hidden japanese restaurant in sf?

[violet]

i remember a long time ago, reading of a hidden japanese restaurant where the owners wife waitressed and everything was written on a chalkboard and they only did like two seatings?

i swear i used to have a single webpage with a sample menu bookmarked on my laptop but i cant find it at all now. it was like a crappy little earthlink page with black background and bright green font or something equally 1996.

but i had heard really good things and im sort of desperate to track this place down again. google results have yielded results that dont sound like what im talking about. thanks.

[dudesinmexico]

I think you are talking about Tekka at 537 Balboa between 6th and 7th aves. Two suggestions: never ask for anything other than the omakase and try to go there with regulars.

[Wendy_san]

Yes, I'm sure the OP is referring to Tekka. Went there several years ago and had a great meal. Went a second time and waited for a half hour and they still hadn't opened (the owners are like that). I recall that Patricia Unterman publicized the place in an article in the SF Chron's Sunday magazine a long time ago. I happened to be in the neighborhood the other day and saw that the place still exists.

[tomritza]

yes, sounds like Kappa, one of my favorite restaurants in SF
Here is their website

http://www.kapparestaurant.com/

[Melanie Wong]

What are your favorites at Kappa? We haven't heard many details for a long time.

[loremipsum]

We've posted our pictures from Kappa on Flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/loremipsum/s...

They're all delicious!

[TheFuzzy]

Violet,

You could be describing two places I know of. 108B Carl Street (actual name is Hama-Ko, but you couldn't tell from the outside), is a husband/wife place with no menu. No-Name Sushi on Church is a well-known hole-in-the wall which uses a chalkboard menu.

Also, for great hole-in-the-wall non-sushi Japanese food, try Balboa Sushi House on Balboa between 5th & 6th.

[violet]

oh, rad! hama-ko is the one i was thinking of, im almost positive. thanks so much.

[Melanie Wong]

Maybe you're thinking of Kappa in SF's Japantown?