WINESKINNY.COM - October 2003
Mark Ellenbogen has built the wine list from the ground up, crafting a focused list of wines that work beautifully with the food, predominantly German and Austrian whites, with considered handfuls of French and domestic reds and whites to round things out . . . >>

LA TIMES CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK - August 20, 2003
The beloved Vietnamese restaurant, The Slanted Door, has taken up temporary residence on Brannan Street while its Valencia Street location is being renovated. Even though it's a big place, it's one of the city' toughest reservations . . . >>

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WINE - July 10, 2003
Mark Ellenbogen maintains one of the most iconoclastic wine lists in San Francisco at an Asian restaurant, Slanted Door. Of course, Slanted Door is not just any Asian restaurant. For the past eight years Charles Phan and his family have fashioned one of the most dynamic menus in the city . . . >>

ZAGAT REVIEW - SAN FRANCISCO RESTAURANTS 2003
"The pinnacle of Asian cuisine" proclaim partisans of chef Charles Phan's "extraordinary slant on" "Vietnamese street food made upscale", paired with "the most innovative wine list...  >>

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  DATEBOOK - June 30, 2002
One Door closes, another opens to the delight of diners in South Beach.  In the real estate business -- and to some extent the food business... >>

SAN FRANCISCO - FOCUS ON THE BAY AREA - August, 1998
Chef Charles Phan's winning vision for the Slanted Door is to do simple Vietnamese food and do it well. In a city brimming with lofty culinary diplomas and critical Zagat... >>

BON APPETIT - SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION LONDON - THE ULTIMATE FOOD TOUR May, 1998
When his family fled Vietnam and ended up in San Francisco, Charles Phan's parents were working too much to have time for cooking; so Charles picked up the slack... >>

WINE SPECTATOR March 31, 1998 - RISING STARS - AMERICA'S HOTTEST YOUNG CHEFS
Combine Vietnamese home cooking with the ingredient-fanatic sensibility of Alice Waters and you have Charles Phan's food. "You have to go that extra step, he says... >>

GOURMET MAGAZINE November, 1997 - SPECIALITES DE LA MAISON CALIFORNIA
"In San Francisco there are fifty or sixty dishes on the typical Vietnamese menu. No kitchen could cook them all equally well," Charles Phan observed. "Why not write a short...>>

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE DINING UPDATE - Friday, July 18, 1997
Slanted Door, a ground-breaking restaurant that opened about 18 months ago, keeps getting better. Chef Charles Phan has created a rustic menu that captures the bright... >>

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE DATEBOOK - March 24, 1996
With the opening of the Slanted Door at Valencia near 17th streets in San Francisco, Vietnamese food in the Bay Area has moved to a new level. Chef-owner, Charles Phan... >>