MitchW

The pastas are quite good, albeit small (though I could definitely do without that veal tortellini with amaretto, one of the strangest pastas I've ever had (and I've had a few). Yet it is still on the menu, so I may be the only one in denial. We've sat at the bar most times we've been - only once at a table. As is usually the case, I prefer bar seats.

Yes…it’s been a few months since our last visit, but I quite like Foul Witch. Expensive, though.

Tomato/broccoli fried rice.

Gemelli pasta with sausage and broccoli.

Interestingly, I think we saw his previous farewell tour at the Garden.

Coq au Vin. Mashed potatoes.

Yep, just forgot. And a couple of people who were on tour with him back in 1975: Joan Baez - also 84 T Bone Burnett - 77

Ray Davies - 80 Neil Young - 79 Ringo Starr - 84 !!! Joe Ely - 78 (and not doing all that well) Joni Mitchell - 81 The list goes on and on...

Stir-fry of pork, broccoli, carrots with Szechuan flavors. Can you use too much ginger?

And for 82, evidently.

And piles and piles of steamed Dungeness! Once the Embarcadero Freeway came down after Loma Prieta, all bets were off; but let's be real - if you were ever there before the quake, the wharf was the wharf, but the Embarcadero was not somewhere to spend a lot of time: Unless you liked hanging out under a double decker freeway. Not quite as bad as the old West Side highway however, which was always fun...

One of my favorite barbecue restaurants anywhere is (re) opening in San Francisco, at fisherman's Wharf. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-based-soul-food-staple-to-open-at-fishermans-wharf-in-sf/ Back in the day (let's see, I lived in the Bay Area from 1978 - 1994), when both the 49ers and Giants were playing at the dearly departed Candlestick Park (man, could it get cold in that place!), E & J on 3rd St. was often a stop after a game...warily. I believe that location closed after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, and on subsequent trips to San Francisco over the years, we'd always make sure to get to the Berkeley branch, which remains open and I'm sure remains delicious. Seems like there are a bunch of changes happening at the Wharf, as Alioto's (closed for the past 5 years) will finally be coming down, and that area will be made into a pedestrian plaza. You really can't go home again.

At 82. Fairly legendary. RIP. Dance to the music, Sly!

Ummm... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hinds-tickets-1402113692799

It's a nice exhibition space and pretty cool Frank Gehry building. Saw a Mark Rothko show there earlier this year.

I wonder if the cover has anything to do with this?

Formaggio Essex carries a fair amount of salumis from Fra' Mani (and others). Mortadella from California and Italy. And a couple of really nice mozzarellas. I never have any problem with the (admittedly few) cheeses I buy from Di Palos, most of which are used for grating.

I had an itch: For crab cakes (jumbo lump). Scratched it: And these looked good when I went shopping in the morning: Steamed, with garlic slivers throughout. Served with tzatziki I'd made earlier, as well as za'atar dusted pita crisps.

Our condolences, @Mitchell101 . Glad you were somewhere that helped with your grief.

Our condolences to you and the family.

Marcella's Penne col Sugo di Funghi Coltivati. Okay, it's Penne with Mushroom Sauce, a dish I've been cooking ever since I bought the book it's in - which looks like 1987. The book is not in great shape; the recipes still are.

Exactly. I like that in the article you posted there's a reference to the Final Ward - it's a personal favorite, and the bartender who came up with it is as well.

Accept no substitutes! (Or at least call the drink something else).

As Richard Pryor once opined (and maybe not about AZ)...

No, and I'd put it way down on the list even if you were.