hayes valley eats it.
So, 7×7 magazine just posted their annual “Eat & Drink” awards for San Francisco.. Hayes Valley restaurants scooped up 5 out of 20 of the awards:
best dessert: Citizen Cake
best pre-theater: Jardiniere
best for a large group: Sauce (woohoo! congrats you guys!)
best CA cuisine: Zuni Cafe
best restaurant cocktails: Absinthe
Woohoo.. go Hayes Valley. My hood rocks. Well, it’s definitely “up and coming” at least… And, it’s getting better — we’re getting at least two more new restaurants in this year, so that’s exciting. As Michelle excitedly reported last week, Miette Patisserie opened up here, which should give Citizen Cake a run for its money. I actually am not a huge fan of Citizen Cake — their desserts are WAY too sweet for my taste.
That said, I’m still a little disappointed with the eating choices we have here. It seems like we have either expensive fancy places, or disturbingly mediocre ones. Grr. I just want places that are cheap and super good… Like Hotei, Weird Fish, Citrus Club, and Hard Knox. Mmmmmm.
Oh yah.. this reminds me, but if you’re in San Diego and are looking for a good place to eat, check out sandiego.eats.it. Doug just launched it, and it’s looking pretty good. I’m waiting for him to launch sanfrancisco.eats.it — I’m all over that.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Wow– I think this is the official launch announcement of eats.it. Way to go, Scoop.
If you’re poking around our new site, the usual caveats apply. We just put this out there last week, there are some rough edges, some features haven’t been exposed, we need more content, blah blah blah.
Some of you are rolling your eyes and thinking, “Oh, just what the world needs, another restaurant review site.” First we don’t do reviews, we do recommendations– the difference is subtle and important. Second, I started working on this because I was disappointed with all the tools available to help me decide where to grab dinner. Third, do you know how big the local market is? There’s plenty of room for lil’ ol’ me.
Anyhoo, if you’re so inclined, we welcome your comments on the new site. Good, bad, indifferent… send ‘em in.
February 4th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
i don’t like Wierd Fish because I had the weird fish in my fish and chips and it tasted like dirt. i tried to drown it in vinegar…still tasted bad. the trout looked good however…