Beef Tar Tar

[village hunter]

I am looking for some good beef tar tar or an interesting raw beef dish.. Pref not at a sushi place.

Any recs in the bay area?

Thanks!

[maigre]

Lots of Ethiopian restaurants have have a dish called kitfo (IIRC) that's often prepared raw.

[Robert Lauriston]

Yeah, I like Cafe Colucci's a lot. I like the version with innards even more, but nobody else ever wants to order it.

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Cafe Colucci
6427 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609

[maigre]

I've only ordered Kitfo at Zeni, but nobody else would eat it. That's a lot of raw beef for one person. There's kind of a law of diminishing returns with this kind of dish.

[sfbing]

Maybe it is a texture thing? The people I was with seemed less bothered with raw gored-gored at Zeni vs the kitfo.

[Cicely]

I love kitfo (haven't tried Zeni's) but have always been leery of gored gored! For those not in the know, the former is ground/minced beef, and the latter is cubed/diced. Both are doused with delicious spiced butter, and mixed with more spices and jalapenos. It's not very spicy, though - just delicious.

[oaktowngirl]

Garibaldis -Oakland and San Francisco, Cafe Claude-SF are very good.
Try a French Brasserie- Grand Cafe or the Left Bank.
Vietnamese preparations range from carpaccio to tartare.

[vulber]

very good at chez papa resto

[twenex]

I totally second this. Plus they use pimente d'esplette.

[Pei]

Beef tartare at Bix is pretty tasty, and most of the Vietnamese Beef 7 Ways places have a raw preparation. Try Pagolac.

[wolfe]

Here's an old thread. Jeanty at Jacks is closed.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/614341