Tag Cloud View for SF Bay Area

Ever wondered, what would be the most popular cuisines, entrees or menu items in your city or neighborhood or metro area. Here's a tag cloud representation of all the food items, comments and relevant phrases extracted from various restaurant reviews for Bay Area restaurants.

Each of these tags are clickable and searchable, so explore San Francisco bay area's best dining choices. Here's a quick link to BooRah Cloud

Restaurant Search Via SMS

Here's a great example of how you can get great restaurant recommendations on SMS. It's really quick and simple. The service is powered by 4Info and BooRah

To try out send a text message to 44636 with a such query such as

"boorah wine list San Francisco"
"boorah mexican mountain view"
etc....

It's real fun

Search for your favorite dishes

BooRah launched a version of "phrase search" for food related terms. As people review different restaurants, they talk about their favorite appetizers, entrees, desserts and everything else they liked or disliked. BooRah aggregates all such user reviews and identifies what people like there and don't like. Menus can give you every item that can be served at the restaurant but only BooRah can tell you what is the one item you can't miss at that restaurant. Here's a few searches that you can check out...

- best falafel in palo alto
- polenta in palo alto
- creme brulee in san francisco

New Restaurant Openings - SF Bay Area

Here's a few new restaurants that have recently opened.

1) La Trappe - 800 Greenwich Ct, San Francisco
http://www.latrappesf.com

A new Belgian beer joint opens on the edge of North Beach, fashioned on the Belgo model so popular in London. Located in a building form the late 1800's that once housed Buca Giovanni. Upstairs will be a café featuring beer and snacks, downstairs the candle-lit cavernous space seats 80 will be bistro offering a variety of Belgian and Italian specialties. Menu features 120+ beers and a menu of Belgian specialties such as Waffles, Mussels and Frites, and stews.

2) Brenda's French Soul Food - 652 Polk St, San Francisco
http://www.frenchsoulfood.com/

Open for breakfast, lunch and brunch on Saturdays Brenda’s French Soul Food is a Creole Diner in the Civic Center serving rich, flavorful food with French style and New Orleans soul. Chef-Owner and New Orleans native Brenda Buenviaje shows diners her take on French Soul Food – cooking rooted in French technique and made soulful through Creole and Southern influence.


2) Horizon Restaurant - 498 Broadway, San Francisco
http://www.horizonsf.com
North Beach nightclub lounge meets restaurant Horizon offers the classic American favorite – the Burger. You may create your own first selecting the meat: lamb, kobe beef, tofu, chicken or even fish and build it with the type of bun---brioche, whole wheat, or sesame. Their menu also draws from other American favorites such as Mac and Cheese, Ribs, Fish and Chips as well the fresh fish of the day. Several offerings are for sharing including French style charcuterie and cheese plates and entrees include roast chicken, grilled salmon and braised lamb shank.

Best Thai Restaurants in Mountain View, CA

I've been to many of these places over the years pretty regularly and the rating/ranking has been consistent.

1) Amarin Thai - Top Buzz and 90+% popularity
2) Krung Thai - ( Walmart complex Near San Antonio Rd) - High Buzz and popular
3) King of Krung Siam - Castro Street - Medium buzz and 80+% popularity
4) Bangkok Spoon - Haven't been here in a while, so check out reviews and latest ratings
5) Thai Garden - In Palo Alto pretty close to San Antonio Rd - Not as much buzz but folks seem to love it.

Check out latest ratings for these places

Top Outdoor Dining Spots in Mountain View,CA

Castro Street on Mountain View has some great outdoor dining spots - here's my favorites

1) Zucca Ristorante - Italian/Mediterranean - Medium Buzz & 84% voted Rah
2) Cascal - Pan-American/Tapas - High Buzz & 91% Voted Rah
3) Don Giovanni - Italian - Low Buzz but 91% voted Rah
4) Scott's Cantenkerous Fish - Seafood - Medium Buzz & 85% voted Rah
5) Tied House Cafe & Brewery - It's has an attached patio ( not really street side) - Medium Buzz & 74% Rah

Here's local mountain view dining sites with good coverage about these places

a) Mountain View Restaurants on BooRah
b) Mountain View Voice Newspaper

Top Indian Restaurants in Mountain View, CA

Here's top rated indian restaurants in the Mountain View Area.
You can check them out on BooRah for latest ratings and reviews.

1) Amber India - 2290 W El Camino Real- High Buzz and 91% popularity in the area. Food is consistently good, service varies
2) Shiva's - 800 California St - High Buzz and 88% popularity - More americanized than others
3) Chaat Paradise - 165 E El Camino Real- Good buzz and 82% popularity - authentic indian dishes
4) Passage to India - 1991 W El Camino Real - Good buzz and 82% popularity - best weekend buffet and indo-chinese options

Best Chinese Restaurants in Mountain View, CA

We recently moved our office to Castro Street in Mountain View,CA. Immediately we had a bunch of new places to dine from and of course, we started eating our own dog food to validate the ratings and recommendations generated based on user reviews. I thought I'd share our best recommendations regularly by cuisine.

1) Queen's House- 273 Castro Street - High Buzz & 88% Popularity
2)Spice Islands Cafe - 210 Hope Street - Low Buzz but 97% Popularity
3) Hangen Szechuan - 134 Castro Street - Medium Buzz & 93% Popularity
4) Cafe Yulung - 743 W Dana Street - Medium Buzz & 90% Popularity
5) Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant - 2695 W El Camino Real - High Buzz & 96% Popularity

Check out the latest ratings for these on restaurants, check out

• BooRah Restaurant Reviews
• Palo Alto Online
• Mountain View Voice