Matt – San Francisco Grub

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Matt — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:21:19 +0000

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Steps of Rome Caffe

Matt — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 03:27:36 +0000

In North Beach there are a million Italian places but Jane knows her stuff and recommended this one, so we tried it out. Jane and I started off with the bruschetta, which was tasty though I wasn’t very good at keeping the stuff on the bread as I ate it. The key to a good italian place is supposed to be the gnocchi, so that’s what Jane got (she’d loved it before) and I got hte gnocchi panchetta. Both were really good. Splurged on a little chocolate souffle for dessert that was appropiately yummy. That was that! The service overall was good, and most of the waitstaff was “quite attractive.” I’ve heard they will dance, but we didn’t observe any of that.

Be careful if you go here, they don’t take credit cards, but the food is great.

Lori’s

Matt — Tue, 24 May 2005 21:09:02 +0000

Over by Union Square yesterday doing some shopping and Jamie was hungry so we decided to grab a bite at Lori’s on Powell. Lori’s is a cute little diner place which a nice selection of pinball games. The food seemed a little expensive but it was a bit of a tourist trap area so I don’t know if all their chains are similarly priced. I wasn’t very hungry so I ended up going with a Coke with Cherry and a banana split. I forgot to stir the syrup in the coke so got a blast of cherry when I took a sip. It was overall a bit strong, I’ll probably go for a shot of vanilla next time. The banana split (banana is a funny word to type) was HUGE and very tasty, pretty much what you’d expect. They were quite generous with the whipped cream, which wins them a point in my book. I heard that Max’s has better desserts but no complaints here. Service was fast and attentive.

Lori’s Diner
(415) 677-9999
149 Powell St
San Francisco, CA 94102

Maya’s

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2005 20:59:45 +0000

Boring again, had a Maya’s chicken mole burrito for lunch. I was in meetings throug lunch time and it was almost two, when all the lunch places close in my part of SoMA, so Maya’s was just too easy. Read … Continue reading →

Breakfast of Champions

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2005 15:01:14 +0000

Two glasses of milk and 21 chocolate covered cashews.

Little Debbies

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2005 02:30:03 +0000

A light snack was had on the Half Moon Bay Beach of Little Debbie’s chocolate/cream things and cream-filled oatmeal cookie sandwiches, with milk. Yum!

Gordo’s

Matt — Sun, 22 May 2005 23:00:42 +0000

What do you do when you’re in the Outer Richmond, surronded by great Asian places? Go to Gordo’s and get a burrito, of course! I had been to a Gordo’s once before when I was visiting Tantek but I’m pretty sure that one was in the Haight, while this Gordo’s was at 19th and Geary (ish). I ended up going for the super burrito with guacamole and sour cream (I love sour cream) and beef. As burrito’s go, this one was very solid, and much better than the one at Pancho Villa the other day. Coke seems to work great with Mexican food, so that was the drink for this late lunch.

Tony and Mary’s

Matt — Sun, 22 May 2005 03:08:07 +0000

Tonight I had dinner at my friend’s house where they were hosting a small dinner party. (And it was also their 13th anniversary.) The company made the night, but the food was great too. Started out with a light summer wine called (I believe) Lillet with a small orange peel in it. The food was indian themed, I had rice, chicken curry, daal, potatos and cabbage, green beans, and some great spicy/sweet carrot stuff. Desert was vanilla ice cream with mangoes and cardomon, pictured to the right.

Luna

Matt — Sat, 21 May 2005 23:00:43 +0000

We had lunch at a great place called Luna in the Castro. It’s right next to the Body Shop, and you walk in and they seat you in a garden in the back which is a great atmosphere.

One of their specialties is Mimosas, so we got the “Mimo Combo” where you pick two juices (we got peach and orange) to mix. They had an attractive selection of food, and the pasta sounded good, but in the end I went for the corned beef Ruben which came with a pickle and some great ultra-skinny fries.

The ruben really fell apart in my hands and was a mess, but that’s mostly because it had a huge amount of meat. (See picture to the right.)

I was still a bit hungry at the end so we ended up splitting their Chocolate Crunch which was a chocolate cake with some sort of special whipped cream (it started with an M?) and toffee.

Luna
558 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA
415-621-2566

Sushi RIKA

Matt — Sat, 21 May 2005 06:33:27 +0000

It was late and we were driving around Chinatown looking for something open and good. Parking was non-existent almost everywhere (always a problem in this city) and nothing seemed open (“This would never be a problem in New York.”) when we spotted a late-night italian place with a parking space nearby we decided to go for it. Unfortunately most of the kitchen was closed already and they just had some pizza that didn’t seem very appetizing at the time.

Fortunately about a block away there was a sushi place open that looked pretty good. We walked in to Sushi RIKA and were greeted by techno music and some pleasant smells. They had a good selection and a menu with lots of pictures which I’m sure would help someone like me who knows pretty much nothing about sushi. Started with some hot tea and ended up going for the San Francisco roll, Unatempura roll, 49er roll, Bay roll. Some Tempura Green Tea ice cream was a great end to the meal. Everything was fresh and well-prepared and presented. Service was excellent, and I’d definetly go back some other time. Prices were very reasonable too. Here’s some pictures of the meal:

My favorite was probably the Bay roll and Unatempura.

Sushi RIKA
900 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-923-1141