Hey all

I hope to see some of you while in SF next month. We're out there from July 19-27, and I know some of you will be sticking around during SDCC.

I'll be hitting up the store on July 19 around noon-ish after my flight gets in, so hopefully a few of you will be around. Trade fest perhaps?


Also looking for restaurant recommendations for Berkeley as we're out there for most of the week!

See you all next month!

berkeley food:
Herbivore
Chaya (best vegan japanese food ever)

i ate at herbivore once... i was like: "what the hell is this? a vegan restaurant?" then i realized why it was named herbivore

Ah the Chaya place sounds good.

Thanks Scott!

yes, we should get together for pre-SDCC meet at S7 on July 19th. Would be great to meet you AT..!

Cha-am -Thai, their BBQ chicken rules
Zachary's - Chicago stuffed pizza, there's one close to the Claremont in the Rockridge area which is a cool spot itself
Oliveto - really good hand crafted Italian, also in the Rockridge area
Cheese Board Collective - best pizza I've had, one flavor a day posted online, always vegetarian, dining al fresco, lot's eat in on the grass in the median, go next door to their bakery and get a cheese roll, best thing ever!
Chez Panisse - fancy tried and true, the cafe is more approachable
Rick and Anne's - across the street from the Claremont
Top Dog - killer dogs and sausage at all hours
Le Cheval - Vietnamese, short drive to Oakland, but definitely worth it, try the French rice with your meal.
Everrett and Jone's - BBQ down on San Pablo, tiny dingy joint in one of the seedier parts of Berkeley, exactly what BBQ is supposed to be, just don't stare and you'll be good.
Betty's Oceanview Diner, best pancakes, really good breakfast, can't see the ocean.

This helps even me.

naan & curry

he doesn't like Indian food..

I think we will have to drag Ed to the mission for Burritos

love cheese board

if you liked indian.. i would have suggested vics chaat corner (although not too convenient if you don't have a car). hungry now

go to top dog if you're faded

+1....Top Dog tastes better @2am really drunk and stoned. at least that's what I recollect.

Smokehouse on Telegraph at the Oakland / Berkeley border. Best Cheeseburgers around. Same lady been cooking them up continuously for 26 years...!

wow great recommendations! thanks everyone!

i wish i could do indian food...just doesnt move me.

i'm looking forward to meeting everyone!

We were all too scared to go to Top Dog last night, but it sounded so fucking delicious.

Top Dog is awesome...

wtf? you go to Cal and are too scared to go to Top Dog? what the hell does that mean? Top Dog is an institution that every Bear must endure...

I never went to Cal and almost everytime I go to Berkeley, I have to go to Top Dog. There is nothing to be scared about...except that you'll eat too many.

too scared to go to top dog!? the worst that can happen is a bum stabs you with an infected needle in the eye. that's not so bad... your hair will protect you

Don't be scerred when it comes to Top Dog.

Let's just say that we were all a little too paranoid to go.

fucking hippie stoner. the shit must have sucked if you were paranoid and didn't have the munchies. you must have got a dime bag of that downtown berkeley brown...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 532D41.DTL

(note: i didn't smoke much in college)

i'm guessing you had some sort of concoction that contained viagra and you were afraid your tent was showing

Damn, those sound like some seriously over-cooked burgers!

I wonder if she uses the same grease?

There's a burger joint somewhere I heard uses 50 year old grease to cook there burgers

This turned out to be a great thread of places to eat in SF that I never even heard of...thanks for coming down atease and hope to be part of the festivities when you arrive in July (as well as give the finger to all the BASK that will be making it to SDDC..........maybe that would be a bad idea since I will most likely be asking for muling favors)

Mitchell's ice cream at 29th & sanchez . Best on the planet!

Is this an instant heartattack burger ? Reminds me of some weird Scottish ritual, almost as far out as a deep fried Snickers bar.