{"id":15613,"date":"2018-10-11T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=15613"},"modified":"2018-10-18T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:02:55","slug":"visit-san-francisco-one-michelin-star-restaurant-als-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/visit-san-francisco-one-michelin-star-restaurant-als-place\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to San Francisco’s Michelin Star Restaurant, Al\u2019s Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first taste of Michelin restaurant from my last trip to San Francisco, I came back for more! This time I was in the great company of fellow foodie Areta (@foodgressing<\/a>) for the return.\u00a0 Between the arranged visits to Teo<\/a> and AsiaSF,<\/strong> we decided to fit in a visit to the one-Michelin-starred Al’s Place<\/a>\u00a0in the Mission District.<\/p>\n

Helmed by chef-owner Aaron London, the produce-focused eatery is known for offering the seasonal best of NorCal on their menu. London had worked at Dan Barber\u2019s\u00a0Blue Hill at Stone Barns<\/a>, one of the most significant farm-to-table American restaurants, notably featured on Chef’s Table on Netflix<\/a>, a part of London’s journey of discovering how versatile cooking vegetables could be.<\/p>\n

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Although the restaurant started having vegetables as the stars of the dishes, they were never strictly vegetarian. It’s interesting to see they have animal protein items as the side dishes.\u00a0And they have increased the number of meat dishes over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n

Looking at the menu, the dishes are in several sections: “Snackles<\/strong>“, “Cold\/Cool<\/strong>“, “Warm\/Hot<\/strong>“, and “Sides<\/strong>“. When the snacks and the mains in “Cold ” or “Warm” are mostly vegetarian, a lot of the sides are meat dishes, and some of them are labelled \u201cLimited Availability<\/strong>\u201d as the kitchen only worked on a certain amount of supply during the week.\u00a0 And plant-based tasting menu is also available upon request.\u00a0 There is also a family-style dinner option, with which a group tasting menu is shared among the party.<\/p>\n

The latest menu:<\/p>\n

AL’s Place Dinner Menu<\/a> by on Scribd<\/p>\n