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19 Mar 2013

An ode to Kate’s Kitchen in the Lower Haight

Kate’s Kitchen What little charm and authenticity left in the Upper Haight is barely peeking its head above the noxious, briny waves of retail commerce, the crowds of shopping tourists fresh from Union Square, and the crusty punks badgering them for money while their slobbering dogs shit all over the

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19 Feb 2013

Irving Street Cafe in The Inner Sunset

Irving Street Cafe I have a fondness for diners, especially ones situated in working/middle class neighborhoods with a self-contained quality.  These diners aren’t self-consciously retro or ironic, they just ARE.  I’ve previously made mention of a few diners here among the cyber-folds of Broke-Ass Stuart’s Goddamn Website (Art’s Cafe and

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07 Nov 2012

All-Day Mexican Breakfast: Red Cafe in The Mission

The Mission’s Red Cafe I few months ago, I “discovered” and subsequently wrote about San Jalisco in The Mission, a great spot serving fabulous and appropriately greasy Mexican-style breakfast all day.   Here’s another gem fashioned along similar lines: Red Cafe, situated in the same neighborhood a few blocks away on

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26 Sep 2012

Howard’s Cafe, A True-Blue Diner.

Don’t order the specials Howard’s Café is a diner in the Inner Sunset.  Remarkable? Not particularly, and that isn’t to its detriment. American diners represent comfortable familiarity with a twist of that quality us State-Siders would like to think we invented: individuality.  They’re all very much alike, but with little

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03 Jun 2011

Hamburger Haven: Simple, Cheap, Delicious

If you’re looking for a simple, cheap meal it doesn’t get much better than Hamburger Haven.  This place has been doing it right since the ’60’s. Hamburger Haven is great for nearly every meal of the day.  Their breakfast dishes, most of which hover around seven bucks, are plates of

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20 May 2011

Belly Burger: Your New Favorite Burger Joint

Well, maybe it’s not your new favorite burger joint, but it’s definitely mine.  Whenever I’m craving a burger and fries on the cheap, Belly Burger is the place. Belly Burger gives off somewhat of an old school feel.  I think it’s the black and white checkered tiles and old school

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09 Apr 2011

Holy Ole's!

If you’re an East Coast transplant living in California, then you’ve probably lamented the lack of greasy spoon diners in the Bay Area (no, Mel’s, IHOP, and Denny’s don’t count, though they are the greasiest).  Well, guess what?  Ole’s Waffle Shop in Alameda is here to fill the gap (with

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