San Francisco and what to do in it

it is officially summer in the SF-demisphere

WEDNESDAY FAP! ANYONE ELSE?

I'm going to call it at the Grand Cafe on Taylor and Geary, unless someone knows somewhere awesome nearish. We can have cocktails next to the Donnie Darko threeway sculpture.

If anyone's at the Stinking Rose tonight, say hello to the table with at least one person with blue hair.

I can't make it but...

the Donnie Darko threeway sculpture

waht

There's a really hideous sculpture there.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/4f/00/6c/grand-cafe.jpg

lol

never been in there

The bar's pretty good for a hotel bar. I've been there many times.

If I'm in that area or have ppl staying at the Monaco, I'd be more inclined to dine at

http://www.jasperscornertap.com/

but I think I like the Grand Cafe bar better.

Acting Gov. Gavin Newsom arrived a half-hour late for the opening ceremony of the new Bay Bridge span and watched most of it from the sidelines.

After riding across the bridge with a motorcycle escort (and slowing down long enough to videotape the crossing for his kids), Newsom had to take a last-minute tutorial on how to use the welding torch to cut the chain marking the bridge's opening.

"Cal/OSHA certified the hair gel," he said. "They didn't want me to burn myself."

this shbag wants to be president so bad

wish I could make it tonight, although I don't really need to see that statue up close

Hello Bay Areaxors! I am in town for a bit! Today and Thursday I am gonna chill here in Oakland, but I'm planning to cross the bay tomorrow and Saturday. My priorities are Golden Gate Park (tomorrow) and the Ferry Building market (Saturday). Culinary goals are oysters (I'm thinking Swan's Oyster Depot for that) and pho (suggestions on that are most welcome).

Any recommendations for eats in Oakland? Is the Burma Superstar over here a good bet? Any good Chinese (I would love DUMPLINGS!! and noodles, especially)? Also craving a great reuben or other deli sandwich. This is all stuff I'm sorely missing at my current outpost in rural Mexico.

If you are at the Ferry building, just go to Hog Island IN the Ferry building for oysters.

For DUMPLINGS!, maybe hit Shanghai Dumpling King (http://www.yelp.com/biz/shanghai-dumpling-king-san-francisco) over on Balboa and 34th when you are at GG Park?

Have fun!

Any recommendations for eats in Oakland? Is the Burma Superstar over here a good bet? Any good Chinese (I would love DUMPLINGS!!! and noodles, especially)? Also craving a great reuben or other deli sandwich.

Burma Superstar is good. Get the tea leaf salad and the samusa soup.

Get DUMPLINGS! here: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-dumpling-of-champions/Content?oid=3713488, or at Shan Dong (they make their own noodles, and also make good DUMPLINGS!).

Get a deli sandwich at Genova Deli in Temescal.

I thought Burma Superstar was in Alameda, not Oakland...?

dunno about delis in Oakland but the best reuben sandwich in SF is at Wise Sons on 24th St in the Mission. imho

I thought Burma Superstar was in Alameda, not Oakland...?

There's one in Alameda on Park and one on Telegraph in Temescal.

Actually I think the best reuben in the east bay might be at Saul's in Berkeley now that I think about it. Genova is better for italian sandwiches.

this place is amazing - http://www.vikschaatcorner.com/

it's in Berkeley

Be prepared to wait in line for Swan's. Can't wrong with Turtle Tower for phở.

Great suggestions, thanks! Looks like I can also score Ethiopian in Oakland at Addis. One last (and possibly dumbest ever) question: great source for bread in Oakland or SF?

The weather is so ridiculously awesome here that I don't know how I'm going to convince myself to get back to southern Baja, where it is still hotter than hell.

I mean I just love the Bay Area so much, it is kind of weird that I have not moved here.

Arizmendi Bakery in the Mission is good

you want to stand in line for an hour you can try the Tartine Bakery but there is literally a line around the block there every day....

great source for bread in Oakland or SF?

La Farine in Oakland, Acme in Berkeley.

Tartine's ok to visit on a weekday - the earlier the better. If you really want a delicious pastry ...

Hmmmmm I am up for waiting in a mega line for some things, but I don't really think it is necessary to queue up so hard to score decent bread in a town known for such. I'll try Arizmendi or La Farine!

Are on public transport or driving?

There are a lot of great Ethiopian restaurants in Oakland, like every 5-10 blocks on Telegraph Ave. My faves are Cafe Colucci (which is near Addis) and also close to the Stranded record store, and Asmara, which is at 51st and Telegraph, across from the stripmall where Genoa Deli is, and a couple blocks from Burma Superstar

Enssaro is my fave ethiopian place

Other good Oakland cheap food is Vietnamese - pho, ban mi, etc. - southeast of the lake/fruitvale area is where most of the places are, but there are a few downtown and in Chinatown

there's a street food fest in jack london square this weekend (starting friday): http://eatrealfest.com/event/Oakland/California/2013
i haven't been, but i was thinking about heading down there myself.

I've gone to Eat Real before. Lots of great food, but very very busy.

perhaps not the best to take my 2 yr old to then. i don't think she likes crowds (i don't like them either).

there's a nice selection of breweries too.

I've been the past couple years -- the prices seem to go up significantly each year

get bent posted this in an sf thread that doesn't get much action so reposting it here:

y'all should come out and see ilxor zero of the signified play on a bill with henry kaiser at the luggage store on oct. 17!

http://y2kloopfest.com/experimental-side-of-the-y2k13-live-looping-festival/

and if you feel like trekking out to santa cruz, he'll be playing the loopfest headliners concert there on the 19th.

http://y2kloopfest.com/

― the cure is worse than the frizz-ease (get bent)

thx!

Thanks to this thread, I ate at Uva, Starbelly, Hog Island Oyster Co., and er somewhere else that I can't recall atm. Thanking u SFers! Oh and also Oaklanders: I got bread at La Farine, it was great.

Ensarro! I also ate there. Um one more that I can't recall still. Also accidentally went to a bar in the Marina (?) that was exactly like trying to get a drink at a packed Abercrombie and Fitch (sp?). Great cocktail (Black Dahlia) but sooooooo not my scene.

Do you like spicy? Eat at Pot Sticker! Make sure to get Sichuan specialties.

was hoping to find a good sichuan rec here. despite the generic name, pot sticker looks pretty serious (via yelp photos).

we're planning a meetup (do people still say "FAP"?) at 15 romolo on oct. 16 around 9pm. if it's too crowded, we can figure out something else, but it should be doable on a wednesday night. my stipulation was "good cocktail menu and cheap/interesting/veg-accommodating bar snacks."

I'm going to be in the area from late on the 18th through the morning of the 25th. Anyone want to grab a beer? Any places I just can't kiss?

well Alcatraz may still be closed, if you were planning to do a Blarney Stone.

can't make the 16th thing but am up for something when EZ's here - where are you staying etc

I'm staying in Alameda but will be wandering through both sides of the bay. Happy to meet wherever.

I apologize for any fat finger typing errors like the kiss/miss one above. Shouldn't even try on my phone but such is life.

Pot Sticker was good last time I went.

EZ, I'll be on the East Coast that weekend.

Bummer!

It's my first trip to the area so any advice you'd give a total noob is appreciated.

what do you want to do? see shows? shop? see nature? people watch? eat?

Pacific Pinball Museum is in Alameda if yr into that sort of thing

Actually, I'm back on the 23rd... If you're in Alameda and you like pinball, go to

http://pacificpinball.org/

Damn you, Shakey...