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Welcome to Year in Eater 2016, Eater’s annual ritual of eulogizing the past 12 months through input from the city’s top food writers. For 2016’s final week, we’ll be posting questions daily about the Bay Area’s restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from those who know it best. Today’s prompt: Sum up the 2016 restaurant world in one word.
Jay Barmann, SFist editor
Overpriced.
Stefanie Tuder, Eater SF senior editor
Staid.
Paolo Lucchesi, The Chronicle food editor
Ether.
Marcia Gagliardi, Tablehopper
Omakase.
Ellen Fort, Eater SF editor
Tenuous.
Rebecca Flint Marx, San Francisco magazine food editor
Downturn.
Carolyn Alburger, Eater cities director
Expensive.
Anna Roth, Eater contributor
Predictable.
Trevor Felch, Zagat SF editor
Instagram.
Pete Kane, SF Weekly food critic
Sorry, Eater, this is the hard one. I feel like everyone has said “expensive” since like 2011, so I’ll go with the equally bland “diverse.”
Hillary Dixler, Eater National senior reports editor
RENT.
The Dapper Diner, local blogger
Closures.
Jonathan Kauffman, The Chronicle food reporter
Fragile.