and sistas

 

BEST DISH EVAR!

 

Name: Taqueria Guadalajara
Type: Mexican
Location: 14327 E. 14th St, San Leandro
Prices: $3-$10
Notes: Super burritos for $4.25. I've been eating here for years!

Name: Lee's Buffett
Type: Chinese, Korean, Japanese buffett
Location: 271 El Camino Real, San Bruno
Prices: $10-12? (sorry, not sure, cuz I ate there for free for a friend's birthday)
Notes: My initial impression is that this place is good if you're super hungry and you can't decide between 3 different Asian styles of food, it's a pretty good place to get some eats. My friends love this place. However, since it was a party upstairs of the restaurant I was attending, I didn't really get to chow down.

Name: Emeryville Farmer's Market Food Court
Type: Practically everything under the sun! (Italian, Asian, Mexican, American, etc)
Location: 5959 Shellmound St, Emeryville
Prices: Varies
Notes: I haven't been there for years. However, whenever I was there, even as hungry as I was. I had a HARD time deciding what to eat. So even if you're not hungry, you will get hungry walking around the gigantic food court.

Name: Gypsys Trattoria Italiano
Type: Italian
Location: 2519 Durant Ave, Berkeley
Prices: $4-10
Notes: Top quality Italian food without the "top quality Italian" price. Without waiters, this cuts down on their prices. My friends and I always hit up this place when we're fiendin' for some Italian and we don't have much cash on us. For me, I just order something that's $6-$7 and a glass of water. The calzones are friggin' huge. The portions are pretty generous IMO. Then right across the way from that place, King Pin Donuts. If you love custard, treat yourself to a custard donut after your meal at that same food court. Dessert of the Gods!

Name: BJ's Brewhouse
Type: American/Chicago-style pizza/sports bar
Prices: $4 (happy hour) to $15
Location: 10690 N De Anza Blvd., Cupertino
Notes: One word. PIZZOOOKIIIEEEEEE! IMO, one of the best desserts ever. It's basically a giant thin soft baked-cookie with a scoop of ice cream on top. I've had their peanut butter pizzookie and the chocolate-chip. Their personal pizzas are pretty tasty. Try the buffalo chicken one. I normally hit up this place during happy hour. Their personal deep dish pizzas are half off during that time!

Name: Englander Sports Pub & Bar
Type: American/sports bar/English pub
Location: 101 Parrott St, San Leandro
Prices: $6-$18
Notes: Welp, this is my local sports pub hangout spot. There's a good number of foods that are beer-battered or cooked in beer. The quesadillas are pretty awesome. I had the "Englander Pub Burger", which is a heartattack in a bun. Imagine your standard burger topped with grilled onions, cheddar, and linguica. Good eats. My friends and I hang out here if we're hungry at night and wanna catch a Warriors game on the tube.

On a side note. I second Los Gallos. I went there once and had a soft taco and their nachos. The cheese is perfect on their nachos and you can eat with friends cheap. Just load up on their free chips and salsa. The toppings on the nachos are more than enough to flavor a couple extra bowls of chips. I love those Vietnamese sandwiches. The only place in the east bay that I can buy them at are at Oakland Chinatown. I wished they had someplace that's closer to San Leandro when I wanna do a quick drive and pick up a couple of those when I'm hungry. Anyone know of a place in Hayward, Castro Valley, or San Leandro?

 

dude that place took a nose dive in a quick way. freaking guy snorted all the money away.
I hear that the girls are running it now and it's on it's way back to where it was before.

But yeah..used to be one of my favorite places. Great food. Good fun.

 

Name: House of Soul Food
Addr: 2015 Lafayette St, Santa Clara CA 95050
Phone : 408-227-SOUL
Type : Soul Food/Southern (US) cooking. Catfish, BBQ, Chicken, Southern Veggies, etc
Cost : moderate/cheap
Notes : lifesaver for a relocated Southern Boy like myself

Name: Midori
Addr: 1066 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale
Phone : (408) 985-1000
Type : Japanese/Sushi
Cost : moderate (for Sushi)
Notes : Excellent stuff, VERY fresh fish, the owner is a nut (but in a good way )

Name : Su's Mongolian Barbeque
Addr : 1111 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
Phone : (408) 985-2958
Type : See Restaurant Name
Cost : cheap
Notes : Good all-u-can-eat place for Mongolian BBQ, very reasonably priced

 

i second impala on su's and midori

 

Haha.. This is a fav of my friends and I. Codename: "The Dirty Stick" for obvious reasons...

My favs:

Name : St. Johns Bar and Grill
Addr : 510 Lawrence Expressway, Sunnyvale
Phone : (408) 738-8515
Type : Bar food - awesome burgers and cheeseteaks, daily specials that are awesome (Tri-Tip Tuesday, etc)
Cost : moderate
Notes : Outside dining, great beers, popular car club meet place

Name : Rock Bottom Brewery
Addr : 1875 S Bascom Ave (Pruneyard), Campbell
Phone : (408) 377-0707
Type : Bar food, great entrees, great beer (used to be greater, oh well)
Cost : moderate
Notes : Try the Racoon Red, bring a driver

There are so so so many more. I really like Chipotle, "Tacos Jalapa" on El Camino in Sunnyvale, "Burrito Factory" on Hollenbeck, etc..

-Jacob

 

Since it looks like Burritos are popular, here's my contribution:

These places have the best burritos in the bay area (still not as good as the burritos in San Diego, though).

Tacos El Grullense E & E (The E & E is important!)
2401 Middlefield Rd
Redwood City, CA
(650) 369-9013

Tacqueria Cancun
2288 Mission St (Mission and 19th St)
San Francisco, CA
(415) 252-9560

Additionally, I'd HIGHLY recommend San Tung in the Sunset. Great chinese food, good prices, always packed, and the BEST chicken wings I've ever had (get the Dry Friend Chicken Wings).

San Tung
1031 Irving St
San Francisco, CA
(415) 242-0828

Those are my favorite places to eat.

John

 

you da man...those places rip. The one in hayward rips. Other great locations are in alameda across from the lost weekend...love that place. And in old newark.



now for my recommendations...haaa.

Santa Cruz area.

1. Blue Spoon.
off state park. Looks like a oil american pit..used to be. My buddy redid the menu...now it's more mediteranean. Haven't been in a while but last time I went it was just amazing. had a portabella raviolli with some lobster sauce or something..can't remember...freakin awesome. Good wines. Pretty quiet. Nice place for a date. Not too outrageously priced.

2. Crow's Nest
2218 East Cliff Dr.
great seafood...and i rarely eat seafood.

3. La Fondue
14510 Big Basin Way Saratoga CA
french....great...expensive as all hell.

4. Wine Cellar
University Ave. Los Gatos
Italian. Great food. Nice place. Great date. NOT cheap...at all.

5. Star Bene
21245 E. Cliff santa cruz.
Italian. One of my new favorites. Small. Good wines. good service. Great food. Incredible Desert.....this is one of those must save room for desert places. Probably run you about $80-115 if you eat a full course and drink wine.

6. The Basin
14572 Big Basin Way Saratoga CA
American food. Small. haven't had it yet myself...but i plan to. From what I hear it's one of the best places around right now.

7. Blacks Beach Cafe
15th and East Cliff
American..with a med twist. Good food. Great lunches. great view. not first on my list but it's worth the visit. one of the not so dress up date places.

there's more..just ask.

San Francisco

1. Garibaldi's
presidio ave.
Freaking awesome food. I've been to the one in berkeley too. We spent $2400 there... like 16 of us. work deal. great freakin steak.

2. Elite Cafe
Filmore
Cajun....good. Nuff said.

Date spots...in sf area.

you look up the info...i'm done..haaaa. but these places rip...and many of them from personal experience.....work.

Il Cantuccio. Italian. small. not outrageous
bubble Lounge...liquor. posh/yuppie
enrico's.....kicks massive *** in many ways.
Julie's supper club....awesome. good for drinks and snacks. Good for food and good for big parties.
Mecca. Great lunch spot
Irish Bank. Great for beers...first quick date type of deal before dinner. very crowded.
foreign cinema. Really nice. in the mission. shows foreign films on the walls. good food. Great bar/liquor selection. Oysters are bomb...and i don't like oysters. kinda expensive. was $500 for 4 of us. but we went all out. haaa.

man that's it for me....just look em up online for directions.
I've got some in fremont, monterey, bah..whatever.

 

Naked Fish
24703 Amador St
Hayward, CA
(510) 887-4569

Damn good sushi and pretty low prices. Their Elvis Rock and Roll and Sunny California Rolls (sushi that's been deep fried in tempura batter) are friggin awesome.

 

Forgot about the citaaay...

My favs in SF:

Name : El Farolito
Addr : 24th & Mission
Type : Taqueria - my fav..
Cost : cheap, taqueria prices
Notes : No mas sesos.

Name : Arinells
Addr : 509 Valencia
Type : Best pizza in the city (IMHO)
Cost : cheap!
Notes : Mmm.. Grab a pie, fight off the bums all the way to Shotwell.

Name : Ramblas Tapas
Addr : 557 Valencia (the mission)
Type : Spanish fare, Tapas
Cost : moderate to high
Notes : everything is great! Portions are somewhat authentic, but way larger. Great beers.

Name : Naan & Curry
Addr : 642 Irving St (there's one on Jackson too)
Type : Indian, awesome.. BYOB.
Cost : cheap!
Notes : Mmm.. Best chicken tikka. Bring tums.

Name : Crepevine
Addr : Irving St (couldn't find it in Yahoo)
Type : breakfast, awesome..
Cost : moderate
Notes : scrambles are amazing, try the safari cooler.. Awesome coffee!

Name : Raintree
Addr : 654 Irving St
Type : Irish..
Cost : moderate
Notes : Great breakfast, watch the potato dude go!

One of my favourite places ever - in Redwood City:

Name : Hawaiian Drive In
Addr : El Camino Real, Redwood City, across from the high school (yahoo sucks)
Type : Hawaiian, Chinese - get yo kahlua pig or saimin! L&L Style..
Cost : cheap!
Notes : Mmm.. BBQ Chicken plate, no ka oi. Sort of a dive, but I love it. Food is kickarse.


There's lots more, I mean - I love snacks, but - I gotta get to work.

-Jacob

 

Hmm...I was curious about Hawaiian Drive Inn. One just opened up on the other side of the Circuit City in Hayward. I've already had L&L's by the Food Max off Tennyson and Hesperian. I love spam musubi.

 

I just went to the hayward location last weekend... it was damn good! Quality and size of their portions was on par w/ L&L, but they got them beat by their service. I swear it takes L&L at least 15 minutes to get your order up vs. about 4-5 min at Hawaiian drive inn

 

There are two oasis burgers, and they are both on the el camino and both are by chevy dealerships. The one in Palo Alto is better.
How can you not mention Applewood Pizza with their bomb pizza and langos. That stuff is the greatest ever.
1001 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA
Telephone: (650) 324-3486 - Fax (650) 325-7021
Across the street from keplers.

 

is there one of those hawaiian drive ins in milpitas area? My room mate just took me to this place called island something or other..freaking grub. he's got hawaiian family so he'd be stoked if I could show him a new place locally.