Here's some ideas for folks to mull over:

* Thirsty Bear (SoMa) or Andalu (Mission) for tapas
* Mas Sake (Marina) or Godzilla (Pac Hts) for sushi
* Manora Thai (SoMa) or Thai Stick (Pac Hts) for thai

I vote for Thirsty Bear b/c it's convenient, affordable, lively and the food isn't awful (OK, the food's not the greatest in this great food city but some dishes are good). I've always had fun there.

from Zagat's (re Thirsty Bear):
fish cheeks? do they have "normal" food, too?


edit: n/m, i found their website: http://www.thirstybear.com/thirsty.second.html. I'll talk it over with kluau88 tonight (you're welcome to come into the Live Chat as well) and we'll decide on something...




[This message has been edited by markbach (edited 03-13-2002).]

Godzila Sushi sounds good, and it looks fairly inexpensive. My only concern is that it looks far away from the bus terminal and cable car lines...

godzilla sushi is in the middle of relative no where in SF..it's also pretty tiny

got any recommedations that are closer to civilization (well, public transit), squeakr?

Raincheck for me too.

Maybe some other time in SFO or PHL....

Kathy

I am not a sushi fan so I can't help w/ the sushi plans

if oyu are coming form the airport on the train (CalTrain)Thirsty Bear is fairly close...
for Thai, Cha Am is at I believe 4th and Folsom whoich is fairly close..excellent thai in a white tablecloth kind of way (but not stuffy)
Basil is new-age thai and VERY good on Folsom and 7th... a little hipper , might be crowded

a branch of North Beach Pizza (I have never been to this branch on Harrison and 3rd) which is the place we had mjm's pizza party last year

If it's not a huge crowd (like 6 or less) you might want to try an almost-only-in-Sf treat and have a burger and sandwich (and beer) at BrainWash, 's only laundromat -cum-cafe . Food served til 10 pm and there's sometimes music also. FOlsom and 7th? 9th? I forget...

Manora thai is also good

you might want to consider Hayes Valley - near the civic center and opera house - there's a Thai place, couple of italian places owned by the same owner (Delle Stelle andStelline) which are both likely to be VERY crowded and you should make a rez; ra funky chicken and ribs place (Powell's Place) ; a chinese place (Sage) a quieter california cuisine (Blue Muse) a very fancy california cuisine lpace (Absinthe - bring the company expense account) and a belgian french Fries coffee house (Fritjz). there's also an Italian place, BORGO, on fell St near all these places that I have been told is very good but i have never been there.


No place in SF is a very expensive cab ride from any other place really...



[This message has been edited by squeakr (edited 03-14-2002).]

This place sounds really good. I've never had thai food, but from what I hear, I think I'll like it. It's also relatively close to the Samtrans dropoff (8th and Mission). If none of you have any objections, this sounds like a great place.

I think it's still just me, BingoSF, and kluau88, but anyone else in the area is, of course, welcome to come.

Basil's website (might be down)
Basil on Zagat.com
Basil on Citysearch

Basil website back

dinner at 7 PM March 16 for any and all

rez under MARK now CONFIRMED for 7 PM at BASIL at FolsoM St - 1175 Folsom St. San Francisco (Soma Area) CA 94103 between 7th and 8 th St

I made it for six people just in case we have any last minute joiners

markbach
kluau88
bingo
squeakr

MAYBE
markbach dad
mr. squeakr

[This message has been edited by squeakr (edited 03-15-2002).]

[This message has been edited by squeakr (edited 03-15-2002).]

thanks, squeakr

Greetings from London. Have fun & I enjoyed meeting everybody this past Sept in SFO.

just bumping to remind anyone here in the area of our wonderful plan....basil is a great place and the company will be too...

Hi guys ... I haven't been paying attention to FT for a couple of days (I would have offered some alternative suggestions--but there will no doubt be other opportunities). I guess I have no particularly good reason not to join you, especially considering I'll probably be force-fed sushi if I don't.

Now that the hard part of the planning is out of the way (picking a place) ask the cook to throw in a couple more cups of coconut milk into the tom ka gai and add two more to the rez (magic111 & Jerrie)

The hard part is actually leaving room for dinner after the various noontime celebrations.

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