There are some restaurants where you just can’t help but order the same thing, again and again. To wit: how can I possibly visit A16, and not order the burrata, the tripe, and the gnocchi? It would be scandalous not to. I’m normally an adventurous diner, sometimes too much, but there is one place in town where I practically act like an old fogey and always order the same damned thing, again and again and yet again: ~SOUTH PARK CAFÉ~. You don’t even need to put the menu in front of me. I know exactly what I want. Yes, the pig salad and the steak frites, thankyouverymuch. The pig salad ($9 lunch/$10 dinner) is total piggy bliss: you get...
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When the Bay Area commute has got me down, and I can’t even think about preparing dinner, I turn to my neighborhood bistro, South Park Café. South Park Café has a wonderful, reasonably priced prix fix menu ($32 for three courses), a diverse selection, and the quality of food is dependable. Its quiet, unassuming location may fool you that nothing special is happening in South Park (and I actually think it’s quite nice that the restaurant is not located on a busy street, but rather by a park — it’s seems more…European), but I believe the best meal in South Beach is to be had here. The rustic yet classic French food is simple and straightforward. Chef Ward Little doesn’t need to experiment with foams or fusion cuisine; the best seasonal produce and products are what he is great at preparing. For example, his appetizer beet salad is just that: beets. It doesn’t come with cheese, nuts, or seventeen other unnecessary ingredients, just the best quality beets baked until perfectly tender, and a light vinaigrette with some parsley. Yet, just because their food is simple doesn’t mean there isn’t room for creativity.
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We are opening a musical two weeks from tonight at my school. Lately, I get up, I commute, I teach, I direct, I tech, I commute, I possibly watch American Idol on DVR fast forward, I fall into bed, and I do it all over again the next day. This will continue through March. Eating isn’t really a priority. I’m not really in the mood to be courted by a new adventurous place out in the Richmond. I want a dependable neighborhood spot where the food is good, reasonably priced and close by so I don’t spend time traveling when I could be sleeping (or more likely painting a set to look like concrete)
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