June 12, 2008: Anchor & Hope
June 4, 2008: Camino
November 5, 2007: Special review: Chicago's Alinea
August 12, 2007: Ad Hoc

Ava:

It's always a beautiful thing when there's a good new restaurant in Marin (for Marinites) and Dan and Holly Baker's Ava fits the bill in Sleepy San Anselmo.

Boca

There isn't a ton of great food in Novato, but there is some of the best steak around in a big cattleman-esque setting.

Boca's George Morrone brings great San Francisco restaurant (Aqua, Tartar, Fifth Floor) pedigree to the out-of-the-way Marin community. It also brings some nice slabs of red, aged, sliced cow to the hungry masses.

Boulevard:

Nancy Oakes and the folks at Boulevard have been treating San Francisco patrons to incredibly delicious food for a long time now, and the magic is still there. There are no broken dreams served here. It's number 1 on Mission St, in quality and address-wise.