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California Pizza Kitchen - TO GO !

June 20, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: American, CIVIC CENTER, Soup & Salad No Comments →

CPK

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)
524 Van Ness Ave - 415.436.9380
San Francisco, CA
Food safety score: 100 / Symbol of Excellence – YES
Menu
Positives:
Quick & Clean
Consistent & Flavorful
Healthy Choices
Negatives:
Chain
Some items not so healthy
Tenderloinish area

On Fridays, we try to bring you something a bit different… So here is a bit of Friday Foolishness but with a point… A couple of weeks ago, I was in an all day meeting with the likes of Dilbert and Dogbert…

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STACKS - A delightful pleasure !

March 19, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: American, CIVIC CENTER, Healthy, Low Fat, Soup & Salad No Comments →

STACKS

STACKS
501 Hayes St
Food safety score: 100
Menu/www.stacksrestaurant.com
Positives:
Hospitable Service
Comfortable Healthy Tasty Food
Good Value
Negatives:
A bit of a walk into Hayes Valley
More breakfast options then lunch

Stacks really surprised me. Their sign say “Comfortable Food” and a quick glance at the menu outside, showed a lot of good food yet demonstrated little evidence of healthy choices. My friend Ron came by for lunch and since I know he needs real substance to get full, I said let’s…

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A spot of TEAAAA anyone ????

February 27, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: American, CIVIC CENTER, Soup & Salad No Comments →

Modern

Modern Tea
602 Hayes Street
Food safety score: 92 - Symbol of Excellence
Menu

Positives:

Pleasant atmosphere inside and out.
Fresh, healthy food
Quick Service

Negatives:

Far-At the end of the Hayes restaurant Row
A little spendy for the healthier items.
Tea cost $4 to $6

A spot of tea? as they say in Britain… Well, Modern Tea was a pleasant surprise. I walked by it a lot but I thought it was just a tea place. After closer inspection, I noticed their menu.…

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Breezin

February 26, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: CIVIC CENTER, Latin, Middle Eastern, Soup & Salad No Comments →

Breezyz

Breezy’s
409 Gough @ Hayes
Food safety score: 90
Menu
Positives:
Good Service
Fresh Environment - Outside Seating
Euro-Mediterranean Food Style
Negatives:
Limited Menu
Spendy for a Lunch meal
A nice walk from Bart

Getting in and out of here is truly a Breeze. The service was excellent and quick. It is a little higher than I like to spend for lunch but I wanted to try it because it is owned by the same folks as Hayes & Kebab. They share some space and…

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Reuben I love you!!

February 26, 2008 By: John.H Category: CIVIC CENTER, Deli, Soup & Salad 1 Comment →

Morty's Delicatessen

Morty’s Delicatessen
280 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco
Food safety score: 92
Menu www.mortysdeli.com
Positives:
Awesome Reuben sandwich
Variety of soups, salads and sandwiches
Negatives:
There goes your diet
Get here early before law students get out

Reuben sandwich

No, I’m not talking about the season two winner on American Idol.  I’m talking about the high in saturated fat and sodium killer sandwich I had for lunch today at Morty’s.  wow, I think I had some orgasmic reaction while eating this thing.  The stacks of pastrami were piping hot…

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Saffron 685

February 12, 2008 By: Scott.Y Category: CIVIC CENTER, Middle Eastern, Soup & Salad 2 Comments →

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Saffron 685
685 Townsend, San Francisco
Food safety score: 100 - Symbol of Excellence !
Menu
Positives:
Flavorful
Authentic
Airy Atmosphere
Negatives:
A little far from Bart
A little pricey but worth it

I needed to go into the Gift Center today so I made the walk to 8th and Brannan. Afterward, I remembered a row of restaurants near Adobe where a friend works. I walked a couple blocks more and decided to check out Saffron 685 because it seemed to fit my bill of…

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