January Eats Checklist: 4 Standouts of the Month

Merchant Roots’ The Olive (Branching) course (Photo Credit: Virginia Miller)

These newcomers or new menus cover the gamut, from a nature-rich tribute to California’s majestic trees in edible form, to healthy, chic, nuanced at-home delivery food. Alongside this month’s full restaurant reviews of these exceptional spots — Bar Sprezzatura, The Laundromat SF, Akikos, Cavallo Point’s Sula and Farley’s — these four are also worth visiting, with last month’s standouts here (as always…