Photography & musings from an LA Woman living in Sydney, Australia, and searching for the small joys in everyday life.

 

Dinner in SF on Flickr.
Another place I miss in San Francisco: The Tadich Grill. I think some of the waiters have been there for at least 30 years, I know there are a few I recognize from my first visit in 1994. I could go for one of those huge Cosmopolitan salads — Dungeness Crab, Bay Shrimp, Prawns — with a cup of their fabulous chowder right about now. The bartenders are great fun to talk to as well. Get there early (opens for dinner at 5:30) or be prepared to wait or sit at the counter, which is a lot of fun too.

Dinner in SF on Flickr.

Another place I miss in San Francisco: The Tadich Grill. I think some of the waiters have been there for at least 30 years, I know there are a few I recognize from my first visit in 1994. I could go for one of those huge Cosmopolitan salads — Dungeness Crab, Bay Shrimp, Prawns — with a cup of their fabulous chowder right about now. The bartenders are great fun to talk to as well. Get there early (opens for dinner at 5:30) or be prepared to wait or sit at the counter, which is a lot of fun too.

San Francisco in a (few) day(s)

You can click the link above to see my recommendations for places to see and things to do in San Francisco (because I am too lazy to rewrite my post from 2008 from a long-since abandoned blog). Additionally, here are a few things outside of SF, but within an easy drive, that I would add to that list:

  1. A walk through the redwoods at Muir Woods.
  2. A drive through the Point Reyes area — with a visit to Limantour Beach — and a trip to the Hog Island Oyster Company.
  3. A trip to the gourmet ghetto in the East Bay city of Berkeley. Be sure to go to the Cheese Board Collective, probably the food place I miss the most of everything in Northern California.
  4. Dinner at the Cafe at Chez Panisse (reservations are essential, so be sure to book in advance) or, Pizzaiolo in Oakland: best pizza I’ve ever had, anywhere.