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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://reader.google.com

The Last Great Book I Read

Biography of Andrew Carnegie

My First Concert

I hate concerts...

My Last Meal On Earth

unsalted peanuts, avocado, salsa, and chicken.

Don't Tell Anyone Else But...

I heart medjool dates...

Most Recent Discovery

I can juggle 4 balls.

Current Crush

Jack S's sunglasses

Recent Reviews

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2417 California St
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 929-9030

The Curbside Cafe  

Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, French
Neighborhood: Pacific Heights

4 star rating
 11/15/2009  
Just moved to the neighborhood and looking for my default brunch spot, I think I found it.

I ordered the avocado benedict it came out a little cold argh but i'll let that one slip for now, supposedly the french toast is super solid.

I really want to give it 5 stars, but I'll have to wait to try the french toast and see if the eggs come out old again. They have awesome OJ and quick service to boot.

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159 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10079
(212) 481-3800

Penelope  

Categories: Bakeries, American (Traditional), Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhoods: Murray Hill, Kips Bay

4 star rating
 11/15/2009  
Need a place to relax get a reasonable bit to eat and enjoy your surroundings? This is the place to be.

Came here for a little snack on my last visit to NYC. We had some tea, hummus plate, and some chicken meat balls. I was a fan of the atmosphere and the nice feng shui.

Well run joint, 4.3 stars.

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101 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 567-0415

Carte415  

Categories: American (New), Food Stands
Neighborhood: SOMA

3 star rating
 10/27/2009  
Jack S. decided to get the crew together to go try San Francisco's newest entrant into the $9+ sandwich market. This "invisible hand" is similar to the market forces that have sent designer jeans to their now $250+ cost at diesel. I love them. It makes SF that much cooler.

Needless to say, I love a good sandwich. The more expensive the better it tastes right? No, sadly not in this case. The meat loaf sandwich was served cold as are all the sandwiches. It wasn't very tastey, felt like a slab of meatloaf that was super cold. All the sandwiches are pre-fab'ed so at least getting the goods is pretty quick. I also ordered a side of hummus which was unspectacular and served with pita-like chips.

Overall, not impressive. Will stick with Sentinel as my go to expensive sandwich.

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2120 Chestnut St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 921-7873

Lucca Delicatessen  

Categories: Delis, Cheese Shops
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

4 star rating
 10/24/2009  
4 stars maybe more. I've always seen a big line for this place. Today I decided to try it out. Went for lunch and ended up getting an "italian" without cheese, I wasn't sure where the full menu was. My italian was a solid sandwich and I got a gigantic pickle too. I was impressed with it and will be coming back here to try other stuff in the future.

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3216 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282-9088

Lotus Garden Vietnamese Cuisine  

Category: Vietnamese
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights

3 star rating
 Update - 10/24/2009  
Ordered delivery tonight, the panned fried noodles were subpar basically it was a bunch of tangled noodles in a big clump a few veggies and chicken which had no life-force left in it. The spring rolls were not included in the delivery (honest mistake but sucks nonetheless). Overall the food was okay, but not great. I recommend eating at the restaurants instead of doing delivery, unimpressed.

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  • 4 star rating
    9/7/2009

    I'm a Vietnamese food foodie.

    The lemon grass chicken that's prepared next to your table was excellent! We also got the tender pieces beef with onions. Yum, I wish had more right now for breakfast.

    The waiter was really attentive and very nice. I'm looking forward to going back here. I was surprised it wasn't that busy :/.

    Now on my top 3 of Bernal Heights list.

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908 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-8089

Golden Deer Vietnamese Restaurant  

Category: Vietnamese
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

2 star rating
 10/13/2009  
Yeah, dude. I don't think I'll be coming back here.

One thing that should have made me get up and leave was the dirty teapot were given at the beginning of the meal. After that I noticed all the dishes and bowls had spots on them too. The bbq pork we got tasted funny and my stomach felt funny after 30 minutes in the car. Let's just say I was glad I was headed home :).

The only bonus star is for being open till 12am weekdays. That's the only reason I came by to try it.

Nice cook/waiter just the cleanness of the place and dishes needs to upgraded.

http://sf.everyblock.c...

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2001 17th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-8610

Live Sushi Bar  

Categories: Sushi Bars, Japanese
Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

3 star rating
 Update - 10/12/2009 2 photos  
Sadly, this last time wasn't as good as I remembered live being. The rolls had mushy rice, I told the waitress and she never came back. I figure that means they don't really care. I've definitely made better rice myself. If you have mushy rice in your rolls everything is gross. I'd have trouble recommending this place given my last visit, maybe a 6 sigma event? Maybe not.

Update Oct 26 2009: Got a note from Sophie T about this review, probably the biz owner. Said that the mushy rice stuffy was probably an anomalously event. I'll give her an extra star for reaching out; I understand mistakes happen.

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  • 4 star rating
    1/27/2008

    I really really like seaweed salad. I think it's unrepresented in the super market. I think it should be in school lunches. It should be a snack at 7-eleven. I just love it. Anyways, Live Sushi made my day, they had a roll that incorporated tuna and seaweed salad. It was named the Swamp Roll. It wasn't as good as mango rolls at Wayo, but it was damn good. I was happy to see a refreshing list of different combo rolls I hadn't seen anywhere else.

    Thumbs up to our server that was very nice even though we were quite indecisive :).

    Definitely on the recommended sushi road map for 2008.

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27400 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 457-1519

Geoffrey's Malibu  

Categories: Seafood, American (New)

4 star rating
 10/10/2009  
4.5 stars. Beautiful view of the water. Cool drive up the 1. Hans was a great waiter. I had the standard eggs benedict which was served on a croissant and prosciutto. All solid.

Nothing more to report than a great place for breakfast. No gimmicks, just a beautiful view, great service and quality food.

It will run you about $25-30, per person.

Only thing I would improve is adding pulp to the OJ.

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4395 E Ontario Mills Pkwy
Ontario, CA 91762
(800) 686-5886

Ayres Inns & Suites Ontario Mills Mall  

Category: Hotels

4 star rating
 10/10/2009  
The courtesy shuttle was solid from the Ontario airport. You just have to call once you arrive at the airport and they'll come by and pick you up. The front desk people were hit or miss. I never ended up getting my email confirmation even though I called back twice for it.

Room was solid, quite, clean and pleasant. Only stayed one day and didn't make it up for b-fast.

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Aviation Dr & Autopilot Dr
Sterling, VA 20166
(703) 572-6455

City Wok  

Category: Chinese

4 star rating
 9/20/2009   First to Review
Solid chinese food in Dulles airport. I had the kung pao chicken and it wasn't that horrible headache inducing normal chinese experience that you wished didn't accompany the food. The chicken pieces were large and plentiful. The hot and sour soup was also very solid. Overall, I was pretty impress by my airport chinese choice.

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