Cassia’s menu strikes me as awfully thin — do they tend to have off-menu specials and/or a tasting menu? Also, the non-seafood dishes don’t strike me as being particularly wine-friendly.
Just curious Brian, have you been to Cassia? I loved the food at Spice Table and miss it terribly. Unfortunately, Cassia is both more expensive and much further away from me.
We are dining at Providence this Saturday. Their wine list is not on-line and corkage is $50 per. I am assuming we’d be better off bringing our own, but if anyone is familiar with their list and has a recommendation, it would be appreciated.
nice but expensive list for certain items. Some stuff is well priced, just gotta find it.
we brought and had a super meal.
We did as well. For that type of dinner, you want something special and most of the wines on the list like that were are 3+ times retail or more.
Gjusta, Destroyer, Szechuan Impression and Binh Dan all excellent. Barrique serviceable.
I haven’t, and I likely won’t, given the menu on their website. That is, unless
the answers to my questions are Yes.
We enjoyed the food at Spring very much but the front of house team were lackluster.
Cassia is quite good.
Gjelina has a great feel and is an excellent restaurant.
Gjusta is a fantastic bakery. The bread is superb. Popped in for a cheeky Bahn Mi for lunch one day.
We had the chef’s tasting menu at Providence, and were there for a little over four hours. You can drink a whole lot of wine in that time if you’re not careful. Thank goodness we took Uber!!
my pics from
Destroyer: https://goo.gl/photos/T6S5biS69cA8TKdx5
Binh Dan: https://goo.gl/photos/uSRMzUt4jWzg8UE99
Szechuan Impression: https://goo.gl/photos/2ZDXmC442wupWirU9
Gjusta: https://goo.gl/photos/jap5YQD4yhqCm9NB6
I post lots of pics on instagram too, if you’re over there.
I think it’s unfortunate that a restaurant’s posted menu, which may or may not be accurate, can determine decisions. Why not do more research if the menu appears less than desirable? Plenty of broad support is more influential than a posted menu, imho.
sometimes a posted menu is there to ward off the wrong clientele as much as it is to draw in the right kind of clientele. What if the posted menu discourages me from going and therefore I don’t go and don’t write a poor social media review? instead the restaurant gets to offer that seat to someone more open to the restaurant’s vision.
My Mrs works every week at Kenneth Hall and is always looking for somewhere near by for dinner. Usually stays at the Bonaventure. She could use some recommendations. She likes a place called Broken Spanish but has yet to find anywhere great. She is on an expense account so $$$ aren’t really an issue. That being said she prefers more down market casual places.
As much as we loved Quince in SF she didn’t like the lurking staff ready to re fold your napkin. What about Patina?
Oh yes. She needs to walk to where ever she eats. Her policy.
Near her
-orsa and Winston. Really fun food.
- pyt veggie based
- zo sushi top notch sushi
-otium near patina both good.
-faith and flower has great cocktails
Also, Spring is about seven blocks from the Bonaventure.
Thank you Charlie and Nowell.
going to Connie & Ted’s today–great seafood.
went to PYT for brunch yesterday, it was actually surprisingly good – I had low expectations given what I had heard of Ledlow, which is still next door. It’s true, mostly veggies which could perhaps be a turnoff for the carnivores on this board, but food was fresh, light, seasonal. Cocktails were interesting – with juices/kombucha. Wine list was perhaps the most surprising, and why I thought of this board. All (or almost all?) American, mostly California but some wines from Oregon – Ovum, Paetra, etc. The wines were all interesting, a lot of board-favorites and almost trendy wines. selections from Forlorn Hope, Broc, La Clarine Farm, Dirty & Rowdy, etc. Corkage was I think $25 but 2 bottle max. Would recommend trying if in the area.