Monday, February 28, 2011
Embarcadero | |
PRO: Steak Tartare, views CON: If you are a veggie Hey I may not know much kittens, but I do know a few things: • Napoli-style pizza • Hmmm. wow. Crap. Lemme think. Oh yeah: • Epic Roasthouse has somma da best Steak Tartare in the universe! So to call your restaurant ‘Epic’, you have [...]
Monday, May 24, 2010
Hittin the Road | Napa/Sonoma | FRENCH |
PRO: Best Tomato Soup in the world CON: The Jeanty in SF closed last year:( OK, kittens this one’s gonna be short & sweet. Y’know that ‘Best Thing I Ever Ate’ show on Food Network? First off, I will not rest until VdV is invited as a guest. If not on that show, I wanna [...]
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
SoHo | CA/AMERICAN |
PRO: Happenin’ place day & night, outdoor seating CON: Slight douche factor, but typically worth it Yeah lots of us have heard of this happenin’ spot in SoHo. It’s on a great corner, Prince & Lafayette, gets a solid attractive crowd, decent eats, a model lounge…WTF? A ‘Model Lounge?’ Is that like a Model Zoo? [...]
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
West Village | MEDITERRANEAN |
PRO: Great space and vibe, great food, fresh ingredients and nice preparation CON: Not much, really No, not that 10 Downing, sucka. We didn’t eat with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. I think he’d be a buzz kill anyway. But we did eat with the next best thing, Chef Jonnatan Leiva, the San Francisco Chronicle 2008 [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
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PRO: Always good, cozy space, brasserie feel, great menu and food. And awesome for late night eats CON: Not much We ducked into this cool little spot yesterday, hadn’t been here in a couple years. Good ol’ Blue Ribbon, always consistent. We like consistency. Unless you suck. Then we’re going to unfriend you. Anyway, this [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
SoHo | |
PRO: Authentic French brasserie atmosphere, good food, fun vibe CON: Getting a seat can be tricky! So after about a gazillion times of swinging by Balthazar hoping to score a seat for weekend lunch or din din (no, we don’t plan far enough ahead to ever reserve), lurking around like desperate beggars and then leaving [...]
Monday, November 23, 2009
South Beach/SOMA | CA/AMERICAN | CASUAL
PRO: Food keeps getting better, great bar staff, heated outdoor seating, fun times CON: Giants game crowds can be quite douch-ey Yeah we’re on it like bacon on maple buns. Every 4-5 years we’ll revisit a place and update you with all the latest and greatest! Yep it’s been awhile since we last squawked about [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
South Beach/SOMA | MEXICAN | CASUAL
Yeah that’s right! We have not been kind to Tres Agaves. Not body-slamming it to the (low) level of K&L Wines, but generally not very complimentary, if ya get my drift. If you don’t, read here. We had high hopes for a great Mexican joint in our SoMa ‘hood, and these guys simply took a [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
South Beach/SOMA | CA/AMERICAN | CASUAL
PRO: Cool space, nice people, promising lunch spot CON: Need to work out some kinks, upgrade the pizza, some people may not like the queue-up routine Alrighty then. We’ve hit this cool new SoMa spot a couple times now. And we previously talked about how we think the decor is groovy, so I’ll hop right [...]
Friday, September 25, 2009
PRO: Decent gastropub-like place, excellent pretzel w/ cheese sauce, outdoor deck CON: People tend to linger at seats so waits are long, rumor is bouncers are a-holes Oink! Tipsy Pig. What a great name for a pub. We dig it. And who doesn’t like pigs, especially a tipsy one? Especially at about 2AM with the [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
South Beach/SOMA | CA/AMERICAN | CASUAL
Yay, a new lunch (and breakfast and soon to be dinner) place in SoMa. Ironside, which officially opens for lunch (and breakfast too) on Monday, looks like it could be a hit. The space, located near South Park next to the Chronicle Books building on 2nd Street, looks cool. The space is pretty small, and [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Chelsea | MEXICAN | FANCY & SCMANCY
PRO: Cool ambiance, fresh ingredients, great food and good ritas! CON: $8 chips & salsa – Que Pasa? OK New York. WTF happened to you? Back in the day, you were a little more like San Francisco. No, I don’t mean rolling up the sidewalks at 10PM. I mean, you couldn’t swing a stick without [...]
Monday, September 14, 2009
Fisherman's Wharf | | CASUAL
PRO: Fun scene, outdoor patio on the bay, great live music CON: Not that much So we hit Pier 23 (again) the other Sunday and were reminded why this place rules. Good tunes, good times, ran into some random friends and just bottom-line made for a killer Sunday. And for a change I’m just gonna [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Hittin the Road | Portland, OR | |
PRO: Greta menu, cool space CON: Can be a long line for brunch This place rocks the house for brunch in the city of roses…and coffee houses…and the aroma of sandalwood incense at every corner, AKA Portland, Oregon! Located right on the Willamette River, Veritable Quandary (VQ)…I don’t know about the name…I guess I ‘get [...]
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Embarcadero | CA/AMERICAN | PUB
PRO: good ‘regulars’ hang out feeling, good lunch spot, fun happy hours, and outdoor seating CON: Nothing, really unless you’re looking for more upscale dining and wine list. Perry’s on the Embarcadero opened up in the old Faz (and prior to that, Red Herring) space on the Steuart Street restaurant row, and Mr. Perry Butler’s [...]
Saturday, July 18, 2009
SoHo | SPANISH/TAPAS | FANCY & SCMANCY
PRO: great food, fun, happenin’ vibe, friendly service in a cool space CON: semi-fake sangria (made from mix and they add fruit when they serve it), wine list is a little expensive There’s so many tapas spots popping up these days it’s a chore separating the playas from the posers. That’s what we’re here for, [...]
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
South Beach/SOMA | BREW PUB | CASUAL
PRO: Great microbrews, awesome pub food CON: Can’t really think of anything…crazy-busy before Giants games I like brew pubs. I actually used to LOVE brew pubs but that was before Janine turned me into a Wine Snob. But I’ve still been known to toss back a pint or 4 of the ‘ol brewski, but these [...]
Monday, July 6, 2009
Nearby North Bay | CARIBBEAN | CASUAL
PRO: good atmosphere, decent value for the buck, rare Puerto Rican offering in Bay Area CON: food didn’t deliver on the hype, no liquor license! Damn! I had my heart set on some barbecued pig’s feet, butter beans with ham bones and okra, and some mustard greens. SOUL food, people! Guess I shoulda done my [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Mission | FRENCH |
PRO: Great crepes! CON: Nothing much That’s what I like – a French Creperie run entirely by Mexicans! Well, we are in The Mission, so whatdya expect?! And WTF cares anyway, when we’re talkin’ about slamming down the best crepes west of the Seine? I do think the French, in their typical retaliatory style (stifle [...]
PRO: Great NY-style thin crust pies, other great chow too CON: No resies! So last night, we ventured out of our comfortable South Beach ‘hood, along with our friend Candida to…The Mission! Yipes, on a Saturday night?! To a restaurant that doesn’t even accept resies? To a place about as big as a troll’s first [...]
Sunday, May 4, 2008
South Beach/SOMA | DINER | CASUAL
PRO: Cool laid back vibe, soild food, great breakfast & brunch CON: Lunch lines get long, ‘take a number’ I have NO idea why we haven’t blogged about THIS PLACE yet. I mean it’s been in South Beach forever and is about a 3 minute walk from our pad. Therapists often say sometimes you treat [...]
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Mission | | CASUAL
PRO: Fun atmosphere CON: Food is just so-so in most cases So post-CrushPad meeting where about 10 of us discussed the creation of our next KILLER ZIN (we just scored some ’07 fruit from the Turley Vineyards), the lot of us was hungry. Hey winemaking (well, discussing winemaking while noshing on crackers & cheese) takes [...]
Monday, September 3, 2007
Midtown West | CA/AMERICAN | OLD SCHOOL
PRO: Solid food, nice deco decor CON: Kinda old school, but not necessarily old-school cool We musta walked past this place no less than a hundred times. It’s a few doors down from our fave hotel the Chambers. Janine had a meeting downtown and after running the loop in CPark we were hungryyyy. So we [...]
I don’t know why I’ve waited so long to go to this place. John’s been but alas, I have not. So when our friend Aarti said, hey let’s do Delfina for “D” (she’s wading through restaurants in our great city by the alphabet) I said Heyohhh, I’m in. Secretly I was “dying” to try out [...]