Elios Family Restaurant, San Leandro

by foodhoe on January 24, 2012

260 Floresta Blvd, San Leandro, CA  94578 | 510.351.0463 | website

My cousin Megu recently directed Mr. K and I to this local restaurant after hearing us whinge about the lack of a really good breakfast spot in our fair city of San Leandro.  We regularly shop at the OSH hardware/garden shop in the same complex, but from the looks of the outside we had assumed it was another mediocre restaurant stuck in a bygone era, slinging greasy and uninspired hash… We went to check it out and I’m glad to say that we were so very wrong – we have been for breakfast almost every weekend since!

The interior has a certain nostalgic appeal, cushy booths with swanky naugahyde upholstery that just purrs supperclub…  even the stools at the counter have been given the royal treatment, and match all of the chairs in the overflow banquet room next door. [click to continue…]

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Dinner at State Bird Provisions then a visit to Holy Dog in San Francisco

by foodhoe on January 15, 2012

1529 Fillmore St (@Geary), SF, CA 94115 | 415.795.1272 | website | twitter

Have you heard of this restaurant?  The name refers to one of the Chef’s signature dishes, the crispy spiced quail (CA’s state bird if you didn’t’ know) from the  now-closed Rubicon, along with the providing of good food and libations.  Located on the west side of Fillmore, between Geary & OFarrell, the front is extremely low-key with no signage, but you can see activity in the brightly lit kitchen through the front window as soon as you walk up.

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Koreana Kitchen in Walnut Creek

January 11, 2012
Koreana Kitchen's famous grilled chicken bibimbap bowl

Foodhoe crashed and burned recently, this restored post was previously published, lost the comments too.  So, yes you may have seen this already, sorry for the duplication/confusion, but I was busy making some enhancements to the site… bear with me, I’m still tweaking! 1546 Bonanza St., Walnut Creek, CA | 925.938.5959 | This is one [...]

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gobo, kaiware and eggs

January 11, 2012
Thumbnail image for gobo, kaiware and eggs

Yes this is a redo…  If you happened to try to visit last night between 7-8 pm, the site was down and I had to have the site restored to a state from a couple of weeks ago.  Reminder to do more frequent backups…  However, nothing on the web is ever truly lost, I was [...]

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Peruvian at Limon Rotisserie

December 27, 2011
antichuchos at limon rotisserie

1001 South Van Ness Avenue. SF, CA 94110 | online reservation | 415.821.2134  | website JT organized yet another holiday get together this time at the South Van Ness location of Limon Rotisserie, one of several in the City.  I hope you all are enjoying the holidays!  As the name implies, they proudly serve the official dish of Peru, [...]

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Umami Burger in San Francisco

December 19, 2011
scallop bacon burger, Umami Burger in SF

2184 Union Street,  SF, CA 94123 | 415.440.8626 | website My friend DebbiG chose the new temple of ground flap meat, Umami Burger as the location to celebrate her birthday last week.  Our party of 10 were told to expect a 45 minute wait for the only large table in the restaurant, so we wandered down [...]

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Tony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Slice House

December 12, 2011
slice of pepperoni at Tony's Coal Fired Pizza and Sandwich Shop, SF

1556 Stockton St San Francisco, CA 94133-3306 | 415.835.9888 | website Hours: 12pm to 11:30pm, Wednesday through Sunday. Mr. K and I are fans of Tony’s Pizza, or more specifically the owner Tony Gemignani.  He runs our favorite pizza parlor, Pyzano’s Pizzeria in Castro Valley.  And he has expanded his pizza empire with his International School [...]

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