Taste Without the Attitude: Miller's East Coast Deli

11/19/2009 2:00:00 AM

11/19/2009 - Recently on a trip back East, I did the unthinkable: I neglected to enjoy a hot sandwich of roasted meat on rye at one of its famed delis. Nope, not even at the site of Meg Ryan's famed orgasm. But in an attempt to right this wrong, I headed for Miller's East Coast Deli as soon as I returned home. For a fraction of a basic hot sandwich at New York's most iconic deli, I got a hefty turkey pastrami reuben thick enough to feed two, along with a side of potato salad and a pickle, but without the East Coast attitude. OK, so maybe it didn't completely make up for my previous oversight, but it was enough to suffice until my return. I promise I won't forget next time.

Address: 1725 Polk St, San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-563-3542
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A Magical Journey: The Wild Side West

11/17/2009 2:00:00 AM

11/17/2009 - I found magic in the streaming sunlight of a weekday afternoon. The light chatter of birds and bargoers floated in the green-gold glow with the tinkling of a small fountain behind me. Under a blue sky with a verdant canopy between it and me, sitting on a glass-paved patio, I felt I'd walked through the wardrobe to a land of wonder, where everyone is beautiful and happy. Narnia? No. The Wild Side West. Crassly and largely inaccurately described as a "lesbian bar" (hi, this is San Francisco 2009, people.) folks of all stripes were sipping beers far better than Red Stripe for a price the birds in the backyard's trees would call "cheap cheap cheap." Laid back and lovely, with pool and a jukebox inside and artfully-random statuary on the multi-level patios and backyard, every neighborhood should be so lucky as Bernal Heights to host a secret garden where all are welcome.

Address: 424 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-647-3099
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Taste Without the Attitude: Miller's East Coast Deli

A Magical Journey: The Wild Side West