#52 Miette: Ginger Snaps
The Place: The Ferry Building is always a fun place to go. We both enjoy the feeling of an indoor market lined with different vendors and populated with a flurry of activity. It feels exciting and fun, and if you go on Saturday morning you get the added bonus of one of the [...]
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#91 Don Pisto’s: Hamburguesa
The Place: Venture partway up Telegraph Hill in North Beach and you’ll find Don Pisto’s (though you’ll have to look a bit since it lacks a sign). North Beach is inundated with Italian Restaurants so it’s a nice surprise to find a kick-ass Mexican restaurant hidden in its midst. Don Pisto’s is a modern take [...]
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#31 Dosa: Paper Masala Dosa
The Place: We love Fillmore street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood at night. It’s lined with trees and populated by a long stretch of small shops, restaurants and bars. It reminds us a bit of downtown San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara. The finishing touch is the white christmas lights that run through the [...]
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Sift Cupcake: Ooh La La and Stud Muffin
The Place: His This week’s review will be the first not from The List. Every once in a while we’ll throw out a few places that tickle our fancy, and this is one such place. Also “The Place” section will be 100% Kristina because if you could see the look of sheer excitement in [...]
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#21 Izakaya Sozai: Tonkotsu Ramen
The Place: We don’t often journey out to the Sunset district strictly for food. That’s not saying that the food isn’t good out there, but it’s not as easy to access as the plethora of other options downtown and near our house. Izakaya Sozai is often regarded as the home of the best ramen in [...]
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#1 Mission Chinese Food: Ma Po Tofu
The Place: This week will be a bit short as we were out of town for a wedding of our good friends, Greg and Amanda. It was an amazing time with great food, drinks and friends. Congrats to the two of them and we wish them a long life of happiness. As you may [...]
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#94 the Buena Vista: Irish Coffee
The Place: At the bottom of your classic San Francisco hill (very steep), right where the Hyde Street trolley cars turn around and Fisherman’s Wharf ends, sits the world famous Buena Vista Cafe, home of the original Irish Coffee. Brought to life in 1916, this bar was meant to service the beverage needs of [...]
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#29 Tacolicious: Tuna Tostada
The Place: When we close our eyes and think of what a San Francisco restaurant looks like, Tacolicious fits the image pretty well. Though it’s small, it’s stylishly painted, smartly decorated and always bustling. This doesn’t mean that it’s ordinary by any means, just that it exhibits the feeling of San Francisco dining. It’s also an [...]
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#7 Tartine Bakery: Morning Bun
The Place: Down the street from Dolores Park lurks a pastry behemoth. Tartine Bakery boasts a James Beard award winner for Outstanding Pastry Chef as well as a line out the door almost everyday. Once you gain entry to the small shop there is a large community table to the right with a few [...]
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#44 Rosamunde Sausage Grill: Beer Sausage
The Place: Rosamunde Sausage Grill has two locations (a mini one in the Haight and the flagship in the Mission). We went to the one in the Mission, which is a nice place to go to if the weather is warm. Grilled sausages are always welcome, but there’s something about the childhood connection [...]
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