 Gather Restaurant Review: Located near UC Berkeley, Gather is a bustling and lively restaurant with high ceilings, warm wood tones and design details that evoke urban farming. It's also a restaurant where vegan, vegetarian and carnivorous customers have an equal abundance of thoughtful options from executive chef Sean Baker. Puffy, leopard-spotted pizzas topped with combinations such as Fontinella, pork belly and cayenne confit take center stage at some tables. But so does the vegan “charcuterie,” a seasonal array of imaginatively prepared vegetables plated---as salumi would be---on a wood board. The platter might include carpaccio of sweet summer heirloom tomatoes or fall pears, tofu with a frighteningly convincing mock tuna “tonnato” sauce or juicy pressed cubes of watermelon with diced Kalamata olives. Generously portioned, vibrant salads of greens, nuts and fruit are beautifully balanced and composed. The vegan and vegetarian dishes can leave carnivores wanting to swear off meat, but the theory becomes a problem when the reality of a medium-rare Prather Ranch beef burger topped with white cheddar and a caramelized shallot and tomato confit dripping with juice drops on the table. Gather's impressive commitment to locally sourced, organic and sustainable products trickles down to the beverage program, which includes organic spirits, wine and kombucha on tap.
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Gather Restaurant is one of GAYOT's 2013
| Top 10 SF Vegetarian Restaurants
| Top 10 SF Heart-Healthy Restaurants
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Chef Sean Baker of Gather Restaurant was one of our 2011 Top 5 Rising Chefs in the US.
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