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> The consensus is generally that the Bay Area doesn't have very good food What? Exhibit A: http://www.berkeleybowl.com/ http://www.berkeleybowl.com/ Exhibit
by davidgay 8y ago
> The consensus is generally that the Bay Area doesn't have very good food
What?
Exhibit A: http://www.berkeleybowl.com/ http://www.berkeleybowl.com/
Exhibit B: http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/ http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
[exhibits C through Z on demand]
I haven't seen better grocery or cheese stores anywhere else in the US, or in Switzerland (there's stores with some better cheeses, but nothing with the range and variety).
- Fins 8y agoI've seen as good or better grocery or cheese shops in Chicago, but as much as I dislike SFBA for variuous reasons, there's no shortage of good (if usually vastly overpriced) restaurants.
- thatfrenchguy 8y agoEver been to France ? A normal middle class supermarket has more diversity than any place in the US :-/
- anyfoo 8y agoEver been to Berkeley Bowl? I have French family, so I have been there a lot (grew up in Germany, though). French supermarkets are astonishing (especially compared to Germany), but Berkeley Bowl really is something else.
- yhoneycomb 8y agoI find it pretty hard to believe that France would have even 1% the amount of Asian food that I can find in southern California grocery stores.
- hokkos 8y agoThere is some big supermarket specialized in Asian food, 11000 products form 100 countries : https://www.tang-freres.fr/produits-asiatiques/ https://www.tang-freres.fr/produits-asiatiques/
- davidgay 8y agoGrowing up, it was sometimes hard to know which part of the woods was in France and which in Switzerland. So yes, I have been there, a few hundred times. You, clearly haven't been to those places I listed or you wouldn't have made that statement (and yes, Berkeley is atypical for the US).