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"Suburban Mother of Dog"

Elite 2009 Elite 2008

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550 Useful, 157 Funny, and 258 Cool

Location

Fremont, CA

Yelping Since

December 2005

Things I Love

Too many things to list

Find Me In

studying at home/library or at day spa

My Hometown

San Francisco, CA

My Blog Or Website

http://anthropologyisf...

When I'm Not Yelping...

Studying Anthropology or doing charitable work

Why You Should Read My Reviews

People who like poems, sarcasm, and slapstick

My Second Favorite Website

http://www.facebook.com

The Last Great Book I Read

Do school books count????

My First Concert

@12 yrs working VIP room for Festival at the Lake & Run DMC played

My Favorite Movie

It's a Wonderful Life

My Last Meal On Earth

Poke, Korean BBQ, Sushi, Fois Gras

Most Recent Discovery

Fatted Calf has mini-salumi similar to Droë Wors

Current Crush

My hubbie 4ever

Recent Reviews

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500 Discovery Pkwy
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 364-2760

Marine Science Institute  

Categories: Active Life, Education

4 star rating
 11/19/2009  
Great place for children and non-science majors to learn tide pools and marine life - especially local marine life. It's not as awe inspiring as say the Monterey Bay Aquarium or Steinhart - but it is nearer for those of us in the southern part of the east bay and the peninsula to go to. It's also quite a bit cheaper.

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39115 Cedar Blvd
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 713-9588

Tea Station  

Categories: Desserts, Coffee & Tea, Taiwanese

4 star rating
 11/19/2009  
I love their taro snow ice, brazilian coffee, pecan coffee, mango yogurt  drink, iced coffee, passion fruit jelly ice, coconut grass jelly ice, jade green tea, mango shaved ice, and redbean shaved ice!

They also make a decent fried squidballs, and fried taro balls.

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39286 Paseo Padre Pkwy
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 790-0999

Frodo Joe's Le Petit Cafe  

Categories: Creperies, Coffee & Tea

5 star rating
 11/19/2009  
Local wonderful coffee shop and creperie!

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2780 Mowry Avenue
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 857-9000

Peet's Coffee & Tea  

Category: Coffee & Tea

4 star rating
 11/19/2009  
This is a local chain that has many stores - but not like a crazy amount like say Starbucks. I like it because they have sort of split the middle between that grungy local cafe (who's seat you may get lice from) and the completely anticeptic and sterile feel of say Starbucks. In fact Starbucks is a complete rip-off of Peets in my opinion because Alfred Peet was the one who trained the people who started that mega-chain.

They make a mean mocha freddo and have a better level of quality than Starbucks. So if you want that kind of coffee but don't want to give $$$ to another state consider this your best alternative.

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4000 Bay St
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 353-9590

Bay Street Coffee Company  

Category: Coffee & Tea

3 star rating
 11/19/2009  
I've been to this coffee shop a couple of times - mainly after plays from the local theater above - and they make a decent americano and italian soda. Nothing exceptional about this place but it's similar to most independent coffee shops you find in Berkeley or Santa Cruz.

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Sacramento & Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 305-5322

Kung Fu Tacos  

Categories: Food Stands, Asian Fusion
Neighborhood: Financial District

3 star rating
 11/10/2009  
Yummy - HELLS YEAH!

But I wouldn't call this a cheap meal because the tacos and dessert faux-pandia are like super tiny. A normal guy would need at least three or four of these plus one of those desserts to make a meal. That could run as much as $15 and if you figure a burrito just as filling from a local truck is probably only 4-6 dollars you see my point.

Also the line at lunch rush Thursday was REALLY slow.

Would I come here again if I was peckish and wanted a healthy snack - YES! For a meal when I'm super hungry - probably not.

Healthy Snack - 4 stars for amazing taste combos and interesting vibe.

Main Meal - 2 stars for slow service and 2 to 3 dollars for possibly worlds smallest tacos.

Overall a 3

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3691 Thornton Ave
Fremont, CA 94536
(510) 857-9444

Pizza Guys  

Category: Pizza

5 star rating
 Update - 11/10/2009  
Roasted Garlic Chicken Pizza, Cinna Twists and Wings are some of my favs.

This place is growing on me more and more as I have issues with other pizza delivery places. I probably like ZPizza better but they don't have wings and their desserts are very heavy and not in diet friendly portions.

They don't seem to be Nazi's about the credit card thing either.

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  • 4 star rating
    2/21/2006 First to Review

    Not the best Pizza in Fremont
    (that'd be a tie between Mission Pizza & Pub AND Mirichi's Pizza)

    But definately the best thin crust delivery in Fremont.

    On film trips to NYNY I got spoilt by the 30 minute and under thing which never seems to happen in California.

    But to my surprize Pizza Guys usually makes this target easy. Sometimes if they are swamped they say it will take 40-45 minutes, but with the other places like Island Pizza, Scooters, and what not taking a full hour normally and up to an hour and a half on a busy night 40-45 minutes for slow night, once it was only 12 minutes on a fast night that's a miracle in Fremont.

    Oh yeah and except for some places in SF it's one of the best pizzas I've had a very NY style thin crust which is my Fav.

    Try the Garlic Lovers

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40733 Chapel Way Ste C
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 440-8200

Domino's Pizza  

Category: Pizza

1 star rating
 11/10/2009  
You mean I have to have my husband's credit card with me AND a form of ID just to order a pizza? WTfudge, I'm ordering from a house NOT dorm for Pete's sake! It's not like if something happened you couldn't easily hunt me down to fix it.

I'll get my pizza somewhere else who trusts me - thanks ... Oh and your crust sucks and was only going to order wings and salads for my meal from you because of your lava cake anyways...

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2332 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 386-8266

PPQ Dungeness Island Vietnamese Cuisine  

Categories: Seafood, Vietnamese
Neighborhood: Outer Richmond

5 star rating
 10/17/2009  
Yes, the crab is AWESOME like everybody else says. But the garlic noodles are HEAVEN! You only need one order of crab for 2-3 people - but you have to get the noodles to really get that Mekong river crab restaurant feeling. Getting hunger pains just thinking about it.

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San Francisco, CA 94199

Eat24Hours.com  

Category: Food
Neighborhood: SOMA

4 star rating
 9/11/2009  
Not many choices in my area (Fremont, CA) mostly what I's call catering places (50 dollars or more minimum) but the restaurants they do cover are fast and the system is good when you forget your password about helping you reset it.

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