Annabelle's is indeed awesome!

Ooooh! I was mixing up Jessica's "are there any plans for Sunday in L.A." with -t and Hil's SF get together! Please ignore me.

Oooh, I thought you were dissing SF food and was very confused!

I thought it was a slam on SF traffic. Ha!

Mostly, I'm disappointed because the Sendak exhibit looks like great fun and now I won't be able to see it!

Omnis I would be ever so grateful if you could pick me up.

I thought it was a slam on SF traffic. Ha!

Yeah, my read was that there was an unspoken "Or you could just walk six blocks" at the end of that statement.

My current hotel is right near Annabelle's, and I looked at their menu and there don't seem to be many vegan options. I kind of want to try this place [link] , but I don't know if anyone else is interested, or quite where it is. (My conference is at the Moscone Center, so I've been checking out most of the restaurants in this area already.) I'm open to pretty much whatever, I just kind of don't want to have to do my usual "I'll have this dish, but without these three things, and with these things added, and that will make it vegan, right?" in a city that's supposed to have such a good selection of vegan food. (I have noticed that, even at the places that don't have many options, every waiter and waitress has known what the word "vegan" meant and could point out exactly what I should order. I usually have to stick to "I'm a vegetarian, and I don't eat dairy or eggs" in most non-hipster places in DC.)

Hil, that place is in the Mission, which is easy to get to on BART. If your hotel is by Annabelle's, then you are near the Powell St. BART station, so getting to Gracias Madre should be no problem. The place does look interesting.

My post got eaten and I don't have time to rewrite.

I hate Cafe Gratitude and the fact that it's so entwined with Landmark Forum, so I hold that against Madres (whose founders also founded Cafe Gratitude). I also think Annabelle's would make something delightfully vegan for you, too.