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SF Faves

Believing that I’ve discovered the best place for fresh food and the best cupcake in the world, I thought I’d list out my top city spots. Also, my friend Andy introduced me to an awesome wine merchant this past Saturday. He met me at the store and helped me pick out an assortment of champagne and red/white wine for a celebration I’m organizing. What a sweetheart!

So here’s a list of my top city spots.

Desserts
Kara’s Cupcakes
The Grove for chocolate chip cookies
Citizen Cake for cookies
Baskin-Robbins for ice-cream cake (you can never go wrong when you bring ice-cream cake to a party)

Food
Pluto’s for salads
A16 for italian food and great wine
Pizza Orgasmica
Kabuto for sushi
Burger Joint
Dottie’s for breakfast
Three Seasons for vietnamese
Koh Samui for thai
Blue Jay Cafe for comfort food
Osha for thai

Bars
Bacar
Minna
Rohan
Madrone
Wish

Clothing
Jeremy’s for discounted designer clothing
Wasteland for used clothing
Schauplatz for used clothing

Specialty
K&L Wines
The Other Store for used furniture and home accessories
Hand Touch Nail Care
St. Agnes Church
Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park
Jewish Community Center for working out
Ace Hardware in Laurel Heights – the staff is super friendly and knowledgeable

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  1. Gordon

    January 15, 2007 at 4:39 am

    Ah, that Andy, with the wine! Have you tried Koo for sushi?

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