Between RN74, Perbacco and Seven Hills...
AFAIK, they're not open yet. I came across references to them from March (maybe in the Chron?). They're both supposed to be ready by the end of the year. One is Café Terminus at Drumm and California,...
View ArticleBreakfast Sandwich - SF Dish of the Month June 2013
Celebrating the first birthday of Craftsman & Woves today with a Rebel Within (plus a rainbow cupcake unicorn shirt for the 11-year-old). It has been a little while since I had stopped in for one,...
View ArticleRecommended Chinese restaurants on Clement St
For Sichuan, you could try the newish Chili House, by the Z&Y team. Not as good as Z&Y, but there are some solid dishes. The group I went with was particularly enamored with the spicy wontons.
View ArticleCamino or Marica?
Following up on this, went to Camino last night & the service was really pretty bad, significantly worse than before. We waited a really long time for our food; finally a different server (not our...
View Article4 Days in SF-- "Best Of..."
i was refering mostly to dishes with lobster / crab vs composed dishes at la mar and capannina. i haven't tried any of the dishes you mention, but i will -- they sound good.
View ArticleChez Panisse update re rebuilding [Berkeley]
I posted about it when they announced it a month ago. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/893367#8090750
View ArticleHealdsburg Shed
Late breakfast last weekend crossed over to the daily lunch menu at the Shed, shown here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniewong/9089210185/ I still had an eye out for something breakfast-y in...
View ArticleBrotzeit Biergarten - Oakland
I dropped in today for lunch. I ordered the "sausage on a bun" (choice of sausage, I got the housemade knackwurst) and some onion rings. The knackwurst was good but not mindblowing. It comes with...
View ArticleOpentable losing restaurants to Urbanspoon
Opentable charges 25 cents per diner for reservations made through the restaurant's own web site, Urbanspoon charges nothing....
View ArticleNan Yang report
Great story. I'd forgotten about the "eight treasure bean curd" but it was amazingly delicious.
View ArticleBar Tartine -- daytime sandwich counter [San Francisco]
Went in without checking their website, hoping to try a few more smorrebrod options that I hadn't tried a few months ago. The smorrebrod sandwiches are no longer on the weekday lunch menu. They are now...
View ArticleTokyo Fish
I generally have the opposite experience. I go all the time and am constantly amazed at how close they come to the weight I request. Also, they clean fish well upon request, cut things as I ask. All...
View ArticleBN ranch meat now in season....
Canyon Market has it. Mmmmm. Happy girl had a sirloin steak for lunch. Because I can.
View ArticleJune 19 - National Martini Day
I had TWO martinis to celebrate and am just now sobering up enough to write about it (lightweight). First drink with Dorothy Parker (New York Distillery) gin at Credo in FiDi. Had never had this one...
View ArticleSF Union Square Table for one
Plus one on Canteen. Note that it's in the zone of sketchy blocks near union square. Walking alone, I think Sutter is the best choice to feel safe (someone check me if I'm wrong).
View ArticleCommercial Cooking Equipment
East Bay probably does have the best bargains (and on just about everything) there used to be a coupla supply stores down at the foot of Potrero Hill near the CCA campus... but yeah, there's little San...
View ArticleBay Area Food Festivals and Events, June 2013 -
The menu for Saturday's Boun Prawad is up on the temple's FB page: "Beef Larb, Pho, KawPoon, Grilled Whole Hens, Heavenly Beef Jerky, Papaya Salad, Tum Mure, Fried Banana/Yam/Taro, Kaw Tum, and...
View ArticleExchange Student 3 Days
Value and culture-wise, burritos are SF's equivalent of pizza and burgers. El Farolito at 24th and Mission would be my pick, but lots of others are cheap and popular. Since he's adventurous, I'd...
View ArticleRecommended Chinese restaurants on Clement St
We usually go for lunch and like - the free House soup (wkdays only I think) s&p chicken wings beef stew gon lo won ton pork belly (kau yuk) dish Will try the duck and claypot next time.
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