Michelin Red Guide 2008 San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country (Michelin Red Guides) (Paperback)

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Product Description
Experience the best of San Francisco and the Wine country with the choices of the Michelin expert inspectors new for 2009. Also experience the detailed color maps of neighborhoods, city or region highlighting the location of restaurants and hotels. The Bib Gourmand $40 and under category and Where to Eat section for less than $25 indicates restaurants of good value and quality while on a budget. This guide is a true find for San Francisco visitors and natives alike!

Product Details

• Paperback: 365 pages
• Publisher: Mobil Travel Guide; 2nd edition (October 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2067129856
• ISBN-13: 978-2067129856
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #505,364 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michelin is the best single guide to Bay Area dining, November 24, 2007

By	T. A. Rooney (Lincoln CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book for checking out many Bay Area restaurants and geographical areas like the wine country. The restaurant synopses are very accurate and the ratings are quite fair, if tough. For example, two-star Aqua was our best dining experience this summer during a three month stay in SF, eating out almost every night. And Perbacco was our favorite new place, and got an excellent marking from Michelin.
I read and trust Michael Bauer, and we've got Patricia Untermann's excellent Food Lovers Guide to SF, but for having one book, I would take Michelin.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great handy gastronomical guide to SanFran Bay Area, July 5, 2008

By	Gabriel E. Borlean (San Jose - Capital of Silicon Valley, California USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Found this little and handy book at the local Santa Cruz library. Considering that it was very recent print (2008 edition), solid book-binding and very handy and practical (almost a pocket-book) I decided to give it a try. I have lived in the Monterey Bay and San Jose/Silicon Valley areas for the last 10 years but am not very familiar with "the City" (San Francisco). This guide focuses on restaurants and good eating (almost 300 pages) and leaves 60 pages for hotels and places to stay.

I have not had the chance or extravagant budget to try too many of the more exquisite restaurants listed in this guide. The descriptions of location, ambiance, and menu looks accurate and very helpful. For wider selection, I would supplement this guide with Yelp (online reviews written by locals). The menu-price listing ranges from under $25 (not too many) to over $60 (also a few) and with the rest for the 2nd and 3rd tier ($25-$40 and $40-$60).

The best features of this guide (IMHO) are:
a) the expandable maps inside the covers,
b) the descriptions and maps of each little neighborhood in San Francisco (which were great help for me), AND
c) the inclusion of South Bay, East Bay, Napa & Sonoma areas.

To make browsing easier, the editors have included a very helpful listing of all restaurants by cuisine type, restaurant type, neighborhoods, and alphabetical at the beginning of the book. Happy travels & Guten Appetit!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It makes your mouth water!, February 16, 2008

By	Miles D. Moore (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I visit the San Francisco area a couple of times a year (actually, I spend most of my time in the Wine Country, where I have family), and it's always great to have reliable recommendations for dining there. The Michelin San Francisco, Bay Area and Wine Country Guide has the imprimatur of the Michelin name, and I can vouch that its reviews of the dining establishments I've "vetted" myself (Spinnaker's, Brix, Kenwood, Cafe Citti, Wolf House) are absolutely spot-on, which makes me eager to try more of Michelin's recommendations. I might quibble about the exclusion of a few of my favorite places (particularly the superb Italian cuisine and cozy, old-California ambience of the Swiss Hotel in Sonoma, which I urge the Michelin raters--and whomever is reading this review--to consider), but in general this guide gives readers a cornucopia of excellent restaurants and hotels to choose from.