San Francisco's Best Restaurants Revealed

March 18, 2013 Subscribe · Forward San Francisco's Best Restaurants Revealed The 2013 James Beard finalists were announced to much anticipation on Monday. And the Bay Area cleaned up. Seriously. The San Francisco Bay Area will go to the awards show with a whopping 16 finalists, including four of the five West Coast best chef spots. From wine programs to service to the coveted outstanding restaurant and chef awards, we've got finalists in all of them. And thanks largely to McSweeny's new(ish) ode to food, Lucky Peach, we even cleaned up in journalism. Check out a list of the local food and drink finalists in the slideshow below, and stayed tuned for the winners in May.  Continue reading... BROMANCE? SF's New Abortion Clinic Drama LOOK: The Embarcadero Is Losing One Of Its Most Famous Sculptures PHOTOS: San Francisco's Best Restaurants Revealed Bikes On BART! UNCONSTITUTIONAL Disabled Woman Who 'Never Missed A Payment' Faces Foreclosure Bikes On BART! FROM THE DEEP: Rare, Never-Before-Seen Creature Makes Debut In SF UNBELIEVABLE: Scientists Find Marijuana Can Stop Spread Of Cancer MICHAEL NOBLEZA Creativity for All A solid 21st-century learning agenda in the United States must move past either/or debates and put creativity at the center of children's learning and development in this digital age. Continue reading... M.W. JACOBS From More San Fran60s: The Beatles' Last Concert There was rock 'n roll and there was the Beatles. Their last concert anywhere, ever, was in San Francisco on August 29, 1966, and later it was hard not to see some connection with the counter culture that would be bursting onto the world from the same location in only six months. Continue reading... PARTY EARTH Never Miss a Beat With Oakland's Hottest Music Venues Formerly known as San Francisco's ugly step-sibling, Oakland has slipped on its glass slippers and emerged as one of the Bay Area's hottest restaurant, music, and culture spots. Continue reading... ANN BRENOFF On The Fly: What's Wrong With Aging Anyway? I prefer to fight the aging process -- which, I'd like to point out, has nothing to do with dressing like a 20-something or running for Botox every time I spot a wrinkle. Continue reading... ALEX FORMUZIS Butch, Sundance & BPA If Gov. Brown's administration follows through with designating BPA as a health risk and the industry lawsuit fails, not only will California families benefit, so could the rest of the country. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.