pinecrest diner in union square is open 24/7 starting on Thursday night. It hits the spot for greasy spoon diner. The patty melt is actually pretty fire, since they reopened after their remodel the food is surprisingly better.
I’m such a sucker for raising canes and I’m so stoked its open late, happy that the one in Daly City isn’t bonkers all the time.
Los Yucatecos in the TL, great panuchos and salbutes. it’s open til midnight and food is very consistent.
Okay King’s Thai #2 on Clement is also open til midnight and it hits the spot for that average thai-american restaurant. The pad kee mao is very good.
tacos el charro in the mission is pretty good..salsas are better than average. I’ve spent many a late night there after service. sometimes you gotta switch it up and get a torta there. speaking of tortas, the el farolito torta is only $10 still and pretty okay.
cocobang > 707 sutter > toyose. budae jigae hits the spot and everything is seasoned af.
abv obviously right, the burger is good, the cocktails are great. yuuuuge fan of the tarragon drink there.
late night places that I have regretted eating, the hot trash report
-The Melt on market, unseasoned fries, their signature sauce is just weird
-Taqueria Vallarta: I used to be a regular there because I liked how wet the inside of the burritos were but 3 times in a row I got undercooked beans and I never went back.
-Mr. Szechuan: white people love this spot but the food is somewhere between Chinese and Chinese American and I don’t know what to make of it. Tried a couple things, eggplant was like candy sweet and one of their soups tasted like MSG water.
-SF Hole in the Wall Pizza: hot trash and gave me food poisoning
-Buster’s Cheesesteaks: fryer oil viscosity is like refrigerated maple syrup
-One Bite in the Castro: It has surprisingly good reviews for what amounts to really mediocre shawarma and since they don’t have a hood in there, they have those ventless hoods that don’t really work that well so you come out reeking of fryer oil…and since they don’t have a hot line they kind of just build the wrap cold then cook it for like 15 minutes on the plancha and everything gets hot inside including the sauce and pickles. It was really bad.
