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.TIT American
⊗Alice's Restaurant
/Skyline Blvd. and La Honda Rd., Woodside
/415 851-0221
/
/Local yokels.  Substantial standard breakfasts.  Sunday is good day
to eat outside and watch the bikers [JVC-82].
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⊗Calvin's Philadelphia Eatery
/234 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 964-8470
/11am-7pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  No credit cards.
/Everything is homemade: BBQ Ribs, Chicken, hoagies,
steak and deli sandwiches.  I have tasted the ribs and they are excellent.
They also make a sweetpotato cheesecake which I highly recommend.  The owners
are from south Philly.  The place is small and the atmosphere is very friendly
[HLL-5/83].
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⊗The Cellar
/4926 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 964-0220
/11:30am-2:30pm 6pm-10pm Mon-Fri, 6pm-10pm Sat, 5pm-10pm Sun.
/Reasonable food.  Somewhat on expensive side.  Often has discount coupons
in Palo Alto Weekly [ARK-84].
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⊗Clarke's Charcoal Broiler
/615 El Camino Real, Mountain View
/415 967-0851
/11am-9pm.  No cards.
/Kirk's is better, especially where cleanliness is concerned [PAT-80].
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⊗Day and Night Barbecue
/2118 University Avenue, East Palo Alto
/415 324-0281
/closes around 10:30pm.  No cards.
/This is a barbecue joint, plain and simple.  No seating, you
just order your food and take it out.  Ribs ($7.50/lb, your
choice of hot or mild sauce) are the main attraction, but
they also have chicken, polish sausage, sweet potato pie,
etc.  The ribs are yummy [MOG-82].
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⊗Dinah's Shack
/4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-9510
/Mon-Sun 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-10pm.  VS, MC.
/All-you-can-eat smorgasbord is pretty good [ARK-84].
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⊗The Gatehouse
/265 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 326-1330
/11:30am-2:30pm 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat till 10:30pm, Sun brunch: 10am-2:30pm.
VS, MC.
/For the credit card set -- slick setting, OK food, high prices [LES-82].
The bar stays open until 1:00 on weekends and often has live music; go
there for drinks after a movie [SM-2/83].
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⊗The Great Hot Dog Experience
/204 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/415 326-1023
/
/I could go into a long description about how terrible it was, how the food
was like toxic waste, the service totally incompetent, etc.  However,
like me just say: as a previous detractor of McDonalds, I had the
spontaneous thought while at this cursed place of how %2wonderful%*
McDonalds is in comparison!  To quote Eric Berglund (another victim),
"I have no standards whatsoever when it comes to hot dogs, and I thought
their hot dogs were pretty terrible."
So, discover your junk food standards there or do yourself a favor and
avoid the place.  In any case, be forewarned [DC-8/84].
≡
⊗Jose's Pizza
/2275 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 326-6522
/11:30am-3:30pm 5:30pm-10:00.  VS, MC.
/Worst ribs in town, steer clear! [RLW-82].
Strange combinations of foods that don't succeed [ARK-83].
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⊗*Kirk's
/361 California, Palo Alto
/415 326-6159
/11am-10pm.  No cards.
/Charcoal-grilled hamburgers -- a delicious alternative to the
franchiseburger [LES-74:82, ARK-6/84].
A definite win.  The burgers are BIG!  Well worth the price [DON-79:80,
ARK-6/84].
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⊗Late for the Train
/561 Oak Grove, Menlo Park
/415 321-6124
/7am-3pm, breakfast and lunch only.  No cards; checks accepted.
/The best place for breakfast on the Peninsula.  The Flea Street Cafe is
under the same management [TRG-82].
Bland [NCR-82].
Good food, but very long wait during lunch time [ARK-83].
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⊗Mama's 
/Stanford Shopping Center
/415 327-4735
/10am-10pm Mon-Thu & Sat, 10am-11pm Fri, 9am-5pm Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
/Same as the SF Mama's, the style here is sit-down and more expensive than
the buffet style at the Hillsdale Mama's.  This Mama's seems to cater to
the Atherton types [PAT-80].
Same delicious quality as the other Mama'ses [LES-80:82].
≡
⊗Monterey Whaling Company
/190 E. El Camino, Mountain View
/415 969-4323
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm Sun-Thu, 5pm-11:30pm Fri-Sat.
Reservations recommended on weekends.  AX, MC, VS.
/Seafood and service good.  Ask if they have the broiled swordfish.  Entrees
range from $7 (beef kabob or sole) to $11 or $12 (abalone or lobster)
[DON-79:80].
Service was very slow on two recent visits.  Without a reservation on a
Saturday night, had to wait nearly an hour in the bar for a table.  Then
got stuck in a real out-of-the-way corner of the restaurant, and largely
ignored thereafter [RLW-82].
≡
⊗The New Leaf
/1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto
/415 493-7600
/11am-2pm Mon-Fri.
/An execellent place for lunch although somewhat crowded.  Prices slightly 
higher than in the Coffee House, but the food is much better.  They also do
catering [TRG-82].
High priced but excellent sandwiches.  Go on a warm day and eat outside
by the fish pond [LES-81:82].
There are no fish in the "fish pond," which is so totally devoid of
any form of life that it has clearly been treated with something;  I
find this rather depressing.  The food is okay, however [KK-12/84].
≡
⊗Ramona's
/541 Ramona Street, Palo Alto
/415 326-2220
/11am-11pm.  No cards.
/Bass ale on tap! [SJF-80].
Good crust, toppings a little sparse [WDG-81].
The pizza is OK although not everyone likes the large dose of ketchup.
Other items (in particuliar, soup) don't get the same attention [TRG-82].
Always inexplicably crowded.  The best I can say is that the pizza is better
than Round Table's, but then so is cardboard [PJA-9/84].
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⊗Stagecoach
/3062 Woodside Road, Woodside
/415 851-8010
/Mon-Sun 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-8pm
/Reasonable food at reasonable prices [ARK-84].
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⊗Sundance Mine Company
/1921 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 321-6798
/11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm.  AX, VS, MC.
/Good.  Try the Calamari [WDG-81].
For the type (prime rib and seafood), it's quite good [JQJ-82].
The twilight special is a great deal.  Includes soup or salad, baked
potato and some vegetable for $6.95 for a selected list of entrees.
Available before 6:30pm seven days a week.  Good food, too.  Otherwise,
it can be expensive, since everything is otherwise a la carte [ARK-6/84].
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⊗The New Varsity
/456 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/323-6411 or 321-1246
/11:30am-2pm 5:30pm-10pm daily, Sun brunch 11am-2pm.
/The table service may be the worst in any Palo Alto restaurant, but I like
the ambiance.  The entertainment seems to be shifting a bit away from
movies and towards live performances [JQJ-82].
Be warned: whenever I have eaten there (dinner, brunch), my stomach complained
about food poisoning.  Even with X $ off on the movie price, it's a lousy deal.
However, a good place to go for coffee or dessert [TRG-82].
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⊗Village Pub
/2967 Woodside Road, Woodside
/415 851-1294
/11am-midnight Tue-Sun, closed Mon.
/Expensive ($15 pp.) but mostly worth it.  Large menu, carefully
prepared.  Warning: jackets required for men [NCR-81].
Overpriced and pretentious.  Don't waste your money [DEW-9/83].
≡
⊗Woodside Little Store (alias BeefBurger)
/3340 Woodside Road, Woodside
/415 851-7370
/11am-3pm, 5:30pm-9pm.  Cash only.
/What a find! This place is great for a quick, cheap, and tasty meal out
in Woodside. The locals have dinner here; one night Joan Baez was sitting
at the table next to mine.  They have various hamburger platters, sausages,
and one dinner special (such as stew) each evening. You order at the
bar and they bring it to your table.  One of the owners is a frenchman
who makes his own French Onion Soup (authentic!!) and fresh pastries daily.
You can have a full dinner here for $5 or so, and it is really a pleasant
place - great for an "after the beach" dinner [ALL-82].
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.TIT Cafes
⊗Cafe Borrone
/2022 Broadway, Redwood City
/415 368-7085
/10am-3pm Mon-Wed, 10am-9pm Thu-Fri.
/I've had lunch there three
times and have been pleased with the quality and quantity, though it is
moderately expensive.  The pate served with apples and walnuts is $5 and
the smoked salmon quiche is around $6; both are excellent.  Wine can be
purchased by the glass (usually 6 to 8 selections) or by the bottle
(over 100 selections).  They have a full expresso bar, a nice selection
of teas, fresh squeezed orange juice, champagne, over a dozen beers
(including Henry Weinhards on tap), and more.  Their dessert menu begins
with Chocolate Decadence, but I've never had room for dessert [MZA-5/83].
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⊗Caravansary Gourmet Store and Restaurant
/321 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/415 327-2682
/10am-9pm weekdays, 10am-6pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun.  MC, VS.
/Newly opened clone of the San Francisco chain offering a variety
of interesting but expensive salads, desserts and coffee.  Eat there or
buy things by the pound and take them home.  Try the baba ghanoush
(Middle-eastern eggplant salad) when available [SM-3/83].
≡
⊗Coffee House
/Tresidder Union, Stanford University
/415 497-3592
/11am-midnight Mon-Thu, 11am-1am Fri, noon-1am Sat, noon-midnight Sun.
No cards or checks.
/Good sandwiches, made to order [LES-76:82].
Good expresso drinks.  Crowded at night as always [TVR-76:80].
The sandwiches are overpriced, the coffees are excellent for this campus
[TRG-82].
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⊗The Farmer's Market
/448 California, Palo Alto
/415 327-0284
/10:30am-2pm Mon-Fri.  No cards; checks accepted.
/New outside patio; good home made soups [SM-80].
So-so [CJR-82].
Good breakfast and Sunday brunch.  Try the breakfast muffins [DLO-82].
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⊗Flea Street Cafe
/3607 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park 
/415 854-1226
/11am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 6pm-10pm Thu-Sat.
/A great place, but be prepared to wait.  They don't have a large menu
(it is changed every fortnight), normally only 3 to 4 items.  So far, I've
never been disappointed.  Also, they offer a (always changing) selection of
open wines [TRG-82].
Good but quite expensive.  The wait can be quite long.  You can call
them up and get the next slot on the waiting list, but you had better
be there when they call your name or you lose [ARK-83].
My favorite place on the peninsula for creative gourmet food.  Prices
fair for what you get, good wine list [DEW-12/84].
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⊗Fresco, A California Cafe
/3398 El Camino, Palo Alto
/415 493-3470
/6am-11pm.
¬y
/Fresco is run by the folks who brought you the Skywood
Restaurant, and it's a far cry from the old Stickney's that used to
occupy the facility. Gone is all the pink-orange naugahyde, replaced by
white spaciousness and subdued tones of charcoal (it's only a matter of
time before they bring in the ferns and potted plants).
Appetizers include New Potato Skins with
Sour Cream and Caviar (the caviar is Golden Pearl and some other smaller
yellow caviar, but the skins were over-cooked into shoe leather).
Sandwiches include Smoked Duck, Turkey and Bacon Club
Salads include
Walnut, Gorgonzola and Sliced Apple (their honey mustard dressing is
yummy and lighter and thinner than other honey mustards I've had).
Their menu includes 4 fettuccine dishes, 8 regular mesquite broiled entrees
and several daily selections of fresh fish.  The jalapeno fettuccine with
tomato, sour cream and avocado was delicious and rich.
Desserts include
Bud's ice cream, chocolate pecan pie, chocolate strada (I was too full
to try it), and other daily specials.
They have a nice selection of wines and a full bar.
$8-15 pp. [MZA-1/84].
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⊗The Perfect Recipe
/76 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/
/ Breakfast & Lunch.
MC, VS.
¬n
/A delightful little shop off the beaten path of the Stanford Shopping
Center.  The menu includes sandwiches and delicious soups, with a soup
of the day posted on a chalk board at the entrance.  Various coffees,
expressos, and capuccinos are offered, along with an %2excellent%* selection
of teas.  There are also pastries and desserts for the sweet-tooth.  A
nice place to take a shopping break.  You may buy coffee beans or tea in
bulk if you like [CP-12/84].
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.TIT "Chinese",Northern
⊗*Ambassador
/826 5th Avenue, Redwood City
/415 364-6400
/11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun.  MC, VS.
/Very good; in the low rent district.
Excellent hot & sour soup, Mongolian beef, and Szechwan prawns; good mui shui
pork and potstickers; so-so lemon chicken.  At $12 pp., %2a best buy!%*
[LES-80:6/84].
Agreed.  I've never been disappointed [KIP-80].
Excellent, but tends towards the Americanized (e.g., lemon chicken
is delicious but very sweet) [NCR-82].
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⊗Chef Chu's Mandarin Kitchen
/1067 North San Antonio Road, Los Altos
/415 948-2696
/noon-9pm daily, till 10pm Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.
/Much better can be had elsewhere [SMC-80].
Good food but terrible service.  Have a pizza delivered while
waiting for your reservation [WDG-81, LES-70:5/84].
Excellent food.  The usually long waits can be avoided if you arrive early.
Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or larger.  They published
a cookbook, and they offer cooking classes through Foothill College
[ARK-83].
They don't use MSG! [JJ-12/84].
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⊗China First
/675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (near Holiday Inn)
/415 326-3900
/11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-9:15pm.  VS, MC.
/Consistently very good, Chen pea chicken and General's Chicken are tasty,
and they will take reservations (they give you a "number" over the phone)
[PAT-78:80].
OK, not outstanding.  Hot & sour soup often bland.  Mu Shu pancakes too thick.
General's chicken worth ordering [KJK-78:80].
Good luncheon special [SJF-80].
Quite variable in quality [MOG-80].
OD'd once on MSG.  Generally delicious [LES-79:82].
Quite good [WDG-81].
Very good General's Chicken.  Good luncheon specials [ARK-6/84].
≡
⊗China Lion
/3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-9989
/11:30am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat till 10:30pm.  MC, AX, VS.
/Not bad hot and sour soup and mui shui pork the one time I was
there [PAT-80].
OK, but nothing to write home about [ARK-84].
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⊗Colonel Lee's Mongolean Bar-B-Q
/304 Castro, Mountain View
/415 968-0381
/11:30am-9:30pm, Sun 4pm-10pm, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/An interesting variation of Chinese cuisine; quite good [LES-78:81].
Dinner now $6.95 for all you can eat.  Very good.  I haven't had much trouble
with lines -- you can eat in less than an hour on a weekday [PTZ-80].
≡
⊗Feng Yuan
/3950 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
/415 494-7391
/7:30am-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun.  No credit cards or checks.
/This is not a new place, but it used to be more of a
coffee shop.  At dinner time it becomes a very credible
Chinese restauraunt.  The twice cooked pork is the best I've
ever had.  The only disappointment so far has been the
potstickers.  Prices are quite reasonable [TWE-80].
I think the raves for this place were just a fad.  It is, and
always has been, a greasy chopstick lunch place [JQJ-82].
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⊗Grand China
/5100 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 964-6464
/11:30pm-10pm, till 10:30pm Fri-Sat, closed Tue;
dim sum served 11am-2pm Sat-Sun only.
MC, VS, chacks accepted.
/Szechuan and Hunan dishes best; especially lamb dishes.  One of my favorites
[SM-2/83].
Good hot-and-sour soup.  Mediocre potstickers.  Good service [MOG-7/84].
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⊗House of China
/102 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 961-7347
/11:30am-2:30pm 5pm-9pm daily.
/Newly open, friendly family atmosphere, good honest Mandarin and
Szechuan dishes.  I like to know I can get in to a restaurant any time,
so I go here instead of Chef Chu's.  Serve beer and wine.
$4-8 pp. [EBK-3/84].
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⊗House of Yee
/160 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 961-9694
/11:30am-9:20pm daily; dim sum served 11am-2pm Sat-Sun only.  MC, VS.
/We went for dim sum and had a decent meal for about $4 pp.
We were the only caucasians there.  The decor is quite modern,
service pretty good [MOG-82].
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⊗Hsi-Nan the Little
/203 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 326-6065
/noon-2:30pm 6pm-10pm Mon-Fri, 6pm-10pm Sat, closed Sun.  Checks OK, no cards.
/I could write a book about Louie and his great
restaurants, his friendliness to me, his wife, and
children, and above all his food.  But I won't.
Suffice it to say that there is no Szechuan
restaurant in the universe that compares with
this.  The following dishes are musts: potstickers,
dry braised prawns, bon-bon chicken, kung pao beef,
kung pao prawns, dry braised fish, dry cooked string
beans, braised beef wonton soup, hot and sour soup.
Avoid the non-Szechuan dishes.  He merely puts them
on the menu to make money he once said since the
Szechuan dishes don't make money.  Take a friend.
Outrageous prices but for the best I accept his
prices.  When Louie closes for good, I'll mourn [SMC-82:9/84].
Still the world's best potstickers.  But don't order anything special without
finding out the price in advance [BH-82].
Everytime I go there with Ralph Gorin or John McCarthy, I get flamed
out from the food.  I've never had a spicier Spicy Beef Wonton Soup.
When it's good, it is very, very good; when it's bad, it's hotter than
hell or too greasy [ARK-83].
The quality has declined significantly.  I have gone back several times
now since the move to University Ave. and have always been
dissappointed.  Sometimes the food has been downright inedible (e.g.,
very fatty, smelled like garbage, etc.).  The service, which was never
fast, has grown intolerable.  The little kid busboy who was alternately
cute and obnoxious is long gone [JJ-12/84].
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⊗Hunan Garden
/2540 California Street, Mountain View
/415 948-1270
/11:30am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat.  AX, MC, VS.
/New restaurant opened in the Old Mill.  Decent Hunan cuisine although
not nearly hot enough.  If they increased their hotness and put a little
more meat in their dishes, they might be simliar to Hunan in San Francisco.
The onion-cakes are a bit greasy.
A promising bridesmaid at the moment [SMC-82].
The bridesmaid has a moustache; bad service and bland food [SM-2/83].
≡
⊗King Chuan
/75 Town and Country Village, Palo Alto
/415 323-6550
/11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, closed Sun.  VS, MC.
/Food okay, but unimpressive [DON-80].
Seems to vary.  Sometimes good, sometimes lousy.  Hot & sour soup neither hot
nor sour [KJK-80].
Food has improved.  Szechwan items particularly well done [DLO-82].
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⊗Hwei Fu Shing
/3691 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-0643
/11:30am-2pm, 5pm-10pm.  VS, MC, checks accepted.
/Buffet lunch downhill; all cheap stuff [SM-80].
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⊗O'Mei Restraunt
/1438 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 323-2700
/11am-2:30pm daily, 5pm-9:30pm Mon-Fri, till 10pm Fri-Sat, til 9pm Sun.
MC, VS.
/Unusual Diem Sum.  Scallion cakes and crispy oil sticks interesting [SM-80].
Consistently good [MOG-80].
A tradition in Menlo Park.  More Hunan in flavor than
Szechuan but it's hard to tell which takes precedence.
The General's Chicken is good.  Potstickers are ok but
rock-solid as is usual at non-Hsi-Nan restaurants.
The decor and service are superior to most Chinese
restaurants. Unfortunately there is a detectable trace
of MSG in the food but not enough to cause headaches
except for the most sensitive [SMC-80:9/84].
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⊗Ruby King
/4320 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 941-5656
/11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 5pm-10pm Tue-Sat, closed Mon.  AX, MC, VS.
/Fabulous atmosphere and menu.  Service was atrocious the time
that I went.  The waiter served our food to someone else and
we ended up leaving after the soup course since it had
already taken an hour [SMC-80].
Food is good, well-prepared, but not inspiring; even with large
portions, the prices are about $1 high, per dish.  Service seems
slow [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Shanghai
/2111 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 853-9606, 324-8749
/5pm-9:30pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
/New management and absolutely delicious, but needed coaching
to get that way.  They put a dish on the menu especially for us.
Dishes to concentrate on are: Mu Shu Pork, Hunan Style
Lamb, Twice Cooked Pork, Prawns with Special Sauce, chicken
dishes.  Be sure to ask for the hot dishes "squeeze-hot."
They take the peppers and squeeze the juices over!  Invented
for us since we were always clamoring for hotter food.
Avoid losing potstickers and soups [SMC-80].
Poor potstickers, hot-and-sour soup ok [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Singapore Jack's
/Old Mill Shopping Center, Mountain View
/
/closed on Sun.
/The Chinese restaurant in the Old Mill Shopping Center has
changed hands yet again.  The menu is still the same as for the last
incarnation, Furama.  Chicken was quite overcooked, and shrimp and
broccoli very salty.  "Spicy" foods were mild-to-moderate in spiciness,
and tasty.
Expensive for Chinese: $6-9 for most dishes [TLR-11/84].
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⊗Six Happiness
/220 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 326-6565
/11:30am-9pm daily.  VS, MC.
/Usually good and moderately priced [PAT-80].
Sometimes good, but not consistently [KJK-79:80].
Also try the Dim Sum [WLS-80].
Good for lunch [WDG-81].
I'm not impressed [ARK-83].
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⊗Su Hong 
/1037 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 322-4631
/4:30pm-9:30pm.  VS, MC.
Reservations accepted.
/Reasonable twice cooked pork and potstickers.  Reasonable
prices and atmosphere.  Pretty good lunches [SMC-80].
New chef.  Try rolling lettuce chicken and potstickers (as good as Louie's)
[SM-80].
Recently remodelled.  Rolling lettuce chicken is good.  Potstickers
are tasty and a good deal since there are 8 of them per order.  Good
food and reasonable service [ARK-84].
The eggplant in garlic sauce (cold) is great.  The chicken salad is
greasy [JJ-12/84].
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.TIT "",Southern
⊗The Golden Flower Restaurant
/2650 El Camino Real West, Los Altos
/415 941-7613
/11am-9:30pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Fine Cantonese cuisine at a low price.
Authentic Cantonese is a treat that is not easy to find.
Some special dishes: sizzling chicken in clay pot,
assorted sea food on fried egg, shrimp in black bean sauce,
A1 Cafe chow mein, chow fun, clams with black bean sauce [TOB-82].
Looks like the kind of restaurant you'd never go in, but this place
has great Cantonese food.  Try the spare ribs, the stuffed bean-cakes,
the roast baby quails.  I didn't like sand dabs.  The owner is obviously
enthusiastic about his food; ask him what to try.   Definitely worth
going back to [MOG-3/84].
Excellent till recently, then declined substantially under new management
[LES-6/84].
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⊗House of Lee
/633 California Street, Mountain View
/415 941-4373
/11:30am-9pm, Fri-Sat till 10pm.  VS, MC.
/Superb chicken salad.
Quality varies a bit but their overall record is very good.
At $8 pp., very cost effective [LES-72:8/84].
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⊗Imperial Gardens
/2116 El Camino Real, Mountain View
/415 968-1694
/11:30am-2pm, 5pm-9:30pm daily.  AX, MC, VS.
/Elegant decor and a reasonable although somewhat expensive
Mandarin and Cantonese menu.  Best bet is Dim Sum on weekends -- at $1.35
per plate it isn't as cheap as Chinatown in the city, but they brought a
tasty assortment of dishes around.
Weekend Dim Sum seems to be a new experiment for this restaurant.  Hard
to believe, but somehow I miss the noise and hectic atmosphere that I've
come to associate with most other places [SM-4/83].
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⊗Ming's
/1700 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
/415 856-7700
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, Mon-Sat 5pm-10pm, Sun 4:30pm-9:30pm.  All major cards.
/Excellent and expensive.  Slick decor, efficient service.
Family-style lunches only for large parties with advance reservations
[LES-66:6/84].
This is Chinese food, gringo-style, par excellence!
The place is enormous, the service is efficient, the food
is tasty and different, and the daquiri's superb.  Need
I say more?  A Peninsula tradition for decades.  The quality
never varies.  They must have gigantic cooking vats in the
back controlled by computers.  Reservations recommended [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Pearl River Seafood Restaurant
/246 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 967-1689
/11am-11pm, till midnight Fri-Sat, closed Tue.  MC, VS.
/I've only eaten there once so far but I plan
to go back often.  The deep fried oysters ($4.75) were a excellent
appetizer: six huge oysters, hot and juicy, each enveloped in a golden,
light crusty batter.  Steamed prawns in garlic sauce ($7.00) came to the
table wearing their shells and a unthickened sauce redolent with garlic
and sporting a goodly amount of black beans.  The Dragon and Phoenix bean
cake ($4.95) was the best I've every had.  This dish has triangles of
bean cake, mushrooms and pieces of ham with an egg white thickened sauce
that has a seafood flavor: a must for bean cake lovers [MZA-12/83].
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⊗Seven Seas
/443 Emerson, Palo Alto
/415 328-6885
/11am-2:30pm, 3:30-9pm.  No cards.
/The only Chinese restaurant with "Italian Spaghetti" and "Catsup a la
Dog" (sic).  Christmas decorations at inappropriate times.  Sadly, they've
taken the "Smile--God Loves You" sign off the milk machine.  Most evenings
there's at least one crazy person at the counter [DES-76].
Definitely the best deal in town.  Try grandfather's lemonade [PB-80].
Be sure to ask for family-style to get more food, less rice [AAM-80].
OK for fast cheap food [KJK-80].
Fairly inexpensive and quick.  Coffee shop atmosphere.  "Bus station
chinese food."  Food ok for the price, and not limited to chinese [ARK-84].
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⊗Yuen Yung
/639 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
/415 325-7807
/11:30am-2:30pm, 4pm-9:30pm.  MC, VS.
/House special fried rice is very good.  The crab with ginger and scallions is
also very tasty (price varies but was only $7.50 when I was there).
Everything excellent.  Good takeout, too [DON-80].
Good but expensive [WDG-81].
Has turned into an enormous Yet-Wah-like factory for food
production and audience appeal.  The decor is beautiful.
Service is splendid.  My water-glass remained consistently
replenished.  The food is ok.  For Menlo Park Chinese, I tend
to prefer O'Mei.  For Universe Chinese, Hsi-Nan in Palo Alto [SMC-80:84].
Recently remodelled.  Food is rather good, but service is variable.  The
ventilation is good enough to cool the air but not good enough to
remove the smoke.  The dim sum is good, but you have to order it from
the menu [ARK-8/84].
We had an excellent luncheon at $6 pp. [LES-10/85].
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.TIT Continental
⊗*Augusto's
/856 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View
/415 965-1869
/11:30am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 5:30pm-11pm Tue-Sat.  MC, VS, AX.
Reservations recommended.
/Amazing!  A quality restaurant in Mountain View!  Food is quite good,
though perhaps not the equal of some of the best (e.g. Maddalena's),
and reasonably priced for the quality.  But the nicest part is the
atmosphere; you can go casually (though not grubbily) dressed and not
feel out of place, or you can go formally and feel just as
comfortable.  Augusto and his brother, who take care of most of the
service, are quite willing to chat if you want to and things aren't
too rushed, and both are pleasant conversationalists.  The place used
to be a piano bar, and Augusto still plays a fine rag-time piano when
he has the time.  What with the piano, and the people, and the fine
food, you can easily spend an entire evening there [DON-78:80].
Very pleasant.  Matches are engraved with your reservation name and women
get menus without prices.  Cherries Jubilee for 2 is expensive ($10.00) but
delicious; each cherry is stuffed with an almond [SM-80].
Everything Don said in '78 is still true.  This is a simply wonderful
place.  The food is consistently excellent, service is personal and
friendly.  Try the Lobster Scampi or the Baby Scallops (when available).
The Grand Marnier Souffle is a superb dessert, and the Nero's Coffee
afterwards is a visual and taste delight.  Plan on spending the evening; a
table reserved at Augusto's is yours for the night.  Wine list is good,
but expensive; you may prefer to bring your own bottle [RLW-82].
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⊗Caravansary Restaurant
/Stanford Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 322-1234
/6:30am - 10:00pm.
MC, VS, AX.
/Not to be confused with the Caravansary Cafe, though they seem to be
blood related.  The label says fine dining, and they aren't kidding.
Don't go in jeans!  The specialty is supposed to be the Rack 'o Lamb in
Pomegranate Juice, but they were out when I went.  The hors d'ouevres
(Death to the French!) were interesting, but too expensive for my taste.
The menu is exotic and diverse [CP-12/84].
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⊗Columbus Street Bar and Grill
/4898 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 968-7251
/11:30am-10:30pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm Sat, 5:30pm-9:30pm Sun.
/Excellent food and pleasant surroundings in the completely
remodeled space formerly occupied by the Balkan Village.
Menu includes
chicken, veal, fish, and pasta specialties, with a few beef dishes.
Anywhere from $8-$14 gets you soup, salad, entree, dessert, and
beverage; a la carte service in the $5-$9 range.  Wine list is newish,
adequate, and the usual 100α% markup.  The food is worth bringing your
favorite bottle and paying the $4 corkage fee.  Our waitress was very
knowledgable regarding the preparation of all the dishes on the menu [KAP-5/83].
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⊗Dal Baffo European Cuisine
/878 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
/415 325-1588
/11:30am-2:30pm 6pm-10:30pm Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon.  CB, MC, VS.
/Exquisite continental cuisine.  The veal dishes are especially to
be recommended.  Have some pasta for an appetizer.  For dessert,
the zabaioni is unbeatable.  $30 pp without wine [SMC-82:84].
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⊗Henry's Restaurant
/482 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 326-5680
/11:30am-9:45pm except 5pm-9:45pm Sun.  VS, MC.
/With a decent fan, the back room is no longer intolerably smoky,
and Henry's is now a reasonable place for dinner.  The prices are
moderate, and the sea food is good (though not always excellent).  In
addition, Henry's is still the only reasonable bar in Palo Alto, a place
you can go just to have a drink without either sleaze or the pickup scene
[JQJ-82].
Good food, somewhat on the expensive side [ARK-83].
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⊗Koliba
/3485 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 424-9134
/10am-10pm Mon-Sat.
¬n
/Middle and Eastern European fare done relatively well.  Goulash
(Moravian style) was good; not cooked into meat mush, and the sauce was
excellent with a piquant touch.  Rabbit in paprika sauce was mixed -- the rabbit
was dry, but the sauce was wonderful.  The only place I know (close by) to get
reasonable dumplings, potato pancakes and roast beef in a pickle sauce.  
Totally empty.  Support your local European food establishment.... 
Remember, they're just as ethnic as any other nationality [DMR-8/84].
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⊗Liaison
/4101 El Camino Way, Palo Alto
/415 494-8848
/11:30am-2:30pm 5:30pm-10pm, till 11:30pm Fri-Sat, 5:30pm-10pm Sun.  VS, MC, AX.
/The best souffles I've ever had.  And the veal is pretty
good too. But the planning is rather poor.  Had to wait
one hour once, even with reservations, although this
usually happens only during the rush hour 7-8 [SMC-80].
Service good; food acceptable, but not great.  Prices must have gone up
since earlier reviews; dinner %2without%* wine, dessert, and tip cost
$24 pp.  Better food, value and atmosphere at Augusto's [RLW-82].
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⊗Maddalena's Continental Restaurant
/544 Emerson, Palo Alto
/415 326-6082
/11:30am-2:30pm 6pm-10pm Tue-Sat.  MC, VS, checks accepted.
/Good service, well prepared food.  Take your own bottle of wine to avoid their
somewhat overpriced wine list [SM-80].
Atrocious pasta, tasted like chewing gum. 
Having it redone didn't seem to help.  Veal sauces have gone
considerably downhill.  No free salad with main course any more.
Prices have gone up again, $25-30 without wine.  Not recommended [SMC-82].
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⊗Skywood Restaurant
/Skyline at La Honda Road, Woodside
/415 851-7444
/5pm-10:30pm, closed Sun-Mon.  AX, VS, CB, MC.
/Much improved in the last couple of years -- the food now matches the view.
Our party had six dishes, all excellent.
I had grilled salmon which was outstanding.
Overpriced wine list.
Outrageous dessert selection
is presented at your table so that it is impossible to resist.
$33 pp. [LES-68:11/85].
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⊗St. Michael's Alley
/800 Emerson, Palo Alto
/415 329-1727
/11am-10pm, except 5:30pm-10pm Sun.  No reservations.  No cards; checks accepted.
/Good but expensive [LES-75:80, JQJ-82].
≡
⊗Victoria Emmons
/2699 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
/415 325-4721
/11:30am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 6pm-? Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon.  AX, MC, VS, checks OK.
Reservations recommended for dinner.
/Consistently interesting and delicious.
There's a rotating menu (with more than one selection per day, unlike
Chez Panisse in Berkeley) as well as some stuff that's available
everyday for take-out and catering as well as eating there.  The
cuisine is probably best described as Continental, but most of the
dishes I've had there are French--not strictly traditional, but not
ghastly nouvelle cuisine either.  Victoria herself is often there and
will cooperate if you want a special dessert as a surprise for a birthday
dinner or something.  The decor is pretty nice, so unless you're 
ideologically opposed to nice clothes, dress decently [???]
Pricey ($33 pp.) but rather good.  Unlikely location in a storefront at
the back of a shopping center.  I had Norwegian Salmon, which was excellent.
The other members of our party seemed pleased with their choices [LES-2/85].
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.TIT Creole
⊗Bourbon Street
/2540 California Street (Old Mill), Mountain View
/415 941-4433
/Mon-Thu 11:30am-10:00pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-midnight, Sun 10:30am-10:00pm.
/Good Cajun & seafood cuisine.  Mixed drinks and combined steak/seafood
dishes are quite good.  For dessert, have some Mrs. Fields chocolate
chip cookies down at the other end of the mall.  [SMC-82]
Good food, but somewhat on the expensive side [ARK-83].
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.TIT Delicatessen
⊗Alpine Deli
/869 Santa Cruz, Menlo Park
/415 325-6667
/8:30am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4:30pm Sat, closed Sun.
/Excellent sandwiches [SMC-80].
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⊗Brothers Delicatessen and Restaurant
/1351 Howard Avenue, Burlingame
/415 343-2311
/8am-7:45pm daily.
/A good New York-style deli (pastrami, knishes, the works.)  Owner
is Chinese and very friendly.  Some dishes miss, though [MOG-7/84].
≡
⊗Draeger's Grocery Store Delicatessan
/1010 Univeristy Dr., Menlo Park
/415 322-3937
/7am-8pm daily.
/My favorite deli.  Great sandwiches and great selection of good
salads,deserts, cheeses, wines, barbequed meats, etc.  
Not cheap but you get quality [DEW-80].
≡
⊗Village Cheese House
/157 Town and Country Village, Palo Alto
/415 326-9251
/lunch.
/Delicatessen with the meatiest, most filling sandwiches within 50 miles
[LES-68:84].
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.TIT Dessert
.once fill select 1;
%2Many individual opinions on dessert establishments seem to border on
fanaticism.
The cause of this phenomenon is outside the scope of this booklet.
The reader is cautioned to take these reviews "with a grain of sugar."%1

⊗Corner Creamery
/3590 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park
/415 854-5335
/11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat.
/Bud's ice cream! [JDM-80, ARK-84].
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⊗Gelato Classico Italian Ice Cream
/435 Emerson Street, Palo Alto
/415 327-1317
/noon-11pm Mon-Wed, noon-midnight Thu-Sun.  Cash only.
/Expensive, but chocolate and vanilla ice creams consistently win
in blind tastings [SM-82].  Yum! [ARK-84].
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⊗Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery
/340 University (Liddicoats Market), Palo Alto
/415 EAT-2345
/9am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, closed Sun.
/Wonderfully good cookies [PAT-78, LES-79:84].
Very good cookies.  Unfortunately, they don't often have some without
chocolate (I'm allergic) [ARK-84].
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⊗Old Uncle Gaylord's
/636 Emerson, Palo Alto (and elsewhere)
/415 326-1809
/noon-midnight 7 days.
/The greatest ice cream around.  Let it get soft before you eat it or the
flavors won't come out.  It's Uncle Gaylords Ice Cream that's real (by
any traditionally accepted meaning of the words), but many people have
never had ice cream (just flavored mixes of industrial waste products with
no milk or cream is what you get at most places) so they may refer to
real ice cream as "not real."
Try chocolate bisque, lotus cream, raspberry, apricot [DEW-80].
Absolutely the best food product of any sort I've experienced.
The consistency is delicate and the flavor ranges upward to fantastically
wonderful.
As good as the best homemade; no other commercial ice cream comes close [MRC-80].
Either you like it our you don't, I don't [PAT-80, LES-78:82].
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⊗Printers Inc.
/310 California Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 327-6500
/10am-10:45pm.
/Coffee (from Peet's), espresso and desserts (from Just Desserts).  I usually
see someone I know whenever I go.  Half a block from Keystone and a good place
to wait for the main act if you don't drink [TVR-78:80].
Yeah, TVR usually sees me when he goes there [PB-80].
Coffee, tea, dessert, and books -- what a great combination!  [ARK-84].
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⊗The Prolific Oven
/550 Waverley, Palo Alto
/415 326-8485
/8am-7pm Mon, 8am-10pm Tue-Thu, 8am-12pm Fri, 10am-12pm Sat, 10am-8pm Sun.
/Good cakes although some of them are too sweet (for my taste).  They make 
interesting Austrian style cakes [TRG-82].
Good cakes and pastries to take out or eat there.
Live music on Wednesday nights [ARK-84].
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⊗Rick's Rather Rich Ice Cream
/3946 Middlefield, Palo Alto
/415 493-6553
/12:15pm-10pm daily.
/Best ice cream in the area, made in the store.  Pumpkin and eggnog are best,
but only available in season [KJK-78:80].
In a recent blind tasting, 15 of us rated Rick's
chocolate 9th in a field of 14.  We consistently preferred Bravo Fono,
Haagen Dazs, and even Baskin Robbins [JQJ-82].
This and Bud's are the best in P.A.
Dollar off per gallon coupons often in the the PA Weekly [JVC-82].
Good, well-made ice cream at low prices (80 cents for a large "single" scoop)
[PMB-6/84].
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⊗Sally's 
/442 California Street, Palo Alto
/415 321-1399
/11am-9pm daily.
/One scoop sundaes used to be a best buy, now only average [PAT-79:80].
Costs more than Bud's.  Also they won't take $20 bills (I saw them
make a lady's life miserable over the latter) [PB-80].
Forget it ... go to Bud's. Used to be a good buy, but no longer [HHB-80].
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⊗Say Cheesecake
/340 University (Liddicoats Market), Palo Alto
/415 321-8763
/10am-6pm.
/Excellent, but high prices [KJK-80].
Superb and delicious.  The best cheesecake I've had
(other than my own) [SMC-80].
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⊗Upstart Crow
/2540 California (The Old Mill), Mountain View
/415 941-1618
/10:30am-9pm Mon, 10:30am-10pm Tue-Thu, 10:30am-midnight Fri-Sat, 10am-9pm Sun.
/Cakes, hot chocolate and coffee.  You can look at the books while you wait.
[JDM-80].
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.TIT English
⊗*London House
/630 Ramona, Palo Alto
/415 321-0778
/11am-11pm, lunch til 5, dinner til 9:00, closed Sun-Mon.  VS, MC.
/Deep dishes are great.  Nice homey atmosphere [SMC-80].
Wonderful salmon & cucumber and date-nut-apple tea sandwiches, good beef
pastries.
Lunch servings somewhat small, so if you're hungry get some soup or save
save room for one of their great desserts [PTZ-80].
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.TIT French
⊗Cafe Meursault
/651 Emerson, Palo Alto
/415 326-1920
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 6pm-9:30pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC.
/A great place for lunch.  Try to get a table outdoors.  The "wine list" is
a large wine rack; you just look at the bottles themselves, then order by
bin number.  Good selection of wines and crepes [RLW-82].
Prices for wine are high and the food is boring, but the atmosphere is
pleasant if you want to sit outdoors or to select your wine by looking at
the bottles instead of at a wine list.  Otherwise, I don't recommend it
[JQJ-82].
Their food does not live up to the nice outside setting.  It is fast food 
on a crepe basis.  Don't expect that you can get the salad without the 
dressing, that's impossible [TRG-82].
Pleasant place to eat lunch.  Reasonable crepes.  Wine list is about a
hundred bottles lined up that you point at to choose from.  Have lunch
there on a nice sunny day when you don't have to work much in the
afternoon [ARK-83].
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⊗Chantilly 
/530 Ramona St, Palo Alto 
/415 321-4080
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30pm-10:30pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC, AX, VS.
/My favorite French restaurant in the bay area.  Friendly waiters, great food,
especially the chocolate mousse.  $20-25 pp. with tax, wine, appetizer, tip.
I definitely prefer it to La Mirabelle in the city [DEW-79:80].
Now about $35 per person, $6 corkage fee.  Delicious Canard a l'Orange
[SM-2/83].
Excellent, but not in the same class as Mirabelle in San Francisco [LES-2/83].
≡
⊗L'Escargot French Restaurant
/1137 California Dr., Burlingame
/415 344-4144
/6pm-9:30pm Mon-Fri, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
/Quaint setting with good French cuisine.  Onion soup is especially good.
The Grand Marnier ice cream dessert is a must.  $20 pp. without wine [SMC-82].
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⊗L'Escale French Restaurant
/5 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/415 326-9857
/11am-9:30pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
/Grossly overpriced miniscule portions [SMC-82].
Don't let the lack of clientele scare you away from this place.
Every meal I've had here has been delicious, and the service great.  It's
true -- the portions aren't HUGE, but this is typical continental style.  I've
always had enough to eat!  The prices are typical French Restaurant prices:
about $15 pp [ALL-82].
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⊗Le Midi
/435 First Street, Los Altos
/415 941-3654
/11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 6pm-9pm Tue-Sat.
/Simple decor; a dark corner where they'll light a candle if
you ask.
Friendly, incompetent service.
Delicious onion soup.
Our party had scallops, beef stroganoff and boeuf bourguignonne, all
quite good, at $18 pp. including wine and tip [LES-82].
≡
⊗Le-Pot-au-Feu
/1149 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 322-4343
/12pm-1:30pm, 6pm-9pm, closed Sun.  No cards, no reservations.
/Tiny portions makes this much too expensive for what you get [SMC-80].
Excellent, exquisite cooking, good friendly service and prices not outrageous.
Also, free wine while you wait [WOL-80].
Authentic French food, nicely presented, but no bargain [JQJ-82].
I always have a great time at this restaurant.  They really try
to create a French atmosphere -- the waiters all seem to be French and they
throw little phrases at you here and there.
My dinners have been consistently good.
Personaly, I like the "pot-au-feu": a bland brisket dish served in a broth
with vegetables and mustard on the side.  I've also had the duck, and friends
having the fish have always like it [ALL-82].
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⊗Pear Williams
/150 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park
/415 323-8445
/11:30am-2pm 6:30pm-9pm daily except Mon dinner and Sat lunch.
DC, MC, VS.  ¬y
/Well prepared rich food.  There are some booths in
nonsmoking room, good for private conversations.  $20-25 each for
complete dinner with half carafe of wine [JVC-82].
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⊗La Terrasse
/3740 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 494-0700
/11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, closed Sun.  VS, MC.  Reservations recommended.
/Prices going up, but still a good deal [DON-77:80].
Exquisite and delicate French food. One of the 10 best French restaurants
in the area [SMC-82].
You pay a lot for a snotty waiter in a tuxedo plus mediocre
French food.  Avoid it [JQJ-82].
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⊗*Tour Eiffel Bakery
/200 State Street, Los Altos
/415 948-8040
/7am-6pm daily, closed Sun.
/Outstanding French bakery, with sinful desserts.
Delicious soup, quiche, and sandwiches.
Superb coffee.
Run by a Vietnamese family trained in Paris.
Worth a detour [LES-6/84].
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⊗Two Sisters Cr∧eperie
/355 State Street, Los Altos
/415 941-2782
/Tue-Sat 11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Fri till 9:30pm,
Sunday brunch 10:30-2pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC, AX.
/Try the French Onion soup and two Four Star Crepes; a
combination that spells a delicious meal.  Family-run
restaurant, expensive but worth it [MRC-80].
Very good delicious crepes.  Try something besides the traditional ham
and cheese - others distinctively good, desserts are also 
very good [PAT-79:80].
Prices have skyrocketed with the new management and the food has 
gone downhill (ice-burn & micro-waving). A loser [SMC-82].
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.TIT German
⊗Black Forest Inn
/376 First Street, Los Altos
/415 948-5031
/Tue-Sat 11:30am-8:30pm, Sun 12-8:30pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
/Reasonable, but nothing great [SMC-80].
The Weinersnitzel no longer has an egg on top!!!  The (new) chef claims
that true Weinersnitzel is not supposed to have egg, and his version
isn't bad, but it sure was good with egg [JJ-12/84].
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⊗Harry's Hofbrau
/1909 El Camino Real, Redwood City
/
/
/A student's delight!  It is less expensive than the amount
Stanford charges you per dinner and you get an enormous
amount of well-cooked food.  It is cafeteria-style.  You
get all sorts of good food fit for a lumberjack.  Only go
if you are ready to eat a lot. Good place for getting a
well-balanced meal if you are worried about your diet.
The atmosphere is noisy.  Many of the older crowd come here
to pinch pennies and most others are pretty random.  The
cost puts it at a best-buy recommendation [SMC-9/84].
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.TIT Indian
⊗Gaylord India Restaurant
/317 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/415 326-8761
/11:30am-3pm 5pm-10pm daily.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
/Good food, though expensive [JMM-82, ARK-83].
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⊗Shaikh's
/393 California Street, Palo Alto
/415 327-6555
/11am-7pm, closed Sun.
/Bletch.  Only samosas edible [SM-80].
OK for a light lunch.  The Pony occasionally gets somosas from there [ARK-84].
Fast food Indian restaurant.  The vegetable curry is quite good and the
yogurt drink is delicious.  Best $2.50 meal in town and the proprieters
are really friendly [PJA-9/84].
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.TIT Italian
%1Note that non-Italian restaurants that serve pizza are listed under "American."

⊗Atherton Joe's
/Atherton
/
/
/Excellent veal and pasta place. All their veals I have have tried
are superb although not quite as good as you might find at the best
restaurants in the city. Sit at the counter and watch the 9600 baud
chefs make all the food! [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Avanti Pasta
/397 Main Street, Los Altos
/415 941-4256
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30pm- 9:30pm Tue-Sat, closed Sun.
AX, VS, MC, no checks.
/Mediocre.  They specialize in pasta, but their pasta is too
heavy and chewy.  Their pesto sauce was gritty, with too much vegetable
and hardly any garlic.  (Extra garlic is available free on request, but
we decided to find out what they considered "right." The shrimp & clam
sauce was good, but again the pasta itself detracted from it.  Poor wine
and dessert selections, too.
$7-11 pp. plus wine [DON-6/84].
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⊗Caffe Santa Maddalena
/233 University Ave, Palo Alto
/415 322-1846
/7am-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
/Budget offshoot of Maddalena's in downtown Palto Alto.  Reasonably priced,
cafeteria-style antipasta, pasta, etc.  Good calamari, linguine with
clams.  Daily specials are sometimes outstanding.  Great if you're
in a hurry [EPW-82].
Good antipasto -- really a salad. 6 things, and lots, for $4.  Other stuff
ok, but no great shakes.  Bizarre cafeteria style with high class waiters.
[PB-12/82].
Good food, moderate prices.  Cafeteria-style, except for a few special
entrees.  Portions are large.  The best deal is a mixed salad plate.
$5-$15 pp. [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Central Station
/126 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 961-2433
/11am-2pm Tue-Fri, 6pm-10pm Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon.  AX, MC, VS.
¬y
/A high class Italian place, with moderate prices and a French
influence.  Very good dishes, small menu, food is beautifully arranged.
Prices are $8-9 for a main dish not including salad.  It's the kind of
place that makes you say, "Wow, I could have been eating here instead of
the Bold Knight."  Is like, but better than, the Columbus Street Bar and
Grill [EBK-6/84].
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⊗Ecco casual Italian dining
/4290 El Camino, Palo Alto
/415 493-0800
/6:30am-10:30pm Mon-Sat, 6:30am-10pm Sun.  AX, CB, MC, VS.
/Good variety of Italian food, including fresh pasta.  Terrific salad.
Stuffed calimari interesting but my wife makes it better.  
Prices high moderate.  Spacious, quiet, not crowded; good for an after
colloquium dinner [SJF-81, ARK-84].
Nice relaxed atmosphere.  Very good food at reasonable
rates.  The salad and the Italian dishes are excellent.
Have spent less than $10/person with wine! [CT-82].
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⊗Florentine
/118 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 961-6543
/Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 4pm-10pm.
/Good northern and southern Italian food at low prices.  Try
the calamari saute and calamari dore.  Better than F. J. & L.'s for
everything except pizza [JQJ-82].
This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants.  Try the
eggplant parmigiana and the eggplant scallopini.  Great sauces here!
I've also heard the calamari dishes are great [ALL-82].
They've recently expanded their interior and their menu.  A must for
pasta fanatics -- they make their own daily! [FIG-6/84].
Adequate food at reasonable prices; the "daily special" is a real
bargain.  The best thing is the pizza-like garlic bread you get
when you sit down.  They have pizza but I haven't tried it [MOG-7/84].
I agree with Jeff.  The pizza is better at F. J. & L.'s last I tried, though
[ARK-8/84].
New menu in '84.  Slightly different calamari dishes, still good.  Bread
is now a flat herb pan-bread instead of regular italian bread; it's
wonderful [JJ-12/84].
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⊗Formico's
/2115 Saint Francis Drive (off Embarcadero near 101), Palo Alto
/415 856-0360
/Mon-Thurs 11am-11pm, Fri 11am-12midnight, Sat 4pm-11pm.  Closed Sun.  ¬n
/Good, cheap pizza  [ARK-84].
Basically a pizza place with seats.  No atmosphere (unless you
like plastic grapes on ceiling), but large portions of good,  cheap
Italian food.  Lasagnas (spinach or meat), ravioli, eggplant dishes are good
[SEC-10/84].
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⊗*Frankie, Johnnie, and Luigi's
/939 El Camino Real, Mountain View
/415 967-5384
/Mon-Thu 4pm-midnight, Fri-Sat till 2am, Sun 5pm-10pm.  MC, VS.
/Pizza was too salty and uneven.  I'm not going back, ever [WDG-81].
Tolerable pizza ruined by dosing with large amounts of pepper like a
tamale.  Give me a break! [NCR-81].
The wine list isn't great, but the pizza and chicken cacciatori
still are.  Most of the rest of the menu is currently insipid.  I too
prefer the Florentine [JQJ-82].
In addition to The Best Pizza In The Bay Area, they also make credible
non-pizza items.  I like their Canneloni and Fettucine Van Houtini;
MRC swears by their lasagna [FIG-6/84].
Excellent Stromboli, sauteed mushrooms and garlic bread.
The wait is long, though not as long as it once was.  They expanded
twice in the last five years and now have space in the back patio when the
weather is nice [ARK-80:84].
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⊗Messina's Italian Restaurant-Pizzeria
/542 El Camino Real, San Carlos
/415 593-9116
/4pm-12:30am, closed Monday.
/Reasonable, but some brat is always bawling and
ruining the meal [SMC-80].
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⊗Palo Alto Joe's
/3750 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
/415 493-3101
/11am-10pm daily.  AX, CB, MC, VS.  ¬y
/Somewhat like Rudolfo's, but not as good (and no pizza).  They have
steaks, burgers, seafood (which we didn't try).  Pasta was overcooked,
but the sauces were fine.  The help is too friendly, and the decor
is non-descript [MOG-82].
I agree with Jeff.  I think this is part of a chain of Joe's named after
cities.  The nonsmoking section is near the kitchen and
seems to get tobacco smoke from there [ARK-5/84].
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⊗Rudolfo's
/4020 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-0613
/4:30pm-10pm Sun-Mon, 4:30pm-10:30pm Tue-Thu, 4:30pm-11:30pm Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.
/A busy, homey Italian restaurant.  They have good pizza (and much
less of a wait than FJ&L), and a variety of other Italian food
at reasonable prices.  Pasta comes in large portions, with
good sauces [MOG-82, ARK-84].
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⊗Trattoria Romana
/541 Bryant Street, Palo Alto
/415 327-0132
/11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Sun. brunch 11am-3 pm.
MC, VS, checks accepted.
/Excellent veal and pasta dishes, especially the saltinbocca romano
and the canneloni. The restaurant also offers some seafood dishes.  Most of
the desserts are heavenly -- try the chocolate torte (with a fudge center)
or the Amaretto almond cheesecake, but stay away from the rum cake. Service 
was moderately good. Dinner reservations required [LJP-4/83].
Good good at moderate to high prices.  The staff tends to look glum
when it becomes clear that you aren't there for an expensive meal, but
you can eat a light one for about $10 per person.  The cold mixed antipasto
is tasty but small for $4.50.  Pasta is good; a large plate runs $6-$7.50.
Non-pasta entrees $9-$13, also good.
Chocolate-almond torte is great.  Wine list is pricey [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Windy City Pizza
/1030 El Camino Real, Belmont
/415 591-9457
/11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri, 5pm-midnight Sat, 4pm-10pm Sun.
No cards
/This place attempts to serve Chicago style pizza, and succeeds as well
as can be expected.  The distinquishing characteristics of Chicago style
pizza are in evidence, it is deep dish cooked, the sauce is very rich
and thick with chunks of tomatoes still visible, and the cheese is thick
and chewy.  Unfortunately, it is sloppily executed.  This is mediocre
Chicago pizza, but pretty good Bay Area pizza [DFH-80].
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.TIT Japanese
⊗Fukisushi
/4119 El Camino, Palo Alto
/415 494-9383
/11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5pm-10pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon.  VS.
/Delicious fresh sashimi and excellent tempura [RLW-82].
Great sushi, especially when someone else is paying [ARK-84].
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⊗Ichi Fuji
/1350 Grant Road, Mountain View
/415 966-1207
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat.  MC, VS.
/Pleasant, moderately priced (many items $2 or under), sushi bar
with good service.  They also have a $5.25 sushi lunch special that
includes soup with several kinds of maki and ngiri sushi [SM-3/83].
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⊗*Ichiban
/1742 El Camino Real, Redwood City
/415 361-1110
/11:30am-2pm 5pm-9:30pm, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
/A small, unassuming place.  Our party tried sushi and tempura as well as beef,
chicken, and salmon teriyaki.
Each selection was distinctively delicious.
An excellent value at $12 pp. [LES-82:83].
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⊗Kiyoshi
/1328 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 321-6902
/Tue-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm 5pm-10pm, Sun 5pm-10pm, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Very good.  Traditional Japanese
service (they even have a low table in the back room but the only
people I ever see there are traditional Japanese), excellent
appetizers.  For dessert, always get the tea-flavored ice cream;
it's homemade, and superb.  Not cheap (around $10 for a typical
dinner with sake), but well worth the price [LC-80].
Nothing special [DON-80].
Atrocious Japanese cuisine. The appetizers had a peculiar, unpleasant
flavor.  Not going back [SMC-82].
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⊗Satsuma
/4880 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 966-1122
/11:30-2pm Tue-Fri, 5pm-9pm Mon-Sat, 4pm-8pm Sun, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Consistently high quality, reasonable prices [LES-77:82].
This place has won my vote for the best local Japanese restaurant in the
south bay area.  Service has always been excellent.  Try the shrimp
tempura and sashimi combination, with sake to drink [MRC-80].
Since they've moved to their new location, they've added an excellent
sushi bar.  Their "non-sushi" food is still first-rate.  My favorite
Japanese restaurant in the Bay Area.  Check out the steamed clams and
the Gyoza [FIG-6/84].
Not really set up for interactive
sushi.  We sat at the sushi bar, but the chef basically ignored us.
Most of the sashimi was precut.  Yellowtail was fishier than usual,
perhaps less fresh.  Sushi was more expensive than usual: $3/serving for
most stuff (2 items per serving) [TLR-1/85].
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⊗Tenichi Tempura
/925 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 325-0444
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue-Sat, 5pm-9pm Sun.
/Quality and service inconsistent [TRG-82].
Excellent Japanese food served quickly amidst unpretentious surroundings
[ALL-82].
Good Japanese food.  Not very big portions, though.  Quite reasonable
prices [ARK-83].
Unimpressive Japanese fare.  True, it does have a cozy
atmosphere, but the food is lousy and expensive for the quality.
Go to Azuma in Cupertino for the best [SMC-9/84].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Acapulco
/2515 El Camino, Palo Alto
/415 323-8403
/11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri-Sat, 10am-10pm Sun.  MC, VS.
/Related to the Acapulcos in Santa Cruz and elsewhere in California.
Quite good food, nice atmosphere; do-it-youself combinations, including
machaca dishes.
Margaritas are tasty but low octane.
Acapulco burrito is a delicious meal in itself
[JPE-80, LES-80:84].
A lousy place, you pay for the "interior design" [TRG-82].
Poor food; fair margaritas [MOG-7/84].
Some Mexican restaurants, for unknown reasons, have
an odd acidic, plastic taste in certain of their dishes.
This is one of them.  Avoid at all costs.  Obnoxiously
loud groups of people like to party in places like this.
Go to Casa Isabel for a real taste-treat [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Beto's Mexican Cuisine
/2290 El Camino Real, Mountain View
/415 964-9433
/11:30am-9:00pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10:30pm  Fri, 5pm-8:30pm  Sat-Sun.  VS, MC.
/Beto has moved from his old location north a mile or so.  His old place,
Casablanca, no longer exists.  The new place is much nicer -- not a hole in the
wall any more.  Beto has gone commercial, with his likeness on the menu, the
beer mugs and the wine glasses.  The interior of the restaurant isn't bad for
Contemporary Mexican-American Tacky.  It's much larger than Casablanca was,
the kitchen is much bigger (and cleaner), and there's even a hostess to seat you.
The food hasn't suffered at all from the move -- in fact, it may even be
better, due to the brand-spanking-new kitchen.  Beto's hot sauce is the best
around; terrifically hot but delicious.  The menu, which offers standard Mexican
fare, has grown both in size and in price.  Most dinner combinations are now in
the $5.50 to $5.95 range, but the amount of food you get is worth it.  Try a 1/2
order of nachos as an appetizer for two people.  Beto will come over to your table
and tell you how his nachos are featured in his new radio commercial. (!)
This is my favorite local Mexican restaurant.  You can eat as much or as
little as you like, building your own combinations of enchiladas, burritos,
rellenos, tostadas, etc., etc.  The beer mugs are well chilled, the service is
efficient but unhurried, and the background music is unobtrusive.  Beto's wife
Alicia is now running a very pleasant little boutique in the front.  She's as
friendly and chatty as Beto, and will tell you all about the origins of her
imported items.
All in all, a very pleasant place.  Highly recommended [RLW-81].
Waiting area has tacky gift shop [JIM-12/81].
Often like playing "Russian Roulette" with your palate - when they're
good, they're the best bargain in town (and the tastiest!).  When
they're bad, may the force be with you.  Recently replaced the tacky
boutique with a full bar -- since then they've been outstanding [FIG-6/84].
Under new management; menu hasn't changed much yet, but the service
was rather poor.
I tried the "El Sooprema" burrito, which was rather good but much too
large to eat by myself [LES-9/84].
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⊗Caleta Mexican Restaurant
/1143D Crane, Menlo Park
/415 327-1143
/11am-9pm Mon-Fri, 4:30pm-9pm Sat-Sun.
/Menu somewhat confusing in large number of options.  I order %2a la carte%1
(which is listed in the menu as "Appetizers").
Enchiladas are interesting [TVR-77:80].
A lot of so-so food for a good price [ARK-83].
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⊗*Casa Isabel
/2434 Park Blvd., Palo Alto
/415 853-9700
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30 pm-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  No cards;
personal checks OK.
¬y
/A good value [TRG-82].
I highly  recommend it.
The food is prepared by default in a
fairly spicy way, but they will usually make it anyway that you want.
Compares very nicely to Casa Real which is probably the most
popular Mexican Restaurant in the city; however, they don't serve beef
stew tacos [PMU-82].
Make their own sangria.  Authentic music [JVC-82].
Excellent food that is not bland but not overpowering either
[ARK-84].
Absolutely the best Mexican food I have ever had.
Everything is superb: nachos, quesidillas, strawberry daquiris, 
enchiladas, tacos, all sauces, burritos.  All of their sauces
are whipped.  I have heard rumors of other Mexican restaurants
being at the Casa Isabel level of quality but I have been 
consistently disappointed by them and always return here.
When I first started going, it was a grungy hole-in-the wall
with one room.  It has blossomed to a classic restaurant.
I read the entire Lord of the Ring's trilogy over dinners
at this one restaurant [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Casa Maria
/4470 El Camino Real, Los Altos
/415 941-6290
/11:30am-10:30pm Mon-Fri, noon-11:30pm Sat-Sun.  VS, MC.
/Tasteless food [ARK-80].
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⊗Celia's
/423 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 322-5900
/11am-9pm Mon-Thu, till 10pm Fri, 3pm-10pm Sat, closed Sun.  VS, MC.
/The expresso burito makes a good lunch [WDG-81].
Prices are on the high side for what you get, but still worth trying [DLO-82].
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⊗El Calderon
/699 Calderon Avenue, Mountain View
/415 967-9986
/11am-1:45pm, 5pm-8:45pm, closed Sun.  No cards or checks.
/Crummy mexican food; good Salvadorean food [SM-79, LES-77:80].
OK Salvadorean food.  Horrible atmosphere, greasy-spoon type place [SMC-80].
Still one of my favorite places [DEW-80].
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⊗Estrellita
/977 N. San Antonio, Los Altos
/415 948-9865
/11am-2pm 5pm-9pm, Sat 4pm-9pm, closed Sun-Mon.
/Dependable.  Student-size prices.  Order doubles and
microwave what's left for lunch the next day [JVC-82].
Inexpensive, good food.  Certainly not as fancy as Casa Isabel,
but much cheaper [MOG-7/84].
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⊗La Fortuna
/3180 Middlefield, Redwood City
/415 365-9510
/11am-9pm.
/House specials very good but service is very, very slow.
Plan on an hour wait for your check [WDG-81].
Still good [NCR-81].
This is one of the best.  Authentic food, low prices and interesting
decor [DLO-82].
Pleasant hole-in-the-wall, garishly decorated.  The food is
ok but nothing special.  Located in the seedy district of
Redwood City, so beware.  It is not one of the best as
DLO would have us believe.  I went expecting something
superior to Casa Isabel, given the rumors, but came away
disappointed [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Pedro's
/#2 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
/415 324-1510
/11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.
¬y
/Corporate-concept yuppy Mexican food, but a cut above Casa Maria
and much better than Casa Real.  Prices moderate, except for the
drinks (on which they no doubt make their profit.) [MOG-7/84].
As I mentioned in another Mexican restaurant review, some
Mexican restaurants have odd acidic flavors in certain dishes.
This is another one of them.  Odd computer handles seating
arrangements via a hostess.  Food was unimpressive.  Not
recommended [SMC-9/84].
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⊗La Poblanita Caf`e
/211 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 967-1993
/Mon-Sat 11am-8:45pm, closed Sun.  No cards.
/Service is nice.  The owner (Everardo) really tries to keep everyone
happy [JED-80].
Remodelling completed in late '83.  Now more like a real business
instead of a family operation.  You no longer have to go to the bar next
store to get beer.  Decoration is understated and tasteful, not the tacky
decor often found in Mexican restaraunts.  Food is slightly more
expensive, but still good.  Try the chicken mole for something
different, but be warned: it's variable (sometimes great; sometimes too
sweet; sometimes too spicy) [JJ-12/84].
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⊗The Red Pepper
/4125 El Camino Way, Palo Alto
/415 493-7093
/11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-9:30pm Sat-Sun.  No cards.
/OK, but a bit heavy.  Much better is Casa Isabel [SMC-80, ARK-83].
Good Nachos [MOG-80].
Excellent takeout prices and they let you call your order in
(unlike Casa Real).  The restaurant itself is rather cavernous, with three
separate rooms - quiet, dark, decorated in "Mexican-restaurant style".
I like their food, especially the chicken burrito
(with guacaole and sour cream) and the Burrito Especial (burrito with steak
chunks) [SEC-1/84].
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⊗Rincon Tarasco
/3200 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
/415 364-6413
/til 11pm, closed Wed.  No credit cards.
/Their rellanos are still my favorite Mexican dish anywhere.  Chile colorado
also great, but some of their other things are not so good sometimes
[DEW-80].
Good food, we %2liked%* the weird sauce on chili rellenos [MOG-7/84].
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.TIT Moroccan
⊗Cafe Maroc
/420 Ramona, Palo Alto
/415 328-2939
/Tues-Sun 6pm-11pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
Reservations required.
/Service OK, food is really tasty, especially the pastille.  Lamb
dishes are good.  Belly dancer yummy too [BPM-78].
I agree entirely with BPM.  Not all seats are in the room with the dancer,
though (sigh) [DON-79:80].
Arrogant staff, ridiculous wine prices ($5.00 corkage fee too!).  Go to
the city instead [SM-80].
The belly dancer is what I remember most . . . Yum!!! [MRC-80].
A really sensual experence.  Great spicy lentil soup and pastilla (a chicken
pie covered with cinnamon and powdered sugar).
Currently $15 pp. without wine.  To be truly authentic, eat only with your
right hand [PTZ-80].
To be really truly authentic, don't let them serve the women in your party
until after the men have finished, and feed them in the back room [LES-80].
Good Moroccan food, although the dessert was unimpressive.  Overpriced
The sugar-chicken was delicious.  Belly-dancers were good [SMC-82].
Food is quite tasty, especially the sugar coated chicken pie.  No silverware,
but the napkins are towels.  One price menu about $16pp without wine.  The
atmosphere is appropriate, including belly dancer.  If you get there just
before 7:30pm you can sometimes get two showings!  Make sure you have some
dollar bills to tip the belly dancer.  It is interesting to watch the men
who have come with their wives tipping the belly dancer!  The mint tea
is served by pouring from three feet off the table [ARK-80:84].
Loser.  Arrogant staff, untalented belly dancer (they pay so poorly
that no decent dancer would work there), no non-smoking area, absurd
prices.  If you want Moroccan food go to SF or Menara in San Jose [MRC-11/85].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗Captain's Cabin
/3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-8233
/11am-11pm Mon-Fri, 4pm-11pm Sat, 4pm-10pm Sun.  MC, VS.  Checks with major
credit card.
/Much improved of late -- probably a new chef.
Far better cuisine than the Fish Market.
$25 pp. [LES-83:5/84].
Somewhat expensive.  Very good food.  Reasonable service and atmosphere.
It has improved [ARK-80:8/84].
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⊗The Castaway
/Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo
/415 347-1027
/11:30-3pm 5pm-10pm, till 11pm Sat-Sun, Sun brunch 10am-3pm.
/A fancy prime rib and seafood place, with valet parking,
moderate to high prices, good food and surprisingly inexpensive wine list.
A good place to take your parents when you are driving them to the airport
for a late flight [JQJ-82].
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⊗The Fish Market
/3150 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-9188
/11:00am-9:30pm Mon-Sat, noon-9:30pm Sun.  Reservations only for 8 or more.
MC, VS, AX.
/If you order between 4:00 and 4:30 when the menu changes, you can get dinner at 
lunchtime prices (that is if you don't mind eating just a bit early), 
then it can be a good deal [MUZ-80].
Well prepared, plain seafood.  Long waits.  Somewhat expensive.
Try Captain's Cabin instead [ARK-84].
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⊗Henry's
/482 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 326-5680
/11:30am-2am daily except closed Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
/I like seafood and eat here more than any other restaurant.
Great fresh seafood (perfectly done) with some veal and chicken (do not
order beef).  Dinners are $10-14.  Rich cream sauces predominate.  I
like the casual atmosphere and service, at least on weekdays when
it's not too crowded.  OK wine list tho I bring my own [DEW-4/83].
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⊗Monti's Seafood
/1706 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 321-3724
/11:30am-10:30pm Mon-Fri, 4:30pm-11pm Sat, 4pm-10pm Sun.
/I was generally quite unimpressed.  I have had an overcooked swordfish
steak and a flavorless (and tough) calamari dish [JQJ-82].
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⊗The Old Clamhouse
/355 State Street, Los Altos
/415 941-8199
/11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, till 10pm Fri, 5pm-9:30pm Sat, 5pm-9pm Sun.
/This recent spinoff of a San Francisco restaurant has rather good seafood
at middling high prices.  The wine list is overpriced.
There is also a branch in San Mateo.
$25 pp. [LES-10/85].
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⊗Portola Valley Kitchen
/884 Portola Rd., Portola Valley
/415 851-3287
/11am-3pm 5pm-10pm Tue-Sat, Sunday Champagne brunch.  MC, VS.
/This is an excellent fresh sea-food place, with winning location and service.
The cooks are Thai [MLB-80].
Consistently excellent seafood, though not inexpensive.
Pleasant decor and setting among the redwoods [LES-80:7/85].
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⊗Scott's Seafood
/2300 E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto
/415 856-1046
/11am-10pm daily.  Reservations recommended.  AX, VS, DC, MC.
/A clone of the Scott's in San Francisco, this is a large establishment
with good but not outstanding seafood, moderately high prices, and
efficient but generally impersonal service [JQJ-82, LES-83:84].
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⊗Theo's
/546 University Avenue, Palo Alto
/415 322 1272
/11am-11pm Mon-Fri, 4pm-11pm Sat, 4pm-10pm Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
Reservations accepted.
¬y
/Nice atmosphere, good fresh fish. Non-fish good, too.
I've had a good salmon steak, and a good chicken breast in ginger sauce.
They have a daily menu with
a dozen or so fresh fish choices, and a permanent menu with non-fish
as well.  Good wine selection.  About $15 pp. [MOG-7/84].
Says it serves "California-style" food, whatever that is.  It serves
seafood and meat dishes.  Light, roomy, very nice atmosphere, has a bar/coffee
house seating in front, eating area in back.  Very California-Yuppy (upwardly
mobile, but relaxed).  Service was very pleasant.  Dinners mostly around
$10 (include rice/vegetables, no soup or salad).  Hors d'ouevres around $5,
salads around $3.  The vegetables were properly cooked.  I didn't like my
entree (calamari steak), but it may be I just don't like calamari steak after
all.  I'd go back [SEC-10/84].
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.TIT Swiss
⊗Rick's Swiss Chalet
/4085 El Camino Way (near Togo's), Palo Alto
/415 493-7575
/Mon-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm.  MC, VS.
/Reasonable food [ARK-84].
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.TIT Taverns
⊗Alpine Beer Garden (Zott's)
/3915 Alpine Road, Menlo Park
/415 854-4004
/11:30am-midnight.
/A California Historical Monument (look at the plaque out front).  Good greasy
hamburgers, lots of beer, outdoor tables.
A great place to spend a warm afternoon [LES-66:83].
Great atmosphere on a warm day, I prefer salami and cheese over the hamburgers 
but usually stick to their very good fries and beer [PAT-75:80].
A bunch of us were sitting having lunch & beers at Zott's, trying to think
of a local eatery that has worse food.  We couldn't.  But we still go
there... [RLW-82].
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⊗Dutch Goose
/3567 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park
/415 854-3245
/8am-2am.
/There is now Bud's ice cream across the street.  It makes a good place to
stop for lunch [JDM-80].
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⊗Emerson Street Bar & Grill
/412-414 Emerson Street, Palo Alto
/415 326-9944
/Food hours: Mon-Sat 11:30am-10:30pm, Sun 11:30am-8pm
/OK hamburgers at restaurant-style tables [ARK-84].
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⊗Gilda's
/Castro Street, Mt. View
/415 966-8328
/
/Good burgers.  As they say, "you'll love our buns" [JQJ-82].
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⊗The Heidelberg Bier Garden
/4156 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 493-7722
/till 9pm.
/Unfairly neglected by most Stanford people, this is a good spot for a
lunch of beer and Polish sausage [JQJ-82].
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⊗The Oasis
/241 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
/415 326-8896
/11am-2am.
/Vulgar atmosphere, extremely greasy, delicious hamburgers, every kind
of beer; a Stanford tradition [LES-66:81].
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⊗Togos
/4131 El Camino Way, Palo Alto
/415 494-8223
/11am-10pm.  No checks or cards.
/Whole wheat runs out early.  Hot Sandwiches good, but sloppy
[KJK-78:80, ARK-84].
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.TIT Thai
⊗Bangkok Spoon
/702 Villa Street, Mountain View
/415 968-2038
/11am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
¬n
/Food from Thailand and it is extremely good!  We tried all the
specialities touted in the clippings on the window and they were all
wonderful.  (It's had good reviews from Fork Full of San Jose, local
papers, etc.) Coconut Soup, etc.
Reasonable prices:  $22 pp., which included drinks, appetizer,
soup, salad and  two entrees.  The atmosphere is nothing to rave about,
but o.k.  If you haven't tried it, do.  The place was busy but not full
on a Friday night [MC-11/83].
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.TIT Vegetarian
⊗Blue Sky Cafe
/336 Bryant Street, Mountain View
/415 961-2082
/breakfast Sat-Sun, lunch everyday except Wed, dinner Thu-Sat; hours change;
call first.
/About five or six tables.  Menu varies.  Prices reasonable [JVC-82].
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⊗The Good Earth, Palo Alto
/185 University Avenue, Palo Alto 
/415 321-9449
/7:30am-10:30pm daily.  Checks accepted, no cards.
/They try to satisfy everybody and mostly succeed.  Good, but they're
getting rather expensive.  Still worth it if you're not poor.  Note: They
try to not look like a franchise operation, but I think they really are.
They come in clusters of a few stores [TVR-79:80].
Good cinnamon spice tea and omelettes, particularly the Santa Cruz special,
with artichoke hearts, avocado, tomatoes, and cheese.
Acapulco omelette has a %2lot%1 of green chile -- yummy! [PTZ-80].
Food tastes politically correct, not good.  Not worth the price [MOG-80].
Aw come on, it's not that expensive.  Prices seem worth it to me --
distinctive cusine, interestingly prepared [NCR-81].
Quality way down [IAN-82:83].
Odd, hippy-like waiter personalities.  The food is ok, but I 
don't see what the fracas is all about [SMC-9/84].
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⊗Hobee's Haven
/4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
/415 856-6124
/7:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 8am-2:30pm Sat-Sun.  MC, VS.
/Another natural foods restaurant, along the lines of Late for the Train
or The Good Earth.  The wait is shorter than for either of those, and the
food is better than at The Good Earth.  Fresh fruit juices are excellent
[JQJ-82].  I agree with JQ.  They now also have a place in the Town and
Country Village in Palo Alto [ARK-84].
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.TIT Vietnamese
⊗Mekong
/288 Castro Street, Mountain View
/415 968-2604
/11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
/A family-run outfit (the owner is a former vice-premier
of South Vietnam).  Try their squid dishes; if you don't
fancy squid try a curry dish or the pork barbeque.  They
have some outstanding desserts; flan (custard), banana
in coconut milk, and their house delight (if they have
it) which is a pure delight! [MRC-80].
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⊗Vietnam
/1010 Doyle Street, Menlo Park
/415 326-2501
/11am-10pm.  VS, MC.
/Reminds me a lot of lower-class Kenyan places; I love it.
Owners came over with an American friend around 1970.  Shy, but
friendly if you can get them to talk.  A full dinner can be had for 
$2.75 [BIL-80].
Good to excellent, but expensive for the amount of food you get [WDG-81].
Good food.  Small portions and small prices too [ARK-84].
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.skip 200;		SEC San Francisco
.TIT American
⊗Billboard Cafe
/Corner of Folsom and 9th Streets, San Francisco
/
/
/Inexpensive and quick; new wavy decor.  Food well above average.  Not
usually crowded at present but seems to be catching on [PJA-9/84].
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⊗Bill's Place
/2315 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 221-5262
/11:15am-9pm.  No cards.
/Excellent hamburgers ($2.50) and milkshakes ($1.50).  Sit
out back amid the flowers [ARK-80].
Try the peanut butter milkshake [JDM-80].
The garden area is lovely on a warm day, the hamburgers are very good though
expensive, and the banana walnut shakes are superb.
Unfortunately, our waitress acted harassed and surly and attempted to
overcharge us [LES-3/83].
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⊗Doidges
/Union & Fillmore, San Francisco
/
/
/Truly excellent breakfast plcae.  We tried the herb omelette (which has perfect
consistency and a heavenly flavor that the cook told me derives partly
from vermouth) and the eggs benedict (also perfect).  The menu included
french toast, for which you get to choose from 6 kinds of bread.  Delicious
coffee and good service.  Reservations are essential on weekends and must
be made on the day before you want to go [JF-10/84].
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⊗Hamburger Mary's Organic Grill
/1285 Folsom, San Francisco
/415 626-5767
/10am-1:30am daily.  AX, MC, VS.  No reservations.
/This joint is "a slice of SF," i.e. you will encounter the most bizzare
potpouri of SF denizens ever gathered under one roof. 
The only place I've ever seen polyester disco, razor blade punk, hardcore
bikers, lads in leather, long hair veggie cosmic karma types, and dressed for
the opera crowd sharing the same establishment.
A demented disc
jock floods about half the floor space with alternate cuts of disco and
punk.  The waiters are ready for Halloween year round.  One I recall
clearly had a bright orange Mike Nomad haircut, a T shirt proclaiming his
feelings about leather, and a Marine Corps style tattoo announcing carnal
knowledge of his mother.  He did bring our drinks and food tho....
I frequented this joint during the three weeks of Grateful Dead concerts
in the Warfield nearby, and highly recommend their burgers of all styles
and their home-fried potatoes.  Their beer is cheap and plentiful, and the
half of the floor space farthest from the music is pleasant.
It was always fairly full, but wait was less than 10 minutes.
So next time you're stuck with an aunt from Kansas City out for a visit, give
her a few years of gossip and some good chow at the same time [PAM-80].
If you are a woman, you might have trouble getting served (ignored is the
word) as this is mainly a gay hangout, this has happened to several women
I know on different occasions [PAT-80].
Not as gay as it used to be, but still the same great food and outrageous
decor.  Enormous portions for the price.  Gets crowded around
6pm but the bar is fun to wait in [PJA-9/84].
Not having gone to it in days gone by, but talking to a friend, it seems
to have gotten slightly yuppified.  But still a fun
place to go.  Who else plays the theme from Hawaii-5-0?  It's one
of the oldest newwave tunes about.  Went twice this past week.  A decent
amount of food at a decent price, especially compared to some of the other
places I ate in the city this past week [JS-10/84].
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⊗Kimball's
/300 Grove Street, San Francisco
/415 861-5555
/11am-3pm 5pm-midnight daily except Mon night.  AX, MC, VC.
¬y
/Oriented towards getting people to the music on time.  Mediocre food,
pleasant atmosphere, prices too high [GIO-7/84].
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⊗*Mama's on Washington Square
/1701 Stockton Street, San Francisco
/415 362-6421
/8am-8pm.  No reservations.  No cards.
/Yumyum!  Try French toast with fresh fruit [LES-73:81].
Super for breakfast.  Have fresh rasberries in season [SAJ-75:79].
Don't confuse it with the Mama's in Stanford Shopping Center.
Small, friendly, cheaper than the Stanford Mama's.  Very good [SJF-80].
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⊗Salmagundi
/442 Geary, San Francisco
/415 441-0894
/11:30am-midnight.  No cards.
/Excellent soup, quiche and salad, inexpensive -- as much soup as you can
eat, menu changes daily [KNM-74, MLM-76, DON-80].
Still good soups, quiche, and salad, but you can't have as much soup
as you want anymore.  You can get seconds by bringing back your
register receipt.  The one at 39 Grove is located near the symphony and
opera halls [ARK-82:5/84].
Good place for a quick meal before a performance.  Soups are delicious.
Many nice desserts (including Double Rainbow ice cream) and the coffee
and espresso are highly recommended by those who know about such things
[PJA-9/84].
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.TIT Basque
⊗*Des Alpes
/732 Broadway, San Francisco
/415 391-4249
/5:30pm-10pm Mon-Sat, 5pm-9:30pm Sun.  VS, MC, AX.
/Great dinner for under $8 [AZB-80].
More good food for the money than just about any other place you can find.
Outstanding value [RLW-82, ARK-84].
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.TIT Cafes
⊗Enrico's
/504 Broadway, San Francisco
/415 392-6220
/11am-3am.  AX, VS, CB.
/Best people-watching in bay area [LES-74:80].
Good coffee, but that's all I go there for.  Good luck parking . . . [TVR-80].
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⊗Max's Opera Cafe
/600 Van Ness, San Francisco
/415 771-7300
/11:15am-midnight Mon-Thu, till 1am Fri-Sat, 11:30am-11pm Sun.
AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Reasonable prices, great variety of food, good spareribs and fresh fish.
Crowded, no reservations for small parties.  Go there 5 minutes before
opera or symphony starts. Live classical piano and singers.  Split the
cheesecakes if you want to survive [GIO-7/84].
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⊗Savoy Tivoli
/1434 Grant Avenue, San Francisco
/415 362-7024
/noon-2am.  MC, VS.
/Great place for late-evening coffee/snacks.  Offers something for
everyone: coffeehouse/restaurant in front, nightclub (featuring
variously reggae, jazz, or new wave) in back, country & western style
bar to the side.  The three sections attract wildly different
clientele, but are sufficiently separated that there's no spillover.
Makes for great people-watching  [JED-79, LES-73:80].
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⊗Zuni Cafe & Grill
/1658 Market Street, San Francisco
/415 552-2522
/11am-2:30pm 6pm-midnight daily, closes earlier Sun.
/In a typically unsavory
piece of Market Street is a small storefront offering excellent unusual
food.  I've been there four times, and the menu is always different.
There are some staples, such as the black bean soup, and a couple of
categories which persist:  grilled food and pastas, with fresh fish and
shellfish offerings in both.  They tend to unusual marinades and sauces,
most of which are remarkably delicious.  They grill leg of lamb, pork
loin, calamari (delicious), baby chicken rubbed with citrus juices and
fermented black beans (also delicious), skewered scallops, and fresh
fish.  I've had pasta with scallops, chilis, garlic, and lime, which was
wonderful.  There's pasta with manila clams, more garlic and chilis,
pasta with figs, pine nuts, and garlic, pasta with cepes and
chanterelles.  They make the lightest, least oily shoestring potatoes.
In the interests of stability, they now have a more or less constant
menu accompanied by daily specials.  The menu includes the soups and
salads, light dishes from carpaccio to some interesting-looking
hamburgers with roasted garlic, and the regular dishes, including the
baby chicken mentioned above and a broiled veal chop with ancho chili
sauce.  The desserts are good, but I'm not a dessert man.  They have an
espresso machine.  The wine list has some interesting offerings at the
usual markups of 50-100α% or more.
The decor is early Georgia O'Keefe; I like it.
Dinner is normally in the $40-50 pp. range [JEO-5/83].
Unusual menu changes daily.  Food is quite good, but can be expensive.
Within walking distance from Davies Symphony Hall and the Opera House.
I haven't had anything there I didn't like [ARK-5/84].
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.TIT "Chinese",Diem Sum
⊗Asia Garden
/772 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco
/415 398-5112
/10am-3pm, 5pm-11pm.  No reservations.  AX, VS, MC.
/Great diem sum.  Lemon creme finger-pies are especially good [SMC-80, ARK-84].
Bad service -- the women who push around the diem sum carts engage in
outright hotilities -- ignoring whom they choose to and throwing food
across the table when they do acquiesce to serve you.
The diem sum was OK, but I'd never go back [GG-81].
My last visit to Asian Garden was rather dismal.  I
believe they used machine rolled wrappings, mass produced, froze and
resteamed some of their dim-sums for later sale.  The taste was awful,
and the wrappings were torn and falling off.  Other stuffs also seemed to
be overly greasy due to refrying [AC-12/84].
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⊗Canton Tea House & Restaurant
/1108 Stockton Street, San Francisco
/415 982-1032
/lunch and dinner
/A fairly new restaurant which serves the best dim-sum I've had
in China Town for a long time.  The steamed delicacies such as Har-Gaos
(shrimp ravioli) and Shu-Mais (pork ravioli) are made from fresh
ingredients, deliciously seasoned and beautifully assembled in
hand_rolled wrappings.  The same level of attention to quality is evident
with just about everything else on the dim-sum menu. Would be
interesting to try their regular meals sometime [AC-12/84].
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⊗Hang Ah Tea Room
/1 Pagoda Place, San Francisco
/415 982-5686
/10am-9pm daily except Mon.  No credit cards.  Check OK with ID.
/Highly recommended [PMB-6/84].
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⊗Yank Sing
/671 Broadway, San Francisco
/415 781-1111
/10am-5pm.  No reservations.  No cards.
/Excellent [DON-80].
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⊗Tung Fong
/808 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco
/415 362-7115
/10am-3pm, closed Wed.  No cards.
/Much more relaxed atmosphere than Asia Gardens.  Spicier food [SM-80].
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.TIT "",Northern
⊗Brandy Ho's Hunan Food
/217 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
/415 788-7527
/11:30am-9:30pm daily, till 11pm Fri-Sat.
/Advertises "Absolutely no MSG".  Recommend ordering "medium hot".  The decor is
atrocious (American lunch counter), but clean.  The service is fast and the food is
excellent.  I particularly recommend the smoked chicken (which they smoke at the
restaurant) [KJK-2/82].
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⊗Empress of China
/838 Grant Avenue, San Francisco
/415 434-1345
/11:30-3pm 5pm-11pm Mon-Sat, 12:30pm-11pm Sun.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Elegant and many tables with a great view of the bay.  Unusual dishes, not
all successful to my taste.  Modestly spicy dishes.  Hot and sour soup not
recommended, strange, with shrimp.  About $25 pp. with one drink [GIO-7/84].
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⊗Five Happiness Restaurant
/309 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 387-1234
/11:30am-9:30pm Sun-Sat.  MC, VS.  Reservation advised at peak hours.
/OK, so you want a Northern restaurant that still remembers
that hot and sour soup is supposed to be hot and sour and full of 
lilly buds and cloud ears as well as many other  goodies; this is it.
Fine Mushu Pork, Eggplant Szechwan.  The use of quality ingredients impresses;
the prices, moderate ($8-10 pp.) [LMT-81].
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⊗*Hunan Restaurant II
/924 Sansome, San Francisco
/415 956-7727
/11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  AX, MC,VS, no checks.
/Excellent hot & spicy.  Good service.  Try the onioncakes.  Be sure to
specify %2hot%1 to your waiter.  No MSG and a sign specifying just that
[SMC-78:80].
Be careful!  The Smoked Duck comes in Fiery and Hellish versions.
Burned out my whole dinner party on the Hellish version [PAM-80].
Good food.  No MSG (and a banner of foot-high letters to proclaim it!).
They grind up the peppers, so you can't pick them out [ARK-83].
Contrary to the old reviews, I've always the food here plenty
hot without having to specify it.  (And I'm not easily burned out.)
It's pretty good, too, though the quality varies.  Garlic chicken is
yummy.  The "Henry's Special" was dull, not worth the price.  The Hunan
spareribs were delicious.  Hot and sour soup was more hot than sour, but OK.
In short, if you're careful (or lucky), this place is a big win [DON-9/94].
Very good!  At $8 pp. a best buy [LES-9/84].
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⊗Mandarin
/Woolen Mill Building; Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
/415 673-8812
/Mon-Fri noon-11:30pm, Sat 12:30pm-11:30pm.  Reservations advised.  AX, VS, CB, DC, MC.
/Help, get me out of here.  Prepare to pay full 15α% tip or waiter
makes a scene.  I'll only go if someone I don't like is paying [LMT-81].
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⊗Ocean Restaurant
/726 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 221-3351
/11:30am-9:30pm daily.  MC, VS.
/Should confirm with restaurant, but I believe they take reservations
for groups of 6 or more (maybe 5 as well).
Small but excellent cuisine from various parts of China. portions good (not
overflowing), prices low/moderate, dishes, as well as soups, prepared very
well.  3 dishes plus soup came to $21.  We had to wait 15 minutes
for a table for lunch on a Saturday.  Highly recommended [DLB-2/81].
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⊗U-Lee Restaurant
/1468 Hyde Street, San Francisco
/415 771-9774
/11am-8:30pm, closed Mon.  No cards, no checks.
/A rock-bottom priced, tiny (8 tables) hole-in-the-wall on the 
fringes of Chinatown.  Generous portions.  Cantonese and Mandarin.
Try the squid or veggie dishes.  Two can eat well for $12 total.  Even
less for rice plates.  No liquor [LMT-81].
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⊗Yet Wah
/2140 Clement, San Francisco
/415 387-8040
/4pm-11pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-10pm Sun.
/Massive factory-loud atmosphere.  Food very good [SMC-80].
They are a chain, albeit a very good one.  They have places all over
the city.  I especially like watching the fog roll in from the one
in Diamond Heights, if you can get a strategically placed table
[ARK-84].
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.TIT "",Southern
⊗Kan's
/708 Grant Street, San Francisco
/415 982-2388
/noon-10pm Mon-Fri, 4:30pm-11pm Sat, 4:30pm-10pm Sun.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
/Succulent sesame chicken,
asparagus and beef, marinated lamb served on a bed of fried rice.  Wide
variety of noodle soups.  Elegantly appointed upstairs dining room.  Price
range moderate-expensive.  $l5-20 pp.  Good wine list too [EMM-3/83].
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⊗Ton Kiang
/683 Broadway, San Francisco
/415 421-2015
/11am-midnight except Thu.  MC, VS.
/Excellent Hakka restaurant.  Try the deep fried squid appetizer.
An excellent buy at $7 pp. [MP-80].
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.TIT Continental
⊗Carnelian Room
/555 California Street (52nd floor of B. of A.), San Francisco
/415 433-7500
/6pm-10-30pm daily.  All major credit cards.
/The view is superb, drinks and appetizers expensive [PAT-80].
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⊗Doro's
/714 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
/415 397-6822
/Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  Major credit cards.  Reservations recommended.
/One of the greatest restaurants in S.F.  Food and service are impeccable,
measurably superior to Ernie's, its more famous neighbor, at comparable prices. 
Food is continental with an Italian slant.  Everything is a la carte, so prices do
get high ($20-50 pp. w/wine) but, on both occasions I have been there, I have
left knowing that I had gotten my money's worth.  The seafood crepe appetizer,
Caesar salad, veal parmigiana, and chicken Kiev are highly recommended, and
the dessert tray will leave you crazy with indecision.  The wine list is extensive,
with a good selection from inexpensive to exorbitant wines from several
countries.  Your waiter will gladly help you select a wine if the 10 or so pages of
wine list prove intimidating.  The service is first-rate and elegant, but not
haughty or snobbish, as it tends to be in some restaurants in this class.  Also
open for lunch, when, I hear, prices are lower [RLW-80].
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.TIT Creole
⊗Elite Cafe
/2049 Fillmore, San Francisco
/
/
/The Elite
serves Creole food and is in a building with original '30s decor.  They
are very popular and do not accept reservations, but if you go rather
early or late in the evening, or on Thursday night, that shouldn't
create too much of a problem.  There's a good seafood bar if you are
famished and must wait for a table [MAC-10/84].
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.TIT Delicatessen
⊗The Deli
/1980 Union, San Francisco
/415 536-7274
/11am-midnight Sun-Thu, 11am-1:30am Fri-Sat.  AX, MC, VS, etc.
/Come for lunch on a bright afternoon and enjoy cheese blintzes or
potato pancakes, corned beef or pastrami, in the back room under the
skylight.  Regular entrees on dinner menu aren't as good.
Singles bar is adjacent and Perry's is down the block [SJF-80].
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.TIT Dessert
⊗Double Rainbow
/407 Castro, San Francisco
/
/
/The place is quite small but the ice cream makes up for it.  It is a
richer, thicker (less air) ice cream than most places in the bay area
serve.  It is very sweet but it obviously was made with honey, which
gives it an interesting flavor.  The number of choices is not as large
as most other places, but the choice is adequate [DFH-80].
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⊗Double Rainbow
/1653 Polk Street, San Francisco
/415 775-3220
/11am-midnight daily, till 1am Fri-Sat.  No cards.
/One of the few places which uses no shortcut ingredients (such as
mono,di-glycerides, gums, artificial colors, flavors, carageenan, etc.)
Gelato's and Vivoli's both use that crud.  Haagen Dasz also doesn't.
Tastes good, too [PB-82].
Excellent "natural" ice cream [PMB-6/84].
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⊗Joshua's
/Polk Street, San Francisco
/
/
/They have Bud's ice cream, as well as a number of
sinfully good cakes.  Great for after a not-too-filling dinner [PMB-6/84].
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⊗Meat Market Coffee House
/4123 26th Avenue, San Francisco
/415 285-5598
/9am-11pm Sun-Thu, 9am-midnight Fri-Sat. 
/Just Dessert Coffee Cake and Italian Sodas in a Berkeley 60's atmosphere
[JDM-80].
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⊗ Polly Ann Ice Cream
/3142 Noriega, San Francisco
/415 644-2472.   Cash only.
/
/Very unusual ice cream flavors, like rose, yam, corn, peanut,
etc.  Tell them it's your first time there and they'll give you lots of
samples (but they'll make you guess the flavor).  Free ice cream cones
for dogs accompanied by owners!  [SM-82].
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.TIT English
⊗Blue Boar Inn
/1713 Lombard, San Francisco
/415 567-8424
/6pm-1am Mon-Sat, 5pm-11pm Sun.  AX, VS, CB, DC, MC.
/Food and service both excellent.  Have tried one of the Wellington dishes and
the suckling pig, and both were superb.  Fairly expensive ($20pp. with wine and
tip), but worth it [DON-80].
Remarkable!  A sterling variety of hearty food well prepared.  If you
enjoy tender pork, try the roast suckling pig (from the owner's ranch).
Try one of the three things Wellington.  Instead of dessert, try some
first class Brie (served with apple slices, crackers, and walnuts).
Informal attire welcome.  Somewhat expensive (entrees about $14).  Wine
list nothing special.  Service spectacular -- you'd have to go to
a first class French restaurant to find better [RSP-80].
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.TIT French
⊗Blue Muse
/Gough Street, San Francisco
/
/
/Very interesting blend of French and Chinese cooking.  One block from
Davies Hall and expert at getting you fed in time for your concert.
Reasonably priced except for desserts which are tiny and expensive;
go to the bakery next door instead [PJA-9/84].
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⊗La Mere Duquesne
/101 Shannon Alley, San Francisco
/415 776-7600
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sat, 5:30-10:30 daily.  All cards.
Reservations advised.
/Good place to eat if you're going to the theatre;
gets you out on time without rushing you.  Menu is pretty standard
but most everything is well prepared.  Best Grand Marnier Souffle
around!!  Wine list is spotty [EPW-82].
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⊗Lafayette
/290 Pacific, San Francisco
/415 986-3366
/5:30-midnight.
/Delicious.  Wonderful artichoke soup, chocolate mousse.
Now about $20 pp. with a small amount of wine [PTZ-80].
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⊗*La Mirabelle
/1396 Powell Street, San Francisco
/415 421-3374
/5:30pm-10:30pm, closed Sun-Mon.  AX, VS, CB, DC, MC.  Reservation a must.
/Best French restaurant in the Bay Area.  Now about $40 pp. with good wine
[LES-72:82].
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.TIT German
⊗Reiser Hof
/1912 Lombard Street, San Francisco
/415 929-9595
/6:30pm-10:00pm.
/A restaurant serving German-Bavarian food.  It's not cheap ($9-12
range without soup or salad).  I feel it is slightly overpriced, but the 
food is authentic.  If you are looking for a German restaurant in this area, 
that's it.  Real beer, too [TRG-82].
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.TIT Greek
⊗La M`editerran`ee
/288 Noe Street, San Francisco
/415 431-7210
/Tue-Thu & Sun 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm.  No cards; checks OK with ID.
/Inexpensive, good food from a variety of Mediterranean cuisines,
yuppy atmosphere (i.e., no greasy spoons).
The best deals are several kinds of combination plates; you can eat
well for $5-$8 pp.  I believe the food is prepared elsewhere and reheated
here, but it doesn't seem to hurt it [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Stoyanof's
/1240 9th Street, San Francisco
/415 664-3664
/10am-9pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/By the park.  Quite good.
Has the standards (Mousakka, Shish kebab,
dolma, etc.) done very well and some unique things of their own.
Excellent pastries, most of which aren't greek.
There is no attempt at ethnic decor --
just a nice modernistic "woody" look (in fact it looks much more
Scandinavian than Mediterranean) and the people are quite nice [TW-82].
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.TIT Hungarian
⊗Paprikas Fono
/Cocoa Building; Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
/415 441-1223
/Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 11am-10pm.  VS, MC.  No reservations.
/Still good.  the potato salad (cold sliced potatoes in a wonderful sweet
mayonnaise-mustard sauce) that comes with the Casino supper can be ordered
as a side dish.  Gulyas soup spicy and good [PTZ-80].
Reputed to be the best Hungarian Restaurant in this country.  Very good
but a little pricey [PJA-9/84].
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.TIT Indian
⊗Gaylord's
/Ghiradelli Square, San Francisco
/415 771-8822
/11am-3pm, 6pm-11pm.  AX, MC, VS.
/Excellent food and terrific view of Marin and Berkeley [PTZ-80].
I agree with Polle.  Can be quite expensive  [ARK-83].
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⊗India House
/330 Jackson Street, San Francisco
/415 392-0744
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, Mon-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm, closed Sun.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Same sort of food as Gaylords, slightly cheaper but not quite as good.
The atmosphere is dark and somewhat overdone [MOG-7/84].
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⊗The Kundan
/601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
/415 673-5600
/11:30am-2:30pm 5pm-11pm Sun-Thu, 5pm-midnight Fri-Sat.
AX, MC, VS.
/The best Indian food in San Francisco.  Don't miss the Tandoori shrimp,
it's marvelous.  They have a spicy spinach and potato dish that's another real 
winner.  The curries are also excellent, although I found the chicken curry 
less exciting because the chicken had been cooked on the tandoor before adding
to the dish.  Dishes are spiced generously, but will not flame you out.
Reservations are a good idea if you're going before the opera (it can get very
busy) [LJP-11/84].
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⊗Tarik's
/1100 Van Ness, San Francisco
/415 673-1767
/11am-11pm Mon-Sat, 3pm-11pm Sun.  All major credit cards.
/Excellent bread.  Otherwise, neither bad not outstanding, though veggie
dinner is interesting [NCR-81].
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.TIT Indonesian
⊗A Bit of Indonesia
/211 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 752-4042
/5:30pm-10pm, closed Sun.
/A good deal; I think the desserts are by far the weakest items on the
menu [TRG-82].
Returning more to Indonsian authenticity (they were using too many Chinese
ingredients for a while). Tasty, and great for the price [GIO-7/84].
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⊗Java Restaurant
/417 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 752-1541
/11:30am-11:30pm, closed Tue.
/Excellent Rijstaffel, twelve courses for $8 pp.  [PKR-10/83].
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⊗Sari's Restaurant
/2459 Lombard, San Francisco
/415 567-8715
/6pm-10pm, closed Mon.  DC, VS, MC.
/OK, but too much emphasis on peanuts [BIL-2/81].
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⊗Sitarama
/3040 Taraval Street, San Francisco
/415 731-1818
/noon-2:30pm 5:30pm-9:30pm, closed Tue.  MC, VS.
/First-timers should order the Rijstaffel, which gives a sample of
many menu items.  The size is so huge that an order for one ($11.00) 
plus a Nasi Rames (a "Little Rijstaffel" for about $6) plus an extra
soup is usually more than enough for two people.  Just about everything 
is perfect and the seasoning is authentically hot.  The Lemper (a coconut
rice and chicken stick) makes a scrumptious little extra.  Only the price
of the Heineken beer ($1.75) seems high [LMT-81].
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.TIT Italian
⊗Basta Pasta
/1268 Grant Street, San Francisco
/415 434-2248
/11am-1:30am daily.  AC, CB, DC, MC, VS.  No reservations.
/Excellent pasta and fresh fish (they have their own boat).  Perhaps the
best calamari saute I've ever tasted.  The atmosphere is mod rather than
elegant or funky [JQJ-82].
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⊗Cafe Sport
/574 Grant Avenue, San Francisco
/415 981-1251
/noon-2pm dinners at 6:30, 8:30, 10:30; closed Sun-Mon.  No credit cards.
/Excellent scampi.  Impossible to get in to.  We waited 2 hours
with reservations [MO-80].
Strategy note: sittings are at 6:30, 8:30, 10:30 or so.  Reservations
ignored.  Send a scout, preferably Italian-speaking, to the bar to 
plead your case aggressively [LMT-81].
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⊗Cafferata Ravioli Factory
/700 Columbus, San Francisco
/415 392-7544
/11am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, till 11:30 Fri-Sat, 5pm-10:30pm Sun.
MC, VS.
¬n
/Italian home style cooking with pasta factory next door.
Try their lasagna.
Unpretentious.  $8-10 pp. [TYP-8/84].
Very good pasta.  $12 pp. with wine.  Gino Biradelli also owns the gas station
across the street.
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⊗E'Angelos
/2234 Chestnut Street, San Francisco
/415 567-6164
/5pm-10pm, closed Sun-Mon.  No reservations.  No cards.
/Excellent tortellini and saltimboca ala romana [MO-80].
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⊗Green Valley Restaurant
/501 Green Street, San Francisco
/415 788-9384
/11am-2pm 5pm-10pm Tue-Fri, 3pm-10pm Sat-Sun, closed Mon.  AX, MC.
/Informal and inexpensive southern Italian cooking.  I like it, despite
the pasta al flacid [JQJ-82].
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⊗Little Joe's
/325 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
/415 982-7639
/11am-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  No cards; no reservations.
/A small restaurant near Broadway.  You have to wait in line
for an age, but the food is quite good.  About $6-$10 pp.
Saltimbocca ($9) good, also daily specials -- a seafood stew
was large and well-prepared.  One side of the place is counter-seating,
and all the cooking is done behind the counter [MOG-82].
Good, hearty food, cooked in plain view of the line in which you'll wait
probably an hour (their motto is "rain or shine, there's always
a line".)  Portions are large, expect to spend $8-15 pp.
Worth the wait.  (They used to be in a smaller place around the corner
on Columbus.)  [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Modesto Lanzone's
/Ghiradelli Square, San Francisco
/415 771-2880
/11:45am-11pm Tue-Fri, 4pm-midnight Sat-Sun.  All cards.
Reservations advised, especially at prime time.
/Excellent fresh pasta and veal dishes.  Great view of bay if you
can get an outside table.  Outstanding slection of Italian wines.  Fairly
expensive though [EPW-82].
%2Great%1 pasta, and good Italian food in general (I'm more of a pasta
fan than an Italian food fan) [MAC-10/84].
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⊗Modesto Lanzon's
/601 Van Ness, San Francisco
/415 928-0400
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-11:30pm, Sat 4pm-midnight, closed Sun.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬y
/Very elegant and arty atmosphere, relaxed.  Basically pricey, small portions,
excellent, and in the end not costly for the meal -- we didn't drink much
[GIO-83].
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⊗North Beach Restaurant
/1512 Stockton Street, San Francisco
/415 392-1700
/11:30am-11:45pm daily.  All cards.
/A North Beach institution.  Looks like another small restaurant
from the front door but the basement dining area seems to stretch out
for blocks.
excellent, house-made pasta.  A wide selection of authentic Italian dishes
and outstanding seafood.
Nice selection of Italian wines available.
$35 pp. with lots of wine [LES-3/83].
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⊗Pietros
/Union Street, San Francisco
/
/
/This has been one of my favorite eating places in San Francisco
for many years the food is very good and the services in great.  I have
had a variety of their courses and have never been disappointed by any
of them.  The atmosphere is quiet and romantic, the waiters there leave
you to yourselves and only interrupt to fill your wine glass or to serve
you the next course.
$12-16 pp. [JV-10/84].
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⊗Prego
/2000 Union Street, San Francisco
/415 563-3305
/11:30am-midnight daily.  All cards.
Reservations accepted only for parties of 6 or more.
/Excellent Italian fare; most authentic I've found in Bay Area.
Wonderful homemade pasta and real Italian pizza.  Try the "carpaccio"
(thin sliced beef with lemon, capers, and oil) or the mozzarella
with tomatoes and basil.  Good selection of inexpensive Italian
wines.  This place is very popular so be prepared to wait during
prime time.  About $15 pp for 2 courses and wine [EPW-82].
Even at off hours a long wait, but delicious food and fast service once seated
[GIO-5/84].
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⊗Ristorante Fior d'Italia
/601 Union, San Francisco
/415 986-1886
/11:30am-10:30pm Mon-Fri,5:30pm  0:30pmm Sat-Sun.  All major credit cards
/This is a fairly large, impersonal Italian restaurant but the service is
friendly and the food is good solid San Francisco italian restaurant food.
Their pasta dishes are well worth trying, but are large enough that it
would be difficult to finish both a pasta and main course dish.  The
veal main courses were varied and well prepared [DFH-80].
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⊗Tommaso Famous Pizzeria
/1042 Kearny, San Francisco
/415 398-9696
/5pm-10:45pm, closed Mon-Tue.  VS, MC.
/If you get there before 6 pm, the wait will be short.  Prices holding
steady.  Pizza, the most special in all of S.F.  Other dishes, 
merely outstanding [LMT-81].
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⊗Vivande Porta Via
/2125 Filmore Street, San Francisco
/415 346-4430
/Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Outstanding Italian deli with about ten tables.  Usually crowded.
Smoked chicken salad excellent.  Amazing array of desserts [MP-82].
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.TIT Japanese
⊗Isobune
/1737 Post St. (Japan Center), San Francisco
/415 563-1030
/11:30am-10pm.
/This is a very enjoyable experience, especially if you usually
don't know what to order at a sushi bar.  Various plates of sushi are
placed on small boats which float around an oval shaped counter.  You
just pick whatever you want as it floats by.  Prices range from $1.30 to
$1.90 per plate.  There are about two pieces of sushi per plate.  You
can also ask the sushiman for specific items if you don't see it on the
plate.  It is best to arrive before 5pm on weekends [JSL-82].
A novelty restaurant: the customers sit around an oval table, the sushi
chefs work on the inside.  Between you and the chef on a ring of water
floats a chain of little boats bearing sushi.  You pay according to the
number and color of plates you remove from the boats (usually, 2 pieces
at $1, $1.50, or $2.)  The sushi is good, not great, and you can make
special requests of the chefs if you want [MOG-7/84].
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⊗Mingei-Ya
/2033 Union Street, San Francisco
/415 567-2553
/Tue-Fri 5:30pm-10:30pm, Sat till 11pm, Sun 5pm-9:30pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
/Prices have gone up but the food is still tops.
Have Oh-mitzu-taki, which s cooked at the table.
Hard to get up because you eat so much [JDM-80].
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⊗Sagami-Ya
/1525 Irving Street, San Francisco
/415 564-1055
/5pm-9pm Tue-Sun.  No cards.
/A winning establishment that makes you feel you've gotten more than
your money's worth.  Portions of Sashimi and Sushi are huge for the price
(about $4-$5.50 for Sushi), and  among the  tastiest I've ever had.
Two can eat for about $12, beer included [LMT-81].
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.TIT Korean
⊗Hahn's Hibachi
/2121 Clement, San Francisco
/415 221-4246
/11am-9:30pm daily except Mon.  AX, MC, VS.
¬n
/A small (about 8 tables) Korean restaurant.
A first encounter at Hahn's Hibachi will bring you back.  The pot
stickers arrive in generous portions.  The Barbecue dishes are prepared
at your table and are delightfully seasoned.  The soups, especially the
Kim Chee soup, will warm and satisfy you.  Imported beers, local wine
and saki are available.  Friendly and intelligent service.  About
$10 pp (including beer and tip) for dinner [MCT-1/84].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Cadillac Bar and Grill
/Minna Street between 4th and 5th, San Francisco
/
/
/Excellent Mexican food; different from most traditional mexican
restaurants.  Service is good but the wait is about one hour on an
average night and can be as long as an hour and a half on Fridays (don't
know if they take reservations)  Food is mostly grilled meats and fish.
Atmosphere noisy.
$10-15 pp. [JV-10/84].
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⊗El Faro
/2399 Folsom Street, San Francisco
/415 647-8090, 647-3716
/7am-7pm, till 5pm Sun.
/This is take out only but the burritos (10 kinds) are huge (a meal by itself) 
and really good. [PAT-79:80].
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⊗El Zarape Room
/3349 23rd Street, San Francisco
/415 282-1168
/10am-10pm Tue-Thu & Sun, 11am-3:30am Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.  Reservations advised.
/So far, this reviewer's overall favorite S.F. Mexican.  A variety of 
seafoods (Sopa de Mariscos, Prawns in Garlic both very fine), a beautiful,
uncompromised Mole Poblano, as well as some well prepared standards.  
For $5-6 you get soup, fish fritter and a large main course
with rice and beans.  About 10 tables [LMT-81].
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⊗La Santaneca de la Mission Restaurante
/2815 Mission Street, San Francisco
/415 285-2131
/11:30am-8pm Mon-Tue Thu, 11:30am-9pm Fri-Sun, closed Wed.
No checks, no cards.
/Very good, very cheap, Salvadorean and Mexican food. Clientele
tends to be mostly Hispanic [JED-82].
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.TIT Middle Eastern
⊗Caravansary
/310 Sutter, San Francisco
/415 362-4640
/11am-3pm 5pm-10pm daily except Sun.  AX, DC, CB, MC, VS.
¬n
/Pleasant formal atmosphere.
I've eaten here often and enjoy it very much.  Gourmet
middle eastern.  Dinners from $7 to $14 include 3 wonderful middle
east appetizers.  Chicken, many lamb dishes, steak, and a good
quiche.  Average restaurant wine list (i.e., unexciting but you can get
BV cabernet for less than an arm and a leg) [DEW-2/83].
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.TIT Moroccan
⊗El Mansour
/3123 Clement, San Francisco
/415 751-2312
/6pm-10pm.  VS, MC.
/My favorite, but avoid the Moroccan wine [SM-80].
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.TIT Philippine
⊗Philippine Restaurant
/3619 Balboa Street, San Francisco 
/415 752-8657
/11:30am-10pm Wed-Sat, 1:30pm-9pm Sun, closed Mon-Tue.  Cash only!  No checks.
/All sorts of interesting dishes.  The lumpia were my favorite.
Very small; friendly service [DON-80].
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.TIT Russian
⊗Cinderella Bakery
/436 Balboa, San Francisco
/
/9am-6:30pm Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon.  No credit cards.
¬n
/Terrific meat piroshki.
Borscht is the best.
$3-4 pp. for soup and piroshki [TYP-8/84].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗Blue Point Seafood Restaurant
/736 Clement, San Francisco
/415 752-5927
/11am-3pm, 5-11pm.  VS, MC.
/Good fresh seafood, in the high-moderate price range [JQJ-82].
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⊗Fishermen's Grotto
/No. 9 Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
/415 673-7025
/
/Worst food "mucho" money can buy (about $20 pp.)  My candidate for the
worst restaurant in the city [AZB-82].
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⊗The Following Sea
/Pier 39, San Francisco
/415 434-1590
/11:30am-2:30pm daily, 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri, 4pm-11pm Sat-Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
/Pleasant, slick, tourist-oriented place overlooking the waterfront.
The Mahimahi was excellent.  $19 pp. [LES-82].
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⊗Hayes St. Grill
/324 Hayes Street, San Francisco
/415 863-5545
/Mon-Thu 11:30am-3pm 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-11pm, Sat 6pm-11pm, closed Sun.
MC, VS.
¬n
/Excellent food, casual classy atmosphere for the symphony and ballet
crowd (walking distance).  Reservations a must if you plan to eat before a
show at the Civic Center.  Lots of fresh seafood, excellent spinach salad,
exquisite deserts, good wine list, and premium wine by the glass.  Pasta and
meat also.  Entrees around $9.  I liked it a lot [DEW-4/83].
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⊗*Pacific Cafe
/Geary Blvd at 34th Avenue, San Francisco
/415 387-7091
/5pm-10:30pm Mon-Thu, till 11pm Fri-Sat, till 10pm Sun.  No cards.
No reservations.
/Long wait but good value [WOL-80].
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⊗Ronayne's Seafood Cafe
/1799 Lombard, San Francisco
/415 922-5060
/5:30pm-10:30pm daily.  All major credit cards.  No reservations.
/This is a very nice little seafood restaurant within walking distance
of the wharf area.  As is typical of small seafood restaurants in San
Francisco, it gets full early.  There is a small bar to one side
and some seating room for people waiting, however.  The food seemed
quite good, and the New England clam chowder was excellent.  I believe
the cook is from New England [DFH-80].
Good seafood, in a nice setting [TRG-82].
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⊗*Sam's Grill
/374 Bush Street, San Francisco
/415 421-0594
/11am-8:30pm, closed Sat-Sun.  No reservations.  VS, MC.
/Excellent seafood. I prefer it to Tadich's grill: less expensive, and less
crowded.  During the week wait time is less than 10 min.  Prices around
$9-$10 pp. with entree, wine and crab cocktail.  Try the broiled salmon.
Exquisitely seasoned!  The salmon and shrimp Newburg, and the fried deep
sea scallops are very good too.  Wine selection ok.  Basically Californian
wines [JP-79, LES-72:82].
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⊗Scoma's
/Pier 47 Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
/415 771-4383
/11:30am-11:30pm daily.  All major credit cards.
/Very good seafood but I had to wait 25 minutes at the bar even though I
made a reservation.  About $15-20 pp.  Has valet parking -- a great
advantage in the area [AZB-80].
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⊗Squids
/96 McAllister, San Francisco
/415 861-0100
/11:30am-3pm Tue-Fri, 5pm-10pm Mon-Wed, 5pm-midnight Thu-Sat, closed Sun.
AX, MC, VS.  No reservations.
/New wave decor and staff, with a menu based mostly on squid.  Food
is good and not too expensive ($5-9 pp.), and squid-haters can do
alright [MOG-6/83].
Great squid; good selection of non-squid for the faint hearted.  Ultra
trendy and always crowded [PJA-9/84].
Fascinating place featuring a variety of squid dishes.  The
atmosphere is noisy and fast paced.  Food is excellent.  I would recommend
their squid salad followed by saute squid in a butter and lemon sauce.
$10-15 pp. [JV-10/84].
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⊗*Tadich Grill
/240 California Street, San Francisco
/415 391-2373
/11:30am-8:30pm, closed Sat-Sun.  No reservations, no credit cards.
/Friendly, noisy, very good.  Half-hour waits are typical [LES-69:82].
Get drunk in good company waiting for your table; plain cooked seafood and broths
are excellent; sauces not so good.  Old style brass and mirrors, pre-earthquake
decor, postwar Jugoslavian waiters.
Stick around, you'll like it [DCL-69:76].
Excellent value.  Simply prepared local %2fresh%1 fish.  Best American style
[SAJ-79].
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⊗The Waterfront
/Pier 7 - Embarcadero at Broadway, San Francisco
/415 391-2696
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-10:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-10:30pm.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
/Pleasant formal atmosphere with nice view.  Food was quite good
if not outstanding, service mediocre, wine list had a good selection
and was expensive but not outrageous.  It's an "in" spot (with the natives),
and I thought a little too expensive for what I got, but you pay for the
chic.  Lots of seafood ($12) and pasta ($8).  Nice experience but I'm not
running back [DEW-82].
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⊗The Wave
/3150 Balboa & 33rd Avenue, San Francisco
/415 386-0313
/11am-3pm 5pm-10:30pm Mon-Sat, 10am-3pm 5pm-10:30pm Sun.
AX, DC, MC, VS.
/Sunday brunch is cheap ($4.95 pp), and very nice.  Atmosphere is
also very good.  Looks like a good place to go when the Pacific
Cafe (which isn't far away) is too crowded [JED-82].
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.TIT Spanish
⊗Alejandro's Sociedad Gastronomica
/1840 Clement Street, San Francisco
/415 668-1184
/5pm-11pm Sun-Thu, till 12 Fri-Sat.
/An interesting and extensive menu of exotic Spanish dishes (avoid the
Mexican dishes), plus a good though not extensive wine list.  Try the
rabbit in peanut sauce [JQJ-82].
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⊗El Gallego
/3161 24th Street, San Francisco
/415 821-6300
/11:30am-2:30pm 5pm-10pm daily.  AX, MC.
¬n
/Seafood emphasis; pleasant and good food [TW-82].
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⊗La Bodega
/1337 Grant Street, San Francisco
/415 398-9555
/7pm-10pm Wed-Sun, closed Mon-Tue.  No cards.
/All they serve is paella, which is good and inexpensive.  When the
waitress has a moment between courses she often doubles as a Flamenco
dancer [JQJ-82].
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.TIT Taverns
⊗Buena Vista
/2765 Hyde Street, San Francisco
/415 474-5044
/9am-2am.
/Totally over-crowded; interesting folks in jeans and black suits; conveniently
located at the final stop of the cable car [HAW-79].
The official place to drink Irish Coffee [LES-80].
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⊗Perry's
/1944 Union Street, San Francisco
/415 922-9022
/9am-2am.  AX, VS, MC.
/Try the Apple Brown Betty for dessert!  Sit in the back [JDM-80].
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.TIT Thai
⊗Khan Toke
/5937 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
/415 668-6654
/5pm-11pm daily.  AX, CB, MC, VS.
/An excellent Thai restaurant.  Every dish we tried was a winner.  Thai
food is characterized by (usually) hot, sometimes sweet sauces that have complex
spicings.  Try the Thai Omelette as an appetizer.  (All their appetizers are quite
large, and would make a great light meal.)  The service is leisurely, but the
ambiance and quality of service make up for it.  The decor is lovely, with a
batik-look/Thai design wallcloth; low tables (most have recessed places for your
feet, but a few are truly low-on-the-ground) and lots of polished wood.   Note:
they take your shoes at the door.  At 8:30PM an unremarkable Thai dancer
performs in one of the rooms.  A great place for a cold and rainy evening
[DMR-6/84].
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⊗Siamese Gardens
/3751 Geary, San Francisco
/415 668-8763
/5pm-10:30pm daily.  AX, MC, VS.
¬y
/Excellent Thai food, and cheap.
Especially fish cakes and hot-and-sour soup, which is not at all
like the chinese version.
We went on a sunday afternoon around 6:00.  No crowd; service was
excellent [JF-82].
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.TIT Vegetarian
⊗Chac Cafe
/3870 17th Street, San Francisco
/415 861-1878
/11am-10pm Tue-Sun.  VS & MC.
/South American style vegetarian cuisine.
Food was decent & coffee good, but service is slooow! [BIL-2/81].
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⊗Amazing Grace
/216 Church, San Francico
/415 626-6411
/lunch and dinner Mon-Sat.
/Good food served cafeteria style.  Redecorated seating area last
year with new tables, chairs, wallpaper etc., pleasant and
comfortable [JVC-82].
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⊗The Real Good Karma Cafe
/501 Dolores (at 18th), San Francisco
/415 621-4112
/5pm-10pm daily.  No credit cards.
/Natural food with a macrobiotic slant.  Good miso soup, changes daily.
Service is fair to terrible.  I go there frequently anyway when I'm in
San Francisco [TVR-80].
≡
⊗Veggie Food
/Clement Street, San Francisco
/
/
/Quite possibly the best restaurant in San Francisco.
The sweet and sour walnuts are heaven.  Very small and
often crowded and can't handle large groups well at all [PJA-9/84].
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.TIT Vietnamese
⊗Thanh Long
/4101 Judah Street, San Francisco
/415 665-1146
/11:30am-9pm Tue-Sun.  No cards.
/Two standout specialties, the flavorful Man Thang (Won Ton) soup and the 
fantastic, garlicky Whole Roast Crab ($8.50), which makes a great
appetizer for four.  Otherwise, nice enough but not exceptional meat and
veggie dishes.  The banana fritters for dessert make a nice finish [LMT-81].
≡
⊗Mai's Authentic Vietnamese Kitchen #3
/1838 Union, San Francisco
/415 921-2861
/5pm-10pm.  All major cards.
/New branch, food similar to the other two (on Clement).  Good [SM-82].
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.		SEC East Bay
.TIT American
⊗Bette's Diner
/east side of 4th Street, Berkeley
/415 644-3230
/6:30am-9pm Tue-Fri, 8am-9pm Sat, 8am-3pm Sun.  No credit cards; local checks OK.
¬y
/Brand new, but 1950's art deco style.  Excellent food, reasonably priced.
Nice proprietors.  Try the souffled pancakes or lox scrambled eggs (if they
have them that day).  "Spicy scrambled eggs" will run you around $3
with a potato pancake [PB-82].
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⊗Fatapple's
/1346 Martin Luther King, Berkeley
/415 526-2260
/7am-11pm daily.  ¬y
/Cheese puffs (puff pastry filled with sweetened cream cheese and sprinkled
with powered sugar) are incredible, but they run out early in the day, so
go for lunch or buy them (early) by the dozen at the take-out window
next door to have as a special dessert for your dinner party or your
PhD orals [PTZ-80].
Dinner menu very limited: hamburgers and a few veggie dishes.  Fairly
well made, moderate prices.  Dessert pies and Peet's coffee are a must
[JJW-3/85].
≡
⊗Soup Kitchen
/2498 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
/415 548-8885
/8:30am-10pm daily.  No cards.
/Soup and bread now exactly $1.  Also cheap and good salads [PB-80].
≡
⊗Stuffed Inn
/1829 Euclid, Berkeley
/415 849-0378
/11am-8pm daily.  No cards.
/Sandwich indulgence now defunct and, sadly, the french bread is not as good as
it used to be.  Sandwiches still very good though [PTZ-80].
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.TIT Cafes
⊗Au Coquelet
/2000 University Avenue, Berkeley
/415 845-0433
/6am-10pm.  VS, MC.
/Late hours attractive.  Coffee and desserts are good.  Restaurant in back is
pleasant, food good (not inexpensive).  French style, limited menu [SJF-80].
≡
⊗Cafe Intermezzo
/2442 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
/7:30am-11pm daily.  No credit cards.
¬y
/7:30am-11:30pm daily, meals served 10:30am-9:00pm.
/The bad news is that, being a cafe in Berkeley, it's full of people whose
sense of masculinity is determined by the vileness of the tobacco they
smoke.  (This is the effete Berkeley version of macho.)  The good news is
that they have the world's best tuna salad sandwiches, with ground water
chestnuts and other interesting seasonings mixed in.  Also you can get
a cherry Coke [BH-82].
≡
⊗Fondue Fred
/2556 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley 
/415 549-0850
/6pm-10pm every day.
/Still a good deal.  Infinite cheesecake (good) for $.90  Infinite salad
with your fondue.  Infinite fresh squeezed OJ for around $1. 
Fondues start at around $4.50 [PB-82].
≡
⊗Mediterraneum Caffe
/2475 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
/415 841-5634
/7:30am-midnight daily.  No cards.
/Telegraph Avenue landmark.  Fun to just sit and watch the people.
Espresso, etc.
I don't think it will ever change [TVR-76:80].
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⊗Upstart Crow
/2 Shattuck Square, Berkeley
/415 845-5713
/10am-10pm Sun-Thu, till 11pm Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.
¬y
/Coffee house bookstore.
Clone.  Expensiver than other nicer ones.  Solace for the brain-damaged.
Good place to go after seeing your neurosurgeon.  Beats waiting for the
F-train in Brooklyn [PB-82].
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.TIT Chinese,Northern
⊗Kapok
/2541 Telegraph, Oakland
/415 452-3600
/11am-9pm daily.  VS, MC.
/Superb sauces.  Extremely sweet Lignan Beef left me with
a "sugar high" for hours [SMC-80].
Kapok continues to hang in there.  Lignan Beef is still super; it takes
about 1/2 order per person to be saturated (except for JBR and BH).  All
their bean sauce based dishes are super (like Hunan fish) [JBR-80].
≡
⊗Kapok
/140 North Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
/415 937-2700
/11:30am-3pm, 4:30pm to 9pm; Fri-Sun till 10.  MC, VS.
/This is owned by the same people who used to own Kapok in Oakland.
Apparently, they sold the Oakland place to the kitchen help.
The food is almost the same with slight differences and is very good.
The atmosphere is fancier.
The cost may be slightly higher [RK-80].
All the money was spent on the interior and none on training the cook.
You are much better off at the Oakland Kapok [JBR-80].
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.TIT "",Southern
.begin fill nojust select 1;
%2Oakland's Chinatown (by Webster, 7th & 8th in Oakland) has many Cantonese
places, several open late night.%1
.end skip;
⊗Fu Lu Shou
/2115 Kittridge, Berkeley
/415 548-7544
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Mon-Sun 5pm-9:30pm.
/Everything fair to good, nothing outstanding.  Biggest win was
that the place is very close to Trumpetvine Wines, and there's no corkage fee
[DON-80].
Under new management.  Potstickers and steamed potstickers were good &
cheap.  Place was deserted [PB-82].
≡
⊗Taiwan Restaurant
/2071 University Avenue, Berkeley
/415 845-1456
/Mon-Thu 11:30am-midnight, Fri 11:30am-2am, Sat 10:30am-2am, Sun 10:30am-midnight.
MC, VS.
¬y
/Very good crispy chicken, okay potstickers, huge separate nonsmoking room.
Convenient to UC campus [BH-82].
≡
.TIT Dessert
⊗Buttercup Bakery 
/3201 College, Berkeley
/415 652-6152
/7am-midnight Mon-Sat, 8am-3pm Sun.
/A good place if you're getting overtired from carrying around too much
money [PB-82].
≡
⊗Fenton's
/Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
/415 652-8006
/11am-midnight Mon-Sat, noon-midnight Sun.
/The in place to go.  Expect a line, except for takeout.  Richest and best in 
Bay Area [PB-82].
A plain-looking place filled with people.
Though they had some interesting-looking concoctions on the menu, we had to
save ourselves, so we stuck to the usual single cones.  When Howard thought
that he was getting a double scoop by mistake, the reply was that "It IS a
single scoop - this is Fenton's." Good, though not exceptional ice cream, a
moderate variety of flavors, but excellent value for money (80 cents a scoop).
Some of their sundaes looked like interesting dinner substitutes [PMB-6/84].
≡
⊗Kramer's
/2519 Durant, Berkeley
/415 848-7213
/noon-midnight daily.
/Excellent rich ice cream.  Also good frozen yogurt.  Good price [PB-82].
≡
⊗Mary Best ice cream
/Grand Avenue, Oakland
/
/till around 11.
/Weirdest ice cream place this side of Beta Centauri.  Propietor will give you a
guided tour of his creations for exclusive clubs and restaurants.  Take out only.
Good stuff, not cheap (not outrageous, either).  You won't find this in your 
designer catalog [PB-82].
≡
⊗McCallum's
/Solano, Berkeley
/
/till around 11.
/Not the greatest ice cream, but the average joe wouldn't know.  A great
place to pig out on things like their "nightmare" [PB-82].
≡
⊗Ortman's ice cream
/1799 Solano Avenue, Berkeley
/415 526-9830
/7am-10pm daily.
/Old time ice cream place.  Excellent ice cream.  Sit down service.
reasonable prices.  [PB-82].
≡
⊗Vivoli's
/2115 Allston Way, Berkeley
/415 845-6458
/Sun-Thu noon-11pm, Fri-Sat noon-midnight.
/They have some very unusual (and expensive)
flavors of gelato ice cream.  The Bitter-Sweet Orange and the Lemon Ice are
highly recommended. In fact, some of us bought a "mini" of Lemon Ice after
we had finished our "main" selection [PMB-6/84].
≡
⊗Yogurt Park
/2433 Durant, Berkeley
/415 549-2198
/11am-midnight daily.
/Great frozen yogurt.  Choice of around 6 flavors.  Lots of toppings.
Around 10 oz. for a buck.  For some reason, like the beach boys say, it's
10 girls to every boy [PB-82].
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.TIT French
⊗Chez Panisse
/1517 Shattuck, Berkeley
/415 548-5525
/11:30am-2pm, cafe: 2pm-6pm, 6pm-9:15pm, closed Mon-Sun.
Reservations required.
/Nouvelle cuisine; unsurpassed at inventive and perfectly balanced fixed
menu dinners.  Simplicity and fresh ingredients are the rule. 
Dinner is up to $30 pp. now (without wine) but is well worth it.
We've never been charged corkage for bringing in wine [EPW-82].
There is upstairs and downstairs
which have different menus and policies.  Also reservations required
months in advance for whichever is the main one [JVC-82].
Playboy (June '84) rates Chez Panisse
as the 4th best restaurant in the U.S. [JMC-6/84].
Downstairs: very good.  Remember: no cards, fixed price now
$40 (before wine, tax, tip), reservations a month in advance,
no choice of what you get [MOG-7/84].
≡
.TIT Indian
⊗Pasand Madras Cuisine
/2286 Shattuck, Berkeley
/415 549-2559
/11:30am-10pm daily.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬y
/Good, spicy, inexpensive.  Complete curry dinners with 2 kinds of
bread, 3 kinds of soup, lots of rice under $8.  Portions almost too
large.  (Part of a chain of 3 restaurants.) [MOG-7/84].
≡
.TIT Italian
⊗Arinell Pizza
/2109 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
/415 841-4035
/11:30am-9pm Mon-Fri, 4pm-9pm Sat-Sun.  No cards.
/Second best N.Y. style pizza west of Poconos [PB-80].
≡
⊗Bertola's
/4659 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
/415 547-9301
/5pm-10pm Mon-Fri, 4pm-midnight Sat, 2pm-10pm Sun.  No cards.
/Unlimited soup, cheap bar, best food deal around [PB-79].
Still the best deal -- I think $4 for a dinner now. [PB-82]
≡
⊗La Vals
/1834 Euclid, Berkeley
/415 843-5617
/11am-11:30pm, Fri-Sat till 1am.  No cards; checks accepted.
/New store on Durant at Leopolds, south side.  It's gone down hill.
Catering to the twinkies generation now; all the sauces are dripping with sugar
and disgusting, and the place ain't cheap.  Don't bother unless Carolina's
across the street is closed [PB-82]
≡
.TIT Japanese
⊗Fugetsu
/1776 Shattuck, Berkeley
/548-1776
/5pm-9:30pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Good [PTZ-78:80].
≡
⊗Maiko
/1629 San Pablo, Berkeley
/415 525-1575
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm daily, closed Wed.
/Quality of food has varied from acceptable to excellent.
Table or floor (and cushions) seating.  Taped music dubious [JVC-82].
≡
⊗Toyo
/2556 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
/415 548-7420
/11:45am-10pm Mon Wed-Fri, 5pm-10pm Sat-Sun, closed Tue.  MC, VS.
/Wonderful service, truly polite.  Excellent food.  Big portions.  Cheap
price (Chicken teriyaki dinner at $4, Fish stew about $5).  What more can
you ask? [PB-82].
≡
.TIT Korean
⊗Sahrang Bahng
/Hearst at Euclid, Berkeley
/
/
/Good, inexpensive Korean food.  Service is slow if crowded.  Helpful if you
can speak Korean [PB-12/84].
≡
⊗Steve's Barbecue
/Durant just above Telegraph, Berkeley
/
/
/Good cheap Korean food.  Miniscule place [PB-12/84].
≡
.TIT Mexican
⊗El Vaquero
/325 S. L Street, Livermore
/415 455-6282
/11am-10pm Mon-Fri, 3pm-10pm Sun.  No credit cards.
/Very good New Mexican food.  Sopaipillas.  Chile rellenos. [HWC-80].
Excellent %2thick%1 sopaipillas (deep-fat fried bread, served piping hot) --
my favorite ones in California [PTZ-80].
≡
⊗Juan's Place
/??, Berkeley
/
/
/The old standby.  Good standard fare at good prices [PB-12/84].
≡
⊗Picante
/9th (?) at Gilman, Berkeley
/
/
/Basically a tacqueria.
Great value--huge good everything burrito for around $3 [PB-12/84].
≡
.TIT Seafood
⊗Gulf Coast Oyster Bar & Specialty Co.
/736 Washington Street, Oakland
/415 839-6950
/Tue-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Sun Tue-Thu 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 6pm-10:30pm.
MC, VS.
¬n
/This restaurant specializes in Louisiana gulf cooking.  I had
the redfish which was excellent (It's not on the menu.  You have to
check the blackboard for special items of the day.).  The gumbo is also
good.  They also have a variety of fresh raw oysters (blue point, gulf,
pacific, etc.) which we enjoyed [JSL-82].
≡
⊗Pacific Fresh
/2203 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda
/415 521-6577
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm Mon-Thu, till 10:30 Fri, noon-10:30pm Sat,
10:30am-9:30pm Sun.  AX, MC, VS.  Reservations recommended.
/Owned by, and quite similar to, the Palo Alto Fish Market.  The salmon
special was excellent, the charcoal broiled shark watery, and the shark
picatta very tasty.  Service seems a bit better than at the Fish Market,
and they have a full bar for you to wait in [JQJ-82].
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⊗*Spenger's
/1919 4th Street, Berkeley
/415 845-7771
/8am-midnight.  Reservations only for 6 or more.  All major credit cards.
/There is a reason for all those people waiting for a table.
A great overflowing mass, but one of the best seafood restaurants in the Bay
Area.  Try the shrimp scatter.  Worth the wait [LES-66:5/84].
≡
.TIT Thai
⊗Plearn
/???? University Avenue, Berkeley
/415 549-1926
/11am-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun.  MC, VS.
/Very good and reasonably priced.  Dishes on the order of $4 each [PB-82].
Wonderful Thai food.  Hot, spicy, more complex flavors than
most Szechuan cooking.
The satay is a fine mild appetizer
(originally Indonesian), skewers of beef marinated in coconut milk,
barbecued and served with pickled cucumber slices and peanut sauce.  The
squid salad, on the other hand, is anything but mild; the squid is
served in a sauce of lime, chili, garlic, coriander, and other wonders
on a bed of lettuce, which serves to dissipate some of the spiciness.
Delicious.  They offer Singha beer, a good Thai brew, some other beers,
and a few jug wines.
Most dishes run $4 to $6 a la carte; rice and salad are a dollar more.
The most expensive dish I spotted on the menu was $6.50 for a hot and
sour soup with lemon grass, shrimp, squid, and crab.
Last century, King Chulalongkorn imported some German brewers to train
the Thai brewers; they learned well, and Singha is a nice lager.
The menu is fairly large but seemed well explained.  It should be noted
that most of their salads are actually meals in themselves and not
merely vegetable accompaniments [JEO-4/83].
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⊗Siam Cafe
/5706 San Pablo, Berkeley
/415 655-9799
/11am-9pm, closed Sun.  No credit cards.
¬y
/Utterly amazingly unbelievably cheap (dinner = $3-4, I think).  Great Thai food.
Funky decor.  Get the tea [PB-82].
≡
⊗Siam Cuisine
/1181 University, Berkeley
/415 548-3278
/5pm-11pm Sun-Thu, 5pm-midnight Fri-Sat.  AX, checks OK.
¬y
/Not Cheap.  Not outrageous.  Unbelievably encyclopedic menu.  Try the coconut 
chicken soup [PB-82].
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.TIT Vietnamese
⊗Thu Hong
/University Avenue across from Santa Fe Grill, Berkeley
/
/
/Excellent and very inexpensive.  Also a French menu.
Canh Chua (or is it Chan Cua?) tamarind soup is great [PB-12/84].
≡
.		SEC San Jose Area
.TIT American
⊗The Chart House
/115 North Santa Cruz Avenue, Los Gatos
/408 354-1737
/6pm-10:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:30pm-11:30pm Fri-Sat.  VS, MC, AX, checks okay.
¬y
/Basic steakhouse fare, excellently done.  Good fresh bread,
salad-bar fixings brought to your table, good artichokes (steamed with
garlic and pepper and a touch of vinegar).  A bit expensive for the
regular menu, but every Monday they have a special: all the spare ribs
you can eat, $7.95.  Good BBQ sauce, too.  It pays to show up fairly
early (e.g., by 7pm) to make sure they don't run out of ribs before
you're done.
$10 pp. [DON-7/84].
≡
⊗Ida's Fireside
/2152 Monterey Road, San Jose
/408 297-4831
/Mon-Fri 11am-3pm 4pm-11pm, till midnight Fri-Sat, Sun noon-11pm.
Ax, DC, CB, MC, VS.
/Stay away -- they tried to rip us off by bringing us a much more
expensive item than we ordered.  Weird gunk in the wine [NCR-82].
≡
⊗Luther's Bar-B-Q
/3610 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
/408 247-9067
/11an-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, noon-11pm Sat, noon-9pm Sun.
No checks or credit cards.
/A cafeteria-style barbecue restaurant.
I recommend almost
everything on the menu: Barbecue brisket of beef, ribs, link sausage,
as well as excellent barbecue beans and onion ring loaves [VSS-6/83].
≡
.TIT Armenian
⊗The Armenian Gourmet
/921 E. Duane, Sunnyvale
/408 732-3910
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-1:30pm, Wed-Fri 5pm-8:30pm, available Sat for private parties.
MC, VS, no checks.  ¬n
/Good Armenian cuisine at reasonable prices; somewhat homey
atmosphere.  Try the excellent lamb and beef saute.  Good hummus, too
[DON-10/84].
≡
.TIT Chinese
⊗Little Hunan
/328A S. Bascom, San Jose
/408 293-7900
/Mon-Fri 11:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun 4pm-9:30pm.  No credit cards.
¬n
/Brand new restaurant.  Open about 3 weeks.  Small, no atmosphere, but
great food at incredible prices!  Two of us ordered one of their dinner
specials for 2 with a side dish and it cost us $15.00 together for more
than we could eat (and we have big appetites).  Hot and sour soup
hot food but not extreme.  Friendly folks new to the restaurant
business.  Unfortunately no liquor [MC-11/83].
≡
.TIT East African
⊗Red Sea 
/684 N. First Street, San Jose
/408 993-1990
/11:30am-10pm daily.  No credit cards; checks OK.
¬n
/This is the 3rd Ethopian restaurant I've seen in the Bay Area.  Are we
becoming a center for Ethiopian culture?  If so, we win!
I had Doro Wat, a spicy chicken stew -- a %2very%* spicy chicken stew.  (Their
recipe calls for 1 (small) chicken, an onion and 1 %2tablespoon%* of red pepper.
On the other hand, it did have a wonderful taste.)  The chicken was flavorful
and very tender.  
Another option for dinner was Sciro, some kind of beans made into a delightfully
spiced mush (not hot).
Everything was served with generic
Ethiopian veggies (potatoes cooked with carrots and parsley) atop Injra -- the
ubiquitous Ethiopian bread-pancake.   Finally, they also had Tedge (also spelled
Teg or Tej), a sort of honey-wine.
$3-5 pp.  Located in a nice part of town (near the airport on 1st
Street, in an ex-house) [DMR-4/84].
This moderately priced resaurant serves a spicy, distinctive
meal in the East African tradition.  The main course is a number of
spicy stews served on a flat soft bread called Injera which is
used to pick up the stew.  They also had honey wine which is quite
unusual.  This is the place to go if you want to try something different
and like spicy food [JDM-12/84].
≡
.TIT French
⊗Emile's Swiss Affair
/545 South 2nd Street, San Jose
/408 289-1960
/5pm-10pm Tue-Sun.  MC, VS.
/Good French food, although somewhat expensive.  Keep an eye on the
waiters (some of them make unobtrusiveness into an art) [LJP-2/83].
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.TIT Indian
⊗Pasand Madras Cuisine
/3701 El Camino Real (at Lawrence Expy.), Santa Clara
/408 241-5150
/11am-10pm daily.  AX, MC, VS.
¬n
/Rava Masala Dosa worth raving about.
Generally quite good and apparently authentic -- most of the clientele
appears to be Indian [LES-8/84].
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⊗Sue's Kitchen
/1061 El Camino Real, Sunnyvale
/408 296-6522
/11:30am-1:30pm 5pm-9pm daily.
/Good South Indian restaurant; cheaper and friendlier than Nataraja
and the food is more interesting.  $10-$15 per person for a full meal.
Everything is spicy [MOG-8/84].
/Good Indian food [ARK-84].
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.TIT Italian
⊗Pacific Steamer
/22350 Homestead Road, Cupertino
/408 739-9545
/Mon-Fri 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-midnight, Sun 2pm-11pm.  No credit cards;
checks OK with guarantee card.
/Pizza and sandwiches.  Not as good as FJL's, but credible.  The tables
have all kinds of weird things varnished into them -- earrings, watch
bezels, coins, knives, patches, military medals, a sheriff's badge,
etc.  A good place to go with a large party [FIG-6/84].
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.TIT Japanese
⊗Azuma
/19645 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
/408 257-4057
/11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5pm-10pm Tue-Sat, 4:30pm-9pm Sun, closed Mon.  AX, VS, MC.
¬y
/Great Sushi bar here!  Sit right at the bar - it's fun to watch.  I had
a hard time finding this place the first time, so here's a tip: take 280 to
Wolfe Rd.  Just past the shopping center turn right onto Stevens Creek.
Go down a couple blocks, and it's in a row of stores on the right hand
side of the street [ALL-82].
Japanese or American-style seating [ARK-3/85].
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⊗Hamasushi
/20030 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
/408 446-4262
/11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat, 5pm-9pm Sun.  AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Reasonably good food, sushi bar.  Slow service [FIG-6/84].
≡
⊗Ikenohana
/20625 Alves Drive, Cupertino
/408 252-6460
/
/Price Range: Typical for a sushi bar: $20 pp.
Great sushi.  In addition, both times I went the sushi chef gave
us extra goodies [TLR-12/84].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Chili's
/20060 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
/408 257-4664
/Mon-Fri 11am-11:30pm, Sat 11:30am-11:30pm, Sun 11:30am-10:30pm.
AX, CB, DC, MC, VS.
¬n
/Tex-Mex food.  %2Very generous portions (their appetizers are enough
for an average lunch!)
Free refills on soft drinks and baskets of
chips.  Be sure to get a basket of fries (or two) at your table! [FIG-6/84].
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⊗Las Cazuelas
/30 S. 2nd. Street, San Jose
/408 297-6370
/8am-10pm Mon-Thu, till 4am Fri-Sat, till midnight Sun.  No credit cards.
¬n
/Definitely not %2haute%* cuisine, but truly authentic Mexican food.
Take out or use tables outside.  Cheap, a good buy.  A dive that has been
"discovered," so it can be quite busy.  My favorite is the soft taco;
they offer it with beef or lamb, but I order it with chicken in Spanish
and they don't object.  Authentic Mexican fruit drinks with unusual
flavors.  Extensive menu; don't be afraid to be adventurous [RCB-5/84].
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⊗Red Pepper
/21855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Monte Vista
/408 446-4727
/11:30am-2pm 5pm-9:30pm, closed Mon.
AX, MC, VS.
¬n
/A clone of the one in Palo Alto.  Good for lunch [FIG-6/84].
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.TIT Moroccan
⊗Royal Morocco
/14510 Big Basin Way, Saratoga
/408 741-0224
/6pm-9pm, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
¬n
/At last, a reasonable Moroccan restaurant without having to
drive all the way to San Francisco (Cafe Maroc in Palo Alto deliberately
excluded).  Dinner includes the traditional spicy lentil soup, salad and
b'stilla, with a selection of main courses.  Royal Morocco features a
pleasant atmosphere (except for the somewhat tacky fountain), tasty
b'stilla (my favorite course), an adequate wine list, and a belly dancer
with above-average talent.  If you order couscous, be sure to ask for
harira sauce (hot).  Plan on $20-25/person with wine, tax and tip
[SM-8/83].
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.TIT Pakistani
⊗Nusrat Sweet
/2595 The Alameda, San Jose
/408 244-0794
/11am-2pm 5pm-10pm daily except closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Cloth table cloths, reasonable prices ($4-6 pp.).
Curries, but different from Indian.
Many different beers [TYP-9/84].
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.TIT Portuguese
⊗Sousa's
/1618 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose
/408 926-9075
/Tue-Fri 11am-3pm 5pm-9pm, Sat-Sun 11am-9pm.  No credit cards; checks OK.
¬n
/I didn't know that San Jose even %2had%* a Portuguese section.  Sousa's is
(apparently) a fairly authentic rendition of what you might eat in
Portugal.  (There was certainly enough Portuguese being spoken last
Saturday night.)  They have 4 bachalou (sp?) dishes, of which only one
was available that evening.  (Bachalou = fried fish and potatoes; the
version I had was made with salt cod.)  They also have several other
seafood dishes -- their shrimp was quite good, bathed in a piquant sauce
that I couldn't decipher.  The soup was unusual -- one small piece of
sausage floating in a chicken broth, some sort of shredded leek-like
vegetable, and mashed potatoes.  Sounds strange, but quite good.  
The servings are large, and a dinner averages $7 pp.  Generic wine
is available.  It's not the ultimate in refined cookery, but is just
good, simple, peasant food [DMR-3/84].
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.		SEC Half Moon Bay -- Santa Cruz
.TIT Delicatessen
⊗Thunder Trading Co. and Frontier Deli (Slightly Kosher Irving's)
/1134 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz
/408 429-1346
/8am-9:30pm Tue-Sat, 9am-2pm Sun, closed Mon.  VS, MC, no checks.
/All I've ever had here is breakfast, which is excellent and plentiful.
Lox and eggs with a bagel on the side?  Sure, why not.  Reliable sources
say that lunch is good too [JRG-80].
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.TIT Indian
⊗India Joze
/1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz
/408 427-3554
/9am-3am Tue-Sat, 9am-1am Sun, closed Mon.  MC, VS, checks.
/A varied selection of near and middle eastern cuisine.  The dinner menu changes
with the day of the week; Tuesday and Wednesday are mid-east Asian, Thursday and
Friday are east Indian, and Saturday and Sunday are Indonesian.  Several a la
carte entrees are always available (good falafel!).  Try the chai, which is very
spicy tea with honey and lots of milk.  Pretty good desserts too, but you won't
have room if you order a complete dinner [JRG-80].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Acapulco
/1116 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
/408 426-7588
/9:30am-midnight Sun-Thu, 9am-1am Fri-Sat.  MC, VS.
/Very good; pleasant atmosphere.  Excellent margaritas, flautas.
$8 pp. [LES-78:80].
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⊗Adelita's
/4565 Soquel Drive, Soquel
/408 475-6459
/8:30am-10pm daily.  MC, VS.
¬n
/Great %2and%* cheap Mexican food. The verde sauce is hot, not the
usual watered-down American variety.  They use a correct-for-Mexico
amount of cilanto.  Good, hot salsa.  There are some unusual dishes
offered.  Our party of four liked everything that hit the table.  And
cheap!
It's quite difficult to eat $5 worth of food. This may be the
best Mexican food north of East Los Angeles [WDK-7/84].
≡
⊗Manuel's Mexican Restaurant
/261 Center Avenue, Seacliff
/408 688-4848
/11:30am-midnight Tue-Sat, closed Mon.  Checks OK, no cards.
/Outstanding Mexican cuisine -- probably the best around Monterey Bay.
Small, often crowded [LES-83:4/84].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗Gilda's
/Wharf, Santa Cruz
/
/
/Try seafood omelets for breakfast [NCR-81].
≡
⊗Ideal Fish Restaurant
/Wharf, Santa Cruz
/
/
/Consistently good [LES-72:83].
Excellent mahi-mahi [NCR-81].
≡
⊗Paul and Barbara's Fish Trap
/Princeton Harbor, El Granada
/415 728-7049
/11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat.  No reservations.
/It seems the only way the cooks know how to prepare seafood is batter
fried (aka tempura), but that is excellent and very inexpensive.  The
atmosphere is completely informal (e.g. they use the rest rooms of the
Shore Bird across the street), and the view of the Princeton harbor is
pretty, especially at sunset [JQJ-82]
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.		sec Marin
.TIT American
⊗Jerry's Farm House
/Olema
/
/
/Fried oysters, farm style buttermilk biscuits -- simple, good country food
[RWF-80].
≡
.TIT Cafes
⊗New Morning Cafe
/1696 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon
/
/7am-4pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Sat-Sun.  MC.  
/Outstanding eggs benedict (very lemony) and excellent coffee.
Small place; tables outside also [CET-81].
≡
.TIT Czech
⊗*Manka's
/Callendar Way at Argyl, Inverness
/415 669-1034
/vary with season.  Check ahead -- reservations required.  AX, MC.
/Relaxed country inn atmosphere.  Stay the night if you like.
Outstanding authentic Czech dishes.
$31 pp. [LES-75:11/85].
This is a nice place where you can get excellent food [TRG-82].
≡
.TIT Seafood
⊗Winships Restaurant
/676 Bridgeway, Sausalito
/415 332-1454
/5pm-10pm Wed-Sun.  VS, etc.
/A loser.  Some fair-to-good items on the menu (fettucini a la
mer was tasty, frogs legs were okay), but many (e.g., escargot, prawns
dijonnaise) were overly salted, and I even %2like%* salt.  We also had a
hard time with the wine; many wines on their list were unavailable or
were available only in vintages other than that listed.  Our waiter
recommended one wine to us after our first choice was unavailable, and
it didn't live up to his description (we sent it back).  For these
prices one doesn't need this sort of hassle [DON-8/84].
≡
.		sec "Napa, Sonoma and North"
.TIT American
⊗Cinnabar
/main drag, Calistoga
/
/all day.  MC.
/Went there for breakfast; it was very good for eggs and
pancakes.  Seafood Benedict was ok.  Extensive menu of omelettes.
Dinner menu seems to be an eclectic assortment from around the world.
Friendly and informal [TLR-11/83].
≡
⊗Fjords Smorg-ette
/1351 N. State Street, Ukiah
/
/11am-8pm daily.
/An all-you-can-eat buffet.  I've only been there on Sunday (twice), and
it's included roast beef, baked ham, fried chicken (nice and crisp, not
greasy), chili, macaroni in tomato sauce, fried rice, a reasonable salad
bar, jello, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, etc.  Plus soft drinks and
coffee (I think milk costs extra), and ice cream.  The food isn't the
stuff of legend, but it's good, and the whole thing costs only $4.75 per
person.  You can show up within minutes of closing time and they'll
leave everything set up until you're done [DON-8/83].
≡
⊗Neshai Bar-B-Q
/3963 Gravenstein Highway, S. Sebastopol
/707 823-9884
/
/New name and management.  No longer the best  barbeque around, but
still hot & tasty, Oklahoma style or Texas style [RWF-81].
≡
⊗Samoa Cookhouse
/on Humbolt Bay, Samoa
/707 442-1659
/Mon-Sat 6am-2pm, 5pm-9pm, Sun 6am-9pm.  AX, MC, VS.
/This began as a cookhouse for a logging camp in 1900.
Breakfast costs $2.50, Lunch $2.45, and Supper is $4.50.  They only serve
one meal but its %3good%1 and all you can eat [CHW-77].
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.TIT Continental
⊗Benbow Inn
/Benbow (Highway 101 two miles South of Garberville)
/707 923-2124
/7am-11am noon-2:30pm 5:30pm-9:30pm (open Apr. 1 through Dec. 31 only).
Reservations advised.  VS, MC, AX.
/A gracious country inn next to a lake.  Located 200 miles North of San
Francisco near the Avenue of the Giants.  Decor and service are excellent;
cuisine is good; a restful environment [LES-76].
I agree -- still excellent [DCO-78].
≡
⊗Calistoga Inn
/the main drag, Calistoga
/
/just dinner.  MC.
/Serves mainly seafood, in a Continental style.  Appetizer of
pasta and crab was excellent.  Entrees had wonderful sauces.  Scallops
were scanty and tough; veal was ok.  Overcooked vegetables.  Extensive
wine list, although they commented that Silverado's (down the street) is
better.  $20 pp. [TLR-11/83].
≡
.TIT French
⊗Domaine Chandon
/California Drive, Yountville (Napa Valley)
/707 944-2467
/11:30am-2:30pm 6pm-??, closed Mon-Tue during Nov-Apr.
Reservations a must (two-week waiting list)!  AX, MC, VS, checks OK.
/If you're planning a visit to wine country and have two weeks notice, make
reservations for lunch at Domaine Chandon winery.  The food is excellent and
authentic, the service is impeccable, and of course you can have Domaine
Chandon champagne -- pardon me, sparkling wine -- with your meal.  The winery
tour is also quite good, somewhat different from other wineries because DC
makes primarily sparkling wines.  Restaurant prices are somewhat high, but
worth it.  Probably not worth the still higher prices for dinner, though; the
menu looks to be about the same [DON-80].
Very expensive for dinner, but try it for lunch -- the food is
excellent, including two appetizers, a soup, and an entree that change daily.
I was impressed by the beef tournedos and especially the marvelous desserts
(a concoction with fresh raspberries and whipped cream, another with 
homemade chocolate ice cream and chocolate cake).  And everything goes so
well with the Champagne, which is available by the glass.  You can sit outside
while you eat, which is nice except when it's 105 degrees in Napa [LJP-9/84].
≡
⊗La Gare
/208 Wilson Street, Santa Rosa
/707 528-4355
/dinner.  MC, VS, AX.
/Fair French food cheap.  Dinners are $9-12 for soup, salad, entree.
The duck was good, the veal mediocre.  What makes this place extraordinary
is the wine list, which is the best I've ever seen, and at only 20α%
over retail!  Make reservations [LJP-83].
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⊗Miramonte
/1327 Railroad Ave, St. Helena
/707 963-3970
/noon-3pm, 6:30pm-9pm.  Closed Mon-Tues.  No cards; checks OK.
Reservations necessary well in advance.
/One of the best restaurants I've been to anywhere.  Mixture
of traditional and nouvelle cuisine.  Everything we had was just
outstanding.  Five course prix fixe dinners from $22-30 pp. (without
wine).  Extensive Napa Valley winelist [EPW-82].
≡
⊗Sharl's
/136 West Napa Street, Sonoma
/707-996-5155
/5:30pm-9:30pm Wed-Mon, till 10 Sat-Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
/Very fine French cuisine, good wine list.  The %2prix fixe%* menu 
includes more than you could possibly eat, especially after a long day
wine tasting (2 appetizers, salad, entree, cheese, dessert, coffee for
$24.50).  There is also an a la carte menu, on which you can get by for
much less, and still eat plenty [LJP-9/84].
≡
.TIT Italian
⊗Mamma Nina's
/Yountville
/707 944-2112
/
/Good pasta in the wine country [RWF-81].
≡
⊗Union Hotel
/Main Street, Occidental
/707 874-3662
/Mon-Sat 11:30am-1:30pm, 1:30pm-9pm, Sun & Hol noon-9pm.
Reservations recommended weekends and Summer.  AX, VS, MC.
/Fill up on side-dishes (all you can eat), then take main course home.
Outrageous waves of dishes, and good [MLM-76].
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.		SEC Sacramento-Stockton Area
.TIT American
⊗Cattlemen's
/Route 80 at eastern city limit, Roseville
/916 782-5587
/5pm-10pm Mon-Fri, till 11pm Fri, 4pm-11pm Sat, 3pm-10pm Sun.  MC, VS.
/Infinite salad and outstanding prime rib for $12 pp.
Other steaks as well.  There is a twin establishment near Vacaville
on Route 80 [LES-79:84].
≡
⊗Fat City
/Old Town, Sacramento
/
/
/Good seafood, imaginative decor.  Quiche for Sunday brunch.  Near Railroad
Museum.  Several other good restaurants in the area [RWF-81],
≡
⊗Hatch Cover Restaurant
/Stockton
/209 478-4341
/
/A pretty good, pretty reasonably priced steak, seafood, and salad
place that I've been to twice.  Selections on the all-you-can eat
salad, soup, and fresh bread bar are very satisfying.  The steaks
are certainly as good as any I've had in Palo Alto and the service
is good, too.  It's ok to show up in the clothes you've worn hiking
or skiing all day [JF-4/84].
≡
.TIT Basque
⊗Sheepherders Inn
/just off Sunset Drive on south side of 50, Rancho Cordova
/
/
/Lots of Basque food, large selection of entrees [SW-80].
≡
.TIT Chinese
⊗Jade Garden
/425 - 427 North Main Street, Manteca
/209 239-4000
/11am-2:30pm 4:30pm-9:30pm, closed Tue.  MC, VS, checks.
/A great place to stop on the way back from Yosemite or skiing
in the Sierras.  It does not look very appealing from the outside and
the inside is not that fancy, but it is very good and cheap.  Dishes are 
in the range of $2.50 to $3.75 ($4.25 for seafood) and are reasonably sized.
The hot and sour soup was just about the hottest I have every had it.
The Kuo Teh were good.  This place appears to be run by part of the same
family that runs King Tsin in Berkley [RK-80].
Closest good Chinese restaurant to Livermore.  Real good bean sauce noodles,
spiced shrimp, pan-toughed chicken [JBR-80].
Top quality mandarin food; inexpensive to boot.  Standard items (pot stickers,
hot and sour soup, etc.) all excellent and very hot; some interesting
original dishes.
Wonderful, juicy potstickers.  Large portions, lots of sauce to liven up
your rice.  Good food, good prices [TLR-83].
Worth the trip; try it on the way back from skiing [HWC-80].
The chicken salad was
superb though much different than normal (rice noodels, no lettuce, hot).
The curry chicken was also spectacular.  The food this time was as good
my favorite bay area restaurants and better than Chef Chu's, etc. [DEW-1/84].
≡
⊗Kum-Ling Restaurant
/126 E. Market Street, Stockton
/463-6782
/11am-9:30pm
/Several dishes I've never encountered before, such as pork cake with
preserved duck.  They have several menus; one contains unusual dishes,
but you may have to prod [RWF-81].
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.TIT French
⊗Joe Rick's Le Bistro
/north side, Stockton
/209 951-0885.
/11am-2:30pm 5:30pm-10:30pm daily except holidays.
/Offers imaginative French cooking using materials of perfectionist freshness.
Under $20 pp. excluding wine.  Excruciatingly attentive, competent service.
Chef-owned.  Only complaint: Muzak.
P.S. Stockton has a donut shop called Yum-Yum [RFN-4/83].
≡
⊗Le Bistro
/North of town, Stockton
/209 951-0885
/11am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm except holidays.
/Dining in Stockton need not be painful.
Hidden in a shopping center.
Offers imaginative French cooking using materials of perfectionist freshness.
Under $20 pp. excluding wine.  Excruciatingly attentive, competent service.
Chef-owned.  Only complaint: Muzak.
Less expensive lunch [RFN-4/83].
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.TIT Italian
⊗The Arbor restaurant
/28th & N (P exit from highway 80), Sacramento
/
/
/Excellent Italian food at reasonable prices in cool surroundings [SW-80].
≡
⊗Pasta Fresca
/5963 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights
/916 966-0920
/
/Inexpensive pasta ($3-5 per dish), good but not great [MOG-7/84].
≡
⊗Pasta Fresca
/1407 Howe Avenue, Sacramento
/916 921-2797
/
/Same remarks as for Citrus Heights branch [MOG-7/84].
≡
.TIT Mexican
⊗*La Posta
/4041 Sunrise Blvd., Fair Oaks
/916 363-7275
/11am-2pm 5pm-9:30pm Tue-Sun, till 10:45pm Fri-Sat, closed Mon.  MC, VS, checks.
/Authentic New Mexican style, the best kind!
Everything I've tried there is excellent.
Move to a new and more spacious location in '84.
Hard to choose between sopaipillas and apricot empanada
with ice cream for dessert.  $12 pp. [LES-79:85].
Best Mexican food that I have had.  Perfect stopping place on the way to
Tahoe, but you need to rest because you ate so much [JDM-80].
The food is %2very%1 good and reasonably priced.
We had a combination of things
like, tamales, enchiladas, tacos, etc. for $4 pp. including beer.
The service was good and the
sopaipillas wonderful.  I suggest this place on your next trip to
Sacramento or to Reno/Lake Tahoe [TSD-5/83].
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.		SEC Sierra Nevada
.TIT American
⊗Ahwahnee Hotel
/Yosemite
/209 372-4611
/7am-9:30am, noon-1:30pm, 6:30pm-8:30pm; Sun breakfast 7am-10am.
Reservations must be made a week in advance and coats are required.
/Expensive, but impeccable [NCR-81].
The food is pretty ordinary and it's expensive, but you're paying for the
atmosphere, and I'd have to say it's worth it -- I've never seen a more
impressive dining hall [DEW-3/84].
≡
⊗Charlotte Hotel
/Highway 120, Groveland
/
/
/Reasonable prices, good food, quaint surroundings [SW-80].
≡
⊗Carson Peak Inn
/main drag, June Lake
/619 648-7575
/5pm-10pm daily.  Reservations recommended.  MC, VS.
/Best restaurant for miles around and many people are willing to make the trip.
We had filet mignon and barbecued spare ribs.  Both were outstanding.
Service friendly but slow -- dinner took two hours.
There was a $3 error on the bill -- a different wine was listed than the
one we ordered and drank -- but they quickly corrected it.
Overall, worth it at $23 pp. [LES-7/85].
≡
⊗Degnan's Loft Restaurant
/Yosemite Village
/
/7-10am, 11:45am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm.
/A more pretentious version of the Four Seasons (all Yosemite
restaurants are run by the same outfit, a subsidiary of MCA.)
We had a lousy meal ($10 pp.).  The high point was watching
a stray fried potato which was dropped on the floor by a
waitress; they kept walking on it and never picked it up [MOG-82].
≡
⊗Four Seasons Restaurant
/Yosemite Lodge
/
/7am-10:30am, 5-10pm.
/This is a large, noisy, tourist-filled place with a longish wait
at dinnertime.  The food is pedestrian, but we had decent hamburgers
at about $5/person [MOG-82].
≡
⊗High Country Inn
/Lone Pine
/
/
/Actually two restaurants next door to each other.  One is ritzy and
overpriced, the other more a cafe and underpriced [NCR-82].
≡
⊗The Kirkwood Inn
/Highway 88, Kirkwood Meadows
/
/noon-8pm.
/My favorite barbecued ribs [RWF-8/83].
≡
⊗*Mogul Steak House
/10 Mammoth Tavern Road, Mammoth Lakes
/714 934-3039
/5:30pm-9:30pm.  AX, MC, VS.
/Do-it-yourself salad bar and burn-it-yourself steaks.
The food is excellent; the service -- well, you have only yourself to blame
[LES-78:80].
≡
⊗Pelargonium
/One Hanford, Sutter Creek
/209 267-5008
/Wed-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, Sun 10am-2pm, Fri-Sun 5pm-9pm, closed Mon-Tue.
Checks OK, cards not.
/We went there for Sunday brunch.  Selection of quiches and
omelettes changes daily; they also serve eggs Benedict, and standard
eggs and pancakes.  Very good fruit compote with brunch.  Good place
with nice atmosphere.  (Pelargonium is a relative of the geranium.) [TLR-11/84].
≡
⊗Schat's Dutch Bakery
/west side of 395, Bishop
/
/
/Excellent for breakfast.  They're also located at June Lake [SW-80].
≡
⊗Schat's Dutch Bakery
/main drag, Mammoth Lakes
/
/
/Very good for breakfast [LES-7/85].
≡
⊗The Squires Restaurant
/Ski Run Blvd., Lake Tahoe
/
/
/Imaginative wine list; very good food, pleasant rustic atmosphere.
A good value in ripoff city [RWF-81].
≡
⊗St. George Hotel
/P.O. Box 275, Volcano
/209 296-4458
/variable, breakfast and dinner only.  Closed Mon-Tue.  Reservations required.
/Street address is irrelevant -- it's the only 3-story building in this
town of 85.
%2Huge%* amounts of meat.  Otherwise so-so.  Moderately priced,
friendly people.  Meals are included with a room at this lovely 100+
year old hotel in the Gold country [TLR-4/83].
≡
.TIT French
⊗Friar Tuck's
/111 N. Pine Street, Nevada City
/916 265-2262
/5pm-?, closed Mon.  MC, VS.
/Delicious fondue place with live music (e.g. classical guitar with flute).
Substantial waits on weekends [LES-79:80].
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⊗Le Petit Pier
/7252 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe Vista
/916 546-4464
/?  MC, VS.  Reservations recommended.
/Friendly, elegant food, setting, and staff (they won't make you feel
uncomfortable if you're not dressed formally) but much too expensive
($50 pp.) for the quality of the food.  They have too large a menu,
including too many "off-the-menu specials," to do justice to the food,
although the appetizers were all quite good.
Every entree seems to come in the same sauce.
The only place I've found caribou on the menu.  (I didn't like it.)
[MOG-7/84].
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.TIT Italian
⊗Il Rifugio Northern Italian Restaurant
/Murphys (between Angels Camp and Bear Valley)
/
/lunch and dinner till 9:30pm.   MC, VS, etc.
/Tops in Northern Italian food.  One of the specials the night we were there--
a seafood saute over pasta (with calamari, scallops, a few varieties of fish and
shrimp) is probably worth the drive for dinner alone.  They're small (about
10-15 tables) and offer excellent service.  $10-$20 pp. [WCT-11/83].
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⊗Lanza's
/Route 28 near Route 267, Kings Beach  (N. Lake Tahoe)
/916 546-2434
/5pm-10pm, closed Tue.
/Excellent Italian food, about $10 pp.  I liked the Veal Scallopine in
particular.  This is %2the%1 place to go for good food in the North Lake Tahoe
area [MRC-78].
Excellent veal, very good at the price.  $14 pp. [LES-79:85].
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.		SEC San Joaquin Valley
.TIT Basque
⊗Wool-Growers Restaurant
/609 H Street, Los Banos
/209 826-4593
/5pm-9:30pm, closed Mon.  VS.
/Huge quantities of food; surroundings not spectacular; $7 pp. [SW-80].
Hearty appetizing food, all you can eat, including vin ordinaire.  Family
style.  Good for a hungry mob after backpacking [TLR-82].
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.TIT French
⊗Imperial Dynasty
/China Alley, Hanford (30 miles south of Fresno)
/209 582-0169
/?  AX only; no checks.
/Chef Richard Wing has created a masterpiece in his exquisite French-Chinese
restaurant.  Incredibly large wine cellar, with California wines dating
back to the early fifties.  Many unique dishes created from elements of
French and Chinese cuisine.  Try Steak Tartare accented with Chinese pastry.
Ten course gourmet dinners advised (several days notice).
Patrons fly in from all over the U.S. in small planes [SAJ-79].
Indeed excellent, though not worth the trip all by itself; you can get just as
good a meal at, say, Maddalena's in Palo Alto, for about the same price.  But
if you're in the area anyway (for hiking in Yosemite, say), don't miss it!
(Don't let them choose the wines for you though; they gave us too much wine and
most of their choices were unimpressive.)  Plan on about $30-$50 pp.  [DON-79]
Gourmet dinner outstanding, but be sure to order in advance (they usually want
a deposit).  Normal menu is not worth the stop in Hanford.
They will gladly bill you if you give
them a business card [SM-80].
Sorry, Don, the gourmet dinner is unmatched in the Bay Area.
Plan a hiking trip around your visit.  We had to send a deposit for the
dinner since it requires extra time to prepare.
We hiked and got hungry.
Stay at local hotel -- you can't drive afterwards [JDM-80].
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.		SEC Monterey to Santa Maria
.TIT American
⊗Big Sur Inn
/Route 1, Big Sur (about 3 miles south of Pfeiffer Big Sur Park)
/408 667-2171
/May 30-Oct 2: 8:30am on.  Dinners at fixed times, depending on season.  Reservations
usually a must.  No cards.
/Limited menu, but very well prepared food.  Served in a series of rustic
rooms by pleasant and efficient staff.  Clasical music in the background.
$5 pp. for an outstanding breakfast [LES-75:85].
Slow service, maybe a little overpriced [NCR-81].
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⊗Farley's Restaurant
/1135 Morro, San Luis Obispo
/805 543-9268
/always open.
/Small, comfortable, and very friendly.  Everything home baked.
Huge chef salad with slice of turkey.  Great pies [GG-81].
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⊗Keefer's
/611 Canal Street, King City (just off 101)
/408 385-3543
/
/Don't let the fast-food appearance throw you off; this place actually has good
home-style cooking, and will feed you well for a moderate price.
[KS-79].
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⊗Lucia Lodge
/50 miles south of Carmel on Rte. 1, Big Sur
/408 667-2391
/
/Very good seafood entrees, $7-12, wine list $5-12 [RWF-81].
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⊗Nepenthe
/Near Pfeiffer State Beach, Big Sur
/
/
/On a clear afternoon, watch the sun go down into the Pacific from 800 feet
above the surf.  Look down the coast for miles.  Eat an ambrosiaburger
(well named) with wine from an imaginative list.  $$ [RWF-80].
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⊗Oz Restaurant
/Monterey
/
/
/An American Restaurant which might be described as a fancy version of
Denny's.  They serve things such as hamburgers, waffles, and eggs
benedict.  The atmosphere is quite pleasant, however the prices are quite
high [PMU-82].
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⊗Pacific Valley Restaurant
/Route 1, Pacific Valley (Big Sur, South of Lucia)
/805 927-3083
/Mon-Fri 7:30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 8am-6pm (open later in summer).  MC, VS.
/Pleasant light dining above the store, with a view of the rocky
coast.  Delicious homemade soups; beer comes with frosted mug! [LES-74:85].
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.TIT Continental
⊗Ventana Restaurant
/Up the hill from Big Sur Park, Big Sur
/408 667-2332
/
/Excellent food, architecturally distinguished, big $ [RWF-78].
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.TIT French
⊗Le Coq d'Or
/Mission Street between 4th and 5th, Carmel
/408 624-4613 or 624-8885.
/5:30pm-9pm.  Closed Tuesdays.  Reservations advisable.  No cards.
/The best of the moderately priced French restaurants in Carmel [AJT-75].
Fantastic food, moderately priced [BPM-77].
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⊗Fresh Creame
/near Cannery Row, Pacific Grove
/
/closed Mon, maybe also Sun.  Reservations mandatory.  AX, CB, MC, VS.
/A very good restaurant with a smallish menu.
Their Rack of Lamb is the finest I have ever tasted!
Also recommend their salmon appetizer.
Must be one of the top French restaurants in the area.
$20-35 pp. [GY-4/84].
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⊗Highland Inn
/3mi south on Highway 1, Carmel
/408 624-3801
/?  Reservations advised, especially on weekends.
/The building was just renovated and re-opened in January 1984
and what a renovation!
Valet parking facility.
Superb view over the
Pacific from most places in the dining room and cocktail lounges --
reserve a window table.
Food and wine were excellent.
One particular appetizer was interestingly served -- snails
inside of a small potato.
Garlic and butter made the whole thing superb.
Our guests were still talking about the meal next day!
$30-50 pp. [GY-4/84].
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.TIT Italian
⊗Raffaello
/Mission between Ocean & 7th, Carmel
/408 624-1541
/dinner till 10pm.  All cards.  Reservations required well in advance,
coat and tie required for males.
/Excellent North Italian cuisine, elegantly served.
My sole in white wine sauce was delicious, so were other entrees I sampled.
Excellent but expensive wine list.  Glorious desserts.
About $21 pp. with everything [LES-79].
Veal scallopini also delicious.  Prices now in $25 pp. range [LES-80].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Rosita's Armory
/231 Salinas Street, Salinas
/408 424-7039
/Sun-Thu 10am-11:45pm, Fri-Sat till 2:45am.  No cards.
/Cheap, very good.  People who think Estrellita's is good should try for
the real thing [RAK-76:77].
Consistently very good [LES-79:80].
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⊗Tortilla Flats
/downtown, San Luis Obispo
/
/
/Excellent colonial and Mexican food, located in an old creamery [NCR-82].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗Fish Bowl
/830 Embarcadero, Morro Bay
/805 772-3314
/11am-8 or 9pm.  No cards.
/Excellent clam chowder, shrimp & chips [LES-74:79].
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.		SEC Santa Barbara
.TIT American
⊗*The Big Yellow House
/108 Pierpont Street, Summerland
/805 969-4414
/5pm-9pm, Sat till 10pm, Sun noon-9pm.  VS, MC.
/A family-style all-you-can-eat place with a
difference: the food is excellent and is graciously served by a young staff in
an interesting old house.  An excellent buy at $12 pp. [LES-75:7/85].
They serve two or three entrees each nite.  Complete dinners include
soup, salad, hors de oeuvres, cornbread, a couple of different
vegetables and of course, the main dish.  Beverages and dessert are
extra.  Kids pay according to a weight scale they climb on at the front
door -- it doesn't say how many pounds they weigh, just how much their
dinner is going to cost -- from free on up to adult price.  I'd estimate
that adult dinners are anywhere from $5.95 to $8.95 (remembering I
haven't been there too recently).  Go with a big appetite -- they give you
tons of food! [NF-81].
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⊗The Eggception
/Santa Barbara
/
/
/Best omelettes, banana bread, and rolls in town.  Lots of food [MS-8/83].
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⊗Hobey Bakers
/Goleta
/
/
/Prime Rib Special, $6.95 (inc. salad bar, etc.); other good items, too
[MS-8/83].
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.TIT Belgian
⊗Van's Belgian Waffles & Cr∧epes
/1655 Mission Drive, Solvang
/805 688-7324
/
/Delicious Belgian waffles.  Pig out on a banana split at $3.50.
This town is bad for your diet [LES-79].
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.TIT Continental
⊗The Bistro
/Montecito
/
/
/Lots of class!!  $20-30 pp. [MS-83].
≡
⊗The Epicurean Catering Company
/Santa Barbara
/
/
/By far, the best food in Santa Barbara.  $20-30 pp. [MS-83].
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.TIT Danish
⊗Danish Inn
/1555 Mission Drive, Solvang
/
/
/Good smorgasbord at $7.50 pp.  It is hard to find a poor meal in this
town, or an inexpensive one [LES-79].
≡
⊗Olsen's Danish Village Bakery & Coffee Shop
/1531 Mission Drive, Solvang
/
/
/Fantastic Danish pastry [LES-79:80].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Maya Mexican Food
/Goleta
/
/
/Good -- $5-10 pp. [MS-83].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗The Crabby Lobster
/Goleta
/
/
/Great fresh and fried fish, $5-10 pp. [MS-8/83].
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⊗Moby Dick's
/on the pier, Santa Barbara
/
/
/The place looks expensive when you walk in but the menu carries a wide
variety (sandwiches to complete dinners -- seafood and otherwise) and the
prices are very reasonable.  Very nice atmosphere -- family run business.
I'd definitely consider it a "family" restaurant.  Because it's on the
pier there's a gorgeous view of ocean and land both.  Dress casual.
You can drive out onto the pier and park.  I believe it cost $1-2
but the restaurant validates [NF-83].
Excellent seafood in a gorgeous setting.
Watch the fishing boats and yachts entering and leaving the harbor just
outside.
Service was a bit slow.
I had delicious seafood crepes.  $11 pp. for lunch [LES-8/85].
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.TIT Thai
⊗Bangkok West
/435 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara
/805 962-8709
/11am-3pm Mon-Fri, 3pm-11pm daily.  MC, VS.
/Very good Thai food.  Try Larb for an appetizer ($4.50), or Mee Grob
($4.25); Sa-Tay ($4.95) is good, too.   Entrees run $4-6, and our
favorite was a kind of meatball in a deep-fried basket of noodles.
Angel Wings ($4.25), deep-fried, stuffed chicken wings, would have been
quite good if they were less greasy [MOG-7/84].
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.		SEC Los Angeles to Palm Springs
.TIT American
⊗Cheerio
/1828 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
/213 395-7237
/11am-midnight Mon-Sat, 4pm-midnight Sun.
/Outstanding prime rib and steaks.  Reservations a must [GFF-78:79].
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⊗Jetty's
/7300 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacific Palisades
/213 478-6738
/
/Best ribs I have every had.  I suggest the 50/50 (half beef, half pork).
This place is so popular, that you need to
make a reservation at least a day in advance, and if you have more than
4 in your party you'll have to make it a %2month%1 in advance.  Their
salad bar has an unbeliveable number of
condiments to put on your salad (36 the night I was there).
Also, their deserts are so humungus you
need only order one of them and share it among your table [GFF-79].
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⊗Gulliver's Restaurant
/13100 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey
/213 821-8866
/11:30am-3pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-11pm daily, Sat till midnight.  MC, VS.
/A long wait for a fair slice of prime rib; I liked their desert confections
more than the main meal -- recommend the Vanilla Rum Mousse with Rasberry
sauce [GFF-78:79].
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⊗Hot Dog Construction Co.
/344 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
/
/
/Best hot dogs in the world.  Make your own with large
selection of condiments.  But you pay extra if you
heap chile in both sides of the dish [SMC-79].
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⊗*Phillipe's
/1001 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles
/213 628-3781
/6am-10pm daily.  No cards.
/Excellent french-dip beef sandwiches.  Scroungy neighborhood near
the train station; sawdust-covered floors;
random clientele -- bums to tux-wearers.
Best inexpensive meal in the L.A. area [LES-49:3/83].
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⊗Tommy's
/Beverly and Rampart, Los Angeles
/
/24 hours.
/A landmark fast hamburger place.
Essence of L.A.  Pureed chili on hamburger.  Clientele at 3am
always entertaining. They have hotdogs too, but according to the LA Times,
ordering one is like "admiring Raquel Welch's legs"
[TTP-72:78].
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⊗Warehouse
/4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey
/213 823-5451
/11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-11pm Mon-Thu, Fri-Sat till midnight,
Sun 10:30am-2:30pm 4pm-10pm.  AX, VS, DC, MC.
/Very good teriyaki and view of the Marina del Rey yachts.  Try their Mudd Pie
dessert to make dinner a complete gastronomic indiscretion [GFF-78].
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.TIT Armenian
⊗Kabakian's
/3746-E Foothill, Pasadena
/213 792-6063, 684-2551
/5:30pm-10:30pm, Tue-Sat, closed Sun-Mon.
/An incredibly good Armenian restaurant.   Cold yoghurt soup, shish
kebabs, all superb.   No wine or beer, but you can bring your own [DCO-78].
Quite authentic.
Everything our party tried was excellent [JPE-3/84].
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.TIT Chinese,Diem Sum
⊗Grandview Gardens
/951 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles
/213 624-6048
/
/One of the few places to have diem sum that I know of in the LA area.
Get there early or be prepared to wait [GFF-79].
Not nearly as good as Asia Garden in SF, but acceptable [SMC-80].
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.TIT "",Northern
⊗Fu Ling Restaurant
/970 North Broadway, Los Angeles 
/213 622-3863
/
/Large portions.  Shrimp with sizzling rice was very good, sweet
and sour fish filet was good (but too sweet), vegetables
were poor in selection and preparation.  We had to ask for
chopsticks.  Prices moderate [MLW-79].
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⊗North China Restaurant
/425-427 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica
/415 395-9471
/
/Decent Peking cuisine.  Fairly good potstickers, although they aren't
on the menu (ask for pan-fried dumplings) [SMC-82].
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.TIT Dessert
⊗C.C. Browns
/Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
/
/
/The best ice cream sundaes.  It is near the Egyptian Theater.
Almost worth the trip (from S.F.) [JDM-80].
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.TIT Delicatessen
⊗Zucky's
/5th and Wilshire, Santa Monica
/
/open always.
/Good delicatessen-type restaurant.  Excellent breakfasts [LES-58:81].
Many of the other deli's nearby are open very late, but none
of the good ones seem to be open all night. I have eatan there myself and found
it to be "OK" [GFF-79].
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.TIT English
⊗Ichabod Crane's
/2808 West Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance
/213 539-3131
/
/My favorite prime rib place in the LA area.  Special crusty end pieces
available on request for those who like them.  Have the Strawberry's flambe
for desert. Reservations recomended [GFF-79].
Roast turkey was good, portion large, price moderate [MLW-79].
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.TIT French
⊗Bagatelle
/8690 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills
/213 679-0782
/
/One of %2the best%1 and out of the way places in LA to get outstanding
french food.  Their patte's are the best I've had, and everything else
was outstandling prepared and served.  The place is run by Andre and
Lucia Pister, and I belive that Andre is rated as one of top 20
chefs in the US.  They also have a shop right next to the restaurant
where you can take home (frozen) everything on the Menu in the form
of catering.  If you have a party, have them make you one of their
Stuffed legs of lamb.  Highly recomended, its my Maddelena's of LA [GFF-79].
GFF is right.  I particularly like their Napoleons for dessert [SMC-80].
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⊗Gilliland's
/2424 Main Street, Santa Monica
/213 392-3901
/6pm-10:30pm daily except Sun.  AX, VS, MC.  Reservations advisable.
/Excellent but pricey food in a beach area near a tire store.
I had swordfish that was elegantly presented and was consumed with gusto.
You can bring your own wine, but with a $5 corkage fee it pays to bring
only the really good stuff.
Overall, about $36 pp. [LES-8/85].
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.TIT German
⊗Knoll's Black Forest Inn
/124 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica
/213 395-2212
/5:30pm-10:30pm, closed Sun-Mon.  AX, VS, MC.
/Excellent veal and pork dishes, expensive [GFF-76:79].
Superb German cuisine makes this a must.  Service is top-notch [SMC-80].
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.TIT Indian
⊗Gitanjali
/414 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles
/213 657-2117
/
/Exquisite cuisine from India.  Everything delicious.  Service was
excellent.  $17 pp. [SMC-82].
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.TIT Italian
⊗Anna's
/10929 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
/213 474-0102, 475-2486
/11:30am-11pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11:30pm Fri, 4pm-11:30pm Sat, 4pm-10pm Sun.  VS,
MC, checks.
/A medium size, friendly restaurant serving some of the best Italian food
I've had.  A little slow, but worth the wait [JRG-80].
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⊗Mario's
/1001 Broxton Ave, Los Angeles
/213 477-7777
/
/They say: "The Italian Restaurant you have been looking for."  Good
tortelini and chicken Alforno [GFF-79].
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.TIT Japanese
⊗Fuji Gardens
/2 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica
/415 395-2118
/
/Compares favorably in quality with Azuma in Sunnyvale, although
much less expensive [SMC-82].
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⊗Kobe
/69838 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage
/
/
/Carbon-copy of Benihana, but much better.  Our grill wizard
was about 2400 baud.  Somewhat overpriced [SMC-79].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Las Casuelas
/70-050 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage
/
/open daily.  Most major credit cards.
/Excellent in the middle of Mexican-restaurant "city."
Have the quesadillas and one of the great burritos [SMC-79].
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.TIT Seafood
⊗Glide 'er Inn
/1400 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach
/213 431-3022
/4pm-10:30pm, Sun 4pm-10pm, closed Mon.  VS, MC.
/Excellent seafood by all accounts.  Excellent abalone,
in a more flavorful breading than usual.  Good seafood
Newburgh.  Shrimp cocktail good, though the sauce was
a little heavy.  Excellent "white" clam chowder for
California (I'm from New England!) -- it actually had
potatoes in it, instead of creamed celery [GLS-78].
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.TIT Thai
⊗Siam
/5158 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood
/213 666-9138
/5:30pm-2:30am, closed Wed.
/Very much a hole in the wall place, but the food is merely outstanding
and very cost effective.  Most dishes are hot and spicy, I recommend the
Mint Leaf Chicken and the Won Ton Soup (their claim to fame).  The ice
tea drips with tons of sugar, so beware if you're not a sugar freak [GFF-79].
Reasonable Thai food.  Avoid the ice tea; it reminds me of
Kapok's Lignan beef [SMC-80].
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.		SEC San Diego
.TIT Cafes
⊗The Peasant Kitchen & Wine Cellar
/1412 Camino del Mar, Del Mar
/714 481-7135
/
/A very pleasant small sidewalk cafe in Del Mar.  An aspiring
manager named Howie was running the place at the time, and he was doing a
spectacular job.  The wine cellar downstairs is better stocked than any
but the largest bay area liquor stores, and the prices are the same as in
liquor stores.  The menu is different for each day of the week (or perhaps
they use some other scheme; there are about half a dozen color coded
menus, only one color of which is in use on a given day); the choices are
few at any given sitting, but the prices are moderate to low and the food
is always superbly prepared.  Each menu emphasizes a different European
peasant cuisine.
There seemed to be no pressure to hurry us out (maybe chatting with the
manager had something to do with this), and the evening rolling into the
outdoor seating area is especially pleasant in late summer.  The
aspirations of the place seem to be to continue to be exactly as it is,
which gives me hope for my next visit [PAM-80].
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.TIT Delicatessen
⊗Kosher Sam's
/4788 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego
/714 287-9110
/11am-8:30pm, closed Sat.  No cards; checks accepted.
/Food (especially roast beef) good; portions generous; prices good [ND-77].
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.TIT Mexican
⊗Casa Vallarta
/2467 Juan Street, San Diego
/714 260-8124
/11am-10pm Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat, 9am-10pm Sun.  AX, MC, VS.
/A Mexican restaurant with good food, reasonable prices, and an
excellent view of San Diego Bay!
It is in the upper reaches of Old Town and therefore subject to tourist
infestations.
[LES-83:8/85].
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⊗Olinda's
/2253 Morena Blvd., San Diego
/714 275-0024
/11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat.  VS, MC.
/Excellent Mexican food.
Moderate prices.  Try the burrito de machaca [JPE-82:8/85].
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