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Atherton, CA

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August 2006

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941 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 951-0505

Tandoori Mahal  

Categories: Indian, Buffets, Pakistani
Neighborhood: Financial District

4 star rating
 5/25/2009  
Hey! This has been in my To-Try bookmarks for a bit, and I just realized that I went with my team at work for lunch there on Friday!

I've had some disappointing buffet Indian food, but this wasn't any of it. Good value for the money.

The staff was almost too eager to accommodate us shuffling to increasingly larger tables as more of our crew came in.

My main disappointment was that I realized that I had no idea how to eat most of it. It's one thing if it's just me or me and some fellow Philistines cramming food in our food holes, but when eating with people actually from India it's another thing entirely. Must do some research and visit more buffets, for practice.

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2301 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 294-7886

Falafel's Drive In  

Category: Middle Eastern

5 star rating
 5/9/2009  
Okay, so it's been a while since Monica and I went, and I've now had, it seems, sufficient time to ruminate on the experience. Conclusion: the effect that freshness has on quality cannot be overstated, and our delicious little balls seemed pretty freaking fresh. No nonsense going on here: a manageable menu full of tasty, unassuming things, provided quickly and at a good price.

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888 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 322-1959

Jeffrey's Hamburgers  

Categories: Burgers, American (Traditional)

4 star rating
 4/24/2009  
Surprisingly  pleasant, not overwrought burger joint. Not spectacular, but solid. I'm not certain, but I think you may not have a better place to go for burgers in Menlo Park (though someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

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22 SW 3rd Ave
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 241-4704

Voodoo Doughnut  

Category: Donuts
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Old Town

5 star rating
 4/24/2009  
You have to go: all your friends mentioned the maple bacon bar before your trip, or you read about it in Chuck Palahniuk's Portland book, or a trillion positive reviews just can't be wrong, or you're getting a spur-of-the-moment doughnut-themed marriage: you have no choice, so it doesn't matter what I say here.

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868 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 593-3895

Wichcraft  

Category: Sandwiches
Neighborhood: SOMA

4 star rating
 4/22/2009  
Well, I don't come for the food. I come for coffee happy hour (4-6pm, half-price caffeine) and proper happy hour (5-7pm, $2? beer), and a surprisingly good soundtrack (Neutral Milk Hotel? Not something I expect to hear in a cafe, particularly in the wasteland near the mall). My experiences with the employees have always been unanticipatedly pleasant--noteworthily so--and that counts for a lot.

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2 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 399-1565

Citizen Cupcake - CLOSED 

Categories: Bakeries, Coffee & Tea
Neighborhoods: Union Square, SOMA

3 star rating
 3/16/2009  
It was a cute nook. What a weird place for it! I found comfort in knowing that there were cupcakes looming overhead if I needed an escape from ground-level Market Street. I don't need Citizen Cupcake specifically, but I hope them or someone else finds another off-the-main-path nook to fill with a cafe.

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Seward St & Douglass St
San Francisco, CA 94114

Seward Street Slides  

Categories: Parks, Local Flavor

5 star rating
 3/16/2009  
I smashed a fingernail. Kyle put a couple weeks of scrapes on his hands. I took a spill and met some dirt. Before going down the slides you pick up a fast-looking piece of cardboard from the ground, or, if you're an expert or stupid, bring your own and cover it in wax paper. Someone had brought a lamp to the park and just left it. These are reasons why these slides are awesome.

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1376 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 665-1821

M's Cafe  

Category: Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhood: Inner Sunset

5 star rating
 9/27/2008  
Christ, the burger weighed a pound. 1 pound. Noah and Shahin had the breakfast special--pancakes, eggs, hash browns, bacon--which was significant--a good meal--but not nearly so epic as that giant burger.

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3193 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 641-5056

El Patio Restaurant  

Category: Latin American
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights

4 star rating
 8/22/2008  
Good price for a good burrito. Is that the average burrito price for their neck of the woods? I'll have to visit more often.

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24 S Park St
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 495-0409

Mexico au Parc  

Category: Mexican
Neighborhood: SOMA

3 star rating
 8/1/2008  
It's lucky to exist on such a cute block, and seemingly be the most affordable, least thought-intensive food on said block. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm partial to South Park rather than anywhere on South Park.

It's a nice looking business and I ate there on a nice day and had a perfectly adequate burrito, so I wasn't particularly annoyed when I felt forgotten for minutes while an employee was apparently waiting for my cheese to melt or something?.

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5 Compliments

  • Don B.
    You're Funny

    You had to go. And it was worth it. :)

  • Sandie S.
    Hot Stuff

    Mmmmmm, you have convinced me! This is where I am going to head right now!

  • Patricia A.
    Thank You

    Pretty sure that Red's is out of business now, but they did have damn cheap… More »

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