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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Creme Brulée Cart to Serve Deliciousness in Mystery S.F. Location

Posted By on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM

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After a weekend appearance in Dolores Park, the mysterious Creme Man will be out and about with his Creme Brulée Cart somewhere in San Francisco on Friday night. How great is this town?!? Follow him on

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Meals Under $8: Avedano's Panini

Posted By on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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Avedano's Holly Park Market (235 Cortland) in Bernal Heights offers choice cuts of meat, select local products, ready-made daily special dinner entrees and hot-pressed sandwiches (aka panini; $7.50). Yes, this is a place where the meat is lovely, but on this occasion I was in the mood for something veggie. I was very satisfied with my ultimate choice of artichoke with goat cheese, red onion, and pea sprouts, but the panini are also available in Cuban ham, roast beef, BLT, porchetta, turkey, and meatloaf varieties for the same price.

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San Francisco Restaurant Closures: March 2009

Posted By on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:14 AM

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A mixed bag of San Francisco restaurant closures for March: two neighborhood Thai spots, a vodka bar offering over a hundred different vodkas on Belden Place, a relatively short-lived Hawaiian place in a Japantown mall, and Bong Su, a glamorous upscale Vietnamese restaurant, pictured at right, whose excellent cocktails graced our Best of SF issue in 2007. (Bong Su's sibling, Tamarine, lives on in Palo Alto.) 

Bong Su (311 3rd Street, at Folsom)

Honu's Islands Grinds and Bar (Buchanan Mall, 1737 Buchanan at Sutter)

Sukothai (1319 9th Avenue, at Irving)

Suriya Thai, 1432 Valencia (at 25th Street)

Voda Vodka Bar (56 Belden Place, at Pine)

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Local Classic: Molinari Delicatessen

Posted By on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:01 AM

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Molinari Delicatessen dates back to 1896, when P. G. Molinari founded a salami factory at 433 Broadway. In 1913, he moved the business to 373 Columbus. In 1962, the factory moved to the Bayview District (where it's still in business), and the Columbus St. location became strictly a deli. For most of that time, Molinari was just one of many Italian delis in North Beach, but since its last competitors, Panelli Brothers and Florence Ravioli, closed in 2002 and 2003, it has been the last of its kind.

Molinari seems in no danger of closing: people line up for the old-school sandwiches ($6.50-9.75), house-made pasta, ravioli, and sauces, and Italian staples such as cheese, pasta, salt cod, canned tomatoes, coffee, wine, prosciutto, and of course salami, pancetta, mortadella, hot coppa, and other cold cuts from P. G. Molinari & Sons. There are a few tables outside if you want to devour your sandwich immediately. (Click the image below for a larger version.)
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