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1. Neeto's Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 546-0897
Categories:
Sandwiches,
Delis,
Caterers
Neighbourhood: SOMA
It's hard to remember Neeto's since it's so hidden away on Stevenson unless, of course, you happen to work nearby. It's not that they do anything particularly wrong. In fact, there is quite a hard-working regular crew here. It's just that the food…More »
2. @maximo's
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 513-5618
Categories:
Internet Cafes,
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Give the guy credit for trying something neighborhoody in an area that isn't neighborhoody. He decided to open an Internet cafe in a compact space next to my dry cleaner. There are six Apple terminals available to rent on a high counter and several…More »
3. 98 Cafe
I've been oh-so hopeful that the audacious architecture of this standalone building would portend a new and unique eatery in an area in great need of one. My hopes have been dashed completely...I actually waited for this place to open and tried the…More »
4. Adesso
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 601-0305
Categories:
Bars,
Gastropubs
Neighbourhoods: Piedmont Ave, North Oakland
Now I didn't have the full salumi-and-wine experience at Adesso, which is apparently the basis for Michael Bauer's enthusiasm for this corner spot on Piedmont Avenue, so much so that it has made his Top 100 list for the past two years. I came here on…More »
5. AK Subs
Make no mistake. AK Subs is a manly man's place with man-sized sandwiches. No femmie quiches here. Forget Miss Manners. Only grunts will do. I didn't wear my tool belt and hard-hat when I came in earlier this week, but they decided to serve me anyway…More »
6. All Day Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 252-8883
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Civic Center/Tenderloin, SOMA
Popping out of the Civic Center BART/MUNI station on the 7th Street side can be quite a...err...ummm... a random surprise. There are a number of unofficial greeters hanging about in front of the check cashing store on the corner, and of course, the…More »
7. American Box
So who knew such a nice deli could be found in the Contemporary Jewish Museum? You could've knocked me over with a paper towel. I almost got verklempt when I realized I didn't have to take the fakakte bus to Moishe's Pippic (http://www.yelp.com/bi...…More »
8. American Eatery
Prather Ranch has just opened a fast-food kiosk across the hall from where they were when they were selling their high-end meats. They still have the meat shop, but turn the corner and you'll see quite a crowd gather for the take-out counter on the…More »
9. The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 243-0107
Categories:
American (New),
Sandwiches,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: SOMA
My 1400th review... EGAD! Fourteen hundred! I'm getting a hernia thinking about it... my 1400th review is a patriotic, pre-4th-of-July salute to a temple of melty goodness, an enclave of edible delight, a palace of palate-piercing pleasure. Sounds…More »
10. Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 548-6900
Categories:
Cajun/Creole,
Southern,
Seafood
Neighbourhoods: UC Campus Area, Downtown Berkeley
Gee, I wish somebody told me it would be overkill to bring my washboard and accordion to this place. No wonder my tin cup was empty when I started to play "Jambalaya on the Bayou" ...http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=hOlYKNIiooQ
...and then people…More »
11. Arlequin Café
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 626-1211
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Desserts,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Hayes Valley
Arlequin, I hardly knew ya... or maybe I should say "vous" because it looks très Frenchy-French these days with a touch of N'awlins, y'all. You can probably tell I haven't come here much recently. Nothing personal. I have Arlequin in my head as a…More »
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7/28/2006
Pssss...there's an urban oasis on Hayes Street, and it's not Hayes Green park.
Squeezed between the… Read more »
12. Bakesale Betty
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 985-1213
Categories:
Bakeries,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhoods: Temescal, Rockridge, North Oakland
I have updated the film noir classic "Double Indemnity" to present-day Oakland. Miramax has green-lit the picture for an undisclosed budget and signed Bakesale Betty and myself to star...
http://www.youtube.com...
(Voiceover: Trying to do my Bogart...I…More »
13. Baladie Gourmet Cafe
Before you decide whether Mary Ann or Ginger should have won the Miss Castaway contest on the island, let me sing you a song with my squeezebox...
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a tasty place
That responded to my hunger pang,
Shown…More »
14. Benkyodo Co.
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 922-1244
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhoods: Japantown, Lower Pac Heights, Pacific Heights
This has to be the oddest-looking diner-bakery combo in San Francisco. I've passed by this miniature space at the end of the cobble-stoned Buchanan Street walkway in Japantown a hundred times, but I was never tempted to go in. From the outside at a…More »
15. Blu Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 633-3966
Categories:
American (New),
Seafood
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
The real question here is whether Blu is true blue or bluer than blue. Judging from my cafe experience, I'm gonna have to go with the latter. And this is not a one-time opinion from me. Truth be told, I was a member of Sportsclub LA for years before…More »
16. Blue
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 863-2583
Category:
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Castro
Nearly two years later, Blue is still a little bit country and a little bit rock n' roll to me. The rock n' roll side comes from the hipster vibe that permeates any eatery in the Castro, especially the ones with young, skinny waiters in tight black…More »
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11/8/2007
It's a wonder Madonna doesn't have an Oscar after seeing this performance...
… Read more »
17. BrainWash Cafe & Laundromat
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-3663
Categories:
Dry Cleaning & Laundry,
Cafes
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Multi-tasking is always a good thing, especially with the mundane job of doing your laundry. And you have to eat. So why not do both at the same time?
I'm surprised the novel concept Brainwash has in combining a cafe-like setting with a Laundromat…More »
18. Brown Couch Cafe
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 452-1664
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Delis,
Juice Bars & Smoothies
Neighbourhood: Oakland Chinatown
Hey, it's no coincidence this place is called Brown Couch Cafe because sure enough, there is a big brown couch that pretty much provides most of the seating in this compact space. Apparently, it came with the place where he couch was moved from a…More »
19. Brown Sugar Kitchen
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 839-7685
Categories:
Soul Food,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: West Oakland
I've thought often about the Brown Sugar Kitchen since my virginal visit about a month after it opened (see my original review below). That was a year and a half ago, and well, I had been dreaming about their mac-n-cheese lately. I think I was…More »
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2/14/2008
This place does rock...just like Mick and Tina when they duet on that ol' time rock n' roll.
… Read more »
20. Buckhorn Grill
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 978-9770
Categories:
American (New),
Sandwiches,
Steakhouses
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
"Meat!...Meat!...Meat!"
....Nope, this is not an encore performance at the Nob Hill Adult Theater.
Hell must have frozen over...since I am actually going to give an almost favorable review of one of the price-insensitive eateries in the Westfield…More »
21. Buckhorn Grill
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 989-1071
Categories:
Sandwiches,
American (New),
Burgers
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be buckhorns.
Don't let 'em eat tri-tip or have mashed potaters.
Let 'em eat tofu and jicama and such.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be buckhorns.
'Cuz they'll never cook and they'll order takeout.
Even…More »
22. Bun Mee
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 800-7696
Categories:
Vietnamese,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhoods: Lower Pac Heights, Pacific Heights
Bun Mee? BUN MEE?... BUN YOU!... and twice on Sundays!... Is anglicizing the term, banh mi, really necessary in a city as ethnically diverse as San Francisco? Oh yes, it is... especially in an upwardly mobile neighborhood like Pac Heights where the…More »
23. Buster's
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 392-2800
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Cheesesteaks
Neighbourhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill
If you think pizza and pasta are your only dining options in North Beach or the thought of seeing fries in your sandwich at Giordano's makes you reach for the Pepto, then get your ample butt over to Buster's or at least get mine there. There's a…More »
24. Cafe Algiers
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 512-8681
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Come to the Casbah, and I will wear my little red fez while making wild, passionate love to you all the while slipping the diamond bracelet off your wrist. OK, so Algiers conjures up black-and-white images that may be a little dated and a little too…More »
25. Cafe Venue
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 357-1144
Categories:
Sandwiches,
Juice Bars & Smoothies,
Bagels
Neighbourhood: SOMA
I'm kinda surprised there are so few reviews for this outpost of Cafe Venue considering how long the queues can be at lunchtime. I have to admit I get a weird shiver every time I come in here because I constantly see people from my previous places of…More »
26. Caffe Bianco
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 421-2091
Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
Sandwiches,
Caterers
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Caffe Bianco will never be extraordinary, but it's been there on Sutter next to the Flatiron as far as I can remember working in the FiDi. In fact, I recall having one of my first job interviews there back in ...oh never mind. Besides, I didn't get…More »
27. Caffe Moda
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 255-0628
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Breakfast & Brunch,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: SOMA
I knew Caffe Moda was somewhere down 7th Street, but I just didn't know what motivated them to move to my neck of the woods. There isn't much foot traffic in these parts during the day when they're open. I don't blame them for not being open in the…More »
28. Caffe Museo
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 357-4500
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
American (New)
Neighbourhood: SOMA
I've never had a decent meal at an art museum cafe. They always look nice since they have to complement the design of the museum. But they're always these cafeterias with plenty of choice but nothing of interest. I wonder if that's intentional. Caffe…More »
29. Charley's Grilled Subs
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 536-3823
Category:
American (New)
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
Meh... that pretty much sizes up Charley's to me. Jamie W. is always in the mood for a good cheesesteak sandwich. We found one in North Beach in a place called Buster's. It's one guy with a sharp spatula at a hot grill. Charley's takes a village to…More »
30. Chick N Coop
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 586-1538
Category:
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Excelsior
Yo, Adrian!!
Finally a San Francisco hofbrau worthy of a Bronx cheer. It's like an East Coast eatery you'd fine near a big retirement home...but hey, I'm not picky about decor when it comes to good eats.
Good thing since it is a complete throwback to…More »
31. Chow
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 552-2469
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Castro
A three-year old episode of "Check Please! Bay Area" brought me and Jamie W. back to Chow for dinner this past Saturday. It wasn't so much his effusive review of the food - which I already know is very good (see below) - it was the intoxicating sight…More »
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1/10/2007
If Chowing down is wrong, I don't wanna be right...
This place is always so busy and stuffed to the… Read more »
32. Crossroads Café
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 512-5111
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: SOMA
I had a moment of serendipity when I visited Crossroads one evening several years ago...not monumental but I'll take it. I was having an intense conversation with someone I was working with at the time. She was having a hard time with her boss, and…More »
33. The Cypress Grill
Gee, who would think of coming to a clubhouse for a bite unless, of course, you're playing a round of golf in Harding Park with your buddies? Jamie W. and I came upon it accidentally last Saturday because we had never been to Lake Merced before and…More »
34. Delessio Market & Bakery
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 552-5559
There are sights of rare beauty deserving of a moment of silence. The Taj Mahal at noon. The Grand Canyon at sunset. DeLessio's bowl of baked mac-and-cheese (with that nice crust just cracked) anytime.
DeLessio is one of those cozy Parisian-looking…More »
35. Deli Board
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 552-7687
Categories:
Delis,
Sandwiches,
Caterers
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Baravelli: "You can't come in unless you give the password."
Professor Wagstaff: "Well, what is the password?"
Baravelli: "Aw, no. You gotta tell me. Hey, I tell ya what I do. I give you three guesses. It's the name of a fish."
Professor Wagstaff:…More »
36. Eagle Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 433-3689
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Seafood,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Fisherman's Wharf
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. (Pounding my forehead on the wooden railing in front of the invisible sea lions at Pier 39). Not the Eagle Cafe. No, the owners are actually savvy. I'm talking about me. What was I thinking that I could possibly have a good,…More »
37. El Tonayense Taco Truck
Tongue taco!...Tripe taco!...Brains taco!...Head and cheeks taco!
Name an internal organ...they'll put a tortilla around it...Que Aproveche!
Y'know, I think "Check, Please! Bay Area" is starting to become more of an addiction than I care to admit. I've…More »
38. Elephant & Castle
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 268-3900
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical
Let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
...gee, that doesn't sound like "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" on the speaker, but what do you expect from a…More »
39. farm:table
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 292-7089
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (New)
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
I am the king of wishful taste-making, so why are you making eye contact with me? Yet another reason for you to be on your knees.
I discovered today that I may be on the edge of relevance for the Yelp populace. What a rush, what a thrill...and how did…More »
40. Fentons
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 658-7000
Categories:
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt,
Diners,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhoods: Piedmont Ave, North Oakland
I used to live and breathe Fenton's Creamery when I was knee-high to a man...yeah...gave me a peace of mind my daddy never had. Actually I think Elton had me dancing to "Philadelphia Freedom" when I first visited Fenton's back in the stone age when I…More »
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