'Bar Crudo,' Hoodline Writer To Appear On KQED's Restaurant Review Show

'Bar Crudo,' Hoodline Writer To Appear On KQED's Restaurant Review ShowHoodline editor Alisa Scerrato (second from left) will appear on Check Please! Bay Area.
Walter Thompson
Published on May 10, 2017

The next episode of Check Please! Bay Area features two entities familiar to our readers: Hoodline neighborhood editor Alisa Scerrato will appear as a guest, and Divisadero eatery Bar Crudo is one of the restaurants to be featured.

Bar Crudo opened on Bush Street in 2005, but owner-brothers Mike and Tim Selvera—twins and Western Addition residents—relocated to Divisadero in 2009. With a focus on fresh seafood, Bar Crudo's raw bar and extensive beer and wine selection make it a popular spot for local eaters.

For the last 18 years, Scerrato, a Hoodline writer since 2015, has lived in Napa, Western Addition, Cole Valley, and now, Corona Heights. Married to a chef, she and her husband "have been watching 'Check, Please!' for years and love it," she said.

Bar Crudo celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015. | Photo: Alisa Scerrato/Hoodline

"One night last fall, I was in the kitchen writing up a Hoodline story and my husband was in the other room watching the show. He suggested I apply and I did," Scerrato recalled. "They called me in to the studio a few months later to meet the producer, and we hit it off."

Scerrato said she selected Bar Crudo "because it's in my old neighborhood where I lived in the late 90s when there was nothing like it around there at the time." Fresh seafood, a wide selection of local beer "and the hip yet unassuming atmosphere" keep her coming back, she said.

As a longtime viewer, Scerrato said she was happy to appear on Check Please! Bay Area. "Everyone there has been great to work with," said Scerrato, "and [host] Leslie Sbrocco is hilarious."

To apply to be a guest on Check Please! Bay Area, submit an online application that describes your favorite restaurant.