if one goes to tartine at 18th & Guerrero, then on the block of 18th Street between Guerrero & Dolores is Delfina restaurant, Bi Rite grocery, and Bi Rite ice cream.
Originally Posted by
csycsycsy
Tartine for sourdough, the OG of slow fermentation, stretch and fold etc
Humphrey Slocombe for ice cream, secret breakfast and/or Vietnamese coffee with a shot of Blue Bottle to make an afogato
I buy my tartine sourdough (“country loaf”) at Epicurean Trader shop for convenience. I’m rarely in the mood for actually eating anything at Tartine as evidenced by my last two visits there (when there was zero crowd) and I browsed without buying. Go figure. I would vaguely crave a tartine loaf of country bread now.
Originally Posted by
dhuey
I've never been to Cancún, the restaurant.
cancun technically is a taqueria - ie not table service. I love cancun but only started going there around 2016 or so.
Originally Posted by
squeakr
i agree with most of the choices. La Corneta is cash only. I can’t return to Guadalajara where I visited weekly when my office was on the same side of the block.
Originally Posted by
csycsycsy
Agree on BR IC especially during summer fruit season! But it's not unique to SF per OP, but is a must anyway!
Dandelion chocolates make the list of not unique to SF but still excellent places.
If one goes to Dandelion on Valencia then it’s also easy to go to these neighbors on THE SAME SIDE OF THE BLOCK - it’s really stunning that this one SIDE (west) of the block has this culinary wealth:
craftsman & wolves bakery (sweet & savory gems) - I buy their passion fruit curd at Epicurean Trader. Their Japanese milk bread loaf is great. Their chocolate chip cookie is better than Tartine’s.
Yellow Moto pizza (just as good as when this location was Flour & Water)
Matko korean (I tend to eat at the location in Twitter HQ food court)
Fort Point brewery & restaurant