WHY No-frills home cooking, only you don’t have to do the dishes. WHAT This is the best spot in the north SG Valley for an all-American breakfast: cornmeal johnnycakes, applewood-smoked bacon and the usual egg dishes. Lunch brings simple sandwiches, soups and salads. The Americana theme extends to the décor and the Awesome Dish Root [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Open-faced breakfast sandwiches, the grilled steak salad and spectacular cupcakes, scones and brownies. WHAT This funky and fetching retro-American roadhouse features delicious modern-diner cooking. For breakfast, try an open-faced egg sandwich topped with bacon, Cajun turkey sausage or portobello mushroom and roasted red peppers. For lunch, the tuna salad sandwich and the grilled-steak salad [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Fried-egg sandwich (made with gruyère, sourdough and thick-cut Nueske bacon), frittata with bacon-wrapped asparagus, big salads, good burgers, great cheese platter, gingerbread pudding with vanilla ice cream, and more such modern classics. WHAT An upscale coffee shop for the goat-cheese-and-mizzuna crowd, BLD is run by star chefs Neal and Amy Fraser, who are soon [...]
July 12, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY For the bakery lover’s tangy lemon bar and the freshly baked focaccia with house-made hummus, all at refreshingly manageable prices. WHAT From the steak sandwich with tomato-olive relish to the pressed crabmeat sandwich (essentially a grilled cheese with a crustacean pedigree), the dishes are satisfying and so substantial that sharing is advisable. Though the [...]
December 14, 2010 | Posted in
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WHY Thoughtful café cooking with a taste of Australia. WHAT This downtown San Pedro spot may be designed for a quick bite, but its food is plenty memorable. Breakfast brings a banana, Nutella and ricotta wrap and rice pudding with poached pears and fresh fruit. Sandwiches rule at lunchtime: perhaps roast beef with caramelized onions, [...]
December 14, 2010 | Posted in
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