Jenn G.'s Profile

Five stars alone for the enormous ADA room on the ground floor.  My BFs father has a wheelchair, and this room was truly the highlight of their trip here, as it was spacious, comfortable and the nicest ADA room they had seen on their not insignificant travels.  

The fact that the staff were super friendly, funny and helpful was just the icing on the proverbial cake.

I used to hit up the old Katz bagels location in the 90s before heading to work, and its location played a critical role in my job selection. While it's been years, involving a few past trips to the city, I never found its new location.

Until now.  Heck, I'm still smiling after rediscovering the bagel that nearly kept me in SF.  It was as crustychewy as I remember, with the perfect amount (nottoomuch/nottoolittle) of schmear.

I will be back.  And this time I'll be taking a few dozen home with me.

4 stars for the groovy ambiance (what I imagine a Florentine hotel bar might feel like) and interesting cocktail and food menu.  

1 star for the hangover the grappa mojito gave me the next day.

Clean, friendly place that was able to accommodate the wheelchair of one of our party without issue.  Varied menu included a great pumpkin curry dish.  While I can't compare it to other Thai places in SF, it was a great option within walking distance of Union Square - one that was wheelchair friendly.

Killer warm salmon sandwiches made our return drive to Tahoe something to look forward to.   And the polenta thumbprint cookies helped us stay strong on the last leg of the journey.

Nicely varied menu if you're looking for lunch - soup, salads and sandwiches all with inventive ingredients (no boring tuna salad here!).  As one would expect at the Ferry Building!

I guess we got there before the rush on Saturday evening, for we were sat quickly and had pretty decent service given the fact that everyone in the place (whether laden with a tray of drinks or 6 bowls of mussels) *sprints*.  

While it had been a looong time (10+ years) since my last meal here, it was memorable enough for me to suggest it this trip.  With unusually warm weather, it was the night for outdoor dining in SF.  Yes, the entirety of Belden Lane can be considered a zoo of distasteful tourists like myself, but if you're not too much of a food snob and out for a pleasant meal in a place vaguely reminiscent of the Latin Quarter, this is one to consider.

Our food was fine -I got the prix fixe menu, and the mussels were very good, tender and very fresh.  The BF, not a seafood fan, ordered the lamb, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't a dried out hunk of meat.  He raved about the port reduction sauce.  Dessert was meh, but it usually is on French prix fixe menus, so it wasn't a deal breaker for me

Admittedly we are not local foodies who are blase about Cowgirl Creamery cheeses and fresh, well-cooked food.  We are bumpkins from the mountains, for whom a meal like this was a pleasant respite from the tacquerias & steakhouses of Tahoe.  And for that, I give it 4 stars ( I figure a 5th would really identify me as the yokel I am!)

So I had no idea about this place before I showed up, other than it's my Phoenix based friend's *favorite* place and she's willing to drive an hour to get to it.

I love healthy eating, and was intrigued by the lunch menu, which ranged from really different salads (I live in the mountains - kale & lemon is decidedly exotic).  The plates that came out all looked so appetizing, and slightly higher end cuisine than the health food I'm accustomed to seeing.    My friend is a kale addict, so we had the kale salad and the kale & roast garlic pizza.  The salad was terrific, much better than my lame attempts at taming raw lacinato kale.

Our server must have been new (or frazzled) for we never received the 'Andrew Weil' card about the philosophy of the place.  The only reason I figured out he was involved was when I saw him sitting not 10 feet from me at a booth across the aisle, chatting amiably with his table mates, in a white apron.   Phoenix celebrity sighting!

Overall I really liked the concept of the place, and while one lunch there doesn't give me a full picture, it, more than anything else I experienced in this city, would encourage me to come back to the desert.  For someone who loathes temperatures above 70 degrees, that should be considered high praise.

Thankfully the manager understood the earlier problem we had with the lady who screwed up the door order, and applied credit for a reorder.   That was a total surprise and wholly unexpected, but redeems the bad experience we had earlier.  Go Meeks!

My BFs new favorite bike shop, and mine if only because I was able to order and receive new mountain bike pedals in a normal amount of time (versus the Tahoe time-suck vacuum that exists between the time of the order request and the time said product actually arrives in the shop - and you are notified about it).

These guys have learned that service is everything, and as such, I know our household will be ordering parts and bike products here versus any shop that might be closer to our house.

Love this place for its huge selection of everything (coffee drinks, brewed coffee, pastries, smoothies, local people watching).  It's a mandatory stop when we pass through Shasta.  While their brewed coffee is awesomely strong, it's their terrific muffins that I think of - not too greasy and chock full of fruit.  Over the years we've focused on baked goods and brewed coffee, and both have been consistently fresh - and reasonably priced ($1.50 for brew if you bring your own mug, regardless of the size of said mug).

Friendly locals run the place, and while they don't keep milk out at the coffee station - just half & half - they always bring it out when I ask for it.  It would be nice to see that and soy milk options out there thought, as it seems inherently un-hippie/Shasta like to only offer half & half.