Southern California Restaurant Reviews

Posted on 2/12/2006 by grubgirl

Restaurant Rant

More personality than the usual CitySearch reviews — this site focuses on Southern California restaurants and gives props to specific menu items, servers, and even allows owners to respond to flames.

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Posted in Cuisine, Los Angeles Area | Leave a comment

Wrap Delight: B is for Banh-Mi, and Banh-Mi is for Me

Posted on 1/23/2006 by grubgirl

Wrap Delight
426 Larkin St
San Francisco
(415) 771-3388

For those of you city workers that miss the legit Vietnamese sandwiches that frequent San Jose sandwich shops, take a break from your schedule and head here for dirt cheap grub.

Banh-Mi is the term for Vietnamese sandwiches: a generous serving of pork prepared a variety of ways (BBQ, pate, combo, etc.), some carrots, cilantro, and huge slices of fresh jalapeno peppers served in warmed French baguette.

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Posted in Budget, Meals under $5 per main course, Neighborhood, Tenderloin, Vietnam | 3 Comments

Arrivederci Trader Joe’s Pomi

Posted on 1/23/2006 by grubgirl

Pomi Marinara Sauce Discontinued at Trader Joe’s?

After months of speculation and eagerly asking store managers at the SoMa, Arguello, and North Beach Trader Joe’s, Grubgirl has pieced together enough rumors to quietly accept that Pomi ain’t coming back at TJ’s.

Background:
Pomi was the lone marinara sauce in a box at the store – supposedly the freshest of jarred or canned sauces, and it avoided any tinniness that can come with canned sauces. Although it’s still sold at upmarket establishments like HomeChef and Mollie Stone’s, somehow TJ’s was able to get the stuff at a bargain.

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Posted in Kitchen, Miscellaneous, Italy, Meals from $5-15 per main course | 2 Comments

Burrito Grubber

Posted on 1/23/2006 by grubgirl

BurritoEater.com

Think you know a thing or two about San Francisco’s best taquerias? Can you meticulously describe the many subtle differences between a So-Cal burrito, a Nor-Cal burrito, and a Gring-uritto from your local El Torito or Chevy’s?

See if your choices have the right Moustache Rating. A nice find…check it out.

(Note that BurritoEater rates burritos on a 12-item scale…Grubgirl is not that picky as long as the price is right. Her stomach would rather prefer she instituted a similar scale however.)

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Posted in Cuisine, Meals from $5-15 per main course, Mexico | Leave a comment