Moishe's Pippic
- Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: No
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: No
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: No
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Lunch
- Alcohol: None
52 reviews
Neighborhood: Hayes Valley
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87 Reviews for Moishe's Pippic
The Chicago-style hot dog I had here did not blow me away. For the same $6, I could be in sausage heaven at Rosemunde in Haight or Dittmer's in the south bay . However, it has potential and the people were nice. I'd go back and try a Reuben since it sounds like the sandwiches are where it's at.
Short on decor, long on personality. A good place for a deli sandwich, they call it Chicago-style, not too different from NY-style either. (this may be sacrilige to say, just how it seemed). I got a Reuben the size of my head, it was simple and good.
You're not going to leave hungry. You're also not going to leave drunk -- no beer or alcohol. You're also not going to leave in the dark, because this is lunch only.
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Even though they say Chicago-style, Moishe's would hold up in a NY taste test. They pile the meat on high (you know...where you have to adjust the meat to the edges otherwise you can't bite into it), the corned beef is melt-in-your mouth yummy, they have half sours and the old guys behind the counter are hysterical. And they have Doc Browns. What more do you really need to know?
Okay, so if you find yourself in San Francisco and in need of neon green relish, this is your place. They make a mean Chicago style hot dog right down to the Sport Peppers. They even have Dr. Browns soda (which I admit isn't as hard to find as it used to be, but hey it goes great with a dog). A bonus: they sell neon green relish and sport peppers by weight, a real treat to take home.
The outward appearance of Moishe's isn't a lot to look at but they have the right kind of neon and signs in the window. The few times I've been there I've gotten my orders to go, but the interior is decorated with Chicago sports paraphernalia so one may be tempted to linger.
The dogs and soda, delicious. The price tag? about $8 for the meal. That feels a little steep, but if you're from Chicago and need your fix...this is your place.
This is kind of a great Jewish-feeling deli that is super expensive and only takes cash. They have good sandwiches that definitely come like they do in NYC - heaping piles of meat and so much substance that they're hard to eat. I think that the special sandwiches are the best, especially the hot sandwiches, and the atmosphere is very authentic (although I think they're Italians from Chicago, but whatever). Tons of Chicago paraphernalia all over the walls. I was very heartened that they are super clean and hygienic - my guy washed his hands before making my sandwich. Closed on Sundays and be sure to bring lots of cash. No credit cards accepted.
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Chicago natives-welcome home!!!
I heard about this place from co-workers and accidentally stumbled upon it riding past it on my way to Crepevine. I spy a Vienna hot dog sign and all of a sudden, I'm transported back to childhood. Enter the decor of Moishe's.
There's Chicago memorabilia all over the walls from various sports teams and simple diner style tables and chairs. Not much to look at with a smattering of business men and there in this tiny box of a joint but you didn't come here to look good and be look at did you? 'course not-you're at Moishe's.
The corned beef is so hot and juice, gosh I'm drooling thinking about... Soup is a wonderful thing here, as is their specials of the day. Remember to pay for your Reuben and Dr. Brown's on your way out as they don't accept money before the meal is complete. Awesome guys there are and the food is just kick-ass!
Do not like their chicken liver sandwich. The chopped liver has very little taste and bread is meh.
Neither my dining companion or I were impressed by breakfast.
Blitz: eatable
Lox and Bagel: Lox were okay not fabulous, bagel was poor, and there were no capers.
I will possibly edit after having lunch here.
Hubby's hot pastrami on rye was amazing - light and fluffy and almost delicate. My matzo ball soup was also light and fluffy and quite good. The atmosphere leaves something to be desired but the guys behind the counter are really sweet. It kind of makes you want to give them a pillsbury dough boy tickle in their pippic.
Do it. Go. Get the West 57th.
That's the hot pastrami with chopped liver. They slice the sandwich meat right there in front of you, not using that folded up crap that's been barely refrigerated. Here's why it's so good: Instead of mayonnaise, they spread meat onto the rye bread. Sound good? It is. There's mustard, too.
It is pretty expensive -- something like $9 for my sandwich, side and pickle -- but it's so huge it's hard to eat, which makes it even more enjoyable.
I'm not asking you to eat here every day. Just try it.
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Sandwiches = good
Sides = good
Drinks = cool selection
Atmosphere = reminds me of Jersey. No idea...just does.
Prices = a bit on the high-end, but still affordable. Bring cash though!!!
So, being from Chicago, I'm happy to see a place that sells Vienna Beef Hot Dogs and other products. Especially when you can have a Vienna Beef Hot Dog on a Poppy Seed bun! Tell me where you can get Poppy Seed buns in Norcal (PLEASE!) They also sell everything Deli style for home cooking. The problem is the price. $5.75 for a hot dog.. Ouch your killing me, I mean ok we are in Norcal and there is no alternative, and the alternative places that are selling sub-par hot dogs are charging just as much, but hey, I guess it beats a ticket back to Chicago to get my favorite 2 dogs, fries and a coke for $3.
I guess I've been spoiled, but until Norcal gets invaded by Chicago-style hot dog stands, I guess I'm stuck with Moishe's Pippic.
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A pippic is yiddish for a belly button, no? After doing without my favorite mid-west deli for years (Manhattan Deli on Ingersoll in Des Moines Iowa), I finally found a place that can make a decent corned beef and chicken liver sandwich. Get your tuches in there.
I'm a Chicagoan who spends a lot of time in SF, and I try to hit Moishe's most every time I'm in town, especially as it's a short walk from the Main Library. They use Vienna Beef, which is the standard Chicago Style choice and a quality maker of meats.I love the pastrami and corned beef and especially prefer the StateLake, which is a pastrami/corned beef combo. The macaroni salad is a tasty touch for a simple side. I haven't tried the Chicago style dog yet, so I can't comment on that.
The atmosphere is thankfully un-ritzy, which is a nice break from the flashy Hayes Valley scene. There's just the same two guys behind the counter who've been doing this for years. I get a kick out of staring at the busy walls, full of Chicago sports and (to a lesser degree) history memorabilia (although they have an imbalance of Bears and Bulls--both frozen in the Ditka/Jordan eras, of course--compared to Cubs/Sox stuff). They also have the amazingly cheesy yet lovable poster offering a rendering of a massive Vienna Beef hot dog dwarfing the Chicago skyline.
Made a stop at Moishe's Pippic (Mose's belly button) for some pastrami sandwiches for lunch. Food was pretty good but a bit pricey for the quantity. I would definitely go back to try the beef brisket sandwich (served only on Fridays). Also just a heads up, they are cash only.
The guys running this place are charming and affable, and they give you exactly what you'd expect from the menu: meat-centric, traditional Jewish deli sandwiches. The quality is great, and if you're in the mood for it this is a perfect lunch stop.
Downside: A $10 sandwich is kinda pricey, and they're closed on weekends. Still, go the extra mile to check it out. It's worth it.
I love Moishe's. How can you not love this shrine to the greatest city in the world (Chicago)? They know my signature sandwich and make it perfectly every time (I wash it down with a Doc Browns).
Pastrami
Turkey
Swiss Cheese
Russian Dressing
Mustard
*EDIT: Holy garbage batman..so i decided to give this spot another try after my first review. I decided to try the maxwell street polish. On eof the most basic dogs to make.
Pan fried polish sausage
Sauteed onions
Heap of Mustard
On steamed poppy seed bun
The dog was horrific!! Oheecchhh! OK brazilian guy..don't give me the we have been here 23 years so we must be great story. A lot of crap places and people are in buisness for a while for almost no apparent reason....get over yourself.
So the Polish sausage was terrible tasting. The onions were steamed without flavor. and the mustard was a little dash below my dog. I could barely taste anything.
Another $ 6 rip off. Here's the best part the most expensive dog they had was $9.50. What the fuck!! Are you crazy? Is that dog laced with coke and will it make me orgasm? It better for $9. OK it is official. This place sucks bad. Not even really chicago style. BLAH!!*
Moishe's Pippic....Highway robbery!!! $6 for a dog that should be less than $3. The owner Non-Chicagoan (actually Brazilian) dishing out Chicago style food who admittedly only CLAIMS to be Chicago style to be different and suck money away from unknowing San Franciscan's. BAD MAN!!!
I chose the closest thing to a Portillo's dog I could find. The "Wrigleyville" They served my "Wrigleyville Dog" pretty close to authentic Chicago (portillo's) not Wrigleyville, but lacking in the details:
Radioactive green relish: Check
Chunky onions: check
2 peppers: check
2 tomato halves: check
Mustard: check
Poppy seed bun: check
Vienna all beef hot dog : double check. (two dogs one bun)
So what's missing you ask?
Celery salt
Fat tomatoes
Onions and Radioactive relish leaking its stinky radioactive goodness all over the place
Big ass pickle spear
Mustard mustache from healthy helping of mustard
Soft steamed poppy seed bun....microwaved for efficiency...booo!!
Condiments on the table to drown my dog in processed condiments to complete my intoxication. Like any true Chicagoan.
If I'm shelling out $6.00 for something I know should cost me $3 at the most then you better have ALL the details not just right...ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!! I don't care if you're a deli just as much as you don't care about pricing your food appropriately you should get it right!!
Of course it is hard to get it right if you are NOT EVEN FROM CHICAGO OR HAVE EVER BEEN TO CHICAGO!! Your from freak'n Brazil!!! And have NEVER even been to CHICAGO. The owner admitted that the whole Chicago Style thing is pure marketing to fool the masses and that he is from Brazil and has NEVER been to Chicago!!. LIAR liar pants on FIRE!!!!!!
In the end if you are filthy rich, have nothing to do with your time and money and want to see what a Chicago dog is not..check it out. If you are a Chicagoan and miss home, are filthy rich, and don't know what to do with your time or money then check it out.
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A bit on the pricey side for what you get, but it's the only place in the neighborhood to get good lox. It really is yummy, as is the pastrami. Unfortunately, the bagels are not fresh or homemade...if only we could combine Moishe's lox and Katz's or Noah's Bagels....yummy yum yum!
Decor is your typical no-frills deli with tons of Chi-town memorabilia.
Oh, and they have Dr. Brown's sodas in the bottle. Yummmmmmm. And after your lox, you can pop right over to Blue Bottle Coffee around the corner. That's good stuff!
I came with a craving for a Chicago style hot dog. I wound up ordering a hot dog with sauteed onions and mustard (the Maxwell, $3.50). The all-beef steamed hot dog (meat) was very good but I was disappointed by the warmed poppyseed bun (too soft) and the onions (too soft and they would have been better caramelized or grilled). The order came quickly, so nothing was cooked to order.
I did like the no nonsense, no frills aura of the place and the Chicago memorabilia but the place could exert some more effort to make their dogs better. I'm not expecting something fancy (it wouldn't fit with their no frills deli feel) but I'm asking for a more authentic/better Chicago style hot dog. Hot dog eateries (e.g., Fatt Dog, Whats Up Dog, Underdog, Rosamunde) seem to be rising in popularity, but this town still needs a great Chicago style hot dog. I would like to see this place do well since it's obviously a small business.
Cash only.
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I've made several (futile) attempts at finding a good hot pastrami on rye, and I either get someone that has the pastrami - but not the rye, or their sandwich is just horrendous, because they don't heat up the pastrami.
Maybe I'm just longing for the Jewish delis in the midwest - so I thought I'd try Moishe's Pippic, since some of the reviews have gone on and on about how good the pastrami tastes! (By the by - if you're ever in St. Louis, try to get over to Carl's Deli for their excellent sandwiches.)
The good news - they do Pastrami right. Piled high, served hot on rye bread with just enough mustard. Very good and filling.
The not-so-good news - the potato salad isn't mustard-y enough for my tastes.
Still, it warmed the cockles of my heart (the sub-cockles, too) to find a good Jewish deli in the City. And I think that Kellie P. would appreciate the bagel and lox.
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Nu, how do I explain Moishe's Pippic? I'm a Jewish Chicagoan, so I came in with certain expectations about this place, having heard so much already. I haven't had a Chicago style hot dog in a long time, so I was hankering for one and was in there area. The inside is great, Chicago posters and epherma line the walls and it really does remind me of home. Not that a single place in Chicago has any of that stuff on the walls, but it works here in, um, well, not-Chicago (so as not to limit its effectiveness to just SF). The staff was very friendly and prompt in serving my food. I ordered a Chicago-style hot dog with everything on it and was told I could pay after I ate.
The hot dog was good enough, a steamed Vienna Beef frank, but the entire assembly wasn't up to par. A quintessential Chicago style hot dog is 'dragged through the garden.' It doesn't have bits of pickle and tomato on it, it has big hulking pickle spears and good sized tomato wedges. Neon green sweet relish is abundant, onions can be included, mustard is must, ketchup is forbidden, sport peppers are great, and celery salt should be ample. All this should be held in a warm poppy seed bun.
A few failing points for Moishe's here. For one, the bun wasn't big enough, so the hot dog stuck out a good bit, meaning that part of the dog could not be enjoyed with the salad that is supposed to top it. For another, the pickles and tomatoes were small and the celery salt was basically not there. I liked it mostly because I haven't had one in a while, but it wasn't stellar. This would have been fine if it was a Chicago style price (no more than $3), but it wasn't it as $6.25, which is borderline corned beef on rye territory.
Overall, Moishe Pippic is an ok Chicago-style deli with decent but not great hot dogs (I have yet to try the rest of the menu, which I'll do eventually). They are really over priced, but I guess that would be the San Francisco high cost of living element coming into it, or them just jacking up their prices. In the end though, they don't even hold a faint candle to the greatest Chicago-style hot dog place in the world, Hot Doug's (http://www.yelp.com/bi...), but the come close to some of the mediocre place in the Windy City.
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Here is a case where for once Yelpers turned me off a place for a long time that I ended up adoring.
Back when i read the review for Moishe's they were mixed with a lot of people complaining about the prices.
I will grant them that and thats why i took one star out. But to say that the food is not worth it is SOOOOOOOO wrong
Since I have tried it I am literally having a rosbeef on rye there several times a week. The fresh roastbeef is UNBELIEVABLE and the bread is fresh and yummy as they come. Would I advise them to change the lettuce ? Yeah but so many sandwhich places use that dreadful iceberg lettuce anyway I just take it out.
And who doesn't love the pickle on the side ? I have not tried anything else yet coz I am so addicted to the roastbeef/rye but I surely will at some point coz so much looks appetizing.
It is a cute place with very friendly people and extremely fresh sandwiches. Slightly overpriced but totally worth at least trying.
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If what you want is pastrami and corned beef, this is the place to go. The menu reads like the Spam sketch by Monty Python -- *every* sandwich has pastrami, corned beef, and additional extra things. They didn't have any coffee the day we were there, which is also a pretty big problem. The food was very good but not exceptional, and overpriced by San Francisco standards. If you have some kind of sentimental attachment to traditional deli food maybe you'll love here, but as somebody with no cultural background in it, it was just overpriced and not very interesting sandwiches.
Dahling, Dahling I am from Florida and I know Jews and Matzo Balls betta than anyone. Actually I was so in love with a Jew once that I considered learning Yiddish. Then that whole O'Shea's bar thing happened and I knew I could never marry a man with such a small penis. I digress
I can't live with out lox and bagels, yummy! They have the best lox and bagels . Fresh lox, sweet red onion and tomato on a bagel is heaven. Even better they make the wait for Beau bearable, he always gets a huge hunk of corned beef. I love Moishe!
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noticing 23 memorabilia..chicago style deli presumed....offerings of sandwich, dogs 'n' special more...meal costing shy over $ten to nearin' $fifteen....sizeable "man" sandwich, sissy pickle 'n' a drink......no frills sandwich..wanting as-is...for first experience....mostly meats 'n' mustard betweeen two breads...pickin' of breads....taking the roll to be safe....disappointment of miniture pickle.....pickles come smaller in chicago?.....'frig" of can sodas, bottled juices 'n' bottled water the only choices....but, leaving one wanting a refill fountain soda station to wash down salty pastrami meats.....a second disappointment...
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I'm giving 2 stars b/c i have had only one item here - maybe the matzo is gold. i hope so. otherwise its a drug front because this bagel encounter was absolutely ridiculous.
It was a bagel with cream cheese and it just outright sucked.
Only one side had cream cheese.
And I got a total of a tbsp of cream cheese.
A regular bagel & cream cheese is $2.00
I asked for some onion & tomato.
That was an extra dollar and what I got was literally one big slice of mealy MEALY tomato and 4 slices/strips of onion.
I was really hungry but only ate half
& I was the ONLY customer in there at 10am so it wasn't as if the man was rushed.
The guy at the counter was kind enough and said hello but I will not be wasting $3.25 here again.
Welcome to Coffee Tawk, I'm your host Linda Richman. On this show, we tawk about coffee, Chicawgo and New Yawk, dawters, something to nibble on... y'know, no big whoop.
Well...my temperamental hairdresser Mr. Bruce canceled my appointment this afternoon in a huff because he ran out of my favorite hairspray, Breck with Extra Body. To alleviate my stress over my bouffant...or rather the lack thereof, I walked the streets and had a recurrence of shpilkes in my genecktageesoink.
And then I saw it... Moishe's Pippic. It was like a call from the homeland. Papa...can you hear me? I was so weak with hungah that I broke a nail. I couldn't even open the door I was so peckish, y'know what I mean...so I stared through the glass. I was hoping that Robert Redford would offer me a million dollars but instead a queen from Colma asked me to move away from the door. Evidently I put on some weight, and I've been trying so hard. I'm at my wit's end.
But it was nothing that the $7.95 Skokie Swift couldn't cure. Chopped livuh with schmaltz and onion with a side of potato salad. Oy...you should try the noshes... a little latke, a little knish. Only $2.75...a steal if you should pardon the expression. And such a nice servuh. Cute as a bug. It's like a pistil in my scheinel ponnum. A scheina cup. Mitin drinin dura hommelginnum homelmitzvah etzel betzel tookel hyam yenkel sem out my kyahh. I think I'm verklempt...
(Gasp) Talk amongst yourselves...Duran Duran is neither a Duran nor a Duran. Discuss....There, much bettah... So you must try Moishe's Pippic. You must take your mommala...even though her condo is starting to smell from old lady. But Barbra would love it here. Have you seen her nails? Like buttah. I think I'm getting verklempt again...
FOOD - 4 stars...Hmmmm....good
AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...like Aunt Sylvia's condo in Miami...may she rest in peace
SERVICE - 4 stars...so nice, like buttah
TOTAL - 4 stars...in the words of Miss Barbra Joan Streisand..."SHUT THE F%$# UP!...and try this place...couldn't hoit"
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My brother and I got hot dogs. Pure Vienna Beef, yes! Taste of Chicago? Nah. 3/10 on the dogs, sadly. Aside from using the right kind of sausage they fail to make their hot dog remarkable. While the burly men behind the counter sure look as if they have some passing knowledge of where Lakeshore Drive might be, the owners are not from Chicago or anywhere near it and what they know about a good Chicago hot dog is nothing.
Won't be going back to try a sandwich so long as Miller's East Coast West is doing that right.
Wow....I am doling out the stars tonight...
So Moishe's puts me in the "way back" machine to my grad-school years in Evanston / Chicago. A friendly owner / sandwich maker behind the counter encouraging you to sit down / eat and relax.
The corned beef is spot on as is pretty much any thing your deli-heart desires. A shame San Francisco is short on Jewish-ness, it truly is...but Moishe's does it's part to up the matzo quotient.
Whoops - now I find out they don't ahve kosher. A word to the wise ;-)
Go, try...you'll like...
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My friend Bill and I have taken on a mighty quest. We seek the ring...err..no...ummm...by "ring", I meant "best Pastrami sandwich"...in Mordor...er...sorry...San Francisco.
Our quest started at Miller's East West Deli a month or so ago. Hmmm...not so much. The gentleman taking our order was friendly and joked along with us there, but their Pastrami was just OK and their Latke's were more like fried mashed potatoes than true shredded-potato latkes.
In comes the Pippic. Down there yesterday with Bill and my bud Michael, we were very pleasantly surprised. Located just off Gough on Hayes, in the heart of Hayes Valley, Moishe's is a pretty classic deli. Little atmosphere other than the piles of Chicago posters and memorabilia on the walls, this is not a place for romance.
The owner took our order promptly and welcomingly and was willing to work with me when I asked him if the Pastrami was fatty. His cautious response of "That depends...what do you want?" enabled him to give me the right response if I was a West Coaster looking for super-lean Pastrami or an East Coaster not wanting his Pastrami sullied by too much meat. When I said "fatty", he checked and verified that he could fill my request.
I kept it simple on this visit and both Bill and I had hot Pastrami on Rye with mustard and a pickle on the side. The sandwiches are piled pretty darned high with richly flavored (and fatty if you want it) Pastrami sliced nice and thin. The mustard was a good complement, but they should consider putting it on the tables as well so people could add a little here or there if they so choose...just a suggestion.
Washing this down, Bill had a nice West Coastie Calistoga and I went all in for my New York flashback and got the Yoohoo...mmmm...I gladly submit to our new Yoohoo masters.
All in all, I'd say that if you're looking for a GREAT East Coast-style Pastrami sandwich here in San Francisco, Moishe's is your place.
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Oy vey! The best hot pastrami I've ever had!
Such an authentic Jewish deli, it's been here forever and makes you feel like you're in Chicago or NY. The latkes are delicious, the hot pastrami on rye is to DIE for. The rye is soft and delicious, pastrami is fatty and flavorful just as it should be. The prices here are just fine for the wonderful food that you get, I love this place. All I need is to come back a few ore times so I can try there rest of the menu...
I'd say that this is possibly the best Jewish deli (of the 5 that there are) in town.
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Jewish Deli? Does this Chi-Town version beat out their NY shvesters? Is the meat tender? Do you get enough? Do you actually put mustard on that thing? Should you get a cream soda?
Awh and VEY! Who cares? Go Goyem. Bring the Ganse Mishpochah. Nosh. L'Chiam. Repeat.
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I haven't been here, and I apologize to anyone who has a problem with that. I just wanted to share something. To my understanding, "pippic" means bellybutton in Yiddish. So this place is called Moise's bellybutton.
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Basic no-frills Jewish-style deli, old and run down feeling and dark inside, all in a good way. It's heavily Chicago themed and you can imagine you're a bad boy in the 1950s next to a big factory. The counter men are stocky and gruff and lovable, and don't say any more than they have to.
For all that my sandwich was only decent. Okay hot corned beef, lots of it sliced thin, on rye bread that passed the inspection, mustard, a pickle.
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Oy.
Haven't eaten there yet. You know why? Because they're closed on Sunday! Tried to call to make sure they were open, and it went to what sounded like an answering machine with no outgoing message. We had to find their hours in an sfgate article.
What kind of self-respecting Jewish deli is closed on Sunday???
I will update when I try the food.
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Ok fine: meh.
I will admit that I'm not an expert on the Chicago deli experience. It is nice to have these little midwest and east-coast holdouts here in the land of avocados and sprouts.
However, for a 10$ sandwich (make that 11$ if you tip), I expect to have my socks and shoes knocked clean off.
... one 11$ pastrami reuben later and my shoelaces weren't even loosened. It wasn't even grilled or toasted. Is that "chicago style"?
Whatever, I'd rather go to the Safeway deli on Market Street.
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Remember folks, it's a deli. You should crave it and that's all. Joe and company deliver here and have for at least 12 years that I remember. Mouthwatering brisket and pastrami. Matzo ball soup is basic and so delicious. Great potato and macaroni salads. Warm and friendly service and HUGE servings.
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Love Moishe's. Besides the fact that this december will be their 20th year in business in Hayes Valley (staying power in da hood), they make a great ruben and matzo ball soup that will make your jewish grandmother proud. I have seen in the past six years four diffrent people working behind the counter. There is almost always the same two men. They are both nice guys. The service reminds me of many years past, walking into a small town deli and knowing everyone's name. Really great energy. This place has it all Good, Fast, Cheap. I win!
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It's great to see so many good reviews on this deli. But I can only speak for the Matzoh Ball soup. Yum. It wasn't warmed up enough. Geesh I am my mother's daughter. But the balls were just the way grandma used to make um. Maybe they should call it a NY style deli. Chicago style Jewish deli? Well sure why not. Someone just made a comment to me the other day and I laughed. He said, "Hayes is a little slice of the east coast."
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