When it comes to me and fish tacos it is not the pursuit of happiness but the happiness of the pursuit of the best version that makes my lunch hour fun. I'm always looking, no matter what side of the bay I'm on. In the East Bay, my current favorite is at Tacubaya. But if I'm at work in SF, I'll walk down to the Ferry Building at lunch to Mijita. I feel so lucky to be able to walk to such a beautiful place for lunch (a place that is a vacation destination for people from all over the ...
Lunch and happy hour at Town Hall in SOMA.
Reflecting on my meal at Heyday, the new restaurant on Spear in downtown SF opened by Chez Panisse Cafe alums, it occurred to me that this page would more accurately be named "Meat Oakland." When I was a kid,the vacations my family took were always road trips. Each morning of those trips, facing endless hours of counting Interstate signs and tired already from begging my parents to let me swim through the slimy flotsam in the hotel pool just one more time, I directed my best whining at the need for breakfast to be at Denny's. It had to be Denny's. ...