LawTalkers - Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
So here is a list of places suggested by my client for a client dinner in SF later this month:

Gary Danko, Slanted Door, Bacar, Michael Mina

I know there has been discussion of Gary Danko here before (overrated?), but any opinions on it or the others? Assume that the firm is picking up the tab... And that at least some diners are not meat eaters (other than seafood).

I don't think Gary Danko is overrated, but they have stuck with the same menu for far too long.

Slanted Door is way too fashionable of late, and way too loud. If your clients are 30-something semi-hipsters, maybe. Otherwise, not.

Bacar I have not been too in ages, so can't help.

Michael Mina is very, very precious. That said, the food is good and it would probably be a good place to take clients. You can laugh at the waiters who talk about "Michael" and how "Michael conceives of this" and "Michael says that" as if they are repeating to you what Michael leaned down to whisper to them while they were blowing him in the kitchen.

LessinSF

02-06-2006 06:55 PM

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Gary Danko - excellent - one of 9 four-star restaurants in SF, but very very pricey.

Slanted Door, best high-end Vietnamese in town. Wonderful location in the Ferry Building on the bay. Hard to get reservations.

Bacar - I haven't had the food - only wine, but have heard that it is good, but overpriced. Phenomenal wine list, though.

Michael Mina- haven't been.

Find reviews of all of them at http://www.sfgate.com/food/

Sidd Finch

02-06-2006 06:56 PM

Restaurant Questions

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Originally posted by LessinSF
Find reviews of all of them at http://www.sfgate.com/food/

Don't be an idiot. If she wanted anonymous reviews from internet posters, she wouldn't be asking here.

notcasesensitive

02-06-2006 08:38 PM

Restaurant Questions

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Originally posted by LessinSF
Gary Danko - excellent - one of 9 four-star restaurants in SF, but very very pricey.

Slanted Door, best high-end Vietnamese in town. Wonderful location in the Ferry Building on the bay. Hard to get reservations.

Bacar - I haven't had the food - only wine, but have heard that it is good, but overpriced. Phenomenal wine list, though.

Michael Mina- haven't been.

Find reviews of all of them at http://www.sfgate.com/food/

Thanks for the input. I think we're going to try Michael Mina. Perhaps we'll make a drinking game out of how many times the waiters refer to Michael and his vision during dinner.

Any SF-area GA's up for meeting for drinks on Saturday night 2/25 with Mr Man and I?

Spanky

02-06-2006 09:11 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I really hate you sometimes.

Hey Flinty - what was the name of those potato chips we were all enjoying before we were violated by Sidd.

Gattigap

02-06-2006 09:30 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Spanky
Hey Flinty - what was the name of those potato chips we were all enjoying before we were violated by Sidd.

There wasn't much evidence remaining afterwards. After somebody licked the inside of the bag for the crumbs, I think Sidd filled the bag with the cash and left with it.

LessinSF

02-06-2006 10:00 PM

Restaurant Questions

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Thanks for the input. I think we're going to try Michael Mina. Perhaps we'll make a drinking game out of how many times the waiters refer to Michael and his vision during dinner.

Any SF-area GA's up for meeting for drinks on Saturday night 2/25 with Mr Man and I?

I'm sure we can get some people together.

Spanky

02-06-2006 10:48 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Gattigap
There wasn't much evidence remaining afterwards. After somebody licked the inside of the bag for the crumbs, I think Sidd filled the bag with the cash and left with it.

May he rot in hell.

Flinty_McFlint

02-06-2006 11:14 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Spanky
Hey Flinty - what was the name of those potato chips we were all enjoying before we were violated by Sidd.

Baked Lays. Ba-dum-dum.

dtb	02-07-2006 11:16 AM

Restaurant Questions

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Any SF-area GA's up for meeting for drinks on Saturday night 2/25 with Mr Man and I?

[Gasp] PRETTY LADY!!!!

Sidd Finch

02-07-2006 01:01 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Spanky
May he rot in hell.

Oh, don't be such a whiner. You probably managed to pick up another 100 pounds of venison on the way home.

I am prepared, by the way, to host the next game later this month, as Mrs. Finch and the Siddlings will be out of town. Takers?

Gattigap

02-07-2006 01:16 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Oh, don't be such a whiner. You probably managed to pick up another 100 pounds of venison on the way home.

I am prepared, by the way, to host the next game later this month, as Mrs. Finch and the Siddlings will be out of town. Takers?

Yeah. PM me the date, and I'll try to come up.

LessinSF

02-07-2006 03:36 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Sure. You could even pick the night NCS was here.

J. Fred Muggs

02-07-2006 06:44 PM

Live in Palo Alto!

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Baked Lays. Ba-dum-dum.

Baked Ruffles! Dum-Dum