"When your group can’t decide between Thai or Japanese, play the hero by suggesting dinner at Nute’s. The Bernal Heights spot focuses on both cuisines and pulls them off with ease—you can order pad see ew alongside spicy miso ramen with fatty-salty slices of chashu. The space itself isn’t much bigger than a studio apartment, so you might have to wait a bit for a table. But once you’re seated under the charming paper lanterns, you’ll be debriefing your week’s highs and lows over hot noodles in no time." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez