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restaurant recommendations for San Francisco?

3 posts · Apr 12, 1998 to Apr 16, 1998

Bryan G.University of California, BerkeleyApr 15, 1998
Try this page for reviews of places:
http://www.sfbay.com/food/

Have fun

> Mimi T. wrote:
>
> > I'm going to be making a short trip to the San Francisco, San Jose
> > area in a couple months, and was wondering what restaurants we should
> > definitely try. I want to try a wide range of ethnicities and types,
> > but with affordable prices.

 - Bryan
   Oakland, CA
   gros <at> bigfoot.com
t M.Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. USAApr 16, 1998
  Mimi T. wrote:
>I'm going to be making a short trip to the San Francisco, San Jose
>area in a couple months, and was wondering what restaurants we should
>definitely try. I want to try a wide range of ethnicities and types,
>but with affordable prices.
>
Here are a few old stand-bys of the top of my head...I'm going home next week and will be trying lot's more, report to follow

New Eritria for Eritrian food and coffee roasted to order Esperpento for lots of yummy Spanish tapas Ton Kiang on Geary and 22nd for dim sum and hakka food In Inn or 8 Immortals on Taravel and hmmm, somewhere in the avenues for Cantonese seafood feasts and then Marco Polo Gelato for durian, lychee, red bean, jackfruit etc., gelato right next door Taiwan Restaurant for noodles Chachacha for Caribean tapas Kan Zaman for pretty good mezze Mom Is Cooking for wonderful home-style Mexican San Jose Taqueria for the best burritos con puerco al pastor Val21 for yummy Californian seafood and vegetarian cuisene Ebisu for sushi Avenue 9 for Californian cuisene and really good deep fried calamari Pasta Pomodoro for cheap pretty good California style pasta Spagetti Western for good, cheap breakfast or The Pork Store

Friends have been raving about 42 degrees, and Traci Jarden's place.  Mixed reviews on Rose Pistola.  I havn't tried any of them.

regards,
trillium
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