Fresh hearts of palm, avocado, baby gems, lime dressing. $8
Lolinda, San Francisco CA
I liked this salad. I thought it was a little overdressed, but I thought the flavors were good and the lettuce was nice and crisp. I really enjoyed the large pieces of fresh hearts of palm.
Grace Cathedral.
Red curry sauce. Happy hour $1 each
E&O Kitchen and Bar, San Francisco CA
Mmm, these dumplings were really good! I thought the combination of butternut squash and red curry would be weird, but it actually tasted great. The dumplings had a wonderful texture and the sauce was a nice change of pace for pasta.
Container cranes, Alameda.
Mushroom-truffle honey. $8
Beretta, San Francisco CA
Mmm! Just give me burrata and I’m one happy camper. I loved these delicious bites of food! It was salty, silky, umami, creamy, and absolutely perfect. NOMS!
7×7 Magazine’s Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die
Wind Up Bird: Japanese whiskey, carpano bianco, curacao, salted cacao. $11
This cocktail was very herby and liqueury tasting and so it wasn’t my favorite. Although it wasn’t sweet per se, it was leaning toward that profile.
Sassy bacon, heirloom tomatoes, greens and avocado, with garlic fries. $15
The Pink Elephant, San Francisco CA
The sassy bacon was certainly sassy. Otherwise, this sandwich would have been on the ordinary side. I was actually surprised on their bread choice, but I though that it worked since it was still soft and not too hard and chewy. And their garlic fries rocked!
Bloody Mary’s.
Three pieces buttermilk brined crispy fried chicken, jalapeno-cheddar cornbread waffle topped with rosemary honey butter. $16
Mama Knows, San Francisco CA
The fried tasted good. It was greasy, but it had a nice flavor. I was excited for the waffle, but it didn’t deliver. I liked the ingredients, but it came out sad and limp.
Northbound I-5.
Chicken, raisins, potato, aji amarillo. $7
Lolinda, San Francisco CA
Mmm, these empanadas were very yummy! I think the shells were the best part. They were soft and flaky and absolutely delicious. I also liked the addition of raisins in the chicken filling.
Fallen tree mural, Lower Haight.
Happy hour $2.50
E&O Kitchen and Bar, San Francisco CA
I love pork ribs and these were pretty good. I liked the Asian flavors, but I thought the ribs themselves could have been a bit more tender.
Bernal Heights Park.
Ham, red peppers, green peppers, red onion, cheddar cheese, egg. Served in a sourdough bread bowl. $6.29
Boudin Bakery and Cafe, San Francisco CA
This was disgusting! Everything was really dry and all the textures were off. The eggs were on the verge of being hard and inedible and the other ingredients were just sad. This was a lame meal I can never get back!
Newsies, Orpheum Theatre.
Cup $2.75
Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco CA
This chowder was very good, but it wasn’t amazing. I don’t know, I guess I was expecting it to blow my socks off since this place is generally great at everything. They keep it simple, but keep it quality at the same time. This chowder could have stepped it up a couple notches.
Sourdough bread and butter. Complimentary
New Orleans style BBQ shrimp, cheesy grits topped with bacon scallion salsa. $12
Mama Knows, San Francisco CA
These tacos were pretty tasty! I thought the shrimp were nicely cooked and the tacos were very flavorful. The super slow service and long wait times were horrible though.
Mimosas. $6
Baby octopus, beans, frisee, salsa verde. $13
Lolinda, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this dish was very good! They kept the flavors bright and the octopus was surprisingly tender. I’m always afraid with octopus dishes because they tend to get tough and unchewable, but these thick octopus pieces had a wonderful texture.
Rye Manhattan: Italian vermouth, bitters, served on the stem with a sidecar. $12
Kim chee cocktail sauce. Happy hour $1 each
E&O Kitchen and Bar, San Francisco CA
I was a bit fearful of the kimchi cocktail sauce. Not because I don’t like the kimchi flavor, but because I usually don’t put cocktail sauce on my oysters and prefer a nice mignonette instead. Anyway, I opted against the cocktail sauce and just used the lemon for some flavor. You can’t beat a freshly shucked dollar oysters for happy hour!
Maple Old Fashioned: E&O single barrel whiskey, sugar, maple bitters. Happy hour $6
I was afraid that this was going to be too sweet, but thankfully it wasn’t. You could taste the maple bitters, but it wasn’t overpowering.
Vittle Monster 