600 Guerrero St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 487-2600
tartinebakery.com
Reviewed 8/30/09
I feel a little silly getting all giddy about Tartine after one croissant.
Rationale:
- I did want to write about the experience of coming to this famed bakery and offer some pointers for newbies.
- My pain au chocolat (croissant) was out of this world. (More on that later).
- NYT's Mark Bittman calls Tartine his favorite SF bakery. As if I needed to say more.
Next time I will:
- Come equipped with one friend but not more than that. (The place is tiny.) He/she ought to be dispatched to flag down a table as soon as one becomes available (or order for me while I do it). A two-person table became available just as I was leaving today, but I did not want to sit there since I was alone and it would have made me feel as though I was hogging two seats.
- Try the hot chocolate. I wanted to do that today--I had come expressly to try a pastry and enjoy a big bowl of hot chocolate but where the hell was I going to do that? There was simply no room. And I wasn't going to stand on the street corner and do it though that was certainly an option as are many things in my beloved San Francisco.
- Try the muesli. A dairy-queen's dream! Imagine muesli and toasted nuts and dried fruit in a soup of whole milk Strauss yogurt. HEAVEN. Not so good for the arteries but to enjoy Tartine requires you to abandon that mindset!
If I didn't care if my running suffered I would try the pancake-sized chocolate chip cookie, the lemon meringue cake (the delightful tufts of meringue on that cake remind me of a man's haircut) and bread pudding. OMG. These are just a fraction of the beautiful pieces of edible art on display as you wait in line. I don't know if it would be possible to stop at one bite of those things. Oh, and I would have a sandwich too.
I asked the guy who rang me up when Tartine is less mobbed. "It's always mobbed," he said.
Well, at least I'm coming equipped with more knowledge and a friend next time.
About my pain au chocolat--the best I've ever had. Crusty on the outside, silky soft and micro-layered on the inside, it's filled with bits of luxuriously smooth DARK chocolate. It's Valrhona, I think. The stuff is bittersweet as is meant to be. Enjoying this adult treat made me feel so...so....refined. Anyway, it's da bomb. I'm sure Tartine's other offerings are too.
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 487-2600
tartinebakery.com
Reviewed 8/30/09
I feel a little silly getting all giddy about Tartine after one croissant.
Rationale:
- I did want to write about the experience of coming to this famed bakery and offer some pointers for newbies.
- My pain au chocolat (croissant) was out of this world. (More on that later).
- NYT's Mark Bittman calls Tartine his favorite SF bakery. As if I needed to say more.
Next time I will:
- Come equipped with one friend but not more than that. (The place is tiny.) He/she ought to be dispatched to flag down a table as soon as one becomes available (or order for me while I do it). A two-person table became available just as I was leaving today, but I did not want to sit there since I was alone and it would have made me feel as though I was hogging two seats.
- Try the hot chocolate. I wanted to do that today--I had come expressly to try a pastry and enjoy a big bowl of hot chocolate but where the hell was I going to do that? There was simply no room. And I wasn't going to stand on the street corner and do it though that was certainly an option as are many things in my beloved San Francisco.
- Try the muesli. A dairy-queen's dream! Imagine muesli and toasted nuts and dried fruit in a soup of whole milk Strauss yogurt. HEAVEN. Not so good for the arteries but to enjoy Tartine requires you to abandon that mindset!
If I didn't care if my running suffered I would try the pancake-sized chocolate chip cookie, the lemon meringue cake (the delightful tufts of meringue on that cake remind me of a man's haircut) and bread pudding. OMG. These are just a fraction of the beautiful pieces of edible art on display as you wait in line. I don't know if it would be possible to stop at one bite of those things. Oh, and I would have a sandwich too.
I asked the guy who rang me up when Tartine is less mobbed. "It's always mobbed," he said.
Well, at least I'm coming equipped with more knowledge and a friend next time.
About my pain au chocolat--the best I've ever had. Crusty on the outside, silky soft and micro-layered on the inside, it's filled with bits of luxuriously smooth DARK chocolate. It's Valrhona, I think. The stuff is bittersweet as is meant to be. Enjoying this adult treat made me feel so...so....refined. Anyway, it's da bomb. I'm sure Tartine's other offerings are too.
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