Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
This place was recommended to us by our innkeeper when we stayed in S.F. for my 25th birthday. We were in the Castro, and Bi-Rite is just a few blocks away in the Mission. The place was jam-packed with people, and it was pretty obvious why: it's super yummy! I got the salted caramel ice cream in a sugar cone, and Francis got...something else that was equally scrumptious and unique, but neither of us can remember what it was. Fact: they make all of their ice cream from Strauss dairy products, which come from happy cows...really! That must be why it's so good.
We both say: DEE-LICIOUS!
Bar Crudo's lunch specials are as good as their regular menu items, sometimes better! That is what we were told by our waiter and we tested it by ordering lunch items, menu items and a bottle of wine.
First off let me tell you that they have a really great wine menu with good descriptions of the flavors of each wine. It makes it easier to pair your wine with what you have ordered when you have not had every wine on the list.
So were their lunch specials great? YES! The Price and flavor of their lunch specials were great! We had a chorizo and calamari quesadilla that was very scrumptious!
They menu items were also very yummy! We had Salmon, Devil Prawns and a few oysters on the half shell. My only complaint is that the Devil Prawns weren't spicy at all. If you name something devil then you better make it hot! They were very flavorful and I'd order them again.
Dessert was delicious but nothing you haven't seen before.
We both really enjoyed the environment, food and service we received!
What Francis says: Top notch service and food! I highly recommend!
What Zo says: Tasty food and friendly employees, ask to be seated upstairs for a more romantic meal!
I love this place so much that every time I'm in the Bay Area, I MUST stop here for a little slice of heaven, and anyone who has ever traversed the 80 with me is subjected to my pretty much endless babbling about Arizmendi and how good it is and how we MUST stop there, et cetera. It's fairly annoying but completely out of my control because their pizza really is incredible. In fact, there have been times that I drove to S.F. for no other reason than to stop at Arizmendi for pizza. Seriously.
They have three locations: one in the Lake Merritt neighborhood of Oakland, one in the Inner Sunset in S.F., and one in Emeryville.
This co-op makes one kind of pizza everyday, and everyday the pizza is different. It's always vegetarian, and their toppings range from the semi-odd (shiitake, portobello and button mushrooms with sesame-ginger-garlic vinaigrette) to the traditional (spinach, tomato, and garlic oil.) But here's the amazing thing: even if the pizza of the day sounds less than appetizing, it is always sublime.
The sourdough (!) crust is perfectly golden, chewy, crunchy, and never under baked. They use the absolute best whole-milk mozzarella cheese. Their veggies are always in season and generally locally-grown. I swear, this is the perfect pizza. Francis likes it too...just a little less enthusiastically. They have yummy focaccia too. And sweet rolls, and cookies, and bialys and cheese sticks...
http://arizmendibakery.com/
What Zo says: Best pizza and sourdough!
What Francis says: Like the environment and the pizza is pretty good too!
What Zo says: Best pizza and sourdough!
What Francis says: Like the environment and the pizza is pretty good too!
