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Really? I am an SF dweller, grew up in NJ, and an occasional NYC visitor, and always thought the opposite. In SF you seem to have to sit down and eat (i.e. wi
by chubot 13y ago
Really? I am an SF dweller, grew up in NJ, and an occasional NYC visitor, and always thought the opposite. In SF you seem to have to sit down and eat (i.e. with waiter) to get anything decent, especially vegetables.
The only places you can get burritos are really the Mission and Redwood City. That is one of the main "everyday eating" foods that is made well. They are certainly good, but not something you want to eat super often. There aren't any vegetables to speak of in burritos or tacos.
SOMA, where most startups are, mostly has terrible food (at the everyday eating level), although it has gotten better in the last 5 years now that more people live there.
In NYC you can reliably get good pizza and bagels -- and the pizza is way cheaper than anything in SF. In SF the pizza is generally horrible.
If you compare cheaper restaurants (i.e. with waiter), then it's possible that SF has NY beat (?). But if you are just talking about walking into a place and getting food by yourself, then I think the pizza and bagels of NY has SF easily beat. SF is really many neighborhoods, and the Mission is definitely better in terms of food, but compared with SOMA it seems like there is no contest.
The floor in SF also seems to be really low... if you just walk into a random pizza or (surprisingly) Chinese place, you are pretty likely to be disappointed.
- erddojo 13y agoYou're speaking of SOMA like you're familiar with the restaurants here. I'm guessing you're not. Perhaps you live here but are too busy coding to make it past the Creamery? At the "everyday eating level", try Darwin, Little Skillet, Garaje, American Grilled Cheese, Source, Butler and Chef, La Briciola, Coco500, Zuppa, Holy Grill etc. Want to go a little more upscale? Saisan. Alexanders. 25 Lusk. Prospect. Town Hall. Benu. C'mon, don't make such broad generalizations unless you can back them up.
- chubot 13y agoWow, wasn't expecting this level of venom for a harmless comment. I lived in SOMA from 2002 to 2004, and from 2008 to 2010, so I know what I'm talking about... you do realize all the places you mentioned opened in the "last 5 years" (or have waiters and are not "every day food"), which I explicitly mentioned in my comment? I'm guessing you don't because you just moved here, and those are the only places in SF you go to. Now I know why pg wants to moderate comments. HN is really two forums: one for programmers, and one for industry gossip/lifestyle. The threads for programmers are still top notch, but once you venture into the non-technical parts you get randomly bitten by trolls.
- erddojo 13y agoWasn't intended as venomous, just maybe a little bit of a reality check. And offering an opinion (with real examples) to counter your opinion isn't trollism. Plus your comment never said that any restaurants opened in the past 5 years weren't eligible for consideration (?). I was on SOMA from '04-'06, then again from '08-present. There were some good places back then too. Some failed. Some are still here but aren't as good as they once were. If you haven't been here in 4 years, why are you spending your time claiming you know the SOMA foodie scene? And then getting all angst-y when countered?