Where to eat in San Francisco
I’m often asked for restaurant recommendations in San Francisco. I’m compiling that list here to make it easier to share with friends. I’ll update it as a I remember more or things change.
Restaurant recommendations
- Chow (try the smiling noodles)
- Chez Maman (french)
- Squat and Gobble (great omelettes — recommend Haight/Fillmore location)
- Herbivore (vegetarian)
- Stable Cafe
Ramblas (tapas)closed- Poquito (tapas)
Poleng Lounge (filipino)closed
Mexican
- El Farrolito (quesadilla)
- El Metate (veggie burrito)
Asian
- Osha (thai, 5 locations)
- Big Lantern (chinese including to-order Dim Sum)
- R&G Lounge (chinese, authentic cantonese)
- Citrus Club (cheap asian noodles, huge portions)
Zaoclosed- E&O Lounge (homemade spiced ginger beer; pickled mango)
Burmese
- Burma Superstar (long wait)
- Burmese Kitchen (cheap and really tasty)
Pizza
- Pauline’s (thin crust, fancy/sit-down/with wine)
- Little Star (deep dish)
- Mythic Pizza (takeout)
Bars
- Monk’s Kettle (huge beer selection, great food)
- Homestead
- Shotwell’s
- City Beer (most a beer store, with some seating)
Italian
- Pasta Pomodoro (small chain but tasty)
- Poesia
- Incanto (fancy)
Ice cream
- Humphry Slocombe (hipster ice cream, interesting flavours)
- Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous (house made treats)
- Mitchell’s (old-school)
- Bi-Rite (by duboce park, silly long lines, too many hipsters, not worth it)
Totally like whatever, you know?
Compliment sandwiches give me indigestion
Last month, NOI published a tip of the day called “Give a compliment sandwich.”
Gross.
I think that’s bad advice, and wrote the following reply (which has since been removed from their site, along with the other comments).
I hate compliment sandwiches. They give me indigestion. As soon as I receive an email (or a phone call) that begins with an unsolicited, unrelated compliment, it immediately sets my bullshit detector to high. I know I’m about to get his with a compliment sandwich.
if you need to tell me something, have enough respect for me that you won’t waste my time by forcing me to read a bunch of nonsense designed to make you feel better about yourself.
Mark Suster wrote a great piece called “Why I’d Rather Err on the Side of Direct Feedback Than Pleasantries.”
Read his other posts:
Lastly, read Kelly Williams Brown’s “Say what is on your mind without eight layers of filter.”
Speak up
The case against MBAs
Have friends who wants to go to business school? Please save their souls (and their livers):
- An infographic detailing the cost of an MBA.
- The Economist: Think twice
The return on investment on an MBA has gone the way of Greek public debt.
- Business Insider: 40 Years Of Data Show The MBA Effectively Does Nothing — It Has No Impact
Kaufman believes that MBA programs “teach many worthless, outdated, even outright damaging concepts and practices.”
- “If the MBA was wiped off the face of the earth, we’d live in a better world.”
—Tom Peters (MBA, Ph.D, Stanford)
Iraq vet takes down robber
I enjoy a good story about a foiled robbery as much as anyone, and Zach Thome’s takedown is no exception:
A 38-year-old who attempted to rob a Grand Rapids party good store was grabbed with lightning speed and floored by a heroic Iraq vet who happened to be the in store, a local Fox affiliate reports.
Zach Thome, a mixed martial arts-trained former soldier, put gunman Brandon Slanger, 38, in a rear naked choke hold and held him until police arrived.
Why internet-based voting is a bad idea
iMessage and T-Mobile Monthly4G prepaid
I have a factory unlocked iPhone 4. It was running iOS 5.0.1 and has a T-Mobile SIM in it. Voice, text, data and MMS all work as expected.
This morning, I was unable to activate iMessage. Several times, it got stuck “waiting for activation.” Eventually, it displayed an “Activation Failed” message.
I tried removing my Apple ID; sending messages to other iMessage users; turning WiFi off; changing the SMS service center and rebooting. None of these had any effect.
After reading some posts about enabling international text messages, I added $10 to my account. (Previously, I had a balance of 3¢, having already paid for the month.)
Once that was done, I was able to activate and use iMessage successfully. I re-enabled my AppleID and iMessage continued to work.