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SAN FRANCISCO ITSELF is a veri-

table maze of restaurants ... Every kind
you can imagine ... Its Chinatown is
probably the nation's best ... and
Fisherman's Wharf has few equals.
Excellent trip to Sonoma and Napa
Valley wineries and visiting the great
fields of grape ... Also many thrills in the
museum — like winery of Francis Ford
Coppola ... Niebaum-
Coppola.

BEST HOT BEEF sandwich I've had
in a long time was at Lefty O'Doul's,
owned by former Major League Hall of
Fame baseball great of yesteryears ...
Dinner at Mona Lisa had a violinist
playing beautiful music ... but it was
outside.
Sony we didn't have time to stop in
after passing another interesting name ...
Lee's Deli & Sushi Bar.

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Accented with the flavors of the (aribbean and the Mediterranean.
Entrees range from steaks and creamy pasta to grilled scallops and fresh fish.

THE SLOGAN
OF David's Deli in

San Francisco is "Our
Idea of a Good Jewish
Deli" ... and that it is
... Owner David
Apfelbaum puts out a
book called Some
Hows and Whys of the
Traditions and History
of Jewish Cooking,
which he gives with-
out charge ... Max's
Restaurants don't say
so but are deli restau-
rants ... and makes
eggs and onions
almost like the ones
A cable car at its turn-around station
that Max Horenstein
used to put out at his
So much to see and do in San
Max's Deli in Southfield ... Max's in
Francisco ... The famed Fog City Diner
California is owned by Dennis
set in a faux club car decked out like a
Berkowitz who named the eateries in
1930s' diner ... The Fly Trap is an incar-
honor of his father ... Customers at
nation
of the classy turn-of-the-century
Max's get a free round of drinks if any-
San Francisco bar and grill known for its
one of its staff asks, "Is everything all
right?" ... Also, if a single diner is greeted contemporary approach to the old world
... Sear's Fine Foods, a Union Square
with "Just one?", dinner is free.
institution since 1939, is famous for its
In Chinatown, House of NanKing
18 Swedish pancakes ... Estia Greek
gives you a menu but doesn't let you
order ... "I'll take care of everything" said restaurant actually has fresh fish flown in
straight from Greece ... Interesting
the server as she took our menu away ...
Hellenic cuisine is where Kokkari corn-
NanKing features Hong Kong dishes
bines Greek ingredients with French
and is definitely not a tourist restaurant
technique ... Fisherman's Wharf visitors
... The local folks know about it best.
love the Italian menu with fresh seafood
MOST INTERESTING restaurant
and steaks at Castagnola's ... Habana
name I found was the Stinking Rose,
restaurant is reminiscent of a pre-Castro
where everything is made with plenty of
Havana nightclub.
garlic (a Dee Shapiro dream) and the
Fisherman's Grotto, where Campbell's
odor almost comes outside through the
Soup
offered to buy out its clam chow-
front windows.
der recipe, was the Wharf's first sit-
Mel's Drive In is actually a sit-down
down restaurant ... House of Prime Rib
like its name counterpart in Florida,
has six cuts, but fresh fish is also a big
Mel's Diner, but no relation ... Best
priority ... John's Grill, a San Francisco
thing going for Aliota's is its rich history
tradition since 1908, is a favorite with
on Fisherman's Wharf ... Opened in
local and nation celebrities.
1925 but not as good as it used to be,
STREETS SO STEEP that cars are
say others ... Enrico's is Italian in name
parked
on a slant and look like they are
only ... The sidewalk cafe with heater
ready to fall over ... Cable cars pulled up
lamps and inside seating had a few
some of the hilly streets by underground
Italian dishes but mainly items like crab
cables along its three cable car lines.
cakes, paella, etc.
Strait's Cafe is Indian, Malaysian, Thai
and Chinese but little of any from these
Danny Raskin e-mail address is
cultures.
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net

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