Hec, if you were trying to arrange dinner in SF for about 8-10 people at a moderately priced restaurant, where would you go?
Depends on the night, but Chow is excellent, and has two locations. One in the Castro and one on 9th near Lincoln. We took a pack of Buffistas to Chow when Susan W. was visiting. Also excellent bargains for the price: The Citrus Club (Asian Noodle house on Haight - really really good), Cha Cha Cha (though it'll tend to be crowded), Hunan (which is...north of Downtown, East of North Beach. But it's big enough to handle a party that size and they take reservations).
Also, one of my all-time favorite restaurants, Helmand in North Beach, on Broadway near Columbus, is very affordable. Afghanistan food. Extraordinarily yummy.
If it were a Saturday night?
If it were a Saturday night?
Helmand and Hunan both take reservations, so you could make them now. The trick down there would be parking. Helmand is...sublime. So. Fucking. Good. But actually there's parking to be found on Sansome, and then you walk up about 4 blocks to Broadway. Hunan's roughly in the same area.
Not when your hair is too short to curl.
Maybe it's a good time to play with color.
Listen to the Hec. I hennaed Sunday, and my hair is fabulous. Wow.
Fabulous is good, if somewhat wasted, by my not being one hundred when everyone else is. Everywhere I go.
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Also, one of my all-time favorite restaurants, Helmand in North Beach, on Broadway near Columbus, is very affordable. Afghanistan food. Extraordinarily yummy.
Oooh -- I ate there on one of my trips! Very yummy indeed.
Not when your hair is too short to curl.
Maybe it's a good time to play with color.
Yeah, yeah.
Here on the sun's surface.
I would like to point out that it's been temperate and moderate in SF all summer, and is now headed into the cool foggy portion of the summer.
I second Hec's vote for Helmand and Chow, but not the Citrus Club. Not because the food isn't fabulous, because it so very much is, but it's a wee little place that doesn't take reservations, and trying to get a table for 8-10 on a Saturday evening is just setting yourself up for a load of woe.
But Helmand, especially, is just exquisite, and unique, and mmmm. Also within walking distance of lots of spiffy nightclubs, should you be struck by a sudden urge for pre- or post-dinner drinks and swanky live music.
Thanks for the rec! (and you can ignore the email I sent you, JZ).
