The Alembic – Haight-Ashbury

Our final stop in the one day San Francisco food tour with James, and it’s the Alembic Bar on Haight, owned by the same fine folks of Magnolia just a few blocks down the road. This time it was all beverage, no food. We were stuffed to the gills and still had a dinner appointment [...]

Magnolia Pub and Brewery – Haight-Ashbury

Getting into late afternoon, we were migrating away from food and towards beverages.  Magnolia was our last food stop, although it was primary to sample the beverages. One thing was certain, though, this place won the award for the best designed menu. The prize…was getting its picture taken. Um, not that you can see it [...]

Nopalito – Lower Haight

Five stars for the carnitas, which was the only food we ordered. It was tender, juicy and slightly sweet. Served in butcher paper to keep those juices and fats close at hand. The tomatillo sauce added the perfect amount of zing to balance the carnitas. Housemade masa tortillas, and finely sliced veggies came with, and [...]

Three Twins Ice Cream – Lower Haight, Hayes Valley

  Little. Green. Different. Props for the cardamom ice cream. Props for using local, organic dairy. BIG props for the Earl Grey ice cream. BIG props for the counter guy who let me have a sneak preview taste of the Earl Grey ice cream. Cute little cupcake painting FTW.   (photos by Ted Mills) Three [...]

Toronado – Lower Haight

  It’s a bit murky, a bit smelly, a lot loudy, and gosh darn it, I liked it. How nice to have as impressive a selection that Toronado has, and feel like a neighborhood bar, just hanging with some friends. Not a hint of CBDs in sight. (CBD = cougers and douche bags) Our service [...]

Rosamunde Sausage Grill – Lower Haight

  This is one of those instances where the final product is greater than the sum of its parts – synergy! Rosamunde and Toronado next door go hand-in-hand. There are so many sausages to choose from, and so little stomach space. Luckily, there were three of us, so at least three kinds of sausages were [...]

Bi-Rite Creamy – Mission

Still busy! Still generous with samples! Still well-priced! Still diverse with flavors and seasonal offers! Still yummy! I had a combination of two flavors. Chocolate on the bottom and strawberry with balsamic on top. I should mention that I had been wanting balsamic strawberry ever since the idea of it was dangled over me on [...]

Delfina – Mission

Our first stop on a mad journey of some fine SF food, led fearlessly by James.  And a well-time visit at lunch meant sliding into a well-lit table by the window before the place became packed wall-to-wall with diners. Pizza were hot and fresh, the ingredients tasted local and at their peak of ripeness and [...]

Julienne

They bought a 58 pound lamb and have been cutting it up and doing awesome things with it for the past few days. The special of the night was lamb mixed grill. Lamb ribs, lamb kefta and lamb something-or-other it was on a skewer and yummy. There was also a menu item for lamb carnitas. [...]

Pho 999 – North Hollywood

I applaud the folks working there for putting up with some guy eating there who would not shut up about the care and maintenance of their fish tank. Apparently he’s a professional fish tank caregiver, or something. He went on and on and on. The only time he went quiet was when he went to [...]