On 05/13/2013 09:21 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 05/12/2013 11:54 PM, John wrote: >> I decided to have lunch at my favorite bar in SF (Tommy's Joynt) for lunch >> today to eat lamb shanks, served with a sour dough bun, potatoes and gravy. >> From another patron, I heard that a Persian restaurant on the same avenue >> served the same dish, which I haven't visited yet. I ordered my favorite >> beer, Sierra Nevada, and the dish was delicious as always. >> >> Also, I was watching the Warriors play the San Antonio Spurs play on TV. >> But the local team was behind while I was watching the game. >> >> After eating, I headed to my car and realized that the day was too nice and >> sunny to go home. So, I decided to go to Fishermen's Wharf for a stroll and >> mingle with the tourist crowd. >> >> While I was there, I bought a sour dough baguette at Boudin's Bakery, along >> with a brownie cake, a bottle of dipping oil, pesto cheese and pasta sauce. >> >> Then I checked in at Pompei's Grotto restaurant to have another bottle of >> beer and catch up on the basketball game. The Warriors were able to tie up >> the game by regulation time. And, they eventually won the game during the >> overtime. >> >> After the game, I walked by the Aquatic Park to see the crowd near the >> beach. Two hardy souls were swimming laps in the freezing water of the SF >> Bay. A gentle breeze was blowing and the children were playing on the sand >> on a nice sunny afternoon. >> >> Overall, it was a beautiful day. > I like SF but living a mere 30 minutes away (obviously not during > commute times) rarely go there. I was there last year for a couple > hours of the Game Developer's Conference and may have to come into the > city this week for a business meeting during Google IO. BART is a joke > and only worth taking on the weekend when you can actually park at the > BART stations (during the week you have to have paid for parking there > and have a sticker). > > So one has to drive and the Bay Bridge is now turning out of to be a > joke. It was scheduled to open Labor Day weekend but they've discovered > a lot of bad bolts in this, the world's most expensive bridge. This > bridge should have been finished over 10 years ago probably even by > 1995. But Bay Area politicians being what they are had to have a > landmark not something just utilitarian. So they squabbled over the > bridge design as the cost of doing one inflated. > > Last year when I parked near Moscone Center where the event was being > held my parking bill for two hours was $28. The bridge toll itself > being outside of rush hour was only $3. Actually I was tempted two > weeks ago to drive over to the nearby BART station and take BART to > attend the Whole Life Expo. > > Is Tommy's that place on Geary across from the St. something hotel? The > place that carves meat and turkey right off the bone? Great place and > have eaten there. Thing is we have great restaurants over here in the > East Bay, some set up by SF refugees. There is a trattoria, Mange > Bene, that is my pride to take guests to a mere two miles away. > Everyone raves about their experience there including my nephew who has > been to Italy.
It was the Cathedral Hill Hotel (demolished now I think) and here's Tommy's web site. If those prices are current it's cheaper to eat there than it is at a restaurant on Main Street here. http://www.tommysjoynt.com/ Of course there used to be a lot of Hof Braus in the Bay Area. The original comfort food places.
