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It's a little outside bay area, but if you are willing to make the drive or happen to be in Napa, hands down best B&G I've had in Northern CA is at Soscol Cafe. Like a true trustworthy diner, they are only open until 2 pm. As for SF, Toast on Church has good sausage gravy (served with chicken fried steak), but no biscuits!
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Since you said you are willing to drive, Southern Kitchen in Los Gatos has the best biscuits and gravy I have ever had. Big, heavy and delicious. Their french toast is similarly huge, rich and fantastic. If you eat there for breakfast, be prepared to be disabled for the rest of the day. But it's worth it.
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Ruth Lafler
Feb 17, 2008 06:03 PM
I went to Hob Nob in Alameda this morning, and when I ordered the biscuits and gravy, the waitress said they were good, "the chef's from Texas." Two excellent biscuits smothered in white gravy that I thought could have used more sausage but was otherwise good. They came with home fries that were an excellent example of the genre: well-browned cubes of potato with just a few thin strings of pepper and onions.
I'd never been to Hob Nob before, and it's really a nice concept: a causal place to hang out for people of all ages -- there's are shelves packed with games in the back -- good food and a full bar (including a Bloody Mary bar at brunch).
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I know it's long gone, but I was hoping to share my grief with anyone who may have experienced the same little part of heaven: Crescent City Cafe on Haight near Masonic. Any one?
Amazing B&G! The gravy was actually brown b/c of all the sausage drippings, not the pale paste you find at many places. The gravy covered the biscuits, winking at me with the tiny droplets of hot sauce which balanced the luscious fat and salt from the hunks of sausage. And all this, I would wash down with heavy, old-school diner mugs of strong chicory coffee.
oh, the memories...
Has anybody found B&G like the CCC?
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Take yourself to the Garden Court Cafe & Bakery in Glen Ellen (a few miles north of Sonoma) and have their “Granny’s sausage and gravy - with 2 biscuits”, either alone ($6.50) or with two eggs and potatoes or grits ($10.50). It's large enough for two people unless you're a really big eater and the best biscuits and gravy I've ever had.
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ChowFun_derek
Feb 11, 2008 08:01 AM
Went to HOME on Market and 14th yesterday with a group for brunch...I had eggs benedict which were ethereal (how do they get the poached so 'fluffy'!??) ...however the 2 others who had the biscuits and gravy were not happy with them...I ordered a side of biscuits which were really leaden...the chocolate banana bread which were placed on all tables was terrific..and they have a "Bloody Mary Bar" about 10 feet long...(cost $4.00) service was efficient and very welcoming...
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ChowFun_derek
Feb 13, 2008 08:44 AM
I think I meant ...tender....the insides were perfectly runny, but the whites were much lighter...this (fluffy?!) texture may very well result from the whites not being in contact with a metal egg holder used for poaching eggs..but as hill food says...probably comes from poaching an egg freely floating in water alone...
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grishnackh
Feb 9, 2008 05:09 PM
A good friend of mine swears by the biscuits and gravy at Le Bateau Ivre in Berkeley.
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Xiao Yang
Feb 9, 2008 11:23 AM
Tablehopper reported back in December that a reincarnation of Joanna Karlinksy's Meetinghouse (of biscuits fame) was in the works, but I haven't heard anything since. I'm curious if she will get her former loyal customers back. (When she closed the earlier Meetinghouse, she didn't really burn her bridges, but then again she didn't exactly seismically retrofit them, either.)
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ChowFun_derek
Feb 10, 2008 07:42 AM
Joanna's working on the space on Van Ness that used to house Habana..and other restaurants that didn't remain very long...however if you remember her biscuits they can be bought and delivered to your home...(I have a box now in my freezer...very 'short' and altogether addictive..)
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That's where I've gotten them, but not for a year or more so my info could be outdated.
Elite Cafe had the best gravy and biscuits that I've had in SF. I don't know if they have an actual dish of them; I remember ordering biscuits as a side and gravy as a side and putting it together, which really scratched the itch.
Prices are high, but sit at the bar with a greyhound, coffee, a side of biscuits and a side of gravy, and most would be happy.
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I have yet to find any decent biscuits & gravy in SF, but it depends on what you like. I'm partial to white country style sausage gravy (with lots of black pepper). I've tried Kate's, and it was passable, but not good. I've also tried Ella's (don't know if they still serve it), which was red gravy. Meetinghouse used to have a decent version, but it was awfully precious with tiny little biscuits. Olympic Cafe (in the tenderloin) has it, but it's not good. Don't recall if Pork Store has it, but they do have good biscuits. The best I've had in the greater Bay Area were at Cat's Incredible Cafe in Aptos. YUMMY.
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I just tried the biscuits & gravy at St. Francis Fountain on 24th Street, and it was pretty good. It could have used a little more sausage in the gravy, and the biscuits were more bready than light/fluffy, but still... not bad for SF. I forgot to mention in my earlier posting that I also tried the B&G at Stacks on Hayes. Don't bother. They clearly don't get it.
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hohokam
Feb 8, 2008 01:50 PM
Ixnay on Ateskay, I say. Unless they've changed their gravy recipe, I would skip their B&G. I was with a friend who ordered it one morning. The presentation consisted of a soup bowl filled with gravy that was green with some resinous-tasting herb (sage?) with the biscuit floating in the middle.
My friend and I both grew up in the American South (albeit at opposite ends), and neither of us recognized the dish as the B&G that we were accustomed to. Frankly, I found it inedible.
Maybe I'm hidebound about this, but I would only recommend the B&G at Kate's to those who feel a burning need to see/taste for themselves.
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nicedragonboy
Feb 8, 2008 08:15 AM
DeClancy's Welcome Table in Oakland might.
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