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Plutos’ - Definitely Outta this world !

May 15, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: Cheap & Good, Cheap & Healthy, GENERAL FOOD BLOG, Healthy, Low Fat No Comments →

I love the salads I have gotten at Pluto’s although, my favorite Pluto’s have been the Palo Alto and the Santana Row locations. All of them are hectic

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Sorabol – Restaurant turned fast food

May 01, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: Cheap & Good, Cheap & Healthy, EMBARCADERO, Korean No Comments →

SORABOL

SORABOL
101 Spear St
Food safety score: 80
Menu / Website
Positives: Quick Consistent Tasty Good Value Negatives: Fast Foodish Unsure of Salt/Fat content

I first went to Sorabol sometime between 1981 and 1990 when they had a restaurant on West Grand Avenue in Oakland. I loved that restaurant. At the time, I felt it was a little high, the chicken plate back then cost just over $10..but it was good ! I noticed them at the food court in Emeryville just after they opened……

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FREE RICE !

April 17, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: Cheap & Good, Cheap & Healthy, GENERAL FOOD BLOG 1 Comment →

Free Rice





Of all people, my mom,who gets mixed up between her browser and her e-mail….but .. who has never let anyone she has known go hungry, and who has cooked meals for bed ridden people and delivered it to their bedside until they were self sufficient,…..just told me about FREE RICE.COM, where she had played all afternoon with my son, building up thousands of grains of rice to be donated just by playing an English definition game.

If…

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Mix’t Greens -Unplugged !

April 15, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: American, Cheap & Healthy, MONTGOMERY, Soup & Salad No Comments →

Mix’t Greens
560 Mission St
Food safety score: 100*
Menu / Website

Positives:

Good tasting healthy food
Good Pricing
Vegetarian & Non Fat Options
Eco / “Green” Minded Management
Negatives:
Hustle Bustle Environment
Long Line

I would call today’s opening of Mixd Greens a success. I don’t know how much cash they took in but I do know the line was out the door, I heard people at nearby tables giving them rave reviews…(I can be a bit nosy.) But what really matters…

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OPENING DAY - MIXT GREENS - TAX DAY !

April 14, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: Cheap & Healthy, MONTGOMERY, Soup & Salad No Comments →

EXTRA EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT IT !!!

A NEW — MIXT GREENS — Opens today !

So if you have to give up the green to Uncle Sam, step on by and get some green of your own…This is a bigger version of the Mixt Greens restaurants that we have seen around…and they have actually gone green as well. The new location will showcase a whole bunch of new green building materials…

Additionally, the larger…

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The ‘P.H.D.’ plate

March 20, 2008 By: John.H Category: Cheap & Good, Cheap & Healthy, MONTGOMERY, Middle Eastern 1 Comment →

Krivaar Cafe & Catering

Krivaar Cafe & Catering
475 Pine St, San Francisco
Food safety score: 98
Menu
Positives:
Gigantic portion
Top notch hummus
Very reasonable price
Negatives:
Not much seating available

Gyro plateActing on a tip, I came to this little hidden gem in Fidi with high expectation, and I was not disappointed.  In fact, I would go as far to say that Krivaar is one of the best lunch spot in San Francisco for your money.  If Scott and I ever decided to include a hall of fame section for our blog, Krivaar would…

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