the bagel comes down
let’s pause for a moment of silence for katz bagels’ iconic sign over 16th street.
it was removed today.
(via sfist)
DAY FOUR
In places on 12 November 08 at 11.10 amtuesday, november 11, 2008.
for lunch the flu-ridden zach and i headed to l’s caffe on 24th (just outside his self-directed three block radius). it was my first visit. it’s a great spot for soups, salads, sandwiches, smoothies, coffee and laptops. what a perfect place to spend a cloudy afternoon!
after a stop by work and my favorite salvation army, natalie and i joined amit for dinner at old jerusalem restaurant on mission street. this is my favorite local place for middle eastern and mediterranean cuisine. we ordered some fatta, baba ghanoush, and several falafel. they bring plenty of pita bread for dipping and sandwich making. our favorite was the stuffed falafel with onions and pine nuts inside. we were pretty stuffed ourselves but had passed mission pie on the way to the restaurant and were still craving some baked goodness. i hadn’t been to mission pie’s newly opened cafe area but was quite impressed. tony and i split a slice of the plum frangipane and amit and natalie shared some banana cream pie. amazing. tasty crust. i must mention that you can follow mission pie on twitter. only in san francisco.
DAY THREE
In places on 11 November 08 at 9.28 ammonday, november 10, 2008.
tony and i were craving a meaty but meatless sandwich and some greasy garlic fries and had less than an hour before we were supposed to meet up with friends for a birthday celebration (what is it with all the birthdays around this time of year, anyways?) so we headed to jay’s cheesesteak on 21st street.
leave it to san francisco to have a vegetarian version of everything. we had split bbq seitan and an order of garlic fries (they’re huge sandwiches!). i love the toasted sub roll it comes on. good news for vegans: rumor has it that jay is cool with byosc (bring your own soy cheese).
then it was around the corner to papa toby’s revolution cafe for some sangria on the sidewalk with paul (the birthday boy), meghan and her dog sake, andy, and several of paul’s friends. after a few pitchers and pictures we moved the celebration to phoenix bar on valencia to get some grub and honor irish coffee’s 56th anniversary in the united states. i love irish coffee, i think it is one of my favorite drinks – the buena vista is definitely the authority but in the mission the phoenix will substitute nicely. if you get hungry while you’re there, i highly recommend the potato nachos.
