Best of the Bay Area

The Best of the Bay Area

It’s back: Our annual celebration of everything that makes for a boldly adventurous, blissfully playful, truly wonderful life here at the edge of the continent.

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Best force for change in the landscape

The only San Francisco building listed in a recent survey...

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Best ballerina on fire

Classic: Getting in shape after giving birth...

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Best estate jewels

Classic: Metier owner Sheri Evans remembers...

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Best dog hotels

When you take off for Tahoe this winter, leave your best friend at one of the Bay Area’s poshest pet hotels.

Best custom apparel

Without leapfrogging up a few tax brackets, most of us can't hace a closet full of tailored clothes. But oh, how we covet them-- the detailed stitching, the perfect fit, the timeless quality. Whether you were blessed with a long torso, extrawide feet, or a big booty, these seven pairs of talented hands can stitch anything from a ball gown to a pair of boots just for you-- or rework what you already have to make it fit like a glove.

Best take-out sandwiches

Classic: Forget the spare, functional aesthetic...

Best garden supply

Classic: For nearly 50 years, Lyngso Garden Materials’...

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Way to ditch your dud duds

That sequined plaid jacket you picked up in Milan...

Take-out sushi

Typically, the only fit-to-eat raw fish in a grocery store are the fillets that you

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Delivery Service

Not only will the folks at Westside Organics deliver fresh...

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Seat at the Ballpark

Batter up! For an SBC Park experience that's bound to please...

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Ecohome designer

"Being environmental doesn't have to be boring," says home architect Eric Corey Freed...

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Bookstore for mystery

Seventy-five years ago, detective Sam Spade haunted the mean streets of San Francisco...

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Last-minute maid

Ever since the days of squeezing in a wild party before...

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Super local radio station

Call it hoodcasting: operating with a transmitter only slightly more powerful than a garage door opener...

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