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1. Thai Idea Vegetarian
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 440-8344
Categories:
Vegan,
Thai,
Vegetarian
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Since Jamie W. and I embarked on a plant-based way of eating a couple of months ago, believe it or not, we've been trying out places around the city that we wouldn't have dared try before. Vegetarian fare was anathema to us when a slab of pork would…More »
2. 800 Larkin
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 567-9326
Category:
Lounges
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
I went to the 500 Club for my 500th review...
I was going to the 700 Club for my 700th review, but Pat Robertson kept trying to throw holy water on me, and now it's...
REVIEW #800 for 800 LARKIN !!....Woo-hoo....woo-hoo?
Where were you?
Where the hell…More »
3. A La Turca Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 345-1011
Category:
Turkish
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
I love Turkey. The savoriness. The dark skin. I especially like it with giblets and green beans with a can of cream of mushroom soup on top. Oh wait...you mean the country. Yeah, I love the country, too, and their food. Just call me a whirling…More »
4. American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 749-2228
Categories:
Performing Arts,
Art Schools
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
The theatuh, the theatuh...oh how I love the theatuh! You don't believe me?....Ever see my Broadway show list, "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd"? ...http://www.yelp.com/list_de tails?list_id=vWRaUTnBn_477wme 0hAfQA ...oh yeah, I'm…More »
5. Ananda Fuara
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 621-1994
Categories:
Vegetarian,
Indian
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Now I know if I treated my body like a temple, I would probably come to Ananda Fuara more than once a decade, which has been my batting average with this place. But alas, I treat my body like the food court at Costco where I can down a gigantic slice…More »
6. Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 581-3500
Category:
Museums
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
I know you'd never guess...but I'm Asian.
Yep...as a three-dollar bill. When I was a little boy in Dallas, freckle-faced hillbilly kids used to say to me - "Hey, squinty eyes...say somethin' Chinese!"...I'd tell them "Fook Yu" and explained it's what…More »
7. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 624-8900
Categories:
Venues & Event Spaces,
Music Venues
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
It's the Curious Case of Ed U. as I appear to be aging backwards just like a much better-looking version of Brad Pitt....with a salt-and-pepper goatee no less. How else do you explain my previous two experiences at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium?…More »
8. Bodega Bistro
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 921-1218
Categories:
Vietnamese,
French
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Did you know a 'bodega' refers to a brothel in Poland ...a convenience store in Manhattan ....a general store in Havana ...the clip on the top of a ballpoint pen cap ...the sleepy town where Suzanne Pleshette got her eyeballs pecked out in "The…More »
9. Borobudur Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 775-1512
Category:
Indonesian
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Man oh man... the last time I had Indonesian food was when I was with friends in Amsterdam a dozen years back. We were kinda st-t-t... well, not quite ourselves since we were enjoying some local... uhhh...libations... yeah, that's it, libations. I…More »
10. Bourbon & Branch
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-1735
Category:
Lounges
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Finally found an excuse to patronize B&B. I'm not that much of a drinker, neither is Jamie W. But a few colleagues from out of the country were in town this past week, and another colleague had the temerity to introduce these cosmopolitan foreigners…More »
11. Brenda's French Soul Food
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 345-8100
Categories:
Cajun/Creole,
Breakfast & Brunch,
Soul Food
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Elvis is back! ...He ain't been here since his 2008 Post-Mortem Comeback Tour.
"Well...since my figure left me,
I found a great place to roll.
It's down at the end of seedy street
At Brenda's French Soul.
You make me so hon-gree baby,
I get so…More »
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11/12/2007
Elvis ain't dead, non-believers!
He's come out of the crushed green velvet TV room at Graceland to… Read more »
12. Burmese Kitchen
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 474-5569
Category:
Burmese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Jamie W. and I came here on a whim as we were strolling toward Little Saigon for dinner. As the madcap gadabout that I am, I was thinking to myself that it might be interesting to try a little Rangoon rather than a little Saigon. But alas, we ended…More »
13. Cafe Mason
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 544-0320
Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
Italian
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
I think Cafe Mason has identity issues.
At first, I thought with its Denny's redux look, it was going to have a local packaged chain feel like its next-door neighbor, Lori's Diner. Then again, maybe it's supposed to be a greasy spoon like the…More »
14. Chutney
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 931-5541
Chutney is a nice surprise deep in the heart of the 'Loin. Maybe not such a surprise since it's in the same local vicinity of Shalimar, Dottie's True Blue, and Pho Tan Hoa - all among my favorite urban dives. I can now add Chutney to this select list…More »
15. Colibri Mexican Bistro
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 440-2737
Category:
Mexican
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
"Upscale Mexican" kinda strikes me as a contradiction in terms like "partially pregnant" or "Bush intelligence". Maybe that's why I've been to Maya only once and still haven't been to Tres Agaves. Creature of habit that I am, I guess I prefer the…More »
16. Daily Grill
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 616-5000
Category:
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
So I have to admit I had no idea what Daily Grill was, even though I've passed by it on Geary for years and years. I think I must have dismissed it as one of those formica-lined breakfast places attached to a hotel with some nondescript name. But…More »
17. Dottie's True Blue Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 885-2767
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Diners,
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (New)
Neighbourhoods: Civic Center/Tenderloin, SOMA
I was scared...not because of the Gird-Your-Tenderloin neighborhood but because I had a nightmarish vision of being served by a bouffant-wigged, gum-smacking waitress with cat's-eyes glasses, tree-trunk thighs, and ankle socks with the cotton dangle…More »
18. 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 »
19. Farmerbrown
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 409-3276
Categories:
American (New),
Southern,
Soul Food
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Farmerbrown, Farmerbrown
He's a clown, that Farmerbrown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(...Why's everybody always pickin' on me?)
Boy howdy, you coulda hung me up by my pickle and tickled my capers with a feather when I realized I've been…More »
20. Fish & Farm
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 474-3474
Categories:
Seafood,
American (New)
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Fish & Farm.....uhhh, doesn't that cover all possible food options then? Oh, I get it...it's all organic. But the coy name reminds me of Kathy Griffin's joke about Celine Dion when she tearfully introduced one of her songs..."Theez song eez for all…More »
21. Golden Kim Tar
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-8889
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
You know how you always need a dependable go-to Chinese place for pick-up because you never know when you really need to down some sloppy noodles and garlic chicken late at night? Well, this one isn't mine, but I guess it could be if I lived closer…More »
22. Grand Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 292-0101
Category:
French
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Garcon!...GARCON!
Now the Grand Cafe in the equally fancy Hotel Monaco is not anywhere I would go normally unless someone else pays for it. Sure enough, I got invited to a holiday business dinner here, so obviously my opinion should be somewhat…More »
23. Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 885-0750
Category:
Music Venues
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
OK, so I love the Great American Music Hall. Yes, I do....I mean is there any other venue in the city that speaks as clearly to the inner baby boomer in all of us...well at least all of us with musical taste that predates rap? The moment I enter the…More »
24. Gyro King
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 621-8313
Categories:
Greek,
Turkish,
Mediterranean
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
For reasonably priced Mediterranean food on the go, this place is definitely worth a stop if you're in the Civic Center area. But don't bother actually sitting down and eating during a typical weekday lunch hour. It's a zoo, and the customers are…More »
25. Ha Nam Ninh
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-3100
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Pho Tan Hoa has more walk-in traffic and an ebullient host to seat you and take your order. Just down Jones a bit is Ha Nam Ninh, the opposite in every way to Pho Tan Hoa except one thing...Ha Nam Ninh make a better bowl of pho. Yep, I said it. There…More »
26. Han's Coffee Shop
Han's is the place across the block from Golden Coffee Shop. I know that ain't much of a marketing statement, but it's the best I got. It's in that gray area between the top of the Tenderloin and the foot of Nob Hill where cheaper eats are available…More »
27. Heart of the City Farmers Market
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 558-9455
Categories:
Fruits & Veggies,
Farmers Market
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
So are you done bashing the Civic Center?...
Oh sure...there are more drug deals going down here in a day than Genentech does in a year. And yes...it is the home of the world's scariest Carl's Jr. Who knows what's really in those Guacamole Bacon Six…More »
28. Honey Honey Cafe & Crepery
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 351-2423
Category:
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
Honey Honey, how you grill them, ah-hah, Honey Honey
Honey Honey, overcook them, ah-hah, Honey Honey
I heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you're an egg-breaking machine...
Enough ABBA karaoke... and just who…More »
29. JapaCurry Truck
Categories:
Japanese,
Food Stands,
Street Vendors
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
I miss regularly going to Muracci's on Kearny when I worked in that part of the FiDi because Japanese comfort food is well... comforting. When my mom was alive, I was thrilled when she made chicken curry rice for dinner. Only Muracci's brought back…More »
30. 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 »
31. Katana-Ya
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 771-1280
Categories:
Japanese,
Sushi Bars
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
I just don't think I'm cool enough for this space. This is not your obachan's ramen house by any stretch of a Far Eastern mind. This is where the young and indifferent go to have their noodles late at night after finishing their their menthol smokes…More »
32. Lafayette Coffee Shop
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 441-4884
Categories:
Diners,
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
OK, so it's not in the safest neighborhood in town...
And yeah, the naugahyde booths are held together with duct tape...
And sure, the formica hasn't been replaced since the Johnson administration...
And maybe the clientele is not quite the creme de la…More »
33. Lahore Karahi
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 567-8603
My kindred Yelper Liz S. so inspired me with her knowledgeable review of Lahore Karahi on "Check Please! Bay Area" that it finally motivated Jamie W. and me to try it finally after all these years. We were expecting a madhouse of chaos, but we must…More »
34. Lefty O'Doul's
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 982-8900
Categories:
Sports Bars,
Irish
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin
The only place I was ever asked to leave was Lefty O'Doul's. It's true. It was nineteen-eighty-none-of-your-b usiness. With my wedge haircut, I was going through my Flock of Seagulls phase when I ran, I ran so far away. Anyhow, I happen to know the…More »
35. Lers Ros Thai
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 931-6917
Category:
Thai
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
First of all, it's a pleasure to go to any Thai restaurant that doesn't have the words "Osha" or "King" in it. The scene de cuisine has gotten so predictable on the Thai front that I find myself defaulting to Vietnamese a lot. Lucky for Lers Ros that…More »
36. 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 »
37. Little Joe's Baby Joe's
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 433-4343
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Who knows what motivated Little Joe's to move from their tourist-friendly spot at 5th and Mission to this scary stretch of Market? But I will say it feels roomier here and you don't have to hear the fat woman on the StairMaster going full throttle on…More »
38. Mangosteen
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 776-3999
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Pagolac, Bodega & Mangosteen may sound like a high-end law firm in downtown Saigon, the kind that advertises on late-night TV and gives away a free three-speed blender with a first consultation. But they're actually the names of the three key…More »
39. Mirtille
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 252-7661
There are such good intentions aplenty on display here (and a lot of purple), and I have to applaud any business that has the courage to open their doors on the gloomier edge of the Tenderloin. It's quite a surprise seeing such a nice little…More »
40. Morty's Delicatessen
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 567-3354
Categories:
Sandwiches,
Vegetarian,
Burgers
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
http://www.youtube.com...
What's it all about, Morty?
Is it just for your Reuben I live?
What's it all about when you melt the cheese, Morty?
Am I meant to eat more than I should
Or are you meant to be kind?...
So Morty, I miss our walks on the…More »
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