4/22 What good restaurants in SF do people recommend?
\- is this a serious question? are you looking for "deals"
or the best restaurants in town? taqueria san jose ($5)is a
good deal. acquarello is the best italian place in town ($100)
and pastis is a nice place in the middle ($50). there's a
start. --psb
\_ Cha Cha Cha on haste is really good cuban/jamacan food,
on Haste near golden gate park. Long lines and no reservations,
however, so go on a weekday. The best Ice Cream is Joe's Old
Fashoned Ice Cream on 18th and Geary. -nweaver
\_ How about "Thirsty Bear" on Howard/Hawthorne? Does anyone have
any commments on that place?
\- is this a serious question? are you looking for "deals"
or the best restaurants in town? taqueria san jose ($5)is a
good deal. acquarello is the best italian place in town ($100)
and pastis is a nice place in the middle ($50). there's a
start. --psb
\_ Italian in Northern California sucks compared to the stuff
you can get on the east coast, which, in turn, sucks
compared to the stuff you can get in Italy. -dans
\-have you been to acquarello? otherwise what is the
relevance? i think this generalization usually applies
most to low to medium "end" places. --psb
\_ this coming from a man who thinks House Of Nanking is
the best Chinese in SF.
\_ Cha Cha Cha on haste is really good cuban/jamacan food,
on Haste near golden gate park. Long lines and no reservations,
however, so go on a weekday. The best Ice Cream is Joe's Old
people's place. Food is best when it's a communal experience.
Fashoned Ice Cream on 18th and Geary. -nweaver
\_ a second Cha Cha Cha's has opened in the Mission,
same food without the lines
\_ no way, man! Mitchell's on Guerrero.
\_ House of Nanking. IMHO, the best Chinese food in SF. The
\_ Bwahaha! Maybe cuz yer gwailow.
ambiance isn't too great (i.e. non-existent), but the food more
than makes up for it. Afterwards, wander (literally) around the
corner to Little Italy(i.e. North Beach), and get desert at The
Steps of Rome (overly trendy, always busy, but tasty). Stop at
City Lights bookstore on the way if you so desire. Makes for a
nice evening out. -dans
\_ Sucker! You enjoy standing in line to get herded into a cramped
little hole that serves shitty, bland, tastes of generic sauces
food? Look at the crowd sometime. Notice how it is 100% white.
there is a reason. HoN may once have been good, I dunno. But
if so that was a LONG time ago.
\_ Name something better. Have a cookie, troll. While you're
at it, sign yer name, twink. -dans
\_ I like seeing trolls like dans use my "have a
cookie line". Gives me the warm fuzzies all over.
Tinglies up my spine. --fellow troll
P.S. I like cramped dining. You get to eat off of other
peoples' plates. Food is best when it's a communal experience.
And even though your statement about the crowd being 100%
white is flat out wrong, it doesn't carry much weight? What,
white folks aren't allowed to have good taste in food?
\-Eric's chinese, an otherwise pretty good restaurant,
totally screwed up a dish once and when an associate of
mine inquired was told "white people like it that way"
[this was clearly a fuckup ... there was so much pepper
in the dish, nobody could possibly "like it that way.
although the conversation took place in chinese, given
that 3/6 people at the table were white, you had to
wonder if the staff person thought the "explanation"
would not be translated for whitey]. --psb
\-Eric's Chinese, ton kiang. --psb
\_ let me guess, you are from Orange County aren't you?
\_ My Chinese friends told me that my taste in Chinese food
is like that of white folks. What does that mean?
They seem to think that this is funny. - confused Chinese
\_ You have lousy taste in food. Take the hint.
--white boy who prefers real chinese food
\_ re: Thirsty Bear. It's a tapas bar/brew pub. The food is ok and
reasonably priced; the beer is quite good (esp. their wheat beer).
It's now a SoMa hang out, so it's very crowded Thurs-Sat eve. |
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