What is your favorite San Francisco treat?

[Louis Cipher]

Mission burritos. El Ferolito, at the 24th St. & Mission Bart Station. Also there is an ice cream place in Noe Valley that has been there since, oh I don't know the thirties or something, good ice cream, can't remember the name.

[geardaddy]

1. Not Rice-a-roni

Probably some great dim-sum.

[Parche]

12. RICE-A-RONI

You dont Like Rice-A-Roni??? Whats the matter with you?
Why do you hate America!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[geardaddy]

19. Actually, I liked it when I was a kid.

Now, I'd rather just have pilau rice with curry!

[Frank Cannon]

47. I LOVE Rice-a-Roni!!

Particularly the beef flavored kind.

Every time I go to San Francisco, I can never find a restaurant that serves it. They all look at me like I'm weird.

[datasuspect]

2. black tar heroin

[Theres-a]

44. I knew it was you

Before I looked at the name.You're a funny neighbor.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. It's-It

The best burrito in San Francisco, bar none, is found at La Cumbre located at 17th and Valencia

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Damn I love those things!

I used to get them at Playland when I was a kid, usually after eating enchiladas at The Hot House. :9

I think I'll have to pick myself up a three pack this weekend...

[Burma Jones]

5. Anchor Porter

[Adsos Letter]

6. Chocolate!

[City Lights]

15. That's mine too!

:9

[KitchenWitch]

16. Hell yeah!

:9

[Zoigal]

7. Pelmini

Used to get it at a little Russian deli on

Geary...no longer in business, at least as

a Russian deli.

[BrotherBuzz]

11. Sad, most of San Francisco's White Russian businesses have closed...

as the old immigrant owners aged and died. Guess the next generation weren't interested in carrying on the business. Genuine bummer!

Park Presidio Bakery on Clement Street, when I scored the best piroshki in the world is no more, too.

[Book Lover]

8. Days like today

Man, I am burning with spring fever! I should have gone to Fisherman's Wharf at lunchtime: I bet it's bursting with people...

[Adsos Letter]

10. It is, indeed, a beautiful day...go take the walk from Crissey Field

to Ft. Point, and watch the surfers. :D

[Book Lover]

18. Well, I work over by Levi Plaza, so that's a bit far afield

I'll have to be content with talking a walk to Linda Mar State Beach after work and watch the surfers there (I live in Pacifica).

[Beer Snob-50]

9. In and OUt burger

with an order of fries.

[Throwing Stones]

53. mmmmmmmm. In & Out Burgerrrrrrrrr

I'm going to SF in a few weeks - thanks for reminding me of one of the things I must do.

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. On the wharf

Fresh shrimp cocktail mmmmmmm

[Adsos Letter]

14. or an Italian Soda...make mine lemon, please.

[Breeze54]

17. My son ate a whole box of Rice-A-Roni last night!

And he didn't even share!! :(

[av8rdave]

20. Uncle Vido's pizza

Can't remember the streat, but it's just a few blocks from the Van Ness/Sutter area.

[Dukkha]

21. Puerto Allegra burritos on Valencia st

Tu Lan Vietnamese on 6st st
Valencia Pizza & Pasta

my other favorite is no more though. Crescent City Cafe on Haight :(

[Tikki]

22. San Francisco’s sourdough bread......

Yummy :)

Tikki

[JohnnyLib2]

34. Yes, yes, yes.

[Jade Fox]

57. Yes!!

[piesRsquare]

23. The man I'm dating!

Hee hee! :P

[Mendocino]

24. A meal at John's Grill...

any meal.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. There was this little place in the Castro

called Hot 'n' Hunky. Great burgers, and about 832 different kinds.

Don't think it's there anymore, though. :(

[Joe Fields]

26. Ghirardeli chocolate

[Duncan Grant]

27. Mitchell's Ice Cream

http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/html/welcome.htm

This is something only the natives know about. :)

[BrotherBuzz]

28. Polly Ann is even lessor known and most natives don't even know about it

Polly Ann Ice Cream Parlor opened in the Sunset in 1955. Back in the early eighties, I used to live three blocks away and was a regular customer. I used to stroll the three blocks to visit with my old dog because all dogs were given free cones; he loved them.

http://www.outsidelands.org/polly_ann_ice_cream.php

Flavors

Polly Ann boasts a collection of over FIVE HUNDRED homemade flavors. Fifty-four flavors are available daily. Visitors will find endless variations of all the traditional flavors as well as some more unique flavors not available at any ordinary ice cream parlor. Take a look at how many different versions of chocolate ice cream Polly Ann makes! And if you think of a flavor Polly Ann doesn't make, tell Charlie, and he'll go about making it for you.
A

1 A x O
2 Alligator Pear
3 Almond Chocolate Swirl
4 Almond Java
5 Almond Roca
6 Almond Swirl
7 Aloha
8 Ambrosia
9 American Beauty
10 Angel Plum
11 Apple
12 Apple Berry
13 Apple Cran
14 Apple Crazy
15 Apple Ginger
16 Apple Nut
17 Apple Peach
18 Appleanana
19 Applemaple
20 Applette
21 Apricot
22 Apricot Apple Berry
23 Apricot Brandy
24 Arab's Lunch
25 Avocado

B

1 Banana
2 Banana Chippee
3 Banana Crunch
4 Banana Honey
5 Banana Nut
6 Banana Ripple
7 Banana Rocky Road
8 Batman
9 Beautiful Chocolate
10 Black Forest
11 Black Knight
12 Black Licorice
13 Black Raspberry
14 Black Raspberry Swirl
15 Black Rhiza
16 Black Vanilla
17 Black Walnut
18 Blackberry
19 Blackberry Cheesecake
20 Blueberry
21 Blueberry Cheesecake
22 Boysenberry
23 Bubble Gum
24 Bubble Melon
25 Bumpy Freeway
26 Burgundy Cherry
27 Bush's Delight
28 Butter Pecan
29 Butterbrickle
30 Buttered Chocolate
31 Butterscotch
32 Butterscotch Croketts
33 Butterscotch Twist

C

1 C. B.
2 C. C. P.
3 Canabana
4 Cantabanana
5 Cantaberry
6 Cantaloupe
7 Cappuccino
8 Caramel
9 Caramel Chip
10 Caramel Fudge
11 Caramel Swirl
12 Carob
13 Carob & Honey
14 Carob Chippee
15 Carob Rocky Road
16 Carrot
17 Carrot Cake
18 Carter's Delight
19 Caruba
20 Champagne
21 Champagne Jubilee
22 Champagne Strawberry
23 Cheese Strawberry
24 Cherry
25 Cherry Banana
26 Cherry Brandy
27 Cherry Cheese
28 Cherry Mango
29 Cherry Vanilla
30 Cherry Whiskey
31 Chippee Butterscotch
32 Chippee Cherry
33 Chippee Chocolate
34 Chippee Peanut
35 Choc-O- Blackberry
36 Choc-O-Blueberry
37 Chocolate Almond
38 Chocolate Banana
39 Chocolate Black Walnut
40 Chocolate Brickle
41 Chocolate Brownie
42 Chocolate cheesecake
43 Chocolate Chip
44 Chocolate Divinity
45 Chocolate Lemon
46 Chocolate Lemon Chip
47 Chocolate Marshmallow
48 Chocolate Mexican
49 Chocolate Mongo
50 Chocolate Moose
51 Chocolate Oreo Cookie
52 Chocolate Peanut Butter
53 Chocolate Raisins
54 Chocolate Royal
55 Chocolate Satin
56 Chocolate Sombrero
57 Chocolate Twirl
58 Choc-O-Mint
59 Choc-O-Red Raspberry
60 Cinnamon
61 Cinnaruma
62 Co. Co. Banana
63 CoCo Man
64 Coconut
65 Coconut Cheesecake
66 Coconut Fluff
67 Coconut It's A Honey
68 Coconut Pineapple
69 Coffee
70 Coffee A Nut
71 Coffee Almond
72 Coffee Brickle
73 Coffee Chicory
74 Coffee Chip
75 Coffee Cloves
76 Coffee Fluff
77 Coffee Italiano
78 Coffee Mint
79 Coffee Mint Swirl
80 Coffee Twist
81 Cookie Butter
82 Corn Whiskey
83 Cotton Candy
84 Crab Apple
85 Cranberry
86 Crazy Coconut
87 Crème De Menthe
88 Crenshaw Melon
89 Cup of Whiskey

D

1 Dates & Honey
2 Delaware Dream
3 Diamond Sapphire
4 Double C
5 Double Lemon
6 Durian
7 Dutch Chocolate

E

1 E. T.
2 Egg Nog
3 English Toffee
4 Espresso

F

1 Feijoa
2 Filberts
3 Fire Ball
4 Four C
5 Four Ninjas
6 French Apple
7 French Chocolate Truffle
8 French Ice Cream
9 French Vanilla
10 French Vanilla Custard
11 Fruit Cake
12 Fruit Pumpkin

G

1 German Chocolate
2 Ginger
3 Ginseng
4 Gold Rush
5 Goober & Chocolate
6 Goober Butter
7 Grape
8 Grape Bubble Gum
9 Grape Fruit
10 Greek Ouzo
11 Green Apple
12 Green Giant
13 Green Licorice
14 Green River
15 Green Tea
16 Grenadine
17 Guava

H

1 Halo Halo
2 Happy Corn
3 Happy Rabbit
4 Hard Hat
5 Have a Date Honey
6 Hawaiian Delight
7 Hazelnut
8 Hazelnut & Rum
9 Heavy Chocolate
10 Holiday Delight
11 Honey Butter
12 Honey Cup
13 Honey Nut
14 Honey Vanilla
15 Honeydew Melon
16 Hot Coffee

I

1 I Yam What I Yam
2 Impeachment
3 Irish Coffee
4 Iron Chocolate
5 Italian Coffee

J

1 Jack Fruit
2 Jamoca Fudge
3 Jamoca Fudge Almond
4 Jimmy's Coffee
5 Jungle Princess

K

1 Kahlua
2 King of Heart
3 King Tut
4 Kiwi
5 Kohoutex
6 Kookie Caramel
7 Kookie Dough Boy

L

1 L' Orange Crème De Menthe
2 Lemon
3 Lemon Cheesecake
4 Lemon Chippee
5 Lemon Chocolate
6 Lemon Ko-Ko
7 Lemon Rasp Swirl
8 Lemon Straw Swirl
9 Lemon Supreme
10 Lemon Velvet
11 Lime
12 Logan Berry
13 Lychee

M

1 Macadamia
2 Macapuno
3 Malihini
4 Mandarin Orange
5 Mango
6 Mango Straw Swirl
7 Mangoette
8 Maple
9 Maple Nut
10 Maple Nut & Butterscotch
11 Marble Caramel
12 Marble Cheese-Blk Rasp
13 Marble Cheese-Red Rasp
14 Marble Cheese-Straw
15 Marble Fudge
16 Marble Fudge Crunch
17 Martian Sundae
18 Mince Pie
19 Mint
20 Mint Chocolate Chip
21 Mint Julip
22 Mint Oreo Cookie
23 Mintie Chocolate Twirl
24 Mintie Marshmallow
25 Mocha
26 Mocha Almond
27 Mocha Almond Fudge
28 Mocha Chip
29 Monkey Food
30 Mystery
31 Mystical Cherry

N

1 Nesselrode
2 The New Yorker
3 Nut Cracker
4 Nutella
5 Nutty Vanilla

O

1 O. P. P.
2 Oasis
3 Old San Francisco
4 Oolong Tea
5 Orange
6 Orange Apple
7 Orange Fluff
8 Orange Marmalade
9 Orange Pecan
10 Orange Pineapple
11 Oranilla
12 Orbana
13 Oreo Cookie

P

1 Pac Man
2 Paorle
3 Papaya
4 Passion Fruit
5 Peach
6 Peach & Cream
7 Peach & Strawberry
8 Peach Amaretto
9 Peach Brandy
10 Peach Ginger
11 Peach Pecan
12 Peachy Apple
13 Peanut Brickle
14 Peanut Butter
15 Peanut Butter Banana
16 Peanut Butter Cheese
17 Peanut Butter Chocolate
18 Peanut Butter Honey
19 Peanut Butter Jelly
20 Peanut Man
21 Peanut Vender
22 Peppermint
23 Peppermint Fluff
24 Pina Colada
25 Pine & Apple
26 Pine & Strawberry
27 Pine Go
28 Pine Melon
29 Pineapple
30 Pineapple Banana
31 Pineapple Guava
32 Pink Apple
33 Pink Banana
34 Pink Cloud
35 Pink Lady
36 Pink Lemonade
37 Pink Pineapple
38 Pistachio Almond
39 Pistachio Salad
40 Plain Cheese
41 Plum
42 Plum Brandy
43 Pomegranate
44 Popeye's Delight
45 Postum
46 Praline Cream
47 Pumpkin
48 Pumpkin & Raisin

R

1 Raisnette
2 Raspberry
3 Raspberry Swirl Black
4 Raspberry Swirl Red
5 RAT
6 Reagan's Delight
7 Red Baron
8 Red Bean
9 Red Hot Car
10 Red Licorice
11 Red Mint
12 Red Mint Chip
13 Red Raspberry
14 Revenueoors Delight
15 Rhubarb
16 Rippling Cantaloupe
17 Rocklin M
18 Root Beer
19 Ruby of The Nile
20 Rum
21 Rum & Cola
22 Rum Cherry
23 Rum Coffee Fudge
24 Rum Raisin
25 Rumee Butterscotch
26 Rumee Plum

S

1 S. O. P.
2 Sabra
3 Sarsaparilla
4 Scotch Lemon
5 Scotch Maple
6 Sesame
7 Sherbet
8 Shot of Whiskey
9 Sparkling Coconut
10 Sparkling Orange
11 Spring Bouquet
12 Spring Coconut
13 Spumoni
14 Star Wars
15 Strange
16 Strange Apple
17 Strawbango
18 Strawberry
19 Strawberry Chip
20 Strawberry Pecan
21 Strawberry Pina Colada
22 Strawberry Rocky Road
23 Strawberry Twirl
24 Strawcot
25 Strawmuni
26 Sugar Beets
27 Sunflower Seeds
28 Surprise Vanilla
29 SWAT
30 Sweet & Sour
31 Sweet Corn
32 Sweet Lemon
33 Sweet Tarts

T

1 Taro
2 The Tiger
3 This Beets All
4 Tieger Orange
5 Tin Roof Sundae
6 Toasted Almond
7 Triple C
8 Turkish Coffee
9 Tutti Frutti
10 Twist Butterscotch
11 Twisty White

U

1 Ube
2 Ube & Macapuno

V

1 Vanilla
2 Vanilla Mint
3 Vanilla Rocky Road
4 Vegetable

W

1 Water Bubble
2 Watermelon
3 Wedding Bell
4 Whiskey Flip
5 Whiskey Shot
6 White Mint Chip
7 Whitie
8 Wild Cherry

Z

1 Zucchini

http://www.pollyann.com.

[Duncan Grant]

29. Well it's all the way out in the Sunset! What do you expect? :)

Sounds great! I have to go check it out. Thanks! :thumbsup:

[BrotherBuzz]

30. They still have the carnival wheel if you can't decide on a flavor.

;)

[Gormy Cuss]

31. Polly Ann is near a middle school

Made the mistake of going there once right as school let out. It was like being in the middle of a British comedy --streams of kids making a beeline for the nearest sweet shop.

[Louis Cipher]

35. That's it, that's the one.

It's like a block or two from Mission St. right? In Noe valley. We went there and there was a line out the door, this was at around 11:00pm on a weekday night.

[Duncan Grant]

58. Yep, it was Mitchell's.

Late at night is the best time to go. :thumbsup:

[salin]

32. Not SF but just south in Palo Alto

Dan Dan Noodles at Jing Jings.

Finally found a recipe that *almost* gets it right... but for the years I lived in that area it was my favorite "comfort food."

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[mopinko]

36. the guys by janis joplin's tree in golden gate park??

nice fellows, taking good care of a certain kind of tourist.
then a beer at magnolia.

[Louis Cipher]

37. Another one of my S.F. treats: City Lights bookstore

Then a beer at Vesuvio

[BrotherBuzz]

41. Or hoof it across the street to Specs'

Spec's is hidden away across Columbus from Vesuvio in the short alley (Alder). Fine little bar for sure. First thing you notice is the sheer volume of (for lack of a better word) crap on the walls. Fun stuff to look at while you're waiting for a drink.

What you see inside is more than just a snapshot from a single period or culture. Browsing the walls and ceilings exposes one to a broad swath of San Francisco history that changes its gist and period with every movement of the eye. There's stuff from the 70's that boomers can relate to. There are relics from the 60's that ex-hippies can appreciate. There's city-specific history from World War II that your parents might have fond memories of. Check out the old artifacts from the Sutro baths, and you'll see things that might even give your grandparents the warm-and-fuzzies. Bohemian to Boomer, and everyone between, is equally represented.

Even though a similar collection of artifacts could no doubt be amassed, its haphazard assembly and mishmash arrangement weave a bizarre quilt of history whose evolution over a period of 40 or more years can't be faked. Everywhere you look, there are pictures, papers, scribblings....some framed, some not. Some are tacked to the walls at the corners, displaying a gradual yellowing that only age can bring about and a soft curvature that's only created by decades of gentle gravitational pull. It seems that more recent placements of items have had respect for what existed there before, creating a delightful asymmetry that bears more witness to history than it does decorative talent.

It's a fine little bar that is hidden just well enough away to prevent tourists from accidentally tumbling in and spoiling the day. Drinks are fair, too. ;)

[Arugula Latte]

38. I ate at The Slanted Door (Ferry Bldg.) recently ...

YUM. :9

[Bread and Circus]

51. Right now the Slanted Door is the best

restaurant I believe I have ever been to. It was pure heaven.

[mentalsolstice]

39. The sea lions on the pier! n/t

[Left Is Write]

40. Ghirardelli.

[Frank Cannon]

48. The chocolate sodas at Ghirardelli

Heaven in a glass.

[Bullwinkle925]

42. Blue Bottle mochas.

Ahhhhhhh. You can find them at the Farmer's Market at the S.F. Ferry Plaza and a very, very, small kiosk on Linden St (actually like an alley).




Absolutely delicious coffees.

[bridgit]

43. the De Young, SFBC...

http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/index.asp http://www.sfbrewing.com and The Adante http://www.adantehotel.com a little euro-trash hotel in the theater & gallery district only 3 doors down from a stumble and fall back up to our room...others too i'm sure

[Theres-a]

45. "Dead Elvises"" at the Zeitgeist bar

A fond memory of my wasted youth.

[Duncan Grant]

59. Zeitgeist lives.

http://zeitgeist.citysearch.com :toast:

[tyedyeto]

46. Molinari's raviolis and salami. n/t

[chemenger]

49. Cecelia

A real San Francisco treat!

[meegbear]

50. Muang Thai

385 Taylor Street

Been to the city twice and both times made sure to eat there at least once.

That and The Lone Star Saloon - Biker, Bears and Mayhem

[joneschick]

52. Britex on Geary

five floors of textile overload. Wonderful fabric mecca. :hi:

[jus_the_facts]

54. DUer arcane1 o'course...

*SWOON*:loveya:

[Beausoir]

55. Eggs Benedict @ Buena Vista Cafe.

With irish coffee.

[Throwing Stones]

56. a smoking hot crunchy Jerry solo

with a Phil bomb chaser

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. "Dharms & Greg"