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I wrote about my experience at Hard Knox Cafe last Fall. But I’m from California. Northern California, to boot. What the hell would I really know about true Soul (or Southern) food?

After some agreement with the Grumpy Glutton about the sad state of BBQ affairs in San Francisco, I visited the original Dogpatch Hard Knox digs for another round. This time I brought with me Missie L., a native from Kentucky, foodie, cook, and oh, at one point in her life she worked on the Kingsford Charcoal brand. (This means that she got to go to “conferences” that I would interpret more as “state fair barbecues.”) Yeah, keeping one’s finger on the pulse of the American barbecue diet is such a pain, but someone’s gotta do it, right?

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Roadside BBQ
3751 Geary Blvd
(between 2nd Ave & Arguello Blvd)
(415) 221-7427

My poor friend ABM up and moved out of the Mission into the far reaches of the Richmond, all to cohabitate with his fiancee. This means that easy access to Popeye’s and other fixings that remind him of his hometown of New Orleans are few and far between (until Hard Knox Cafe opened up a branch, recently.)

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Memphis Minnie’s BBQ Joint and Smokehouse
576 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
415-864-PORK

I tasted a bunch of Memphis Minnie’s barbecue at a tech conference this past weekend. I have no idea who Memphis Minnie is,and their website doesn’t say, but I’ve found my favorite barbeque joint in San Francisco, finally. Even better, it was (practically) free. Here’s what I ate:

• Texas Beef Brisket
• Smoked Chicken (drumstick)
• Potato Salad
• Collard Greens
• Macaroni & Cheese
• Corn Muffin

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I just got back from my first WordCamp users conference. This is the blogging system that I (and millions of others, apparently) use and I wanted to learn more about best practices on how to give my readers the content they want. (More on that later.) But I have to share what sold it for me. The value of the MEALS. For a mere $25 registration fee, this is what I got:

• 15 presentations across 2 days
• 2 breakfasts (lots of fresh pastries, good coffee, Peet’s tea!)
• Unlimited amounts of bottled water (Ok, volunteers, I hope you didn’t throw away any of those leftovers)

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