What a beautiful day! I’m starting to orient myself around San Francisco without the use of maps and I’ve finally grown comfortable to the basic transit system… as well as the discomfort of having paper dollars (seriously America, you make no sense). Started at Caffe Trieste today. Their espressos go up to “Grande” size, which I can only assume is triple because I had one and I was buzzed for hours following. The cafe itself is also very nice, it even has its own crew of local dudes who discuss the news and whom the staff know by name.
Next I headed to find a curiosity which I came across on the internet only last week. Carte415 is supposed to be a fine-dining street cart in the atrium of a business building. Well then I guess I found it:
It wasn’t open when I got there so I looked at the fancy printouts of the menu while I waited. Organized just like a restaurant, there are salads as well as entrées and I chose the shrimp salad sandwich. As you can see below, it came with its own smaller box of garnish. I think the whole idea was very neat and the sandwich itself was also delicious.
I visited the Museum of Modern Art as well afterwards but there wasn’t anything to write about from there. Oh! Except one thing, from the top floor of the museum you can look onto the roof of a neighbouring building and if you look closely a life-size cutout of Waldo is standing behind an AC duct. Awesome.
Finally, two more places today both of which have won my heart. First Ike’s Place is a tiny tiny sandwich restaurant in the Mission district. They have a wide array of sandwiches and a similarly large selection of root beers and sodas. It’s unfortunate that just as I came, a San Francisco city employee was forcing Ike’s to take down their sidewalk tables and chairs due some regulation. No worries, I took my Thanksgiving-Turkey-and-Cranberry-Sauce sandwich (and complementary lollipop) to Mission Dolores park.
Yeah, that’s right, palm trees. How pimp is that? Too bad for Tom Colicchio because Ike’s sandwich is actually the best sandwich I’ve ever had now. They bake the bread they put your sandwich on, after you order your sandwich. It is absolutely delicious.
Finally, I went to 826 Valencia which is… wait for it… a pirate supply store. Apparently there’s plenty of these kinds of stores around the US including a superhero supply store in New York. I couldn’t choose a single thing to buy, they’re all quite funny, so instead I bought a catalog of all their products. Next time we meet up, ask me to show you. It’s genius.
This last picture obviously isn’t mine, I got it off Flickr