Among Guerrero’s unforgettable eats of 2025: The Japanese A5 wagyu at Chubby Cattle BBQ in Pleasanton, the Los Angeles barbecue chain’s first Bay Area outpost. At the interactive, all-you-can-eat restaurant, she finds high-quality, unmarinated cuts of the premium beef — like thick-cut wagyu otoro and miyazaki wagyu short rib — to cook at her table in between bites of unlimited sushi. But it’s the A5 brisket that was most impressive, according Guerrero, who told Yadegaran the thin cut was so “nice and juicy” that she could’ve consumed an entire tray of it. Her biggest advice? Clean your plate. Leftovers incur a 20% charge and cannot be taken home.
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