00100	General Rules for the FOOD File  FOR CHRIST'S SAKE DON'T SOS IT!!!
00200	
00300	Anyone who likes food is welcome to contribute.
00400	Recommendations are individual and signed, ie we are not showing a
00500	statistical average, but who likes what.
00600	I use +,++,+++,*,**,*** in increasing order of quality, with
00700	+ as pleasant acceptable to ** superb.
00800	Best dishes and business hours are valuable; also cost all included.
00900	
01000	TOB ratings
01100		+	just above acceptable
01200		++	moderately good
01300		+++	
01400		*	superior, authentic
01500		**	standout
01600		***	I'm still searching
01700			bad, 	+TOB
     

00100	BERKELEY AREA
00200	
00300	Mandarin
00400		Kapok, Oakland (also other Chinese dishes)
00500			**TOB
00600		Omei, Berkeley
00700			**TOB
00800		King Tsin, Berkeley
00900			*TOB
01000		Yangtze River, Shattuck Ave.
01100			*TOB
01200	
01300	
01400	*Japanese
01500		Aji no Edoko
01600			inexpensive and very good	*TOB
01700	
01800	*Indian
01900		Moti Mahal
02000			inexpensive, good	*TOB
02100	
02200	
02300	*Afghanistan
02400		Khyber Pass
02500			moderately expensive,moderately good	+++TOB	
02600	
02700	Sea Food
02800		Spenger's, 4th street foot of University north of overpass
02900			+++PAW
03000	
03100	
03200	
     

00100	PENINSULA
00200	
00300	Chinese
00400		Hsi Nan
00500			good	*TOB
00600		Chef Chu
00700			moderately good	+++TOB
00800			;especially like Hot & Sour soup: PAM
00900		Peking Duck
01000			extremely variable, moderate to good TOB
01100		Qui Hing Low
01200					+TOB
01300		House of Lee
01400					+LES
01500		Potsticker	San Mateo
01600			excellent chinese		*KMC
01700			good				+++TOB
01800		Ming's	Embarcadero at Bayshore
01900			good food, ripoff		+++TOB
02000			poor				+ KMC
02100		Mandarin House, El Camino, San Carlos
02200			excellent, expensive and plastic	*TOB
02300		Jade Garden	Sunnyvale, 738-1228
02400			good Mandarin			+++TOB
02500	
02600	Mexican
02700		Tony's  (Middlefield in Redwood City)
02800			Good food, zero atmosphere, very cheap; try Mexican beer: PAM
02900	
03000		Los Toritos
03100			moderately good,prob best Mexican	+++TOB
03200		Tia Maria, Los Altos, San Antonio and El Camino Real
03300			bad, ripoff  			+TOB
03400		Bullfighter Inn		Main St. Los Altos
03500			fair				+TOB
03600		La Luna		Chestnut St., Menlo Park
03700			some dishes good                ++KMC
03800			fair 				+TOB
03900		La Fortuna, 3081 Middlefield, Redwood City
04000			as good as any other, inexpensive   ++TOB
04100		El Zarape	El Camino, Mountain View
04200			cheap, ok food			Jeff Raskin
04300		El Charro No. 3, 2169 Winchester, Campbell
04400			inexpensive, good		PAW
04500	
04600	Continental
04700		Skywood Chateau
04800			LaHonda at Skyline	+++TOB
04900			scampi bordelaise,veal brusco
05000	                GENE (the chef) is getting careless  +KMC
05100		Bella Vista	Skyline	851-9994
05200			view only recommended, food bad TOB
05300	               Poor        0 KMC
05400		La Cigogne	Alsatian French, San Mateo
05500			best on Peninsula	KMC	ask for Renee or Fernand
05600			ok			+++TOB
05700		The Pub		Woodside
05800			noisy at night with drunks, ask for Antoine  ++	KMC
05900		L'Auberge	El Camino Real, Redwood City
06000			pretentious, water foul, highpriced   +	KMC
06100			good but too expensive, prefer plainer menu	+++TOB
06200		Cote D'Azur	
06300			Excellent but too expensive  +++KMC
06400		Frank Torres	Half Moon Bay
06500			spectacular view on beach, food average	+KMC
06600		Miramar Bech Inn	Half Moon Bay
06700			raunchy place, great lunch	    +++	KMC
06800		Criccio's	Village Corner, Los Altos
06900			variable seafood		++KMC
07000			mediocre			++TOB
07100		Paolo's, Pruneyard in Campbell
07200			excellent, expensive		PAW
07300		The Rusty Scupper, Town and Country Village, San Jose
07400			excellent food if you can stand crowds and a fairly
07500			long wait, best on week nights	PAW
07600	
07700	Etc
07800		The Old Spaghetti Factory, San Pedro Street in San jose
07900			clam sauce best			PAW
08000		Poor Yorick's Pub, Campbell Avenue across from Pruneyard
08100			limited menu, inexpensive	PAW
08200		Original Joe's, First Street, San Jose
08300			good Italian, fairly inexpensive, no credit cards
08400							PAW
08500	Vietnamese
08600	
08700		Mekong		Castro Street, Mountain View
08800			distinctive style, horrible service, good food: PAM
08900			variable			++TOB
09000	
09100	
09200	Japanese
09300		Azuma		Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino
09400			good			+++TOB
09500	
09600	
09700	
09800	
09900	Miscellaneous
10000		Deli (Indonesian)	Mountain View, nr Castro Street
10100				3 or 4 blocks from Castro on Dana ? west side
10200		Pan's natural foods, Main St, Los Altos
10300		Togo's submarines, 336 E. William, San Jose (near SJS)
10400			best submarines around, takeout only	PAW
10500	
     

00100	SAN FRANCISCO
00200	
00300	Mandarin
00400		Mandarin	Ghirardelli Square,
00500			 expensive  *TOB
00600	
00700		North China, SF
00800			best medium-priced Mandarin    *KMC
00900		Dynasty
01000			Hearn
01100		Manchurian, Polk St.SF
01200			Hearn
01300		Yiet Wah	19th and Geary
01400			recommended
01500	Diem Sum
01600	
01700		Yank Sing, Broadway at Grant
01800			*TOB
01900		
02000		Shanghai,532 Grant
02100			
02200		Par Lok, Jackson St.
02300	
02400		Tai Tung, 1247 Stockton
02500	
02600	Chinese, Cantonese, Shanghai, etc
02700		Far East Cafe
02800			Best all-around Chinese    *KMC
02900		Johnny Kan's
03000			Excellent but expensive    *KMC
03100		Sai Yon		641 Jackson
03200			duck broth yee foo wonton soup, ++TOB
03300		Ga Jo En	Pacific at Grant
03400			check your bill
03500	
03501		MIKE'S (on outer Geary st)
03502			don't let the name mislead you. This family used to
03503			run the kitchen at Four Seas in Chinatown   *KMC
03600		Sun Hung Hueng - Washington St
03700			excellent Cantonese - +++KMC
03800	
03900	French
04000		typical prices are per person, including tax,tip, and wine
04100	
04200		La Bourgogne
04300			Once the absolute best, now (August) a trap.
04400			Chef left, room full of drunken tourists. ++KMC.
04500		La Mirabelle		$18 typical
04600			Good food, check the bill- *KMC
04700			Quite good, *TOB
04800		L'Orangerie
04900			*LES
05000		La Petite Ferme		$10 typical
05100			Very good, pleasant place, *TOB
05200		Restaurant de France
05300			varies with chef, now (July) extraordinary - **KMC
05400		Trader Vic's
05500			excellent only in captain's cabin and expensive **KMC
05600		Magic Pan
05700			best crepe place	+++TOB
05800						+++LES
05900			try crab crepe: PAM
06000	
06100	Basque
06200		Des Alpes
06300			Family style, lots of food
06400		Basque Hotel
06500			average	AH
06600	
06700	Seafood
06800		Sam's	Bush St
06900			Best, waiters insolent    *KMC
07000		Tadich	(California St)
07100			Excellent but crowded -*KMC
07200		Pompey's Grotto
07300			Best on Fisherman's Wharf	+++KMC
07400	
07500	
07600	
07700	Italian
07800		North Beach Restaurant
07900	                Bruno, the chef, is Orsi's brother. Hence
08000			order specialities (e.g. squid) -*KMC, ++LES
08100		Orsi
08200			best Italian but expensive	*KMC
08300			good	*TOB
08400		La Bussola
08500			a good restaurant gone bad, sad
08600			Reno ran away with the money and Lena quit - KMC
08700		Fior d'Italia
08800			excellent Italian, room cold	+++KMC
08900		Giglio's
09000			new secret find	    *KMC
09100			(these people have taken over Amelio's on Powell St.
09200	                 which should make the latter once again great in time).
09300		Iron Horse
09400			Ruggero's chef (Roger Bertola) now there	KMC
09500			room noisy, service poor, food great
09600	        Gelco's (in a motel(!) at Van Ness and Lombard)
09700	                Yugoslavian, Gelco is former maitre di at Bourgogne +++KMC
09800		Swiss Louis
09900			Swiss Italian, excellent	*KMC
10000		Julius Castle
10100			pasta good, entrees average, great view 	+++KMC
10200		Amelio's
10300				*LES
10400		Vanessi's
10500			best hamburger and short order Italian		+++KMC
10600		Lupo's
10700	                best pizza, Chinese chef still there  +++KMC
10800	
10900	
11000	Family style Italian, etc.
11100		Green Valley
11200			family style
11300		New Pisa
11400			family style
11500		Ristorante Italiano
11600			family style
11700		San Remo
11800			family style
11900	
12000	
12100	American
12200		Golden Eagle Cafe
12300			sit in bar, hamburgers and seafood	*KMC
12400		Grison's
12500			once good steak place,now fallen   +KMC
12600	
12700		Bill's Place,Clement	AJT
12800			the American hamburger at its best
12900			(eat in garden amidst Bill's orchid collection)
13000	
13100	
13200	Japanese
13300		Cho Cho's
13400			best Japanese outside of Japantown	*KMC
13500			good		*TOB
13600		Matsuya
13700			good, inexpensive *TOB
13800		Tsuruyoshi	Kearny and Sutter
13900			recommended by Japanese
14000			special mixed sashimi available at $11 per person
14100		Toraya		Buchanan and Post
14200			recommended by Japanese
14300		Sanpei
14400			sushi, recommended by Japanese
14500	
14600	
14700	Korean
14800		Korea House (Japan town)
14900		Kahgopa		(Broadway)
15000		Toraji		(Columbus at Pacific)
15100			all relatively good, +++TOB
15200	German
15300		Schroeder's
15400			simple and excellent 	*KMC
15500	
15600	
15700	
15800	Cafes and Bars
15900	        Coffee Gallery
16000	               counter-culture, good chess players (and hustlers) +++KMC
16100		Harrington's Bar
16200			good Irish bar, Oyster House seafood in front  +++KMC
16300		Mooney's Irish Pub
16400			best nighttime bar and surprise music	+++KMC
16500		Enrico's
16600			outdoor cafe, a full measure in your drinks	*KMC,TOB
16700		Tosca
16800			best cappuccino bar	*KMC
16900		Perry's
17000			current trendiest & best  AJT
17100	
17200	
17300	
17400	
17500	Indian
17600		Taj Mahal
17700			good	*TOB
17800	
17900	Indonesian
18000		A bit of Indonesia
18100				+++TOB
18200	
18300	
18400	Moroccan
18500		Marrakech	417 O'Farrell
18600			good	*TOB	expensive
18700	
18800	*Filipino
18900		Mabuhay
19000			inexpensive and good	+++TOB
19100			raw shrimp with ginger
19200	
19300	
19400	Early California
19500		La Tortola, Polk St.
19600	
19700	Spanish
19800		Pabellon Espanol	285-0690  closed Tuesday, open noon to 11pm
19900			3115 22nd street (exit at Army st, w to Van Ness)
20000			sea food dishes preferable, good +++TOB
     

00100	MARIN
00200		Brittainy Inn	LES
00300	
00400		Manka's Czech	Inverness	*TOB
00500			reservations necessary
00600	
00700		Ondine, Sausalito	*AJT
00800			good but expensive($15-20 per person)
00900			try the pheasant 
     

00100	SANTA CRUZ
00200	
00300		Grapesteaks  
00400		burn-it-yourself place with good bar 
00500		live entertainment on weekends ; try Terriaki: PAM
00600