Virginia Miller

One of my top new restaurants of 2025 has quickly become a new downtown SF hotspot in the former iconic Slanted Door space in the San Francisco @Ferry_Building with Bay views... Here's why: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/arquet-sf-fe… @arquetrestaurant @alexohong

Since 1967, Carreta de Mariscos el Gordito is a roadside stand and legend in Ensenada, serving fresh seafood caught off the Baja California coast. Were to eat, drink & stay in my Valle de Guadalupe & Ensenada guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/valley-de-gu…

2) So I headed with my cousin to Ocean Beach, picnicking with Palm City's superb hoagies & a beautiful rosé wine I brought back from Poland, sitting on sand dunes 1 1/2 hrs watching the sunset. Everyone was out & the sunset was wooing me hard. That Golden light. My Golden State.

1) Flew home Tues. from cold & rain (+snow flurries one day) to this heat wave in my home city of SF... Went promptly to work after an early morning flight but by late afternoon, I couldn't resist anymore. The nearby Pacific was calling me. #ILeftMyHeartinSanFrancisco #Forever

Oakland’s Ebiko isn’t an upscale game-changer, rather a quality grab-and-go nigiri shop akin to, but not as excellent as, Aji Kiji. But as owner David Liu expands to now 2 SF shops, incl. a 3rd, new North Beach location. What to order + takout recommends: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/korean-drink…

Bruma villas are stunning but staying in these Atico loft rooms at magical Bruma Wine Resort means waking to irresistible aromas from the downstairs bakery baking perfect pastries by Fauna pastry chef Maribel Aldaco. My Valle de Guadalupe/Ensenada guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/valley-de-gu…

Digging the morel mushrooms-truffle-saffron pilaf in puff pastry, cut open tableside, at the new US edition of London’s famed Gymkhana (which I loved back in the day): Gymkhana in @AriaLV

Though I spend my days constantly in flight, I still get nervous on planes, especially tiny ones. And this was a tiny tin can seaplane both ways from just outside my @FairmontPacific Hotel in Vancouver to enchanting Salt Spring Island... what views! @FairmontHotels @MyVancouver

Though I spend my days constantly in flight, I still get nervous on planes, esp. tiny ones. This was a tiny tin can seaplane both ways from Vancouver to enchanting Salt Spring Island. But views were spectacular & though very cold, the sun cooperated that gorgeous day excursion.

Vietnamese cocktails, tuna poke and avocado wonton "cigars" with caviar mimicking ash on the end, charmingly served out of a cigar box tableside... A 35-year-old Vietnamese classic reborn: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/korean-drink… @CrustaceanSF

Back to Vancouver+Richmond BC! Freezing, rainy but one glorious sunny day for our seaplane to/from Salt Spring Island. My fave @FairmontPacific welcomed w/ mandarins, chocolate piano of their white lobby grand & @botanistdining Marine Martinis w/ kombu, chive oil, sea asparagus.

I like the food at chef Stephanie Izard's new Valley Goat at Treehouse Hotel Silicon Valley better than at her Chicago restaurants, w/ our ingredients & “healthier” vibe. Deconstructed handroll dip! Cocnut caramel disco fries! Where to eat in the Peninsula virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-eat…

Baton Rouge-based @OxbowRum is a family-run “cane to glass” distillery... reviewed in my Distiller Magazine column: distilling.com/distillermagaz…

Hip, tiny Japanese sando shop Tadaima has 2 locations (OG Mission, newer Marina #SF) serving takeout-only onigiri, musubi (spam & egg!), tonkatsu pineapple pork cutlet sandwiches, black sesame or matcha lattes w/ salted cheese cream. 10 newcomers+take out virginiamiller.substack.com/p/korean-drink…

Compared to other @TheWorlds50Best-level wine lists, Fauna may feel limited offering only resort wines, but Bruma wines are quality & wide ranging. Cocktails like Astrid shine: blanco tequila, Bruma’s rosé wine, @Campari, tart guava strawberry shrub: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/valley-de-gu…

Friends in town, a local sista; new(er) friends and a friend over two decades... grateful for rich conversation, laughter and connection with each of them this past week.

Turkish restaurant Anatolian Table benefits from its location and bones: in the heart of the Mission on pedestrian-heavy Valencia Street with sidewalk seating and striking design touches left from the former Yellow Moto. So let's get into the food: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/korean-drink…

#WinesoftheWeek: At 2 Michelin Birdsong #SF, GM/Beverage Director Brent Wilson poured a stunning 2012 Schloss Gobelsburg Ried Lamm 1 ÖTW Grüner Veltliner from Austria's Kamptal (minerality! tropical fruit!)+2013 Marcassin Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (acid! structure! berry! incense!)

@dylanlf It’s a joy!

I’m sold on the 15 course course champagne tasting menu 🥂😌

Boat-shaped Turkish pide flatbread to traditional Greek avgotaraho, pressed “caviar” of cured grey mullet roe… not every dish is strong on José Andrés' 6th outpost of Zaytinya in Palo Alto. But with here's what shines at the new Mediterranean restaurant: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-eat…