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September 15th, 2009

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The Ferry Building and its Saturday Farmers Market: SF

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

These are just a few tastes of what we had over the weekend at the Ferry Building and farmers market.  There are so many great places to try here on Saturday mornings that you just can’t get them all in one visit.  I always tell out of town folks visiting SF to go the Ferry Building and Farmers Market because of the local foods and produce.  It is hard to go wrong here!

We had:

From Lulu Petite:
This is the cafe option of Lulu located inside of the Ferry Building.  They serve sandwiches and specialty take-home foods.

-Egg Salad Sandwich with tarragon, parsley, chives, and Lulu Truffle Artichoke Tapenade on Roasted Brioche.  It was huge and very tasty with a sweet, challah-like bread.
-Homemade Potato Chips.  These were pretty good but I thought they could benefit from some kind of creative salt (or pepper) kick.
-Crispy Chicken Sandwich.  It was good but I think adding cheese would be a benefit to the overall flavor.
http://www.lulupetite.com/

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Zach Attack in the East Bay: Zachary’s Pizza, Oakland & Berkeley

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009


http://www.zacharys.com/

Zachary’s pizza is a local favorite in the East Bay.  The restaurant’s popularity is exhibited by the unavoidable forty-five minute to one hour wait for a table.  An Oakland friend described the wait at Zachary’s as just part of the experience.  She said, “You know you will have to wait, so just hang out and have a Red Tail.”

So we were happy to finally eat Zachary’s pizza after all of the hype.  It is definitely a Chicago-style deep dish variation and its popularity proves that Americans just can’t say no to the carb, dairy, meaty combo called pizza.

I lived in Chicago and love all varieties of Chicago pizza.  Zachary’s serves the deep dish version that made me nostalgic for my Chicago pizza favorites.

If you like Zachary’s or if you are just a pizza connoisseur, visit Chicago and check out three of our favorite varieties: Click to continue »