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3 days in SF, non-fine dining experiences needed for this weekend
Tommy's Joynt, Grubstake, Red's Java Hut, Tadich Grill, Yuet Lee.
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
Truck drivers? I have noticed CFS at just about every truck stop, road side diner I've been to. IMO, the CFS is like the BLT....it's hard to completely mess up so it's offered and ordered a lot.
Looney's Smokehouse Revisited...
Anyone been to the Looney's on MLKjr Way? How is it? I keep seeing the lunch special ($11.00?) posted outside, use to be on the medium strip until the construction went up.
ISO: A Celebratory Lunch Spot in Downtown San Jose
Try the place in the DeAnza Hotel, La Pastaia.
The other places in DT SJ are Gordon Biersch (chain), Grill on the Alley (chain) and Original Joe's.
Jam with what crackers?
Try the Pita crackers from TJs. Very good, nice crunch, solid but also neutral enough for just about anything. Not sure how jam would work but it's like $3 bucks so it's not a costly chance and it will work with other stuff.
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
I've been to the one in Jack London Sq. It's competent diner food in a nicely kept mid-century building, so the chances of finding a decent CFS are good but YMMV. I've never been to the one off 880 and 23rd St.
Chicken fried steak with white gravy, fried okra, and buttermilk biscuits around the Bay Area?
Buttercup Grill might be worth checking out. A few locations.
chef's tables (eg, Saison) and differences in the sexes
Ask them to speed up the courses (they might tell you to shove off...politely). The volume usually isn't the issue with tasting menus but instead the combo of sensory overload and slow pacing that lets everything settle in the stomach.
Best Burrito San Francisco
La Cumbre isn't known for their carnitas. Like most taquerias or mom and pop places they do a few items very well. I'd stick with the pollo asada or carne asada.
Hamburger Steak in the Bay Area
Tennessee Grill, Tad's Steakhouse, Little Henry's, Izzy's, Tadich Grill. YMMV.
Please help us get excited about SF again! (a little long)
I also prefer the original place on San Pablo. Something about the Temescal location isn't as good. The garbage pie combo is good.
Where to eat near San Francisco State
I'd drive up 19th Ave to Irving, make a right turn and park near 9th St. There you'll have plenty of options, including Park Chow, casual but very good, reasonable price and something for everyone.
Pink popcorn - Bay Area only?
See's now has its HQ in NorCal but originally it was was started in LA and has a long history there.
Pink popcorn - Bay Area only?
I think you might be able to get it at the concession stand at the Japanese Tea Garden in GG Park...BUT don't hold me to it.
Where to eat near San Francisco State
Depends on your palette. I went to state for grad school. Lots of Chinese (Ming's Cafe, 8 Immortals), mom and pop and hole-in-the-walls places like Tennessee Grill but no casual/cool places.
Schmendricks- Real bagels? Who in NY bakes on a cookie sheet?
"Regular use" is a red herring or misleading as well as the satisfaction concept.
Certainly buy something if you like it and obviously you're free to do so. However to argue regular use (combo pricing) as a fair measure is way off because it's still at the base a piece of bread. This logic could go way out into never-never land if you look at prix fixe menus, apps, etc. If you like it buy it but don't try to tell others it's worth it at 3x the usual cost.
Any way, if they can ramp up production and bring prices down to standard prices, I'll try it. At $3 bucks each I'm not inclined because I don't have a cultural or personal connection to bagels.
Where to eat near San Francisco State
There's a lot out that way but not a lot of what the OP wants.
FYI: SF is a 7 miles by 7 miles. You can get anywhere pretty quickly so there's no need to limit yourself to one area.
Schmendricks- Real bagels? Who in NY bakes on a cookie sheet?
Using that pricing is a bit disingenuous.
Where to eat near San Francisco State
Kingdom of Dumplings for XLB or soup dumplings. Casual, Boulevard Cafe. Gold Mirror for old fashion/old school Italian.
Schmendricks- Real bagels? Who in NY bakes on a cookie sheet?
More NYers should book that flight..but OW. Okay, seriously, if there's a cultural connection or growing up with deal, sure pay $3 bucks each. I won't but if people will and they can charge that price, everyone involves wins. If the prices dropped to $1 each, I'd try it but I wouldn't go out of my way.
Root Beer -- housemade or good bottle selection??
You can get Teddy's at many mainstream supermarkets like Lucky's.
San Francisco fails to make Travel and Leisure's top 20 burger cities list.
Someone needs to start a Top Burrito/Tacos Cities list. That'll be fun.
Hot Italian (pizza, salad, weekend brunch), Emeryville Public Market - any reports?
Thanks. I heard they made improvements to the food court. The only thing I noticed a few months back were better tables and seats.
Hot Italian (pizza, salad, weekend brunch), Emeryville Public Market - any reports?
On a related note, how did the renovation/remodel of Emeryville Public Market turn out? I heard it was an improvement but not much more.
TONIGHT We need Restaurant Reqs for Hamburger only guy & people who love good food.
I'd look at T-Rex, Chop Bar or Sidebar.
Acme Edible Schoolyard loaf
Every time I've been to the San Pablo store they've been out. I tried 4-5 times. I gave up.
Schmendricks- Real bagels? Who in NY bakes on a cookie sheet?
I read a review/comparo of NYC bagels, including Bagel Hole. The conclusion: quality matters but getting the bagel fresh matters more.
Okay, here's the link to the story: http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/10/serious-eats-finds-new-yorks-best-bagel-1.html
"A bagel's half-life, untoasted and unadorned, is no more than half an hour."
In the sidebar: "The Heisen-Bagel Uncertainty Principle: The act of transporting a bagel to a second location produces fundamental uncertainties in its inherent qualities, such that determining a true "best bagel," in a head-to-head face-off, becomes impossible."
best taquerias in Sunnyvale/ Mountain View area
Carnitas at Taqueria La Bamba on Middlefield in MV.
After Manresa and French Laundry
Dinner and than lunch is a bit much but if you don't live in the Bay Area it makes sense. Also you could in theory order prix fixe at Manresa and the tasting menu at TFL but if you're going to travel that far, might as well go for the tasting menu.
