The One Word That Defines SF’s Restaurant Scene in 2017

Welcome to Year in Eater 2017, Eater’s annual ritual of eulogizing the past 12 months. For 2017’s final week, Eater SF will be posting questions daily about San Francisco’s restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from those who know it best: Eater editors.

Today’s topic: Sum up the 2017 restaurant world in one word

Carolyn Alburger, Eater Cities Director

Turbulent.

Greg Morabito, Pop Culture Editor, Eater National

Lumpy.

Rachel Levin, Eater SF Critic

Expensive.

Caleb Pershan, Reporter

Lit.

Ellen Fort, Eater SF Editor

Unsurprising.