Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to San Francisco & Northern California

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Summary: Veg Out is out of touch
Review: As someone who lives in the SF Bay Area, and frequented many of the restaurants reviewed in this guide, I was disappointed. While everyone has different tastes in foods, I particularly disagreed with her review of Shangri-La which ridiculed the menu and its grammar. Not everyone had the opportunity to grow up in the USA. Additionally, perhaps it is the nature of publishing or the dynamic flow of the restaurant business, but this guide is already out of date.

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Summary: Not worth your time or money
Review: How can you write a guide to vegetarian dining when you are hostile and condescending to vegetarians? This book is just a sloppy hatchet job from someone who doesn't appreciate anything about vegetarian dining. I got this guide as a birthday gift. As a Bay Area vegetarian I have eaten at many of the restaurants listed in the guide, and I was really dismayed and shocked to read the reviews. I couldn't even recognize my favorite places. If I didn't know better, I'd never even bother to try many of the restaurants listed. The review of Slice of Life in Sebastopol makes it sound so horrible that I went there just to judge for myself. Surprise, surprise -- I found it to be a fun place where they have good food. Don't bother with this guide -- save your money and have a nice meal at one of the Bay Area's fine vegetarian restaurants.