It seems that all the good food is in the San Gabriel Valley somehow
― admrl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I've had plenty of good food in LA. Some Oaxacan place in Venice. And Ethiopian in Lil Ethiopia. And some ramen place near Sawtelle.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I can never remember names though. And everything is so far flung anyway.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
No wait I do remember that the Ethiopian place was Meals By Genet.
Yes, but those are known by everyone here to be the only three good restaurants in the city. you just happened to eat at them all by coincidence
― admrl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, you gave me their card! haha
That place is good, tho
― admrl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm about to move down the street from this place, fortunately
http://www.yelp.com/biz/huarache-azteca-restaurante-los-angeles
― admrl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Do you like Ethiopian now? You used to accuse it of being baby food.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"You know you're at an authentic Mexican restaurant when "Marrow/Guts" is listed as a meat option."
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Ethiopian food is baby food!
― admrl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
babies fucking know what's up. why waste all that energy chewing food yourself when someone or something else can do it for you prior?
― akm, Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
SF is probably the best straight-up food city in the US, so everywhere pales in comparison except maybe NY and Chicago, both of which have very different cuisines.
LA doesn't have the same food culture, but there is a shit-ton of good eatin' to be had there and anyone sez diffrent ain't tryin'.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^real talk
― velko, Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
How is the food at the Bean Bag? I live on Broderick, but have never got anything but coffee there.
― svend, Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I have yet to actually eat there...even though I've been there a dozen times in the last month, it was always for wifi+beer. But the food looks pretty good.
― iatee, Thursday, 11 June 2009 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
(and someone recommends the food wayyy upthread)
Going mid-July - Old 97's concert, Giants game (with fantastic seats - Lexus Dugout Club, row BBB). If I can't move there, at least I can take multiple trips in a year...
Anyone know anything about the Hotel Vertigo? It's a couple of blocks away from the last place we stayed (Hotel Carlton, which was nice) and about $20 less per night. Newly remodeled, etc. but the renovations were only completed earlier this year. (It's the hotel where Kim Novak stayed in Vertigo.)
And a couple of blocks away there's a restaurant called Fish & Fowl that looks interesting - local, seasonal food. Debating that or Gary Danko for one nice dinner (we only get four nights), if anyone has an opinion there. Worried that Danko might be too fancy, I don't want to pack anything but a pair of jeans and some casual shirts.
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Thursday, 11 June 2009 06:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Hotel Vertigo rooms they are showing on the website are ugly, but it's $20 less so really who cares.
Never eaten at Danko or even heard of Fish & Fowl (do you mean Fish & Farm? That I've heard of, but it's theater district so I've not had a reason to go.) I'd probably pick Danko if they are similarly priced and suck up the jean stares.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Not a lot of people are gonna wear jeans at Danko - when I went it seemed to range from suits to nice-looking biz casual, but you could get away with dark jeans if you're wearing a nice shirt. I really enjoyed my 5-course dinner (at the bar) there. I had also thought about Fish & Farm, where the menu looked nice, but I erred against it as the ratings weren't quite high enough. Chez Panisse Cafe would be a good compromise between the two - better than F&F, less expensive than Danko. I recommend a walk around the Berkeley campus before or after (if shoes allow for such).
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
actually my go-to rater says F&F is good enough (but Panisse and Delfina and Zuni are better)
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
And a couple of blocks away there's a restaurant called Fish & Fowl that looks interesting
I have a friend who went here several months ago and loved it but I have yet to go.
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Will be back in town from July 3 to 7.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
there is a new Dona up on Fillmore. It is about 20x bigger than the one in the mission and is filled with the beautiful (or, face lifted) people. Weird.
― akm, Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Er, Dosa. I can't type anymore.
last summer i spent an enjoyable three days in SF w/the family, just doing obv tourist stuff like climbing the coit tower and visiting ice-cold alcatraz (fascinating!) we ate really well both at random stops and planned restaurants. including lunch at delfina which compared quite favorably to NY pizza as far as we were concerned. some 'serious eaters' disagree tho
― m coleman, Thursday, 11 June 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
New Dosa is good. I finally hit up Udapi Palace down the street from the original Dosa and frankly I think it might be better (it's certainly cheaper.)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Fish & Farm, that's it. Hadn't heard of Delfina or Chez Panisse, I'll check them out.
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
so.... anyone's car been firebombed yet?
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
uh?
― john q. lazzarus (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
4 cars burned in a single night, bringing total to 12
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Did he run out of portapotties?
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
ilxors in SF/East bay:
any recommendations for a really good chiropractor or osteopath?
― where we turn sweet dreams into remarkable realities (just1n3), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm going here tomorrow and would really like a sparknotes version of this massive 1400 post thread
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
This thread is mostly us disagreeing about where to get the best burrito IIRC.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I am coming on thursday and if all you can tell me is where to get the best burrito, this would be fine.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
oh j, my friend just went to one that she swears is the shiz. i will try to get info for you.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I prefer the Al Pastor @ Pancho Villa, but it's a little pricier than other favorites which include Taqueria Cancun, El Farolito and the El Tonayense Taco Truck.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
but are you sure that taco truck hasn't just been gussied and prettied up by the romantic American consciousness
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
No, I'm not. Still it's a good truck.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
down with all of these with the exception of Fartolito. do not get the appeal of that place.
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll let someone else defend it. I've only eaten it at 1 in the morning so I might not be the most sober judge.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Cancun would be the unmissable place for me, but then I don't even object to Farolito.
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Cancun's great, my only caveat is that have had mediocre burritos there whereas both Pancho Villa and the Taco Trucks (Los Compadres is also really good btw) are incredibly consistent.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
BTW the Mission Cancun >>>>> the Market Cancun (which my wife refuses to go back to--because she think it's filthy--it is--and also because the other customers can be uh "eccentric and uh also filthy and also because she had three mediocre burritos in a row from there.)
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 August 2009 18:06 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^yeah that place sucks
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 August 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I've never had a mediocre burrito at Cancun, but then again, I only ever get the veggie one.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 3 August 2009 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
what the hell, is it really only going to be in the high 60s for this next week
oh my god
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
farolito's allure is that it's open late and they don't charge for avocado.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^neither of which has anything to do with the quality of the food
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
they also have sesos, cabeza AND lengua... a rare odds n ends triumvirate in the mission.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link