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"Don't you wish you were hot like me?"

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Location

San Francisco, CA

Yelping Since

October 2004

Things I Love

learning, atheism, science, ninjas, pho, iPhone, yelp, Darwin, cookies, dark chocolate, peanuts, Art

Find Me In

Soma, Marina, Mission

My Hometown

Reston, VA

My Blog Or Website

http://mike.stoppelman...

When I'm Not Yelping...

hunting rabbits

Why You Should Read My Reviews

Cause I'm Bling Bling.

My Second Favorite Website

http://www.friendfeed.com

The Last Great Book I Read

Biography of Andrew Carnegie

My First Concert

I hate concerts...

My Last Meal On Earth

unsalted peanuts, peanut sauce, jasmine rice and chicken.

Don't Tell Anyone Else But...

I heart medjool dates...

Current Crush

Jack S's sunglasses

Recent Reviews

297 Reviews

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SFO
San Francisco, CA 94128
(650) 821-8211

San Francisco International Airport  

Category: Airports

4 star rating
 7/3/2009  
I think SFO is pretty solid for me. I live in the Mission, so all I have to do is hop on a SFO bound train and I'm there in 30 minutes. Pretty awesome for like $6 bucks.

The food at most of the places in SFO is terrible. I really wonder how the spots are auctioned off but the quality seems overall to be sub 3 stars.

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27th and Douglass Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94131

Douglass Dog Park  

Category: Parks
Neighborhood: Noe Valley

5 star rating
 7/2/2009  
Great dog park in the hills of Noe Valley. I've come here with Darwin many times. He loves it. 5 stars from him so 5 stars from me. It's also enclosed so you don't have to worry about traffic running by etc...

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3991 17th St
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 864-9795

Orphan Andy's  

Category: Diners
Neighborhood: Castro

2 star rating
 6/18/2009  
I had the chocolate chip pancakes, two eggs, with bacon and sausage combo. Yeah, talk about a heart attack :). The bacon's life was destroyed after they left these sad pieces in the pan until they carbonized. I'd be embarrassed to serve bacon like this if I made it at home. The chocolate chip pancakes were like specialty's cookies on a larger scale. I was into them, but the butter on top was enough to make my heart skip a beat. Waitress was nice and friendly. I just didn't feel the meal and won't be back anytime soon :/.

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582 Washington
San Francisco, CA 94199
(415) 981-1500

Taverna Aventine  

Categories: Italian, Bars
Neighborhood: Financial District

4 star rating
 5/11/2009  
I've ended up here more and more as this place has become more popular among my friends for happy hours.

It's a nice space, no dance floor but still has redeemable qualities such as cute girls being there sometimes. No seriously, they have a nice interior and the floors splendid :).

Definitely a urban-yuppie crowd (I guess that's me if I like it). You can also join some special "I pay for membership at a bar" club here too. You get your own cubbyhole just like in elementary school, only this time it will cost you!

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845 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 777-5959

Sorabol Korean Restaurant  

Category: Korean
Neighborhoods: Union Square, SOMA

4 star rating
 5/11/2009  
I've rocked the chicken, the spicy pork, and the tofu stir fry here. I'm pretty happy with my choices and the quality. It's pretty well cooked and seems more healthy than a lot of my other lunch options. I wasn't into Korean food until recently. It was feeling like ground hog day here in SOMA and I needed to branch out. Sorabol has helped me on my quest and they're quick. The damage is alway 11 bucks. This is high-end mall here ladies and gentlemen, watch out :).

Solid choice for the Westfield.

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123 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 882-7355

Muffins, Muffins  

Categories: Bakeries, Sandwiches
Neighborhood: SOMA

4 star rating
 5/11/2009  
Wasn't really a fan of the Vietnamese sandwiches at other places I've tried them: Cafe Dolci or Latte Express. Both of those places use hard french bread that is borderline stale. The bread Muffins^2 uses isn't stale and the ladies are great sales ppl. They saw me poking in the window to investigate and asked me what I wanted :), I was weak and said sure. I got two sandwiches the spicy pork and chicken, both were pretty decent and sizable. I'll definitely head over here next time I'm in need of Vietnamese sandwiches.

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239 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 379-9008

Pho Clement  

Categories: Vietnamese, Chinese
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

2 star rating
 5/11/2009  
Mother's day, need pho, where to go? Clement Street, duh! We stop at Pho Clement. The folks working there were pleasant and service was fine. I just will have to pass on it next time, let me explain.

I had the x-large pho -- there is only a $1 difference between the small and hummer sized bowl of pho. Of course I had to super-size it :). The broth was so salty I had nightmares when I slept last night. This only happens when I eat super salty stuff like patxi's pizza which is mega salt laden as well.

So the real cost of x-large pho was much greater than the $7.50 I paid.

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217 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 693-9588

Murphy's Pub  

Category: Pubs
Neighborhoods: Nob Hill, Union Square

3 star rating
 4/5/2009  
Came in here with friends for some beers while they were waiting for the second part of the wedding.

Had the burger and cole slaw. I liked the slaw a lot. The burger was eh, mediocre. I was hungry and it wasn't very tasty. It was hard and the sides for it weren't that impressive. The onions and tomato needed life injected in them.

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2105 Chestnut St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 441-3232

Blue Barn Gourmet  

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Sandwiches, Cheese Shops
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

4 star rating
 4/5/2009 1 photo  
Definitely a solid ingredient sandwich. The cost is under 10 bones. They have a couple seats outside which is key for gorgeous days like the one we had today.

I ordered the turkey sandwich which came with goat cheese and fresh turkey. I really liked it. It wasn't big enough to last me the day but I would def go back for a light lunch.

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3170 16th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863-8100

Big Lantern  

Categories: Chinese, Vegetarian
Neighborhood: Mission

3 star rating
 Update - 3/31/2009  
I recommend asking for extra plum sauce and pancakes if you get something mooshu like.

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  • 2 star rating
    3/2/2009

    2.5 stars. They've failed to give me pancakes and plums sauce with my moo-shu chicken one too many times. I'm done with you Big Lantern (I still love your CRM tools, remembering your delivery info is key)!

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  • 5 star rating
    9/18/2006

    We've ordered take-out from here a number of times and the food is always excellent. The moo-sho is awesome the pancakes are soft and light. The hot'n'sour and pot stickers are delicious. For take out this place is mega-solid. Wild-pepper please take note!

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