Check, Please! Bay Area is KQED's new local series featuring regular people reviewing Bay Area restaurants. Season 2 kicks off tonight with three local haunts with very different styles.

Visit the Check, Please! Bay Area blog to experience the restaurants from Season 2 Episode 2:

1) Hing Lung: | restaurant information | reviews

2) Absinthe Brasserie & Bar: | restaurant information | reviews

3) Saylor's Landing: | restaurant information | reviews | recipe

Please feel free to join the discussion by posting comments about the show and your reviews of the featured restaurants!

You can watch all episodes online as well as subscribe to the Check, Please! video podcast in iTunes.

This season, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic will be blogging about what happens behind-the-scenes during the making of Check, Please! Bay Area.

You can also view the Check, Please! Bay Area photo gallery to view behind-the-scenes shots at many of the featured restaurants.