Showing posts with label hayes valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hayes valley. Show all posts

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Zuni Cafe






location: 1658 market (between franklin & gough), hayes valley
time of day: black friday lunch
i ate: arugula salad ($8.75), shoestring potatoes ($6), hamburger ($15)

some might saying paying $15 for a hamburger is outrageous, and those people would be right, unless they had the burger at zuni cafe. it comes on a perfect fresh piece of focaccia bread with housemade pickles & aioli, and picked onions. it is near burger perfection. i don't eat a lot of meat, hamburger in particular, but this is grass-fed beef and was cooked to perfection. i also had a great glass of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, delicious. for a day when people were out en mass, we had no wait at this normally pretty busy restaurant.

tastiness: yay!
food vs. price: yay!
service: okay!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Straw





location: 203 octavia (at page), hayes valley
time of day: sunday dinner
i ate: pretzel bites (7.5), corn fritters (can't remember), pulled pork sandwich (9.75)

when i dined at straw they didn't have a liquor license, but they do now! wine, beer, and specialty sake cocktails. this restaurant is vegetarian/vegan friendly!

tastiness: yay!
food vs. price: yay!
service: yay!