Thread: Bay Area Dining

Here's my list of some favorite local joints. Some are hole in the wall type spots, and some are more upscale...

Breakfast: Art's Cafe - Irving/9th SF

Chinese: May Lee's - 6th/Hugo SF

Nachoes: Taqueria Avenida - 6th/Irving SF

Burrito: Gordo's - 20th/Geary SF

Sushi: Shimo Sushi - 25th/Clement SF

Cheesesteak: Jersey Joe's - El Camino, Belmont

Wings: Original Buffalo Wings - El Camino San Bruno

Sandwhich: Molinari's - Columbus/Broadway SF

American: Christy's Backstreet Kitchen - St Helena

Burger: Barney's - Chestnut/Lombard SF

Late Night Chinese: Go Go Cafe - 19th/Irving SF

Late Night Pizza: Seniores Pizza - 19th/Taraval

Romantic: Domaine Chandon Napa

Asian Fusion: The House - Grant/Columbus SF

Seafood: AQUA - Embarcadero SF

Italian: Faz - Embarcadero SF

Steak: Ruth's Chris - Van Ness, SF

Kebab's: Shaalizaar Restaurant - El Camino, Belmont

French: Cafe Claude - Claude Lane/Bush SF

12am - 4am

Grubsteak

www.sfgrubstake.com
1525 Pine St, San Francisco - (415) 673-8268
(between Polk and Van Ness)


the people watching is superb

Originally Posted by MTK

12am - 4am

Grubsteak

www.sfgrubstake.com
1525 Pine St, San Francisco - (415) 673-8268
(between Polk and Van Ness)


the people watching is superb

Zarzuela on Hyde and Union has fantastic tapas. I've been going to gordos for years too.

Originally Posted by ipohopper

This is great...anyone up for this place tonight haha

Ok, this is for Raw-mean...


Best Restaurant (in the country) - Manresa (Los Gatos) - it's not super-formal but you won't find a chef (outside of Urasawa) that cares more for the food that he serves. Experimental but the focus is still on flavor instead of theatrics. His vegetables are the best in the area MTK; and no one cooks fish better in the US.

Full review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2007/12/1...ils-of-winter/

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Best Restaurant in Monterey Area - Marinus (Carmel Valley) - masterful, pretty much sums up that often-used expression "california cuisine" - very fresh high-quality ingredients that are tweaked to near perfection:

Full Review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2008/04/21/marinus/

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Best Restaurant in Napa that's not called French Laundry - Ubuntu (Napa) - all-vegetarian, no meat, but you'll never miss it. The chef used to cook at Manresa and the national accolades are piling up very quickly. Casual atmosphere but very high quality food.

Full Review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2007/11/2...ot-vegetarian/

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Honorable Mention for Napa - Meadowood (Napa) - The chef is still young and he will be a great talent in 3-5 years. I expect his stint at Meadowood to really define who will become. A very strong meal.

Full Review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2008/04/14/meadowood-napa/

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Best Sashimi (in the country) - Sawa (Sunnyvale) - The best raw fish in America. Period. Hard to get in unless you're a customer - if you want to go, I will call for you (if i don't join you.) More than happy to do a group event here too if there's interest (cost ~ $175/person if there are at least 5 of us.)

Full Review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2008/02/0...-it-all-began/

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Best Italian - Quince (SF) - a very careful chef whose pasta is to die for. (If you can't get in, Delfina, A16, and Incanto are very good too.)

Full Review: http://chuckeats.com/blog3/2007/11/1...-the-best-yet/

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Best Ice Cream - Bi-Rite Creamer's Ginger ice cream - mmmmm.....

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- chuck

Argh, I still need to use my gift certificate to Delfina one of these days...at least they dont seem to be going out of business anytime soon lol.

Originally Posted by eshaun

Argh, I still need to use my gift certificate to Delfina one of these days...at least they dont seem to be going out of business anytime soon lol.

every time i call: "do you want 5pm or 10pm"

there are places even I can't get into when i want

- chuck

Burgers:
Custom burger in SF on 7th near Mission
The Counter at SR

Thai: Ohsa Thai in SF on 2nd and Mission

I need a kebob place in the south bay to go to. Someone have a suggestion?