Frances Restaurant Review, San Francisco

Foodnut.com — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:00:48 +0000

Frances is run by Melissa Perello, formerly of Charles Nob Hill and Fifth Floor, was winner of several accolades including San Francisco Chronicle’s rising star chef in 2002. Her California Cuisine Castro district restaurant, named after her grandmother, is one presently of the hardest reservations in town. We didn’t have a reservation and went early for bar counter seating before the restaurant opened. (some seats here are pretty tiny) Frances never answered the phone when we called, but they did return our message. They use local, sustainable and organic products when possible. Decor, Vibe – Frances is a warm, tiny, narrow restaurant with simple decor, black-and-white pictures on the wall. Neighborhood restaurant with an urban feel. Neighborhood folk, middle-aged hipsters, serious foodies filled the place. Menu Menu has an ever-changing short menu with just a couple options. Four different appetizers and four different entrées, and several bouchees. Website Frances Menu Full image set Picks: Warm almond amuse, free filtered water, and Acme bread. Market shot ($3) spiced and spiked juice, Pixie Mandarin, Meyer lemon, blood orange, pommeau, Visciole was a refreshing, fruity concoction with a little bit of brandy and Italian wine. Applewood Smoked Bacon Beignets – Maple Creme Fraiche […]

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Super Duper Burgers, San Francisco

Foodnut.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:00:44 +0000

Super Duper is a new hamburger restaurant in the Castro. It was opened by the folks behind Delarosa, Beretta and Starbelly. They use Niman Ranch meats. This restaurant opened in mid-April 2010. They have grown to several location in San Francisco as well as North and South Bay. We returned to this location in 2016. Decor, Vibe – Brand-new Burger restaurant with some retro decor and stainless steel seats. The place had a couple younger folks stop by for a quick bite. Super Duper Menu (Click to zoom into any picture) Super Duper Burgers Menu has a pretty short menu with vegetarian and chicken breast options. Straus soft-serve is available for dessert. Super Duper Full image set Super Duper Picks: Super Burger ($7.75) with Niman ranch meat, bun, super sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion, cheddar cheese was a pretty small Burger. Definitely needed double here. It was automatically cooked to a medium rare. Pretty average nothing special to this Burger. This cost $4.75 in 2010. Mini Burger ($5.50) quarter pound patty, super sauce. Cheese (+$0.50) made for a solid burger. Not a huge patty, but adequate. Garlic cheese fries ($3,25) tossed with freshly chopped garlic was solid, it seemed like […]

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