Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (Traditional)
Categories:
Vegetarian,
Live/Raw Food,
Vegan
Neighborhoods: Gourmet Ghetto, North Berkeley
Category:
Men's Clothing
Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
Category:
Restaurants
Neighborhood: UC Campus Area
This is the place to get a cheap lunch on the Northside (unless you get a Mexican Coke, but that's totally worth it). It should be noted that the avocado used on the sandwiches is in fresh, sliced form-- other shops use green paste from a bucket. Also, the onions are thicker and stronger than the shavings usually found on sandwiches, though that might be a turn off for some. Add more veggies onto a cheap roll, plus a free bag of chips, and you're good to go. The owner, like your mom, also packs it in a little brown bag for you!
Needless to say, there's never a line. If you ever feel like sticking around, though, there will always be a completely random movie playing, seemingly just for your entertainment.
Category:
Bikes
Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
Categories:
Gas & Service Stations,
Smog Check Stations
Category:
French
Neighborhoods: Gourmet Ghetto, North Berkeley
Categories:
Japanese,
Sushi Bars
Neighborhoods: UC Campus Area, Downtown Berkeley
Category:
Pizza
Neighborhood: UC Campus Area
"Bows + Arrows"
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Review votes:
26 Useful, 18 Funny, and 12 Cool
Berkeley, CA
Yelping SinceNovember 2008
Find Me InElmwood
My HometownGoleta, CA
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After ordering, our party's meals came out in a inexcusably stupid sequence: those who had only ordered salads were served first, along with Josh's pork chop. After waiting 15 minutes, everyone else received their entrees, and by this time the pork chop was cold and the main salads were almost eaten. The timing couldn't have been poorer, and the apology on the restaurant's behalf was meager.
I ordered the jambalaya fettuccine thinking it would be a jambalaya made with pasta instead of rice (obviously). What I received was basically fettuccine alfredo with a couple shrimp and some sausage. To call this jambalaya is a complete mistake, as it clearly wasn't made in a manner even remotely similar to jambalaya. It was instead an overwhelming and disgusting mess of cream and cheese. (Side note: another person who ordered the same dish didn't even get fettuccine in his. He got linguine. So, "fettuccine jambalaya"? No, and no.)
Finally, a friend who had ordered thai curry chicken noodle suspected that something had gone bad in his meal-- perhaps the coconut milk. I tried a bite and an unnatural sourness made me agree. We had to go somewhere else to get him a more edible dinner afterward.
Suffice to say, my experience here was completely bad. Others in our party, however, really enjoyed their meals. And, in the restaurant's defense, our server offered discount coupons to my friend and I for our next visit (which won't happen). So, if you insist on visiting Bistro 1491 I implore you to at least steer clear of the pasta dishes. Or, better yet, walk 50 feet up the street and eat at Fonda.