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Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by inferiorhuman »

ramesh31 wrote: post #4

Food is the one thing I'll give SF and the bay area. I've never lived in NYC, but I can imagine it's the only place in the US that comes close. Things are just at another level there than anywhere else I've seen.

It really depends on what you're looking for. Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Chicago all come to mind as cities with a strong food culture. I'd add Portland and Seattle too with the caveat that you've gotta be a bit more picky.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by photonerd »

tzhenghao wrote: post #10
inferiorhuman wrote: post #5

On Chinese food: Historically the folks who settled in San Francisco came from different areas than those who settled in New York, so the food is different . However, a friend from LA pointed out that there just isn't as much of a restaurant culture in San Francisco as there is in LA. A mediocre Taiwanese restaurant in LA wouldn't survive, but nobody would bat an eye up here because the people that really care are mo…

Agree! I've also noticed that the # of restaurants vs. price distribution for eating out in SF falls off a cliff especially <$25 per person range, whereas there are many more options in NYC and LA. In other words, prepare to pay up, stand in line for hours or be on a reservation waitlist for the most part if you want "good" food in SF.

That’s because all the restaurants in that price range are in the rest of the bay, Oakland in particular.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by andirk »

I have been on a mission to figure out why Mexican food falls off a cliff after going north of LA. Plenty of Mexicans, plenty of amazing produce and proteins, what happens after LA that says put rice in my burrito??

Exception: Best SF Mexican tacos is of course Taqueria Vallarta in the Mission.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by throwa623432 »

andirk wrote: post #13

I have been on a mission to figure out why Mexican food falls off a cliff after going north of LA. Plenty of Mexicans, plenty of amazing produce and proteins, what happens after LA that says put rice in my burrito?? Exception: Best SF Mexican tacos is of course Taqueria Vallarta in the Mission.

This! I've had better Mexican food in the Midwest than the bay.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by School-Cotton »

andirk wrote: post #13

I have been on a mission to figure out why Mexican food falls off a cliff after going north of LA. Plenty of Mexicans, plenty of amazing produce and proteins, what happens after LA that says put rice in my burrito?? Exception: Best SF Mexican tacos is of course Taqueria Vallarta in the Mission.

Burritos are not really Mexican food in general — they’re the regional cuisine of a region that includes the American southwest and the extreme north of Mexico. You’re basically saying you like regional LA cuisine better than regional SF cuisine, not that one region is particularly more faithfully reproducing “Mexican food” than the other.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by inferiorhuman »

photonerd wrote: post #12
tzhenghao wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree! I've also noticed that the # of restaurants vs. price distribution for eating out in SF falls off a cliff especially <$25 per person range, whereas there are many more options in NYC and LA. In other words, prepare to pay up, stand in line for hours or be on a reservation waitlist for the most part if you want "good" food in SF.

That’s because all the restaurants in that price range are in the rest of the bay, Oakland in particular.

Oakland is still plenty expensive – banh mi are in the $7–10 range which is about double where they were fifteen years ago. Tacos are $3–4. Depending, of course, on how far east you want to venture.

Re: How to enjoy SF

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Post by School-Cotton »

photonerd wrote: post #14
wyclif wrote: post #7

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Tell me you’re not from a big city without telling me… (London, Paris, NYC, etc etc etc all have similar issues)

Cherry-picking three famously disgusting big cities doesn’t prove that filth and lawlessness is a necessary consequence of urbanization. What about Seoul or Tokyo?
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