Monthly Archives: October 2007

GrubHub Debuts for San Francisco Food Delivery

Posted on 10/3/2007 by grubgirl

I recently got a little note from Matt Maloney, co-founder of GrubHub.com, telling me that they were debuting their free restaurant delivery search engine in San Francisco, after some mad success in Chicago. As Matt puts it,

“We offer the only search to find all of the restaurants that deliver to you. Type in your address, we show you all of the menus & coupons for every restaurant that delivers to you. You can order online or by phone, it’s all free.”

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Myanmar and Burmese Food in San Francisco

Posted on 10/2/2007 by grubgirl

Given the latest happenings in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), I figured I’d provide a brief lesson on the culture that has created the famous 12-ingredient Salad.

First, check out CNN’s FAQ on what’s going on in Myanmar, and why, this very moment.

Map of MyanmarNext, check out the map of the country (courtesy: Lonely Planet). Ah, this is why Burmese cuisine is described as being “influenced” by Chinese, Indian, and Thai cuisine. Look at the border countries, people!

Finally, go sample some Burmese grub food at 2 of 3 tasty restaurants:
Golden Mandalay
Yamo
I won’t mention the third “Super Star” restaurant as it gets enough publicity on its own, thank you.

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San Francisco Grocery Stores and Plastic Bags

Posted on 10/1/2007 by grubgirl

I went into my (very non-grub) Mollie Stone’s over the weekend and as my purchase was loaded into its plastic bag (without any hint of the old “Paper or Plastic?” option), I asked when they’d be transitioning to paper bags. The checker gave me a date in late November 2007.

My Google skills must suck as I can’t find much other information on when major grocery chains are supposed to uphold the ban. But I did find an interesting article at Sam Spade’s San Francisco. He makes a few observations about Safeway (boo hiss, it plays the role of corporate meanie in this post), and other grocery stores. If what he says is valid, why not take an extra moment to ask for paper (or use a bag?):

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