Saturday in San Francisco
My new role as UI Enigineer @Workday has brought me to Pleasanton CA for a couple of months training with @daveygdublin so below is a guide for a few things to do on an idle Saturday afternoon in San Francisco.
If you are not staying downtown grab a BART(make sure to get a clipper card @Walgreens) to Embarcadero taking the Main st exit and have stroll around the awesome farmers market.
Once you’ve got your fill of the market head down Main st towards Union Square and grab a Peets coffee and sit out in the square taking it all in.
By now your thinking about lunch. If you want a full service American experience get lunch @Cheesecake on the top of @Macys looking over Union Square (can be a 45min wait for an outside table so book early or accept the wait and be called via an electronic vibrating beeper). Alternatively if you are not ready for one of the biggest lunches you will experience grab a pork sandwich at the farmers market from beside the ferry building(just look for the stall with the longest queues, chickens and pork on a rotisserie – you can beat the queues by opting for the chicken over the pork).
Post lunch take in the the American shopping experience and browse around your favorite shops around Union Square.
When you’ve had enough of shopping head for a relaxing beer or cocktail(all $11) @TwentyFiveLusk (this uberly cool yet totally unpretentious bar(and also resto +added to my todo list) would look perfectly at home in any of the best ski resorts the planet has to offer).
Post an afternoon drink it’s time to think about an evening meal @cafeclaude (worth booking, outside reserved for walk-ins) where I would recommend a soupe d’oignon to start or if you are into Parmesan like @nataliamcc a caesar salad (menu helpfully sorted by price). For mains it has got to be a tartare(steak(prepared at table) or tuna(awesome gloopy Balsamico) both with quail egg and only $13!!). If you’ve got any room left for desert(I didn’t) the creme brulee looked like a winner. Awesome food accompanied by a fantastic atmosphere (live music) at a very reasonable price, it’s a total winner. Wine wise you can’t go wrong with a macon villages (a bit sacrilegious with the steak tartare but we all have our failings).
