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You can get some really fine vegetarian tapas here^^^ (yes, I live in the upper haight) and quite potent sangria. No reservations, so you just have to arrive at the right time or else wait an hour.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
okay I draw the line at that place. ugh
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
here are some places i scribbled down based on looking at vegdining.com - i think i actually ate at the golden era last time i was in town and they had some pretty radical fake chicken drumsticks:
- Ananda Fuara - Bok Choy Garden - Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant - Herbivore - Millennium Restaurant - Ike's Place - Under dog - Squat and Gobble
i might rule out squat and gobble based on the name.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Squat and Gobble is a chain - okay but nothing special, and definitely not specifically vegetarian
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
those liars!
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
they have one of those generic chalkboard menus and everything is either a crepe or an omelette or a sandwich
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I avoid vegetarian asian restaurants, as a general rule. They all seem to be the same bland thing as far as I can tell. Squat and Gobble is good for vegetarian lunch/brunch: They have tofu scramble, pretty good salads, and vegan chili.
I went here a few weeks ago and I was impressed with the chili rellenos.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I really want to check that place out.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Mexico-DF was practically empty on the Thursday night I was there. The service was good and the food rich and reasonably interesting. They have these cheesy lighted paintings, though, which change every 15 minutes or so.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
cheesy? more like classic.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
dude at Jay's cheesesteak ruined their veggie options for me by pointing out to me that they cook the veggie stuff over the same areas where they cook the meat, and they do the fries in lard, so it's not really veggie.
I think herbivore is pretty good, personally. It's not expensive and it's alright. but i go to the one in berkeley more than the ones in SF.
― akm, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I tried to see how many places I could list off the top of my head. I came up with 86 in 10 minutes, including in wine country/marin. You may bestow my ribbon now.
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
CLUSTER!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah I'm bummed I can't go to that
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Ananda Fuara is bleh.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
their club sandwich is really good
― akm, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
All my vegetarian friends swear by the sandwiches at Love N Haight, though I've never had one.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
is that the vietnamese place next to Noc-Noc?
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it Vietnamese? I've been in to pick up a sandwich for a friend, but I didn't notice anything Vietnamese about it. It is just down from Noc-Noc, though.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought they had like falafel and pizza and stuff
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Golden Era makes me sick. Cha Cha Cha is cool! My friend J works there and i always get fuckered up on sangria.
― chaki, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
huh - never heard of it. got some nice gear though. don't recognize anyone that's recorded there, makes me think they haven't been around for too long...? how'd you hear about 'em?
The guy who runs it is a friend of our drummer.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm going to be in SF this weekend & will have time to hang on sunday and at least part of monday, if anyone's up for a beer or brunch or something. (how is universal cafe?)
― get bent, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't been in ages, but their brunch used to be great as I recall.
― Michael White, Friday, 15 February 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
That settles it. Next V-day I'm taking chaki to Cha Cha Cha instead of Shakey Mo.
― libcrypt, Friday, 15 February 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll be at Murio's getting shnockered.
― Michael White, Friday, 15 February 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ah the Trophy Room
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 15 February 2008 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Murio's is kinda creepy and weird but still better than Cha Cha Cha's!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 15 February 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
my new desktop background
http://www.ourchart.com/files/sfpride06.jpg
― get bent, Saturday, 16 February 2008 04:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you been to Brenda's, Shakey?
this place, WAU
i was temporarily tased by the pumpkin pancakes with butter pecan sauce
― get bent, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Murio's used to be my urinary heaven during prolonged Amoeba visits.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Off topic, but to anybody visiting the Exploratorium, definitely make an appointment to experience the Tactile Dome, an internal sculpture exhibit which people will feel but never see. The exhibit is encased in a geodesic dome about the size of a large weather balloon. Visitors enter through a light-lock room into a totally dark maze (path). Then, for an hour and fifteen minutes, they feel, bump, slide and crawl through and past hundreds of materials and shapes which blend, change and contrast.
― Bobbi Peru, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^true - very fun!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Shakey email me, no Mice Pace for me at work.
― akm, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
why are there 3 PBS stations. how do i know who to give my money to?!
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
one was for the south bay, but it's owned by kqed now
― akm, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
KQED - SF KCSM - San Mateo/Peninsula KTEH - San Jose
― Michael White, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
KTEH
― gabbneb, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
KTEH - San Jose
Also serving K'n-yan, R'lyeh, Kadath and Miskatonic University.
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
oh jesus, matt gonzalez is Nader's VP choice...matt, WTF?
― akm, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
uh
okay thats very disappointing
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i am moving to Berkeley on Monday, and i know nobody
― remy bean, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i live in berkeley, but I'm never actually there
― akm, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
for a summer in college i worked @ virginia bakery & chez pan.
― remy bean, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
m. white, you gotta give me some good food recs.
― remy bean, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Not to worry, remy, at least for this side of the Bay.
― Michael White, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
oh right you were the one who said virginia had a secret christian agenda...what is it?
― akm, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
why the hell would you move to Berkeley?
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
cheaper? sorta?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 28 February 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link