A real holiday at Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway HotelBy Madelyn Miller, the TravelLadyI arrived in San Francisco late one night after a frustrating plane delay and was grumpy about having my four ounce new tube of toothpaste being taken away at the airport because the new limit is three ounces. I know I should have known better.  The Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway Hotel was prepared. They had tubes of toothpaste for the guests.
They also had free wireless internet access and free parking. I was happy before I even left the lobby. I was even happier when I saw the breathtaking view from my room. The 26-story, 499 room Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway Hotel offers fantastic city views. For the best view, try to reserve a corner room that ends in 01. The Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway Hotel is located in the center of downtown San Francisco, just steps away from the historic California Cable Car turnaround. And the up and coming neighborhood has lots of interesting ethnic restaurants and great shopping. Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer whose stories can be seen on www.travellady.com, www.carladynews.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.cocktailatlas.com and www.teaAtlas.com GREAT SAVINGS
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Bliss Spa
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At Local Tastes of the City Tours, you eat your way through San Francisco. Each one of the three-hour adventures explores the soul of a neighborhood, including North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, Chinatown, and Haight-Ashbury . San Francisco is one of the culinary capitals of the world and every block has its own unique feeling and foods. Go into local bakeries, restaurants, and cafés, and sample the food and meet the people who make it. Each of our tours is followed by the option of a full meal at a neighborhood restaurant with phenomenal food. The three-hour easy, small-group walking tours cover separate neighborhoods where participants not only sample bread, pastries, chocolate, coffees, dim sum, seafood and other culinary delicacies, but also meet the bakers and chefs as they prepare the delicacies. In addition, they explore the local crafts scene, like pottery studios where you get an opportunity to meet artisans. Local Tastes of the City Tours
2179 12th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
Phone: 415-665-0480
888-358-TOUR (8687)
Fax: 415-651-9548
URL: www.sffoodtour.com
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Perlot offers an a la carte menu with appetizers averaging between $7 and $16, and entrée prices averaging between $18 and $29. A prix-fixe menu also is available at $45 per person, and features eight appetizers and entrées from which to choose. During the meal, guests are treated to Chef Blythe's amusés, small one-bite tastes, between courses, of whatever strikes his fancy. For a grand finale, Pastry Chef Margaret Davis prepares five delicious desserts from which to choose. Perlot also features a chef's tasting menu, a five or six course menu which may include fish, meat, game and a cheese course. These menus are never the same and are based on what ingredients are fresh and seasonal. The multicourse tasting menu is $65 per person. Perlot: For breakfast, served Monday through Saturday until 10:30 a.m., and for Sunday brunch until 2 p.m., guests are invited to dine in this charming, romantic setting. In between meals, a light-fare menu is available through room service. This menu features light appetizers, soups, salads and lighter entrées. It is available 24 hours a day. Avalon: During dinner hours, the Hotel Majestic's bar, Avalon, features a café style menu with salads, soups and entrées, including Pacific salmon with tomato fondant and dry-aged New York steak with Roquefort butter. Avalon features a horseshoe-shaped mahogany bar with polished South American granite top from a Parisian bistro. Here, guests are invited to try one of many fine Napa and Sonoma wines by the glass, an expertly crafted cocktail or house specialty drinks named after exotic butterflies. While enjoying the bar's ambiance, visitors can view one of the largest US collections of rare specimen butterflies from New Guinea and Africa. Perlot for dinner: Named for the French oyster, Perlot is the Hotel Majestic's crown jewel. Often called one of the most beautiful and romantic dining rooms in San Francisco, Perlot presents an elegant atmosphere -- perfect lighting, fine linens and beautiful table settings -- for Chef Geoffrey Blythe's Seasonal American cuisine. Chef Blythe is an alumnus of Johnson & Wales University and the Baltimore International Culinary College. He was formerly Chef de Cuisine at Jack's Restaurant in San Francisco. Perlot is open nightly for dinner, with live piano/jazz Wednesday through Sunday. The tastefully appointed, newly-renovated guest rooms begin on the 6th floor. Located in the lower Nob Hill / Pacific Heights neighborhood, we are near all major attractions: 2 miles southeast of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1 mile south of Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 39, 1 mile west of the shopping in Union Square and Chinatown, 2 miles west of Moscone Convention Center and 1 mile north of City Hall/Civic Center. The hotel Restaurant and Lounge are conveniently located on the lobby level. Other hotel features include an exercise room and outdoor heated pool. Abundant shopping, dining and entertainment choices, all within walking distance. Perlot in the Hotel Majestic
1500 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415/441-1100 (phone)
800/869-8966 (toll-free)
415/673-7331 (fax) The Hotel Majestic
1500 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 415-441-1100
800-869-8966
Fax: 415-673-7331
URL: www.thehotelmajestic.com
E-mail: info@thehotelmajestic.com GREAT GUIDEBOOKSVegOut Vegetarian Guide to San Francisco
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It tells the Best Hotels, Restaurants and Bars in top cities
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23 Tailor-made tours for culture vultures, shopaholics and everyone else
Ulysses Press
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By Roy Riegert
Ulysses Press
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By Richard Saul Wurman
Harper Resource
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San Francisco Cuisine 2003
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ptifari@sanfranciscocuisine.com THE ESSENCE OF CHOCOLATE: Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate
The first cookbook from Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker founders John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg. (Hardcover; $35.00; ISBN: 1-4013-0238-6; 100 color photographs throughout) features over one hundred spectacular-and often simple-recipes drawn from the Scharffen Berger files and from two dozen top pastry chefs BEYOND SAN FRANCISCO
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