate seeds on the bottom"; a bowl of potato "with a fried chip set on dilled mashed potatoes" and "chipotle puree"; roasted avocado halves stuffed "with farro, morels[,] chanterelles" and "puffed rice" toppings; rare pato (duck) breast with "fennel salad" and "cumin jus"; "almond panna cotta [] with makrut cream" and citrus variations; and "foie gras ice cream on [] hazelnut brittle with bruleed banana slices". - 22:00, 14 great wine restaurants in San Francisco 2023, Find venues outside the big cities - use our search, For wine bars / restaurants on Star Wine List. Apple empanada (a fried pasty) used Aztec Fuji apples from an orchard in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, along with frozen Mexican crema with honey and fennel pollen. The non-alcoholic drink pairing was off the charts good. "[A] mix of greens and herbs, including budding mustard flowers with several kinds of radishes and other vegetables[,]" served as one of starter courses. We had a table on the edge of the bar area and the rest of the dining area. We also have areas to host smaller more intimite groups as well with private bar areas and seating. As pleasant and modern as it gets in the Financial District, if that's where your business takes you. Some dishes were quickly whisked away from under us as we were still chewing. Clinic Hours The drinks The very tender beef was complemented nicely by the gentle bite of the horseradish and the vinegar from the fermented onion (17/20). James Beard Awards 2023 Semifinalists from the Bay Area. Yuka Ioroi and Kris Toliao, Cassava, San Francisco. The final savoury course was 30 day aged ribeye from a retired Californian dairy cow and a large morel from Oregon, along with a garnish of garlic chives and a mushroom and chilli. [17], Val M. Cantu graduated in 2006 from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied business and English literature. The sleek, spacious new digs come with a lushly planted interior courtyard, a new liquor license, and enough space in the cellar downstairs to hold the restaurants 3500-bottle collection. This was a classy version of the classic fish tacos, the fish having excellent flavour and the Baja sauce carefully balanced (17/20). There was pickled fermented okra, slices of lime, pickled onions and also an excellent salsa verde. [18][19], "Californios takes Mexican to a new place: Precious", "When new restaurants push the price too far, too quickly", "Castro's Manos Nouveau to Close Its Doors in the Next 2 Months", "A star cast of S.F. Receive top quality care from orthopedic physicians as well as physical and hand therapy services at OrthoVirginias Ashburn location. Next was a yuca shell filled with whipped avocado mousse, pine nuts and lime and finished with a Serrano ham glaze, the shell then filled with sea urchin from Hokkaido in northern Japan. Our foundation is based on following tradition, and building upon it. One Bay Area chef made the cut for Food & Wine magazine's Best New Chefs list for 2017: Val Cantu, chef/owner of Californios in the Mission. This came with ramps (a wild onion that tastes rather like leek) and a thick mole blanco sauce made with almonds. 43145 Broadlands Center Plaza, Ashburn, VA 20148, Broadlands Boulevard & Claiborne Parkway, Bar/Lounge, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant. Venezuelan Arepa made with Harina PAN, Crazy Curds Cheese from Achadinah, Jamon Iberico from Castro y Gonzales and Black Arkansas Apple Butter. 3115 22nd St., San Francisco, California 94110 (415) 757-0994 www.californiossf.com Hours Tue-Sat: 5:30 PM-10:00 PM Amenities Reservations Credit cards Cuisine Mexican Menus Dinner Drinks Wine. At this Michelin-rated restaurant, the bold and the elegant intermingle around traditional Mexican flavors creatively applied to fresh local ingredients. [3] It then inflated to $177 for nineteen courses in 2018. Fig & Thistle. Experience every aspect of Californios. Then came a tortilla made from red corn variety called Magic Manna, topped with A5 grade ribeye beef from Kagoshima, along with fermented spring onion, horseradish crema and wild pea shoots. The dessert menu included goat cheese with a shortbread and blackberries; Bartlett pear with macadamia butter; and vanilla ice cream with Alpine strawberries and sauce on the side. A Bolita Azul Masa shell with Hamachi, Habanada Vinaigrette and a Shinko Pear. Severs were going by our table and no server ever stopped at our table. The wine and service team, lead by Charlotte Randolph, pair and complement . The menu is very fun, and they have a good beer and wine list. Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Thank you for submitting your comment, this will be checked and added to the website very soon. 703-810-5313 Fax, 703-574-3010 Therapy A wonderful and surprising wine list. The Californios Experience is a roving exploration of our beautiful historic building. Californios is a Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant in San Francisco, California, serving Mexican cuisine. Michelin granted the restaurant two stars in the 2018 Guide, which it retained the following year. Served with black truffle consomme. [11] He did not list Californios as one of his top ten new San Francisco restaurants of 2015. The restaurant itself has no obvious name over the door, just the street number. Due to severe allergies of patients and staff, please do not wear scented perfumes, colognes, or lotions to your appointment. I joined the waitlist as a party of 2 and was never called. The enclosed patio is "painted black and decorated with shade plants and pink hydrangeas". [11], After Californios relocated to the South of Market neighborhood, a tasting menu was priced $223 in March 2021. Sommelier Randy Nakagawa helps guests find the hidden gems amid Californios expansive offerings. [12][11] The menu has changed monthly with minor tweaks almost every night and has been set to fixed prices. "[8], The restaurant's capacity was doubled to about fifty seats later that year. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Wines were good, but the non-alcoholic pairing was truly special. 1/ Amelie Le Bar Vin. It was plated on corn grinder. Passionfruit, habanada chile, sel de gusano. Pescado. 3 and Latin American restaurant Manos Nouveau. Updated 02 February 2023. Sat 10:00 am12:00 am And that is such a missed opportunity for a restaurant such as this! The food View all Red Star Wine Bars & Wine Restaurants in San Francisco, View all white-star wine bars & wine restaurants in San Francisco. There were three dessert courses. The menu had detailed descriptions of each dish (which I have included in the captions), most of which I have no ability to recognize or understand. [2][11] When Californios debuted at its original Mission District location, the "single-menu option" contained seven courses and costed typically $57. Could have used more filling - ate a bit doughy. Talk about awkward. The menu at Californios is an ever evolving collection of dishes, highlighting seasonal ingredients and the bountiful produce of the Bay Area. Alongside this was ceviche of buri (amberjack), the fish flown in daily from the new fish market in Tokyo. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. These crisps were served with smoked Liwa goat cheese from Tomales Farmstead Creamery in nearby Marin County, along with a fermented habanero pepper salsa. This year's list took restaurant editor Jordana Rothman and a seasoned . A few more courses (and servers) went by before a server (who was clearly the star) saw it and replaced it for a clean one. 703-277-2663 - Physician Appointments 703-466-0447 - Front Desk 703-810-5313 - Fax. The final element of the trio was a mix of green and smoked white asparagus, the white one from Loire Valley, the green asparagus from Stockton in California, along with Guajillo chilli Aguachile, essentially a spicy ceviche. You can search for tens of thousands of wines and see where they are listed in restaurants and wine bars. And with such rich depth in the cuisine and culture, the missed opportunities to educate its audience and elevate our understanding of this food prevents me from recommending a return visit. May 22, 2022 . [8], By summer 2021, the menu included a rockfish taco; a squab breast taco; "golden orbs" (extracted from locally-grown partially ripe peaches) with chamoy and chilhuacle pepper; de-boned "chicken wing, glazed with a sauce of smoky chile morita and celery"; grilled banana with granola and golden ossetra; cochinita pibil including grilled fruit and caviar; a Veracruz-based infladita containing fried black masa and sea urchin roe; "a guajillo chili atole, a corn flour-based drink"; a Guerrero-based chilapita containing masa and "smoked sturgeon mousse"; an arepa "wrapped in a scarf of squash blossom", inspired by Cantu's Venezuelan mother's cooking; a dessert bar made with "jivara chocolate mousse, tonka bean bavarois, and royal tioga cherr[y] [toppings]", which Soleil Ho compared to a Mexican candy product Bubu Lubu. 24th Street Mission. This is a neighborhood place for us and we used to like going there. Some of subsequent courses were a fish taco using "fried local cod and a sourdough tortilla"; and "a vanilla semifreddo" topped with "a rainbow-colored granita[,] flavored with huckleberry, mandarin, meyer lemon, kiwi and pea flowers", the latter stated by the menu as a "homage to our new home in the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District of San Francisco". She's now helping Randolph build out the 550 selections on the wine list, expanding from Californios ' depth in French wine to delve into Chile, Mendoza and Mexico. This had charred tomatillo folded in with Oaxaca green masa, along with a broccoli salsa and smoked trout roe, and a garnish of preserved Meyer lemon and forget-me-not flowers. 703-574-3010 - Therapy 703-810-5323 - Therapy Fax Furthermore, "stunning, billowing glass chandeliers" and "concrete booths", previously belonging to Bar Agricole, were removed. Flavor was definitely elevated Mexican. 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