Posts Tagged: San Francisco

Farm:Table | San Francisco, California USA

Farm : Table

Farm : Table

 

Outside message board

Outside message board

 

Table setting

Table setting

 

Husband and Wife team

Husband and Wife (Shannon and Kate Amitin) team

 

RoastCo Rwanda Buf Remera Coffee

RoastCo Rwanda Buf Remera Coffee

 

Savory Bread Pudding with poached egg, corn, kale, wild mushroom

Savory Bread Pudding with poached egg, corn, kale, wild mushroom

 

House Made Cereal - Creamy Yogurt, Honey, Fruit OTD

Housemade Cereal – Creamy Yogurt, Honey, Fruit OTD

 

When is it not an amazing morning in SFO! Don’t tell the locals, but I went and did the touristy sunrise-at-the-Golden-Gate-Bridge thing (which I would still go and see if I lived there) and found myself on the tail end of 7am on a Saturday morning. Yikes, how rough… Time for the modern hunter-and-gatherer in me to seek out some good coffee and food to jump start my day.

Found this husband-and-wife ran establishment via the Chefs Feed app. Shannon and Kate Amitin serves their honest vision of farm-to-table. The food is well priced, fresh and prepared well. The 280+/- sq ft establishment has but one communal table that seats 8, and the food on their board constantly changes, so check their website or tweets for that day’s offering before venturing over. Short of a dietary restriction, I strongly doubt you’ll find anything bad.

My favorite eats was their homemade cereal. Love it! The combination of hearty crunch, juicy fruit, and creamy/sweetness from the yogurt/honey combination, is truly lovely. If I had that at the house, I would be more inclined to eating a healthier breakfast daily.

Farm:Table (information gathered 2/2013)
754 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

Hours
Mon – Fri 7:30am – 2:00pm
Sat 8:00am – 3:00pm
Sun 9:00am – 3:00pm

Parking:
There are some parking decks nearby and some metered parking too. Good luck. I walked. 🙂

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Swan Oyster Depot | San Francisco, California USA

Lining up at Swan Oyster Depot

Lining up at Swan Oyster Depot

 

Kitchen at Swan Oyster Depot

The kitchen

 

Bread and butter

Sour Dough Bread and butter

 

Clam Chowder

Clam Chowder

 

Oysters on the half shell

Oysters on the half shell

 

Combination salad

Combination salad

 

Sea Urchin

Sea Urchin

 

After eating that lovely breakfast at Farm:Table we proceeded to Swan Oyster Depot to get our seafood fix; some really positive reviews, so I was quite hopeful. Honestly, I’ve heard of them before but it was definitely thanks to Anthony Bourdain’s The Layover that got my excitement going again. They actually open pretty early at 8am (who says you can’t have seafood for breakfast?!) and per the time change from EST/GMT-5 to PST/GMT-8 it was about lunch time for me, so that worked out nicely. Albeit the early start, the line actually got quite long; about a 30-45min wait. Surprising, but not too bad.

As far as the food goes, there is no question that the seafood was fresh but the selection was not to the level I was hoping for; most likely this was due to seasonality. Maybe I just went in with too high of expectations. But what they do have, is all great. The best thing was definitely the Sea urchin. Definitely an advanced foodie type of cuisine as the Sea Urchin’s outer shell was still moving! You have been warned. 🙂

Definitely need to go back sometime between mid-November and early spring when they have the Dungeness Crab. Oh, important!!! Bring cash, they don’t take credit cards, checks, or allow you to barter with your first born.

Swan Oyster Depot (information gathered 2/2013)
1517 Polk St,
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.673.2757
Hours
Mon – Sat 8:00am – 5:30pm
Sun Closed

Parking:
Much like at Farm:Table, your best bet is to find a parking deck. It looks like parking is fairly limited.

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