Food near BART

[rworange]

There are periodically questions about food near BART stations.

Looking for something else, I came across this site which lists business near BART including restaurants.
http://baybart.net/eastbaymap.html

Unfortunately it isn't very comprehensive, but a start

BART also has maps with restaurants, but again .. not too comprehensive and some of the places are quite a bit away. Here's the Fruitvale Station. Select restaurant from the drop down list and you will see what I mean.
http://www.bart.gov/stations/ftvl/neighborhood.aspx

Maybe this would be a good catch all thread for good restaurants and food shops within walking distance of BART Stations.

Since I was hanging around West Oakland recently, I put together this list of food near the West Oakland BART station.
http://www.chow.com/lists/14648

[timeo]

I recently started an internship at the SF Airport and so I've been hunting for cheap and delicious dinner stop-overs before going home near North Oakland. I like "ethnic" eats and dine mostly by myself, so my list primarily consists of places that are good for that. I also really only go around 6PM so I have no idea if these stay open much later......hopefully, this will be useful for someone!

24th Mission:
La Taqueria (Mexican) - great tacos
El Farolito (Mexican) - carnitas plate is the bomb
Latin American Club (bar) - no food here, but a great place for happy hour with friends (try the margaritas!)

16th Mission:
Pakwan (Pakistani) - decent tandoori chicken tikka
The Sycamore (bar w/ snacks) - yummy sliders! and they have a decent selection of beers (eg. Dogfish Head 90 min IPA)

Civic Center:
Thai House Express (Thai) - the khao ka moo is super tender and flavourful
Burmese Kitchen (Burmese) - I like their pork curry as well as their spicy fish
Lers Ros (Thai) - duck laarb!
Sai Jai Thai (Thai) - pork neck!
Canto do Brazil (Brazilian) - a little farther away (just w. of Van Ness), but great lunch specials (Feijoada on Fridays!)

12th Street Oakland:
8th Street Cafe (Cantonese) - more of a great value place than a great restaurant. BIG and decent $5 rice plates w/ soup. The papaya milkshake and fresh watermelon juice are $2.25 and $1.52 respectively. Kind of a steal.
The Trappist (beer bar) - an amazing selection of beer.
Phnom Penh (Cambodian) - just went yesterday for the first time. The Oakland public librarian who suggested it to me did not lie - the grilled chicken with lemongrass spices was fabulous
Gum Kuo (Cantonese) - a respectable HK style milk tea. The bok choy + chicken that I had was okay, a tad too sweet but I hear their cheung fun (not really dinner) is pretty solid

I was wondering if anyone knew of great Filipino places near the BART stations in the Peninsula. I'm thinking San Bruno BART and north...

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Thai House Express
901 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94109

La Taqueria
2889 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Gum Kuo Restaurant
388 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Phnom Penh Restaurant
3912 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619

Latin American Club
3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA

Sai Jai Thai Restaurant
771 Ofarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109

[Robert Lauriston]

Try the food at the Trappist. It's way better than you'd expect for a beer bar.

[timeo]

Last time I went, some friends got a grilled cheese sandwich which they said was good (didn't try it myself). Any other suggestions for the menu?

[Robert Lauriston]

There's a Reuben under some other name, it's very good.

[wolfe]

Recent post seems to fit your request depending on what you consider near.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/796589

[timeo]

Yeah...a 30 minute walk seems a little far from Millbrae BART. These Peninsula cities really should work on their transit-oriented development.

[wolfe]

The google map shows a local bus that takes 19 minutes to make the same trip but it is probably only one way.:-)

[Robert Lauriston]

None of the Filipino places I've been to are near San Bruno BART, but there are some not far from there.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=filipino+restaurant+near+san+bruno,+ca&hl=en&fb=1&gl=us&z=14

They're mostly along El Camino, which has a number of SamTrans buses.

There are also a bunch along Mission St. near Daly City BART:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=filipin...

[savannahh]

Any recommendations for restaurants near San Leandro BART? Meeting a friend and driving further east. Need an early dinner and can drive.

[Robert Lauriston]

There's really nothing right at BART. Daimo, Luke's, and Vo's are relatively close.

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Daimo Chinese Restaurant
1456 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94577

Luke's Grill
1509 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94577

Vo's Restaurant
277 Parrott St, San Leandro, CA 94577

[Ruth Lafler]

Along Davis there are several strip malls with restaurants, however I'm not aware of any reports on any of them (good or bad). The Creekside Bistro has good reviews on Yelp (for what that's worth).

[Robert Lauriston]

Korean BBQ (formerly Ohgane) is good.

[Ruth Lafler]

Link for Korean BBQ:

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Korean Bbq
1292 Davis St, San Leandro, CA 94577

[ML8000]

Try Taqueria Los Pericos.

It's a small local mom and pop chain. It's casual but it's as good as any taqueria in the East Bay.

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Taqueria Los Pericos
101 Pelton Center Way, San Leandro, CA 94577

[kc72]

Noticed Los Pericos was really busy one time when I went to Le Soleil. Will have to try Los Pericos the next time I watch a game at the Englander

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Le Soleil
1515 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94577

[The Chowhound Team]

We've removed several off-topic posts debating what is appropriate to include in this thread. Please limit the discussion here to restaurant recommendations.

[rworange]

Debating what may or may not be near to some is off topic. However, I want to clarify when I started this topic I was talking about a three block radius at most. Only those restaurants will get added to the lists I have created.

[redrover]

I look forward to seeing those lists--they will be useful. Perhaps at some point someone else will want to build lists with a broader radius.

[rworange]

The links are at the top of the posts. They have many of the suggestions from this thread. At the time I started them, something went wrong with the list function and I never picked up on it again. Currently there was a new list bug so .. sigh.

I'll see what's happening after the Sept 15 release.

Anyone can create their own list. It is not as evident because some insane ... and I mean truly mentally ill .. spammers took over the function so it no longer has a prominant place on the site. There is still a link to create lists on your profile page.

Here's the link to site-wide lists
http://www.chow.com/lists

[steve h.]

"Food near Bart" is best explored from the San Francisco/Embarcadero Station side. It's a target-rich environment when you get above ground: Ferry Plaza, Tadich, Perbacco/Barbacco, Yank Sing, Bix, Boulevard, and so on. Oakland/Berkeley requires a car to enjoy the bounty of the East Bay.

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Bix
56 Gold St., San Francisco, CA 94133

Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[majordanby]

"Oakland/Berkeley requires a car to enjoy the bounty of the East Bay"

Or a bike

[steve h.]

I like the East Bay (newbie that I am) and I love mass transit (my record speaks for itself). Distance in Oakland is more travel-intensive than downtown San Francisco. Oakland/Berkeley is an area that covers a lot of square miles with so-so mass transit. I have no problems calling a cab after popping up at a BART station. Bike? That implies a residence. I'm a (frequent) visitor.

[majordanby]

all that you say is more or less true. but, other than a few areas, primarily around the mission, sf is pretty hard to get around in with a bike. i find that berkeley and oakland are more bike friendly, hence you can access places beyond the one half mile radius redrover mentions above. and other than high commute times, you can board bart with a bike. in fact, there have already been 2 taco truck bike tours in oakland, with both crews meeting at the lake merritt bart. i guess im just promoting bike use in your chow tours.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/668605

[JasmineG]

I don't think that's true at all. There's a lot of great food in Oakland and Berkeley in walking distance from BART. You have all of Oakland Chinatown, all of Rockridge (A Cote, Wood Tavern, Oliveto), everything in Uptown, so Pican, Lukas, Hibiscus, Downtown Oakland, etc. The only restaurant heavy parts of Oakland or Berkeley that aren't an easy walk from BART are Temescal, Piedmont Ave and the Gourmet Ghetto, but even those are just a longer walk or an easy bus ride.

And I also don't think that Embarcadero is the best food near BART station -- plenty of good stuff there, sure, but either of the Mission Stations is pretty chow rich, and more interesting than the financial district.

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Wood Tavern
6317 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618

Pican Restaurant
2295 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612

Oliveto Restaurant
5655 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618

[steve h.]

hi jasmine,
Embarcadero and environs is pretty good. I wasn't knocking Oakland, just saying that getting around San Francisco is a bit easier from a mass-transit perspective.

[redrover]

Getting around on transit is easier in San Francisco--San Francisco is one of the most transit-rich cities in the United States. But in terms of this thread, there are a number of East Bay BART stations with good food options within a short walk. There's Downtown Berkeley, Macarthur, 19th St., 12th St., Lake Merritt, Fruitvale, and Union City (though the walking environment there isn't real good) on the Richmond-Fremont line. There's Rockridge and Lafayette on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line. Then there are stations that don't have a whole bunch of nearby places, but have a few--like Sweet Adeline bakery near Ashby BART. The same would apply for Orinda.

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Sweet Adeline
3350 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA

[Caitlin McGrath]

But BART serves pretty limited areas of San Francisco, so if you want to get to other good food neighborhoods - say, the Richmond for Chinese - you must walk or look to other public transit, in this case, a bus. And it's doable. Well, the same is true in Oakland and Berkeley. There's lots near BART, but the rest is not too hard to get to on foot or by bus. Some of us live here without cars, and we don't give up lots of options because of it.

[JasmineG]

I disagree for the purposes of this thread -- there are a lot more great food places in San Francisco that are completely inaccessible by BART than there are in the East Bay. In Berkeley and Oakland, you can go to probably at least 70% of the most chow worthy places with an easy walk from a BART station, but that's not at all the same in San Francisco. The Richmond, the Marina, Nopa, many places in Noe Valley, and lots more are either a really long walk from, or are almost impossible to get to, if you're just counting on BART. If you're counting Muni, then that's different, but then AC Transit gets into the loop in the East Bay. Getting around the East Bay is pretty easy from a mass transit perspective, you just have to learn a whole different mass transit system.

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Nopa
560 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117

[c oliver]

From the Stockton/Powell Bart station, the J Church runs right above BART. The 38 Geary and the 30 Stockton are crazy close. Those three alone will get you to the Mission, Noe Valley, Chinatown, North Beach, and on and on and on.

[JasmineG]

But this thread is about food near BART, not food near public transportation.

[Robert Lauriston]

Most Berkeley-Oakland foodie destinations are within a half-mile of a BART station and very few are more than a mile. If you're used to getting around on foot and public transit, that's no big deal.

[redrover]

Even some areas that you might think are from BART aren't. Fourth St., for example, is less than a mile from North Berkeley BART. The ugliest walk might be El Cerrito Plaza to Pacific East Mall, but even that's not so far. San Francisco's set up differently--if you wanted to do a parallel thread you could like at the Muni Metro light rail lines.

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Pacific East
3288 Pierce St # M126, Richmond, CA

El Cerrito Plaza
San Pablo Ave and Fairmount Ave, El Cerrito, CA

[Robert Lauriston]

There's a pupusa place by West Oakland BART.

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Comalapa Restaurant
1498 7th St, Oakland, CA 94607

[J T]

El Cerrito Del Norte: Sawad Dee Thai Restaurant (nice sitdown Thai, good curries), Chirag Indian Cuisine and Chaat Corner (buffet or made to order this no frills hole in the wall does quite a nice job at either), Anna's Place (nice clean breakfast and lunch, good prices).

[redrover]

A 1/2 mile radius would be a good distance, it's considered to be about the maximum distance that most people will walk to a train station. It's roughly equivalent to a 10 minute walk.

There's a lot around 19th St. Oakland BART, including (lunchtime) Bakesale Betty and Trueburger.

Great thread, RW Orange and folks. Not counting the airport, there are 42 BART stations, by my count people named places around 22. I see that this is a year old thread. If anybody wanted to revive it the missing stations are Richmond, North Berkeley, Lake Merritt, Coliseum, San Leandro, Bayfair, Hayward, South Hayward, Castro Valley, Dublin/Pleasanton, Pleasant Hill, North Concord, Pittsburg/Bay Point, Balboa Park, Daly City, Colma, San Bruno, South San Francisco, and Millbrae.

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Bakesale Betty
5098 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609

Trueburger
146 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94612

[Ruth Lafler]

There's been quite a bit of discussion about the various HK-style Chinese restaurants near the Millbrae station (usually in conjunction with talking about places near SFO).

There's not much around the Coliseum station: a place across the street that has had various incarnations (burgers, BBQ, etc.) none of them very good. It's also not a neighborhood where people feel comfortable walking.

The Lake Merritt station is walking distance from Oakland Chinatown and also some of the places east of Jack London Square.

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Jack London Square
70 Washington St # 207, Oakland, CA

[Melanie Wong]

Well, it could be considered a 2-block walk to get out of the Millbrae BART station to the city street, so I guess that eliminates Hong Kong Flower Lounge/Mayflower plus the many other Chinese options that are walking distance (less than 0.5 miles) but more than 3-blocks from the station by rworange's definition. But for visitors passing through SFO, take heart, many airport travelers have no trouble walking to HKFL from the BART station along the line of sight to the restaurant. And the restaurant personnel are responsive when you tell them you have a plane to catch.

[rworange]

Getting to read this a little late in the thread, I want to clarify that my original intent in this post was food within 2 blocks of Bart, 3 at most. When lists gets fixed I will be updating the links and will only include restaurants within a 3 block radius

[Morton the Mousse]

Great thread

Embarcadero: Mixt Greens, Boccalone, Kokkari, Sense

Powell: Out the Door

Civic Center: Heaven's Dog

16th St: Bar Tartine, Monk's Kettle

12th St: Tamarindo

[Ruth Lafler]

Sense = Sens?

For some BART stations, how far you have to walk depends on where you exit -- for example, Embarcadero BART has exits almost two blocks apart.

Embarcadero: Town Hall, RN74 (Fremont St. exit)

[3ringcircus]

Here's places that I have personally tried within a few blocks of Concord BART... my husband has worked at an office between Concord BART and Todos Santos Plaza for the past 10 years.

1) Taqueria El Farolito 6... on Grant St. Ambiance is terrible, but very good taqueria eats.

2) Suwa, a Japanese restaurant on the corner of Salvio and Mt. Diablo. Authenic homestyle Japanese food.

3) Korean Bulgogi House, on Salvio between Galindo and Mt. Diablo... good Korean food, not as good as Korea House down in the Park and Shop, but still good.

4) Wuong Luang Thai Cuisine, on Mt. Diablo next to Peets, has great Pad Thai if you're into Pad Thai.

5) Skippolinis Pizza, on the corner of Galindo and Salvio. Good pizza, nothing gourmet, but good. This location has a nicer interior than the Walnut Creek location.

6) I (heart) Teriyaki, on Salvio in the Brenden Theater complex. Good teriyaki, decent sushi, but a somewhat limited menu.

If you're willing to go a little farther, there is a good Korean restaurant and 2 good Pho places in the Park and Shop... one of the pho places (Saigon Bistro) has awesome Banh Mi.

[Marc Wallace]

I bet some folks here could easily flesh out the Oakland Fruitvale BART station area? (it's been too long since I have been down there)

[Caitlin McGrath]

Others for the Berkeley station: Venus and La Note

Macarthur: Aunt Mary's Kitchen

I don't think rworange has a list for Fruitvale yet. Tons of options around there.

[kabocha]

How about Pleasant Hill BART. My hubby had to take a job out there and he really misses lunch time south of Market in SF. Any ideas for places within walking distance form Pleasant Hill BART? (of course, we know it takes about 20 minutes just to cross an intersection on foot there!)

[DiveFan]

...{crickets}.....
I'll be surprised if anyone comes up with chow-worthy places close to Pleasant Hill or Walnut Creek BART.

OTOH if you find yourself in Orinda, try out Turquoise (Mediterranean) or the new Pizzeria Amoroma across the street. The pizza at the latter is actually THIN (not sure if 'New York' thin) and superior quality; the one we had with goat cheese, sausage and red onion was darn good. La Piazza and Shelby's also serve better than average pizza and have had staying power, must be the competition even more than the convenience factor.
Europa has been good for sandwiches but I haven't been in a while.

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Turquoise Mediterranean Grill
70 Moraga Way, Orinda, CA 94563

Pizzeria Amoroma
65 Moraga Way, Orinda, CA 94563

[3ringcircus]

To be completely honest, you're right on Walnut Creek BART... there's really nothing chow worthy within a couple of blocks, but if one is to utilize the Free Ride shuttle in Downtown WC, you can get most anywhere between WC BART and Broadway Plaza.

I can think of only one place within 2-3 blocks of WC BART, and that's Skippolinis Pizza. It's not that super thin pizza crust kind of pizza, but it's good pizza.

[3ringcircus]

I'll bite... I live in the neighborhood.

On the corner of Sunnyvale Ave and N. Main, there's a tiny Japanese restaurant called Nama Sushi that is pretty good.

That's the only good place I can think of within walking distance, unless you like overpriced, mediocre BBQ like Back Forty.

[hhc]

more to add from this post & others:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/631196

Montgomery Bart: Paladar Cafe Cubano, Muracci, Irish Bank Bar, Coi, Gitane, B44, Zinnia

Embarcadero Bart: Waterbar. Red's Java House

Powell Bart: Theatre Too Cafe, Pearl's Delux Burgers

Downtown Berkeley Bart: Chick-O-Pea, Pie-In-The-Sky, Cyprus, Yogurt Harmony, Almare Gelato, Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen, Bobby G's Pizzeria, Chez Panisse, Brazil Fresh Squeeze Cafe, Poulet, Love At First Bite, Gregoire, Guerilla Cafe, Masse's Bakery

When I was at Ashby Bart on Sat I saw at the flea market: Daniel's Caribbean Kitchen- anyone try it? Plus, there was also El Taco Oaxaco

[Robert Lauriston]

El Taco Oaxaco unfortunately turned out not to have any Oaxacan food.

[benchow]

Any good places at the montgomery station?

[sfbing]

Sentinel for sandwiches at Mongomery. Also Ame and the places on Belden Lane. Muracci's for curry. Hon's won tun house might be pushing it, although I walk from Montgomery.

[benchow]

Thanks! I heard muracci's is awesome, but never been.

[DiveFan]

Great topic!
BTW do you have a criteria for 'close walking distance'? How about 1/2 mile radius?

Besides Kopitiam in Lafayette, I'd also suggest Swad.

In 30 minutes I'm off to Concord, no list for there yet ?

[sfbing]

Wat Mongkolaram at Ashby Station
Pyungchang Tofu House at MacArthur (well, I used to walk from there. I'm not sure other people would....)

[Melanie Wong]

Yes, Seoul Gom Tang and several good Korean places are near Macarthur. A little further walk will take you to Barlata, Dona tomas, etc.

[Robert Lauriston]

Wat Mongkolratanaram is a church, they sell food only on Sundays from 10am until 1pm.

[Caitlin McGrath]

Near 16th and Mission, I would add Ti Couz creperie, one of the few places in the Bay Area that has savory buckwheat crepes (galettes in French parlance), and the Breton ciders to go with; and across the street from it, Truly Mediterranean for great falafel and shwarma.

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Ti Couz Creperie
3108 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Truly Mediterranean
3109 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

[rworange]

Added them. Thanks

[hhc]

As a frequent Bart rider I love this thread:

Union City Bart: Mr Kebab, Bakery La Mejor, Gulistan Restaurant, New China, Little Sheep, Little Shen Yang, Jenjon's Cafe, Little Potato, Banyan Tree

Embarcadero Bart: Osha Thai, La Mar, Ferry Building, Epic Roasthouse, Town's End, Boulevard, One Market Restaurant, Slanted Door, Perbacco

Montgomery: Ame

Lafayette Bart: Kopitiam

Fremont Bart: Shalimar

24th St Bart: Tortas Los Picudos, Mission Pie, Anthony's Cookies, Spork, Delfina, Dosa on Valencia, La Palma Mexicatessen, Range, Udupi Palace

Civic Center Bart: Hayes & Kebab, Sebo, Il Borgo, Turtle Tower, Thai House Express, Lers Ros Thai, Larkin Express Burmese Kitchen, Sai Jai Thai, Naan-N-Curry, Sultan, New Delhi Indian Restaurant

Glen Park Bart: Gialina Pizzeria

12th St Bart: Battambang

[rworange]

Thanks so much. I think I got them all, but I left a few out due to distance.

Food near BART - Civic Center Station
http://www.chow.com/places/54780

Food near BART - Embarcadero Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14677

La Mar is too much of a walk, especially with so many other restaurants nearby As much as I like it, ditto for Town’s End.

For the 24th St station, Delfina and Range was pushing it distance-wise. I left Tacos Los Picudos, Spork Udupi and Dosa, but if closer restaurants show up and room runs out, they will be the first to get bumped.
Food near BART - Fremont Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14679

Food near BART - Glen Park Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14678

Food near BART - Lafayette Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14680

Food near BART - Union City Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14681

Lists will not let me enter Jenjon's Café. I’ll try again later

[Melanie Wong]

Google map is wrong for La Mar. It's only a block past the Ferry Building and not far at all from the Embarcadero BART station.

Delfina is closer to the 16th St station.

[Robert Lauriston]

Try Jen Jon's Cafe.

[realspear]

Everything in Glen Park is near BART. This means that Le P'tit Laurent and Chenery Park are close as well as Gialiana, which is the only one on the list. Higher Grounds serves brunch and is also there.

[SarahKC]

I had a wonderful bahn mi at Viking's Giant Submarines which is right across from the Glen Park BART station. I'd also throw Tyger's pancakes into the mix.

[Robert Lauriston]

New Delhi is closer to Powell St BART. What do you like there? I had a pretty dismal and relatively expensive meal there. It is one of the few Indian restaurants in SF with a full bar.

Kopitiam is worth the trip. Great place.

[Melanie Wong]

Sultan and the O'Farrel location of N n Curry are much closer to the Powell St station than Civic Center.

Gyro King and Heaven's Dog for Civic Center.

Lafayette station is close to Lily's House, El Jarro, and Chow.

Humphrey Slocombe and Beretta for 24th St.

[Mr_Happy]

Food I like near 24th Street Mission: El Farolito (burritos, quesadilla suiza), Taqueria San Jose (only tried some al pastor tacos there but it was pretty good), Phat Philly (wagyu cheesesteaks!)

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Taqueria San Jose
2830 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Farolito Taqueria
2779 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Phat Philly
3388 24th St, San Francisco, CA

[rworange]

Thanks

Food near BART - 24th St Mission Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14672

[SFDude]

You are barely scratching the surface of good stuff near the 24th and Mission BART Station. I would add Foreign Cinema, Lolos, Boogalos, Zaytoon, Garcon, Big Mouth Burger, B3, Papalote, La Provence, Aslam's

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Foreign Cinema
2534 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110

La Provence
1001 Guerrero St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Zaytoon
1136 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Big Mouth Burgers
3392 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[Robert Lauriston]

Places I think of when I want someplace near BART:

12th St Oakland: Legendary Palace, Shanghai, Spices!3, Trappist

16th & Mission: Pauline's Pizza, Poc-Chuc

19th St Oakland: Cafe Van Kleef's, Flora, Franklin Square Wine Bar, Luka's, Vo's

24th & Mission: Old Jerusalem

Downtown Berkeley: Anh Hong, Corso, Great China, Jayakarta, Ryowa Ramen, Turkish Kitchen

Macarthur: Chef Yu's, Dan Sung Sa, Seoul Gom Tang

Montgomery: Paladar, TWO

Rockridge: À Côté, Oliveto

[Robert Lauriston]

Forgot a new favorite:

12th St Oakland: B Restaurant, Legendary Palace, Shanghai, Spices!3, Trappist

[rworange]

Thanks

Food near BART - 12th St City Center Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14660

Food near BART - 16th St Mission Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14661

Food near BART - 19th St Oakland Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14663

Food near BART - Downtown Berkeley Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14664

Food mear BART - Montgomery St Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14666

Food near BART - Rockridge Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14667

I'm still working on the 24th St list

[wolfe]

I can hardly wait to see what makes the El Cerrito Plaza short list.

[rworange]

Not really short lists. The good, the bad, the ugly. Depends on what people provide. If the 25 list limit gets reached then I'll start culling off the least worthy ... unless something is really, really despicable ... then it will stay in there as a warning.

I'll bet you never heard of Annie's Cafe in El Cerrito cuz I never did until I was trying to search for Al's and came across it. In a rock climbing place
http://www.chow.com/places/54715

I didn't put it in though because I'm trying to decide if I want to add Pacific East Mall. It is more of a trek than I'm planning for these, but then again

Food near BART - El Cerrito Plaza Station
http://www.chow.com/lists/14676

[J T]

I'll throw my two cents in on El Cerrito Plaza.
Al's Big Burger - Their burgers cooked over a small wood-fired pit are pretty tasty

[klyeoh]

More at 12th St Oakland: Tamarindo Antojeria, Peony, Cock-a-Doodle. A bit further away - La Furia Chalaca.