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1. Ziggy's Burgers
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 391-8181
Categories:
Burgers,
American (New),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Since I'm not into reggae, when I think of the name Ziggy, I think of those greeting cards I never buy at Rite-Aid, the ones with the bald, trouserless, barefoot, and featureless cartoon character with big feet, no friends, and a look-alike dog. No…More »
2. Ahn's Quarter Pound Burger
I believe Ahn's has been around since dinosaurs ruled the earth... or when I was a puppyish beancounter at a bank and living off pennies in a studio apartment off Santa Clara in Oakland. Whichever is older, I'm not quite sure anymore, but I do know…More »
3. Al's Cafe Good Food
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 641-8445
Category:
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Bernal Heights
I wonder if most people walking by on Mission even notice that Laurel and Hardy are the faces prominently displayed on the signage for Al's Cafe...
http://www.youtube.com...
Walk into this authentic old-time diner and step into somebody's idea of a…More »
4. 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 »
5. Barney's Gourmet Hamburger
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 655-7180
Did you know Fred and Barney smoked? Me neither.
http://www.youtube.com...
...I always liked Barney Rubble more than Fred Flintstone. Never wore a tie. His toenails were cleaner, too. I think because he had less need to dig into the ground with the…More »
6. Beach Chalet
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 386-8439
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
I've actually been avoiding the Beach Chalet for years. Somehow I believed it was just a magnet for socially unaware, cellulite-ridden tourists in Bermuda shorts. Speeding by it on the Great Highway all these years, I only had fleeting glimpses of…More »
7. Big Mouth Burger
You ever into the Smiths?
"Big Mouth Strikes Again" was like an awesome song in the 1980's.
I used to dance to it with my Flock of Seagulls hair and Linda Evans shoulder pads....I could flip my disco now.
http://www.youtube.com...
Flash forward two…More »
8. Bill's Place
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 221-5262
Ike's Place...Craig's Place...Bill's Place
Everybody got a place...when is it MY turn to get a place?
Ed's Place...Where grease and gristle can be your best friends.
I need to work on the concept a bit more.
In the meantime, I went to Bill's Place…More »
9. Bistro Burger
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 348-8788
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Burgers
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Paris France
Paris Hilton
Paris Chicken
...which one of these three is not the same?
Whenever I put on my little beret and my three-sizes too-small sailor suit with matching neck-kerchief, I like to get me a $7.99 Paris Chicken Sandwich with Frites. Oui…More »
10. Bistro Burger
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 495-2266
Category:
Burgers
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
Harrumph...three dollars for a side of fries....three dollars for a side of fries....THREE DOLLARS FOR A SIDE OF FRIES??!!
In my first attempt to use the expansive food court at the luxuriant Westfield Shopping Centre (...and make sure to spell…More »
11. 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 »
12. Bullshead Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 665-4350
Categories:
Steakhouses,
Burgers
Neighbourhood: West Portal
So I'm embarrassed to tell you that I had never taken the M-line to West Portal before I went to Bullshead. I think it's just an automatic reflex for me to get off at the Castro station. Gee, I get off in the Castro all the…More »
13. Burger Bar
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 296-4272
Categories:
Burgers,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Union Square
OK, I kinda liked it. I know I'm not supposed to, but I thought my burger experience here was pretty solid in a strangely unexpected way. You should know I've been avoiding this place for months because of two arbitrary but palpable reasons. The…More »
14. Burger Gourmet - CLOSED
"Where's the Beef?"...."Where's the Beef?"
Poor ol' Clara Peller is dead and gone, and Wendy's was never the same without her. But I think I saw her blue-haired ghost with sensible shoes at this non-descript outpost in the Rincon Center. She was…More »
15. Burger House
Nothing makes you smell like a tourist than eating on Powell Street. After all, what kind of idiotic local would find himself looking for a place to eat on that strip of commercial excess and moral depravity? I guess that would be me. Y'see, I was…More »
16. Burger Joint
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 371-1600
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Burgers
Neighbourhood: SOMA
"Niman Ranch Natural Beef" ...Warning! ...Warning!
So we all know there are the good bad burger places and the bad good burger places. A good bad burger place would be like, oh I don't know...In-n-Out or maybe Tony's Cable Car on a good night. A bad…More »
17. Café Rouge
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 525-1440
Categories:
American (New),
Mediterranean
Neighbourhood: Fourth Street
Ladies and gentlemen...Welcome to Cafe Rouge!
http://www.youtube.com...
"Giuchie giuchie ya ya da da (da da da)
Giuchie giuchie ya ya here, oh yeah (here ohooo yea yeah)
Mocca choca lata ya ya..."
...OK, a tad too much make-up for my taste.,,,and…More »
18. Chez Maman
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 824-7166
Do you think Chez Nous disappeared because Chez Maman cheated on Chez Papa with Chez Spencer? It's part of my conspiracy theory...Back and to the left!...Back and to the left!
I've been wanting to try Chez Maman for several years now, but I tended to…More »
19. Custom Burger
"Open, Open, Open"...Face pressed against glass...No, not Mervyn's.
It may be hard to believe, but this place has been open for about 35 minutes, and here I am about to pop its Yelp cherry. Yes indeed, I was just the second customer they had, and I do…More »
20. 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 »
21. Double Decker
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 552-8042
Categories:
Burgers,
Chicken Wings
Neighbourhood: Hayes Valley
Allo Guv'nor!
Now wouldn't it make sense if they painted the building red to make it look like a real Double Decker bus? They could paint headlights and little signs that say "Leicester Square" or "Tower of London". Oh and they could get a bunch of…More »
22. Elite Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 346-8400
Categories:
Southern,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhoods: Lower Pac Heights, Pacific Heights
There's just something off-kilter about the Elite Cafe lately. I liked it a lot when it was primarily a sharp-flavored Cajun-Creole restaurant, its identity for the greater part of two decades. But things changed when the owners decided to…More »
23. Fat Apple's Restaurant & Bakery
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 526-2260
Categories:
Bakeries,
Burgers,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: North Berkeley
Hey, hey, hey!
It's Fat Apple's
And I'm gonna eat some pie for you
And I am gonna show you
A chin or two
I'll have some fun now
With me and all this food
Wolfing down a cheeseburger
While you do your thang.
Na, na, na
Gonna have a good time
Na, na,…More »
24. First Crush Restaurant & Bar
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 982-7874
Categories:
American (New),
Wine Bars
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
First Crush was not my first crush. That would be Miss Elliott, my third-grade art teacher. She had a blonde bouffant hairdo and wore ruby red lipstick to class every day. She told me my melted crayon candle was the best one in the class, and it was…More »
25. Flipper's, A Gourmet Hamburger Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 552-8880
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Burgers,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Hayes Valley
Maybe I keep coming back here because "Flipper" was one of my favorite TV shows growing up. That laughing hyena of a dolphin regaled me with his heroic behavior in saving the mischievous Bud and the shirtless Sandy from potential disaster. But I…More »
26. Flora Restaurant & Bar
Flora is like a stunning Tamara De Lempicka art deco painting of a beautiful woman, all angular lines and bold colors, drawing the eye in a deliberately precise manner. Only in this case, you look closer at the painting and notice there is this…More »
27. Ganim's Market
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 282-9289
Shhhh!...this could be one of the best burgers in town, but let's just keep that our little secret...or else you'll be sleeping with the fishes off the pier at the Ramp...capeesh? It may not be quite at the In-n-Out level, but hey, no crowds...and…More »
28. Gott's Roadside
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 318-3423
It's been four years since my last review of this burgerteria, and Taylor's has since turned to Gott's due to legal arguments between warring wine-country clans. But my impression remains the same...pretty good but pricey for all the self-inflated…More »
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3/11/2007
Where do all the post-Enron, mortgage-indebted parents go with their etiquette-challenged,… Read more »
29. Grubstake
It seriously pains me to report that Jamie W. and I were ignored abominably on Friday evening around 10:30PM. We didn't see owner Fernando Santos or his friendly wife Linda on the premises, which made us think that service standards must decline…More »
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2/18/2008
Here I come...belting like a black woman...
Woh-oh-oh, keep grillin', keep fryin'
Knowin' you can… Read more »
30. Harvey's
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 431-4278
Categories:
Burgers,
American (Traditional),
Gay Bars
Neighbourhood: Castro
Tony, he killed my Bernardo, but Maria, she love that boy. What is a hoochie-koochie but decent Puerto Rican girl to do? Well, I must wear my clinging pink dress and foreboding black scarf to Harvey's and let Tony know to wait for Maria...
A bar like…More »
31. Hi Dive
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 977-0170
Categories:
Dive Bars,
Burgers,
American (Traditional)
Oh yeah, this place....
Hi Dive is not as old-time, everybody-knows-your-name as I think they want you to think, but it does seem to fit comfortably next to Red's Java House just south of the Bay Bridge. I want to say it's been around since only the…More »
32. The Holding Company
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 986-0797
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Sports Bars
Neighbourhood: Financial District
HER: "What'll ya have?"
ME: "Say, aren't you Lindsay Lo...?"
HER: "Uhhh...no"
ME: "Sure ya are...is this part of your rehab program?"
HER: "I said, WHAT'LL YA HAVE?...I have things to do."
ME: "Oh I get it...mum's the word...sorry about your mom...wait,…More »
33. In-N-Out Burger
San Francisco, CA 94133
(800) 786-1000
I imagine the religious right finds solace from all the Biblical references in the paper cups and burger wrapping papers here, but alas, I remain an unrepentant heathen despite the subliminal messages encouraging me to display my inner goodness. No,…More »
34. In-N-Out Burger
Gee, I thought all people in Marin were skinny and ate sprouts and wheat germ. Imagine my covert delight to see that the cellulite doesn't grow far from the city. Every In-n-Out is packed like lycra spandex on Rosie O'Donnell, but this locale seems…More »
35. Java House
From Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2007...
"The little business getting jacked is the Java House, a mom-and-pop breakfast and burger joint on Pier 40, just up the street from AT&T Park. It just got served notice (from the Port of…More »
36. Joe's Cable Car Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 334-6699
Categories:
Diners,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Excelsior
Is happiness a thing called Joe? You're probably far too young to remember that old Harold Arlen tune, but this place seems to beg the question, doesn't it? It's certainly a happy, peppy diner in the not-that-happy, not-so-peppy Excelsior 'hood. Lots…More »
37. John's Burgers
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 701-8600
I don't think John's ever really closed its no-win 6th Street location (now taken over by the enterprising Taco's Sandwiches). The bright red sign still hangs over Taco's even though they sneaked their operation a block away to the hidden side of 7th…More »
38. Just For You Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 647-3033
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhoods: Dogpatch, Potrero Hill
OK, if it is just for me, why ain't Just for You open for dinner? Now I've tried to come to this cafe on several occasions in the past, but I've been put off by the milling crowds waiting to get in. It's the Mama's of Dogpatch, for sure. So I decided…More »
39. Little Griddle
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 864-4292
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Gee, they're not kidding about the "little" part, are they? But the irony is that you will likely not leave any smaller after gorging on the burgers here. I knew this was no heath spa when I saw trays of donuts on one side and the grill covered with…More »
40. Liverpool Lil's
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 921-6664
Categories:
Burgers,
American (Traditional),
Gastropubs
Neighbourhood: Marina/Cow Hollow
Another sing-along, folks...
http://www.youtube.com...
It's...Super-liverpool-lils-oh -so-quite-loquacious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious
Super-liverpool-lils-oh-so-qui…More »
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