"Star chef Melissa Perello has always hired outstanding pastry chefs, who established first Frances and then Octavia as dessert destinations over the years — the lumberjack cake at Frances remains one of the iconic cakes of San Francisco. These days, pastry chef Melissa Loar rules the sweets at Octavia, and her after-dinner menu features fig leaf semifreddo with strawberries and buckwheat graham crackers, as well as stone fruit with almond cake and dulcey ganache." - Becky Duffett, Eater Staff
Patricia Chang