A Night of Celebration!

Hayes Valley is an excellent gem in the city.  If you are looking for a good restaurant with a fun vibe, I would start here.  And the best part is I can walk here from home or school!

Hayes and Octavia: A Gorgeous Day in SF

One of my friends from school got engaged over Labor Day weekend, so I asked her out to celebrate the beginning of the rest of her life.  We decided to go to Two Sisters Bar and Books for some small bites and celebratory booze!  Highly recommend the house red wine...and of course we got a flight of it.  Really good prices, and the cocktails looked amazing.

Menu on a Mirror

The front of Two Sisters

The place looks like a little European coffee shop.  You can read a book, order an Old Fashioned at the bar, or take a date to one of the small tables on the side.   We ordered a few small plates because we hadn't had dinner.  We shared the meatballs which were good, and a cheese platter with roasted garlic which was amazing.  And it went perfectly with our wine.  We sat and chatted for about two hours about her wedding planning and all the fun things to come!

Yummy Cheese and Prosciutto

Tourist Tip: Come early!  It gets really crowded and there are only a few tables to sit at.  The rest is a small bar but it also gets packed.

A Little Food Truck Fun!

The best part about going to school in the Tenderloin is the cheap eats.  Thanks to Off The Grid the food just got even better.  Because the lil bro was still in town, I decided to treat him and his gf to the food trucks.  He was hesitant at first because LA trucks tend to be small helpings for a big price.  However, he was pleasantly surprised, and we couldn't even finish all of our food!

Sunny SF Off the Grid Thursdays

Southern Sandwich BBQ, so tasty

There were six trucks set up for lunch, but the bro is a vegetarian so he decided to get some Garlic Noodles with Tofu from An the Go.  It was so much food, and if you haven't had garlic noodles you MUST try them.  Personally I think Mangosteen has better garlic noodles, but these weren't too shabby, and he had never had them before.

Garlic Noodles with Tofu

I got a beef brisket sandwich from Southern Sandwich which was ENORMOUS.  I couldn't even finish it.  The sauce they have on the side is phenom and the brisket is served like pulled pork, but not as fatty.  I will definitely wait in line for that again.  To share with the veggie bro, we got potato salad (pretty good, mayo based) and a Pepper Jack Mac which had me at hello!  It was so good, a little spicy and not too cheesy.  The sides were only $2 and a healthy heaping.  I'm pleased to say I have converted a Food Truck snob!

BBQ Brisket, Potato Salad, and Pepper Jack Mac

Tourist Tip: Bring cash!  Some food trucks have now converted to credit card friendly, but a lot still are cash only.  So be on the safe side and have cash.

A Little Speakeasy in my Life...

After being stuffed from dinner, we decided to grab some drinks at a place I had been dying to try, Comstock Salon.  It is designed like a 1920s Speakeasy and has tons of signature cocktails.  It is priced pretty well, $5 Anchor steam on draft of course, and about $10 cocktails.  We got a beer and a South Side Cocktail - gin, lemon, sugar, mint, seltzer.  The cocktail was great, you could taste enough liquor but had the flavor you look for in a well crafted drink.  Will come back here for some bites because the food looked great!

The Front of Comstock

South Side Cocktail

Tourist Tidbit: Visit on Wednesdays and enjoy the free live jazz!