Roast Shop in Palo Alto [House-cured Pastrami, Kosher, Deli]
Opened in December in the space where Rangoon used to be in downtown Palo Alto, Roast Shop was mentioned on the Kosher board. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/897424#8007234 According to the articles...
View ArticleSolo diner overwhelmed by her choices
Thanks for the report! Sounds like you had fun, even if it was cold and things were closed.
View ArticleBest Restaurants - Five nights in San Francisco
Good ethnic where it's pleasant and quiet enough for friends to hang out and catch up, Angkor-Borei (Cambodian), Helmand Palace (Afghan), Maykadeh (Persian), Mandalay (Burmese), Bodega Bistro...
View ArticleOnly in the Bay Area: eavesdropping @ the Ferry Bldg Tuesday market
I was sitting outside @ the Ferry Building on Tuesday, a middle-aged Jew happily eating pork ramen w/ an egg, from the Hapa Ramen truck. Two young Asian men sat down at the communal table, bearing...
View ArticleAnyone know a great East Bay Burger joint?
Even the Sparky's on Redwood Rd is not as good as it used to be. I grew up off Joaquin Miller Road and have been eating at that Sparky's since the 70's.(remember the Lucky Lion?) I used to love playing...
View Articlebeef jerky places?
http://www.oaktownjerk.com/ He's "around town" and I've seen him at the Oakland First Friday Art Murmur (in the same building as Two Mile Wines) a couple of times.
View ArticleWhere to go for an adventurous, affordable East Bay birthday dinner for 2?
Thanks. We had a great meal at Kang Tong Degi. We loved it, it was enough food we had leftovers plus a few beers for well under our budget and super yummy. He was delighted. He didn't try the chrysalis...
View ArticlePeninsula commuting todo list (obscenely long...)
I'd have to try to make a Fey chowdown, since I've been a supporter and it's so close to home. Re Casita Chilange: I haven't been since the sign went up either. Keep ending up at Old El Grullense.
View ArticleLottie's Creamery in Walnut Creek
Some info about Lottie's Creamery opening a couple months ago in Walnut Creek landed in my inbox not too long ago. I'm liking what I've read so far --- Ici alum, kickstarter funded, pasteurizing onsite...
View ArticleCake recommendations?
Susie Cakes makes overly sweet cakes in my opinion. I would suggest a Princess Cake (Victoria, Schuberts, or Fillmore) even though you're trying to avoid anything traditional, they're reasonable....
View ArticleWednesday Burger at Biergarten [Hayes Valley, San Francisco]
Most definitely! I suspect the pickled asparagus was a seasonal stand-in for a dill pickle slice. Lucky me.
View ArticleCaterer/restaurant in Sebastopol area?
Chef Malicki posted this on his FB page: "cooking out at fred's again this weekend in graton. here are some of the dishes lamb bacon, dried black figs duck hash, glazed turnips, duck fat sabayon black...
View ArticleChowdown Report: Ming Kee in San Francisco
We gobbled up everything but left a portion or so of the pea shoots behind. This seemed to freak out one of the lady servers who kept muttering to herself that we had not finished them. She seemed to...
View ArticleI-Wonton On Irving
ID'd but so far no reports. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/751126#7984153
View ArticleKyusu Burmese Cuisine, San Jose - anyone been?
http://kyusurestaurant.com/ http://www.sanjose.com/restaurants/articles/2013/03/26/kyusu_burmese_cuisine
View Articlenorth bay food recs: marin sonom and napa counties
Another thumbs up for the Yucatan Cochinita Pork sandwich. It was even better this time; less burger-like and more pulled-pork-like. Same very good quinoa salad and friendly service. I just can't get...
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