Summary: In his Between Meals column, Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer writes about the restaurants he visits each week as he searches for the next Top 100 Restaurants. His main dining reviews, written after three or more visits, appear in the Sunday Food + Home section.It’s been a big year for James Syhabout. In October he opened CDP, a chic bar next door to his 9-year-old Commis.Then, in December, he converted Hawker Fare into Hawking Bird, his quick-casual restaurant in Oakland.
