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sandi

(Steve Pope) wrote in
:

> sandi > wrote:
>
(Steve Pope) wrote in
>
>>> There's a bunch more I could mention, particularly in the
>>> dependable/lower-cost and vegetarian categories (would have
>>> to second the recommendation for Cha-Ya in the latter, but
>>> I haven't been to the SF branch).
>
>>Please do the "dependable/lower-cost and vegetarian categories".
>>
>>Thank you.
>
> Gladly.
>
> But first let me make a minor correction to what I stated
> above -- Cha-ya, in Berkeley with a second location in
> the Mission district, is unrelated to the Chaya Brasserie
> noted by a previous poster.
>
> Cha-ya (with a - in the name) falls into the dependable,
> pretty low-cost, vegan category. Herbivore
> is good for vegan, with a very large menu, and they do well
> on about 90% of what they serve. For high-end vegan,
> there's Millenium (SF)... great cocktails and some very
> good food but they miss on a few items from time to time.
>
> For dependable, bargain-priced but limited menu lunch-only
> seafood there is Swan Oyster Depot.
>
> Most of the vegetarian chatt places in Berkeley are dependable
> and all are cheap; of these Vik's and Udupi Palace are good. I
> don't have a current recommendation for dependable low-cost
> Middle Eastern food right now. For nicer and higher-cost
> mideast I like Saha. For tacqueria-price-level Mexican, I
> really think Cancun in Berkeley is tops (unrelated
> to places of the same name in SF), but we probably
> go to Christopher's (in Albany) or Casa Latina
> (Berkeley) more often.
>
> A great bargain for brunch/lunch is Meal Ticket.
>
> I could ramble on for longer but I'll stop here.
>
> Steve

Thank you again. I hope to travel to the SF area this year or
next year, at the latest. It's nice to know some good places to go
to for good meals. :-)