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Delessio Market & Bakery

4 star rating
based on 163 reviews

Categories: Bakeries, Grocery  [Edit]

Neighborhood: Lower Haight
302 Broderick St
(between Fell St & Oak St)
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 552-8077
Hours:

Mon-Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Price Range:
$$$
Accepts Credit Cards:
Yes
Parking:
Street, Garage, Private Lot
Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes
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163 reviews for Delessio Market & Bakery

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"you can also pick the mini cupcakes for dessert." (in 22 reviews)
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"My favorite desserts were the Tres Leches and Boston Cream Pie." (in 11 reviews)
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"They absolutely do make the best chocolate chip cookies." (in 6 reviews)
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Jan P.

San Jose, CA

5 star rating
1/13/2010

This is a great little neighborhood gem. If it were a perfect world, I'd have one of these within walking distance to my home. The market has high quality (albeit pricey) groceries and produce whilst the deli and bakery offers tasty ready-to-eat options. Delicious was the fried and sugared french bread.

There is plenty of free! parking inside the adjoining structure. We especially liked seating options--outdoor on the patio or in a cozy nook by the bakery.

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Ryan H.

San Francisco, CA

2 star rating
2/7/2010

I would be a big fan of this place if they could just come up with $10 or less meal with a sandwich & side. I'm always frustrated that I have to buy stuff by pounds, and have it be overpriced. For awhile they had $10 meal deal which was a great value and then it disappeared. Bring it back!

Otherwise, most of the stuff I'd rather get & cook for cheaper in Falletti itself. If they had more ready-made stuff for quick meals, at a better price, I think it could be a big hit in an underserved neighborhood.

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Genevieve Y.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
1/3/2010 12 photos

Date & Time:  Sunday January 3, 2010 @ 4pm
Location:  Faletti Plaza
Company:  Michael & Jack
Crowd:  30-Something Foodies in North Face Vests & Diesel Jeans
Decor:  European Market, Bakery & Now HS Ice Cream Counter
Devour:  Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream.  Dozen Flavors:  Pistachio Bacon, Secret Breakfast, Oolong Black Sesame(Gen's Pick), Honey Thyme(Jack's Pick), Cinnamon Brittle, Tahitian Vanilla, Blue Bottle Vietnamese(Michael's Pick) Coffee, Peanut Butter Curry, Malted Dulce Deleche, Pineapple 5 Spice, Meyer Lemon & Blood Orange Sorbet
Total:  $8.21

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Alyssa G.

San Francisco, CA

4 star rating
1/7/2010

I had a 20% off coupon from GZ, plus the fact that it's 2 blocks from home made it impossible for me to stay away.

Must try: chocolate bubble wrap. They have all kinds of flavors. At the check out counter, they have a bag with samples of 3 different kinds (peanut butter/chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate with coconut and ginger). You have to try these! They're really good and the presentation is original, which makes it fun to eat.

The brownie bites are really good, great for bite-sized cravings for chocolate and are chewy. I don't like brownie bites that have already hardened and are stale.

Cupcakes: Citrus dream and PB &J. I can't decide which one I liked best. They're both so different and special in their own way (just like the 7 dwarves).

Total bill (including 20% off): $15.44

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Wakako U.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
2/2/2010

This Delessio serves Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream now.  Woooohooooo.

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Becky P.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
1/19/2010

I LOVE this place. I stop here every time I am in the neighborhood, finding some reason that I should need a pastry or hot plate of mac-n-cheese or WHATEVER. Ok, I admit it is a bit pricey, but it is so freakin' yummy and always hits the spot. Not to mention the people who work there are extremely helpful and friendly. Their bakery kicks butt, you can't pass up the brazilian french toast thingy, I forget it's actual name, but it is a little slice of heaven. Then there is the hot bar, with amazing bbq'd pork, mac-n-cheese (did I mention that already?), scalloped potatoes, WICKED tofu, etc.etc. I drool at the fancy cakes in the case, wishing that my birthday were coming sooner so I'd have an excuse to order one of those bad boys! Go there, NOW!

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Kim D.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
12/7/2009

This is where I go to get my cheese! They have my favorite cheese from Gary Danko--Midnight moon! Every time I bring this cheese to a dinner, everyone loves it!

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Evy S.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
9/8/2009

I think the deli food here stinks. The food is ovepriced and always picked over and looks unappetizing. I have never found anything here that's worth the price.

I do find myself here a lot, though. The meat/cheese counter is my favorite. The young lady behind the counter is the nicest person in the world and very helpful. We came down here once for prosciutto and saw the wild boar at $120/lb. (!!!) We asked about it and she let us try some. It was amazing. We bought a bunch and were on our to tastebud heaven. This is a new staple of mine.

The bakery here looks great, but I'm not much of a sweets person so I can't vouch for them.

Go here for the meat and cheese, but skip the pre-made food.

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Kira W.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
8/27/2009

I have to say Delessio and Faletti's have a good thing goin' on here. Ingenious! First you can do your shopping and then eat at Delessio's afterward, which is great to schedule together. It gives a whole new meaning to shopping while you're hungry. And it also makes for a good lunch date. Don't get me wrong, dropping some cash on groceries and then spending another 10-15 bucks each on lunch doesn't make for the most economical trip to the grocery store, but it definitely is the most delicious.

Delessio has a great assortment of cheeses that they are more than happy to talk to you about while they give you multiple samples to try. The staff are all passionate about the food they serve. One of the gals at the cheese counter told me that she made a pizza the night before out of rinds from 3 different cheeses. If that isn't cheesey love, I don't know what is! They also have a dizzying array of almost unreal looking desserts. I mean, I could stand there for hours watching those desserts turn in the case.

Best of all, I love going into a place where they recognize you each time you come back. (ok, i've been there A LOT!) Each time we discover another new cheese or meat and go home having eaten 6 or 7 new delicious items. They also use compostable utensils and encourage customers to use their recycling/compost bins. Think Whole Foods has good by-the-pound choices? Delessio takes deli to the next level. I give them five stars for the awesome staff, great selection, and getting a cheap-ass to spend a little more on something gourmet.

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Candice S.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
9/16/2009

Okay I am so excited to review Delessio because it has been a LONG TIME COMING.  A little backstory for ya:

Back in December I went to an Elite event in the Mission at an art gallery/lounge place (forgive me, I'm blanking on the name...but that really wouldn't be fair to promote another place on this review, now would it?) So anyway... like all the Elite events, there were a number of different vendors there offering a wide array of food, desserts, drinks etc. One of them was our lovely Delessio.  They had samples of the Boston Cream Pie, Tres Leches Cake, and Tiramisu (I think).

The moment the Tres Leches entered my mouth, I was IN LOVE.  I'm not kidding!! I turned to my friends and said, "Okay, I will disown you both if you don't buy me this cake for my birthday next year!"

Now, fast forward 8 months to August (my special birthday month). I'm sure my friends have forgotten about my request oh so many months ago, but I didn't let that stop me.  I went and put in an order for my own birthday cake.  And I had no shame because I have been dreaming of that DAMN CAKE!

And oh yes, it was all that I loved and remembered!  Delessio, you made my birthday this year! Thank you! :)

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Myle L.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
7/6/2009

Oh WOW!
I really can't even tell you what items I got from here....as I did a whirlwind shopping spree through the bakery ... don't even debate which items to get....just get them ALL like I did!  

Rest assured you'll be smitten with every item (from the tiny cupcakes to the big giant cinnamon looking roll) ....and overall a heavenly experience :)

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Alex L.

Santa Ana, CA

5 star rating
7/12/2009

This place is proof that the Gods want us to be happy. This is also proof that when you reach for your wallet to pay for everything you ever would want from this place, you would also hear the Gods laugh. All of them.

Excellent cheeses, from sheep to goats to cows, check,
Meats of all sorts, from salami made by "imported" Italians to spreadable salami, check.
Delectable cakes that beg you from the shelf to eat them, check,
A wounded bank account, check.
A dazzled and titillated palate, check.
A place that the Gods have blessed in every possible way, check.
A place that the Gods will make you shop until you say no mas, check.

Checkmate, my friends. Give it up. Give in to this place. It's the most amazing place I've been to in a long time. How strange and wonderful that it's a bakery and a deli. The Gods are kind when they want to be. Don't even think about disagreeing.

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Amanda C.

Washington, DC

5 star rating
Updated - 6/15/2009

Okay- the five stars is not for the food. It's not for the selection, not for the prices, and certainly not for the store layout.

5 + stars is for Tuffy, the manager.

If you want the best service in the city, then come here. It's not based on recognition of repeat customers- everyone is treated well. If I had an award to offer one person in the country who exemplifies perfect service, it would be the manager of Delessio.

As I mentioned in my first review, I've seen her pay out of her pocket when someone couldn't afford their food! Tuffy gives out samples, urges you to try everything, and gives gratis like you're dining in her living room. She's knowledgeable, helpful without ever being pushy, and terribly likable. I don't think anyone would have trouble enjoying a short, "how are things?" convo with her. Plus, she seems sincerely interested in her customers' well being.

What inspires me to say all this? Well, I moved to DC about 6 months ago, but am back in SF for a short period of time. Before I had left San Francisco, I was a semi-regular customer. When I went to Delessio today- she asked me why she hadn't seen me around! I was like, "Damn! You are goooood!"

As for the food- love their chocolate chip cookies if they're fresh, but everything else is hit or miss.

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  • 3 star rating
    4/19/2008

    Most of the people who work here are very friendly, which is especially appreciated when I need… Read more »

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Jessica H.

San Francisco, CA

1 star rating
8/30/2009

No More.  No More.  No More.  

These were the words I uttered under my breath while walking the block to my apartment from Delessio today.  I just don't understand why the cashiers at this place can't deign themselves to be polite.  I don't need you to offer to walk my purchase home for me, but a simple "thanks," or even a "hello" would suffice.  Not once NOT ONCE have any of the cashiers working this little counter said a word to me other than my total price.  And, because my patronage (which, til now has been pretty regular) isn't appreciated, I will no longer go.

Overpriced, and ungrateful.  Up yours, Delessio.

* Disclaimer* My husband agrees about the cashiers, but wanted me to point out that the folks behind the deli and cheese counters are usually really cool.  So okay.

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Kyle S.

New York, NY

4 star rating
10/20/2009

Stopped into this place when walking just off of Haight, grabbed a delicious honey almond coffee cake. So good I didn't waste any time finishing this review until now, 3 months later.

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Emily H.

Vancouver, BC

Canada

5 star rating
7/10/2009

I love all the things about this Delessio that I love about the other one. Quality, selection, mac n cheese. Above all else I love that I can try a little bit of anything!

That said, I simply cannot afford to eat here regularly. If they have indeed raised their prices because they are going all-organic and local, good on them. That is important to me and I do understand that cheap food comes at a cost, etc etc. However. I will have do do my own cooking for lunch most of the week to be able to pay these folks to cook for me once or twice a a week.

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elrod m.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
12/14/2009

the hot food and salad bar is not cheap, i think it's more expensive than whole paycheck.  the sammich was alright, but i didn't like the fancy spread, just give me mayo, mustard, tomatoes, onions, and lettuce with my meat.  the prosciutto mozzarella stuffed peppers are dericious though!!!!

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anna c.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
3/15/2009

10 stars alone for having Jamón Ibérico de Bellota. $120/lb is actually not an unreasonable price. Hubby and I enjoyed a quarter pound of it over the next few days as snacks. We were happy campers.

If you can't make it over to the Ferry Building, you can get Boccalone products here. I'm not sure what the price difference is. Do keep in mind that the parking is free here, so in the end, it probably will cost about the same.

The hot buffet offers up some tempting food. Mac & cheese was very good and comforting. Orecchiette w/ eggplant was decent. Spaetzle w/ cabbage was my favorite with perfectly browned spaetzle and ham pieces dotted through. Meatloaf w/ ketchup was ok. The ketchup really drowned out any flavor the meatloaf had. The texture was nice and moist though.

There are also some fabulous looking desserts there. From mini cupcakes to gorgeous cakes. No doubt I will come back for some sweets another time.

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Pete J.

San Francisco, CA

4 star rating
3/4/2009

The staff at Delessio were absolutely over-the-top helpful & friendly, to the point where I was almost taken aback by it. It's not that this town doesn't have helpful & friendly people in it, it's just that I've become accustomed to a certain kind of SF-aloofness with my bar/restaurant service. You get to feeling like a number on a list. But the staff at Delessio were friendly & engaging. They definitely seem to love working there.

Oh, & the mini cupcakes I brought to my friend/former-roommate's potluck birthday party were expensiveish, yes, but delicious & extremely well received (mostly by me, because I honestly didn't want to share them with anyone else).

I will most definitely be back.

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Jen O.

San Francisco, CA

1 star rating
10/23/2009

Delessio's cakes are some of the worst I have ever eaten in my life. I eat cake from everywhere. You know what you are getting with a Safeway or Costco sheet cake. They are adequately priced and taste adequate. No surprise. A I Dream of Cake cake taste pretty good. But let's face it, no one really buys those cakes for the taste. They look amazing. And you get what you pay for. Schubert's cake is pretty damn good, not too pricey and delicious to boot. I could go on and on about satisfactory and awesome cakes. But I'm here to rant about Delessio. A cake from Delessio can ruin anyone's day. They look beautiful. That is why I have been suckered into buying a few of them. I pray before I have a piece of their cake that it will just be a good little piece of cake, at least as good as it looks. Most recently, I've had the chocolate ganache cake of extreme sadness and demon chocolate cake with vanilla crap frosting. I so love cake and want to love every cake. But every single Delessio cake has been an epic disappointment. You incur all of the calories of a giant piece of lard with the texture and satisfaction of eating a giant piece of lard.

One star because I sometimes like their sammies. The sandwiches are sometimes a little dry or a little wet or both. But my standards for sandwiches are lower.

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Genevieve M.

San Francisco, CA

2 star rating
12/16/2008

I have to agree with my mom, Heila D. on this one- Delessio's prepared food is ridiculously greasy, EVERY TIME!  I mean, what the hell, man!  Literally oil-slick grease layers whatever dish you put any of their prepared foods in.  I can feel the lard forming on my thighs as I take every bite when I eat here.  And no, you would think that grease=good, but surprisingly that is not the case here.  It's like they literally pour half a cup of canola oil over every prepared dish.

I haven't tried their desserts, but I have to admit that they do look very good.  Expensive, but they look well made.  And, they have a small array of fine cheeses to choose from as well.  Come here if you don't have time to hit up Whole Foods.  Other than that, you can get the same stuff that will taste better and is cheaper at Whole Paycheck.  Sorry, but it's true.

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Kym M.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
2/12/2009

I was crazy about this place, and I still am, but the quality has gone down. (New bakers, perhaps?) My favorite desserts were the Tres Leches and Boston Cream Pie. The Tres Leches used to be very light and I swear there used to be strawberries in the cream, but now the cream seems a little too thick. The Boston Cream Pie is now a lot more cakey (cakey=bad) when it used to have more cream filling. (Yep, word of the day is "cream")

Even though I always make a bee-line for these two desserts, everything else looks great too. I've always wanted to try one of the cute mini cupcakes and the chocolate midnight cake.

The deli area is stocked well too, with mac and cheese, penne and butternut squash, and very delicious, well-cooked broccoli.

Delessio, even though we've had our downs recently, I give you 5 stars because you remain my favorite bakery and I hope that you will come back to your old self, the one with which I fell in love.

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Tushar V.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
3/28/2009

The baddest Eggplant Parmigiana sandwich known to man. A huge lunch selection, including Mac n Cheese and a super friendly staff.

What's not to love? Do lunch.

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D C.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
9/13/2009

I like this place, I really do.  I like the prepared food and the service is friendly and accommodating.  

Are you ready for what I don't like?  The flies that hover around the dining area.  I am not sure whether it is the proximity to Haight Street or the lack of cleanliness, I hope it is the former.  Either way, why does a food preparer think it is ok to have bugs ANYWHERE? You tell me.

No comment on the grocery, I have no opinion.

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Veronica P.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
1/14/2009

If I thought the grocery store was awesome, this is heaven. Hands down best sandwiches, cheeses, cured meats and a dreamy dessert station.  I was going to take a star off for being expensive, but the staff makes up for it. I dont go anywhere else when I am in the mood to shop for and TASTE excellent cheeses and procuitto, and LARDO (my latest delight). The staff is very knowledgeable about the cheeses and help you pick what you are looking for. They give you as many sample tastes and even recommend wines to pair it with.  The chocolate cookies are the best i've ever had, along with the mexican wedding cookies and mini cupcakes.

Tito prepares sandwiches and is such a pleasure to talk to! He called it right away when I ordered my sandwich "are you cubana"?  and I said yupppp. he said, from mi-a-mi??? and i said, damn straight! LOL! we laughed and talked for 15 min b/c he's from puerto rico. Super nice guy and so nice to meet someone as nice and welcoming and heart warming as my cubans from miami. love it here.

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G R.

San Francisco, CA

2 star rating
1/1/2009

What is management thinking?  Raise prices to the point they drive daily customers away.  Well that's what they did with me.  

I used to hit the store several times a week and now its way too expensive, for the prices they charge I rather go to Whole Foods (can't wait for the Whole Foods to open in the Haight).

I support the concept of buying only local products and sustainability but thats a poor excuse for hiking the prices.

The only up side is the cheese and salami selection, when they go I am gone.

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J A.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
Updated - 7/27/2008

They absolutely do make the best chocolate chip cookies...Oatmeal Chocolate Chip. Soft, gooey, delicious, It's like crack for babies.

After buying lunch, as an afterthought, of I almost forgot this bag of cookies.

I approach the counter to buy them.

Cashier: "That will be six forty five please."

Me: "I think these are the best cookies ever, don't you think so?"
(cashier sarcastically glares back)

Me: " I guess you're sick of hearing that."

Cashier: (says honestly) "Yeah, I kinda am." (smiles)

Me: " I understand, there are certain things I get asked a lot all the time ."

Me: " I know! You know what? Would this make it better? Dude, these are the shittiest cookies I ever had. But for some damn reason I keep coming back for these shitty cookies."

Cashier: (laughs) "Don't tell the chef about that." (points to pastry chef working busily in the background, fussing with a sheetcake)

Me: Good I've made you laugh, now I'm gonna go get some milk to go with my shitty cookies.

Cashier: (laughs again) "You're cute, hope you have a good day."

Yes. These are the shittiest cookies I ever had.

Go to Delessio's and be disappointed.

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  • 5 star rating
    4/7/2007

    It was my first time there today and I LOVE IT.
    I like how the layout has sweet and savory assorted.… Read more »

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T M.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
4/3/2009

The chocolate chip cookies are soooooo good!  It's hard to resist eating an entire bag in a day.  

I agree, the tres leches cake used to be better a year ago and it's more creamy than light.  The cupcakes are also more dry than they used to be.  Still, the desserts are good overall and the staff is helpful.

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Amy L.

San Francisco, CA

1 star rating
Updated - 10/8/2008

Delessio, you are now OVERPRICED!!!!

I am writing this review with extreme sadness in my heart:  This USED to be my favorite lunch hangout, and now I fear I will never dine here again.

Here's the deal:  the hot & cold salad bars, which generally have delicious dishes to choose from, used to be about $8.50-.75 lb.  This is the upper range of what I'm willing to spend on lunch, but I did it because I loved the variety and found the dishes tasty.

But just a few days ago, I walked into the Market/Valencia St. location and saw that they have suddenly upped the price to $12.50 lb!!!!  They are claiming that this is because they've converted all their food to locally grown and farmed.  Looking around the buffet, the same dishes as always greeted my eyes, except when I tasted my lunch (which rang up at almost $16!!!  I used to pay only about $10-11), it was dried out, overcooked, and told me right off the bat that it'd been sitting around a long time on that buffet.

So, in case my writing's been convoluted and you haven't been able to follow, I'm saying that I just paid a LOT more money for something that tasted far INFERIOR to what I used to get here.

Ugh.

I'm so mad.  And I'm apparently not alone.  I complained about the price hike to the guy who rang me up, and he rolled his eyes and said that they were losing a lot of customers because of it, I wasn't the first to complain by any stretch of the imagination!  I'm glad to know that the rest of the world hasn't lost its mind and decided that it's reasonable to pay much more for the same thing, or as it happens to be, something of lower discernible quality!!!

Delessio, what were you thinking?!!  Do you WANT to go out of business??   Have you NOTICED that there's a recession going on around you, and possibly even a financial depression???

I for one won't be giving Delessio my business anymore.  I felt like I was going to choke on that food for how much it cost!!  It is, in short, ridiculous!!  So, my dear ex-favorite lunch spot, SO LONG AND GOOD LUCK!!!

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  • 4 star rating
    2/16/2007

    A welcome addition to the new gourmet foods ghetto errupting on the block between Broderick and… Read more »

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Samantha o.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
9/23/2008

AHHHHHHH! OMG! I am so in heaven.

mini cupcakes--bought 3, and tried to save them for tomorrow. FAILED.

so goooood!

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Seong P.

San Francisco, CA

4 star rating
5/30/2008

Someone mangled the name of this place so I thought they were trying to say "delicioso" which would be a cheesey name for anything food related.  Stupid names make me not want to go to places.

Luckily, we were nearby and I saw from the sign on the window that it was really Delessio.  That's acceptable.  It was about 4pm and we were hungry but we had dinner plans at 8:30 so we didn't want to eat too much.  There were lots of options like mac n cheese, rotisserie chickens, salads, desserts and deli meats.  We opted for the cuban sandwich and it was delicious.  Juicy pork and ham with melted cheese and some kind of aioli on a nice roll.  It might've been heavy for one person but it was great between two.

I also picked up a lactose and dairy free coffee chocolate ice cream that I tried later after dinner.  I know it doesn't sound right but it was really good and my stomach did not hurt me.

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David D.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
5/22/2008

Sure, they have a full spread of desserts, but they have hot and cold buffets as well.  

After a neighborhood restaurant told us basically they didn't have any of the food on their menu, we walked over to Delessio to see what was available.  The nice thing about a hot food take-out is that everything you see is cooked and ready  to go.  No menu mismatches.  Just put it in a box and pay $9.93 a pound.  

We picked up some salad, Thai chicken, long green beans, kale and cabbage, polenta, and ham quiche.  2 of us filled up for $18.38.  There were tables and chairs inside, napkins and compostable potato starch utensils, with an odd 1950s station on the sound system.  

Compostable potato starch utensils.  Will we start calling these potatoware?

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sarah d.

San Francisco, CA

4 star rating
7/10/2009

i had an hour to kill after i got my number from the DMV, so i wandered over to get coffee at peet's but i was more hungry than thirsty. So i went into the market and found the bakery/deli/salad bar/dessert bar of DeLessio's and was in awe... tiny little place but super cute. Like a dream if you walk in at the right time in the afternoon where the sun hits the chocolate decadence's at the right angle. Everything looked divine but i only had a salad (salad bar is $9.99/lbs!!!), but it was delish and it keeps you from over indulging since its so expensive... which is actually a nice thing.  they have a small lot for parking.. but street parking during DVM hours is hard, so go on fridays...lol

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Autumn K.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
6/2/2008

Maybe four stars on a regular day but today I happened to be well into the black hole of PMS and that sugary buffet of sweets they had on display was enough to give me a visual sugar fix. I left with one small treat and I was more than satisfied. It's pretty amazing when the sights and smells of magnificent sweets are enough to pacify an hysterical premenstrual nut job jonesing for an entire chocolate cake and a side of creme brulee.

I also happen to be an UNfan of the DeLessio on Market and this outpost knocks their presentation out of the park. Everything here looks more appetizing, seems more lovingly made, and is honestly easier to identify because it doesn't look all Moulin-Rouge inside this shop (the Market Street store is awfully dark).

I already liked Falletti but now I think I might be in love.

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becca w.

Sausalito, CA

5 star rating
7/7/2008

I am a lucky, lucky girl. Was recently the recipient of desserts from Delessio's and all I can say is holy cow, how did I not know of this place before?

So all you men out there, if you really want to knock the socks off a girl, this is definitely the way to go.  I got to try an amazing meringue concoction (a crispy perfectly baked meringue disc topped with tart-sweet lemon curd and a sprinkling of fruit) and an awe-inspiringly decadent chocolate cake filled with a rich vanilla cream that tasted like it had a hint of moscarcpone blended in.  I stopped in the next day to see what else was on offer, and picked up a couple of cupcakes that most definitely did not survive more than a couple of blocks before being devoured.  Apparently I am both shameless and gluttonous.

Honestly, it's probably for the best that I don't live in the vicinity (so if you see me here prowling the aisles and sheepishly loading baked goods into my cart, please send me packing back to my own 'hood...)  But now that I know of its existence, I'm already plotting excuses to drive by and get another fix.

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Ronnie T.

San Francisco, CA

2 star rating
2/16/2009

The cupcakes are divine; fresh, flavorful and the perfect little bite for a sweet tooth. I also had some food from the hot bar.  While it was a little pricey & heavy (on the greasy side) it was indeed tasty.  On another occasion I had a breakfast pastry and it was great.  

So I went back to order a cake for a very special party.  We ordered the same type of cake that we had previously ordered from their Market street location; the first time around the cake made my guests practically have chocolate-gasms from the fabulousness of it.  But this time around I was so disappointed with the cake.  Granted it was pretty, but it tasted absolutely TERRIBLE because it was so hard and dry.  I was so let down, it was a cake for a very special party and instead of being  a high point it was quite frankly embarrassing.  Never have I had a cake made to order that tasted stale like this.  A couple of my guests took me to the side and told me I had better call the bakery and tell them about the cake. Talk about embarrassing.

I called and spoke to the manager who originally offered me store credit.  I insisted on getting my money back and he agreed.  

Again, such a disappointment given previous experiences.  Also a disappointed given the prices, they are not cheap.

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matthew r.

San Francisco, CA

4 star rating
6/2/2008

It's a Falletti Foods and a Delessio all smooshed together, and there's a peets in there too. I'm all confused.

But the bread pudding and the 'bubble wrap' chocolate with peanut brittle are AMAZING. that much is clear to me now.

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Jules G.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
1/28/2009

Gotta love Delessio's Farmers Market buffet for $9.99 / lb:

lots of hot and cold menu items change on a daily basis, including yummy sliders, grilled meats and all the fresh veggies a good diet requires...

The salad bar has large wooden bowls and salad utensils, so you can dress & mix your salad right there.
Everything looks fresh - and everything I tried within the last couple of days was TASTY!

Compostable utensils and cups help the environment - plus, the outside tables get sun from late morning to late afternoon.

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jay e.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
12/19/2008

I am so happy this place is now in m hood. I can be so tired and run in for 5 minutes and grab a yummy whole roast free range chicken, some gormet mac and cheese, and a little arugala salad and have an amazing dinner for 2 for pretty cheap. the customer service makes all the difference as well. as fancy as it is the people working there are always friendly and seem to like what they sell. no attitude. being a small business owner I really react well to friendly service.
AMAZING selection of cheeses, cookies, and chocolate. perfect for picnic day in the park. yum yum

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John C.

San Francisco, CA

3 star rating
10/14/2008

Really good food, but REALLY over priced (I agree with other posters).

 Since they jacked up the prices on the Hot food bar, I have not been back.  Someone mentioned that they were talking about having a special for those of us that are not rich, good idea.  I have an even better one, why not have half price on all the ready food (that normally gets thrown away) at the last 45 minutes of each day of business?  I would go often if they did!   Just my two cents............

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