On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:36:24 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:50:53 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> > Omelet > wrote:
>
>> >> Don't neglect Fisherman's wharf...
>> >
>> >It's very touristy. Some people like that, that's why there are so many
>> >tourists there.
>>
>> Tourists have to go somewhere! I go to tourist places when I'm in a
>> new area. Nobody is immune.
>>
>> Virtually every place Dimitri mentioned is tourist or Financial
>> District worker driven (I thought "Sam Wo" was long gone). To erase
>> the snottiness - I go to tourist places when I'm in a new area. IMO:
>> Nobody is immune.
>
>I didn't mean to be snotty, it was just a comment.

I wasn't referring to you, Dan... I was referring to my own comment.
>
>
>3. Ripoffs have high prices, bad food or both. Sam Wo's has very cheap
>prices and good (although plain) food.
>
OK, over hyped.
>
>> I didn't even know it still existed.
>> *Nobody* talks about it anymore. Apparently Herb Caen and the "upper
>> crust" of the time liked to be insulted and told to get their own
>> water. I was never intrigued by the idea of being insulted by a
>> restaurant worker, so I never went there (and won't).
>
>Edsel Fong is gone. He was old 30 years ago. I don't know if he
>trained a successor in the art of insulting customers.

My BIL (who is not a nice person and a cheap SOB to boot) loved that
place when Edsel Fong was alive. *Nothing* I heard about it ever made
me want to dine there.



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