San Francisco and what to do in it

honeybaked ham store lol munchies

hahahaha - I have always kinda marvelled at there being a store that traffics ONLY IN HONEYBAKED HAMS

epic sandwiches (turkey and roastbeef too) and two salads for $5.50 out the door.

Have any of you ever been to May's on 14th at Market for sandwiches?

Nope. I can't even picture where that is and I'm at that intersection all the time.

Sorry, M & L Market.

I'll have to try that. It sounds good.

Actually it sounds kind of like Quincy's.

hmm that looks vaguely familiar - I think I was there once years and years ago

Except people at Quincy's are friendly.

They're not really unfriendly.

This place rulesssssssssss

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Larkin & Turk

in case you missed it on the Van Sant thread, signup site for Milk extra work:

http://milkmarch.com/

yeah, i actually went to the casting call a few weeks ago. gus was there, surrounded by boys, totally in his element.

went here last night: http://www.barcrudo.com/

it was excellent! Awesome chowder and oysters.

This thread is so great. I'm heading to San Francisco in May for a couple of days and it's given me so many good ideas.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on interesting stuff/places to photograph (I'm a keen amateur) that aren't necessarily on the beaten tourist trail. Hell even advice on good spots to get pictures of the standard tourist sights would be more than welcome.

Over near the Cliff House are the ruins of the old Sutro Baths, which are quite a sight.

Baker Beach has some good low views of the GG Bridge, especially if you are willing to walk a ways. Also, the Legion of Honor museum has some nice trails and spots for pictures of the mouth of the bay.

The coastal trail between Baker Beach and the bridge in late afternoon was great. The light wasn't quite what I hoped it would be on the bridge, but it may have been the wrong hour or season. Best of all was the top of the stadium at Berkeley at sunset.

Thanks! Suggestions duly noted.

The Castro is all 70's-out right now for the milk shoot.
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hi im coming out to visit mar22-30 and moving there oct1

Nice time to visit

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OMG Aquarius!!! that is awesome

i am coming to san francisco again in mid march for about a week. FYI. YAY! cannot wait.

anyone got some good recs for vegetarian/vegan restaurants? and a good place to get a tat while wasted?

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There are probably a bunch, but I only know/like the most famous one Greens. Otherwise I recommend veggie food at regular restaurants.

I DO NOT recommend Herbivore, which I find mediocre with horrid service. Supposedly Cafe Gratitude is okay if you can get over the terrible food names and hippy-dippy-ness.

yeah Greens is the most high profile one I can think of - there are plenty of veggie options in most restaurants and a fair amount cater to vegans too (I mean shit the local diner around the corner from my house has vegan breakfast scrambles and vegan sandwiches etc)

Herbivore is more like fucking Horriblebore

Dosa next door is fantastic and has great veggie south Indian fare

I'll be in SF Thursday -> Sunday to record. Looking forward to it!

where are you recording..? (just curious)

Just about every restaurant on Valencia has better veggie far than Herbivore.

Millenium is the other well-known one, and may be vegan (?). Greens isn't cheap, but I thought it was very pleasant, both food and otherwise. I can't imagine you'd have trouble finding good veggie options at restaurants not explicitly veggie.

dude go get veggie cheese steaks at Jay's they are yum. also hit me up if ya wana get yo drink and smoke on.

^^^Jay's is teh awesome

this thread is actually pretty useful if you decide to actually scroll up and read it:

vegetarian:
there are some famous/pricy veg/vegan restaurants (most notably millenium and greens), but here are some other more reasonable ones:
golden ear (o'farrell btw. jones/leavenworth)
herbivore - a small chain: divisadero/fell & valencia/21
legume - 24th/noe

another suprise to look out for:
the tamale lady, a woman (just turned 50 last week) who travels from bar to bar in the mission (sometimes lower haight) has a rolling cart full of fresh tamales (and hot sauce) which is always a treat.

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
don't think because you're going to california in the middle of august that you will be greeted with blue skies and a warm sunrays washing over you. san francisco is notoriously gray and foggy and cold and windy in the summer months. (i spent the fourth about 100 miles inland and it was in the 90s. when i drove back into SF it was 57 mid-day). bring layers. the east bay (berkeley/oakland) is about 10-20 degrees warmer on average. even the east side of SF can be 10 degrees warmer than the west side. again: BRING LAYERS.

-- gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, July 6, 2003 11:55 AM (4 years ago)

i mean, otherwise i defer to gabbneb's expert googlisms.

sheesh

i like herbivore's brunch!

omg i heard about this veggie cheese steak place! sounds DIVINE! also I am staying near millenium so I'll prolly try that out.

chaki lets guzzle fernet! i should note i will be accompanied by the littlest wright sister.

sorry for wasting your precious time shasta

i see it as just saving you time! but whatevs.

are the tamale lady's tamales made with lard, steve?

also, how much should I value Michael Bauer's opinion? Patricia Unterman's?

1) lard.

2) those guys are okay, they're both somewhat stuffy 50 somethings with somewhat conservative tastes. i prefer chef's opinions to pro reviews.

Bauer is a bit of a twat, imnsho.

Bauer named a friend's then-5-year-old restaurant one of his top 10 new restaurants of 2006...

(not to be all DJ Martian or anything)

I mean, Steve, do you or anyone you know bother to read his reviews except to see whether a new place/makeover is getting good press?