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bacar – I’ve circulated among the various wine bars within striking distance of San Francisco’s metropolitan center, and always find myself returning to bacar as the best of the lot. It’s a little out of the way, especially now that SoMa is in transition from a ghost town of dot-com carcasses to a sort of extended gateway to “the house that Bonds built,” but it’s almost always worth the trip. What I’ve yet to do is eat here. Well, someday. (4/05)

bacar – Packed, which renders service a little slow, and yet it’s good to see this excellent wine bar in fine economic health despite its slightly difficult location. My only complaint – and it’s a minor one – is that, for several years now, the enticing wine list has been rather dominated by blowsy 2003s. I suppose they have to sell through their stock, but I’m looking forward to being able to order Austrian, German, and other higher-acid whites with more confidence that I’m going to enjoy the results. (4/06)

Note: the wine list is under new management, and I haven't been back since the change.