Suggestions for lunch only M-F restaurants

[hyperbowler]

I'm about to have several mid-week afternoons available for tele-commuting, and would like to target lunch places that I can't normally get to. Mainly, I'm looking for places that are only open Monday-Friday and which close before dinnertime. Any additional ideas, or vetos on my suggestions? I'm mostly interested in brick and mortar places, but I'd be open to trucks that don't attend Off the Grid. Places in SF, Berkeley, and Oakland would all be fine.

==== Ones on my list of places to try ====
Galette 88
HRD Coffee Shop
John's Snack and Deli
Kitchenette
Muracci's Japanese Curry & Grill
Seoul Patch

==== Some I've been to and like =====
Pal's Take Away
The Sentinel
Golden West
naked lunch

==== Food trucks ====
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/821545 Oakland Food Trucks
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/803758 SF Food trucks

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HRD Coffee Shop
521 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

John's Snack and Deli
40 Battery St, San Francisco, CA 94111

The Sentinel
55 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105

Kitchenette
958 Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA

Pal's Take Away
2751 24th Street, San Francisco, CA

naked lunch
504 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133

Golden West
8 Trinity Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104

Galette 88
88 Hardie Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104

[Mission]

naked lunch is open Tuesday to Sunday.

why is it on the op's list?

HOURS
Tuesday to Sunday 11:30 - 2:00pm
Tuesday to Sunday 4-late (kitchen opens at 5:30)

[hyperbowler]

Surprised no one caught that sooner! They've had Saturday lunch hours for a long time, so that was an oversight. Sunday hours were more recently introduced than the original post, and the night hours came about only after the recent closing of Txoko.

[felice]

Stags Lunchette

Cosecha, although they are open saturdays and 2 nights a week for dinner.

[hyperbowler]

WIth President's Day coming up next Monday, difficult to get to places were on my mind. I'll reconfirm the day of, but on the phone, Pal's Takeaway said he might be open. Any other M-F lunch-only places worth checking out?

Closed on Mondays or not applicable to this thread due to ok evening and/or Saturday hours:

Sentinel/Golden West, Galette 88, and Anchor Brewery's tour are all closed. M&L and Nombe don't have usual Monday hours, so they'll be closed too.

Seoul Patch now has evening hours at brick and mortar Gung Ho
Fusebox now has Saturday hours (thank goodness!)

[hyperbowler]

Drat.

Smoke, Galette 88, Pal's Take Away, Sentinel, M&L, Fusebox, Ippuku, & Nombe are either not open on Mondays or will be closed specifically this Monday for Labor Day.

HRD Coffee Shop and Marcella's Lasagneria told me on the phone that they will be open on Monday. But note that HRD is normally open on Saturday and Marcella's is now regularly open till 6PM according to their Facebook page).

[Frosty Melon]

V-105 on Valencia at McCoppin is only open Mon-Fri. I've been twice, and the lamb sandwich I had last week was spectacular. Not sure if they'll be open Labor Day or not, but this place is way up on my sandwich list (ranking above Sentinel and Salumeria).

http://www.v-105.com/lunch-menu.html

[Robert Lauriston]

Ippuku's soba menu is lunch only M-F.

[mlutsky]

lunch ramen menu at Nombe and just discovered Good Pizza in the Bayview.

[hyperbowler]

Marcella's Lasagneria

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/852077

[dunstable]

I still like Moishe's Pippic; when I have a day off I sometimes stop by there, just because I can.

[pauliface]

If only we could rewind 10+ years -- I'd recommend the Scandinavian Restaurant in the Castro. It's now Barracuda. How the mighty have fallen.

[Frosty Melon]

Barracuda took its space over from Tin Pan, which wasn't Scandinavian, but Asian. Was something else there I'm forgetting?

[pauliface]

It's all the same location:ra
Before it was TinPan, it was the Scandinavian Restaurant (something like 1943-1990something)

I'm pretty sure there was one other restaurant in the chain between Scandinavian and Baraccurda as well

[...tm...]

FuseBOX, new place I just read about in West Oakland looks interesting to me

http://oaklandlocal.com/article/fuseb...

It sounds like it is open for weekend lunches too, which I can't believe I didn't check out this weekend, as I'd love some good Korean fried chicken.

[Robert Lauriston]

They're planning to serve dinner. A lunch-only sojubang / izakaya would be pretty weird.

http://fuseboxoakland.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/FuseBO...

[hyperbowler]

I didn't get to Galette 88 or Seoul Patch, but here's a quick take on the weekday only places I visited:

HRD Coffee Shop: My favorite place of the lot. If I worked near here, I'd doubtfully eat anywhere else. The Korean sloppy jo jo (bulgogi, kimchee, onions, & peppers) is fantastic, and needs to be eaten with a knife and fork. I like the Korean sandwiches at Rheas and King Foot, but HRD wins out. Their kimchi burrito was good too, but I prefer the Korean flavors in bread rather than a tortilla. They start serving their complete menu at 8:30AM, and at that time, there's plenty of seating.

John's Snack and Deli: Their kim bap (Korean style sushi) wasn't great and was rolled very loosely. I've had much worse, but based on that dish, and other's advice above, I never tried their burrito.

Kitchenette: A bit hard to locate on Illinois St because it's just inside a loading dock. They update their menu everyday on Twitter, so it's worth checking what they have before heading over to the Dogpatch. I had a fish sandwich here. The fish was fresh and lightly fried, it reminded me of Gregoire in Berkeley. There are some benches and a water cooler in the parking lot.

Muracci's Japanese Curry & Grill: The chicken and the pork katsu themselves weren't anything to write home about, but I liked the curry sauce. The hot curry wasn't especially hot, but they score lots of points for having a very fragrant and fresh curry mix. There's minimal seating so this is more like a take-out place. There's plenty of seating in the Crocker Galeria and other nearby POPO's.

M & L Market in the Castro: I was skeptical before going there, but they have excellent pastrami, and it made a nice triple decker sandwich with turkey. The pastrami, which is sliced and kept in a crock pot, is as juicy, salty, and fatty as it should be. They could use a better quality mustard and have a bit more spice to the pastrami, but this was a seriously awesome sandwich. They were empty when I went, but I've heard they get pretty packed. Their hours are Tue-Fri 11:30 am - 4 pm.

[Robert Lauriston]

HRD is open Saturdays. http://www.hrdcoffeeshop.com/

[hyperbowler]

I'm not sure how I missed that before, but I'm glad my mistake made HRD a bigger priority. I'll leave HRD for Saturday morning breakfast, and will hit Galette 88 or M & L on my next weekday off.

[betterbeheaven]

Nojo is now serving lunch, W-F. The menu sounds good!

http://nojosf.com/menu/lunch.php

[hyperbowler]

Not sure that I'd go out of my way for a pastrami sandwich, but there are some positive reports for the one at M & L Market in the Castro, which is only open Tues-Fri 11:30AM-4PM.

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M & L Market
691 14th, San Francisco, CA 94102

[Keesey]

Little Skillet, chicken n waffle place by AT&T park (though they are open for Sat lunch too)

John's Snack Deli is ookay... you probably heard of their Korean Burritos, but the textures of the filling is all weird for me. And they don't steam their tortillas so they come out dry.

[Robert Lauriston]

John's Snack & Deli is OK if you're working nearby, but pretty much any Korean restaurant in Oakland or the Richmond is a better value.

[foodeye]

Boulette's Larder - if you are feeling flush. Their daily lunch menu is normally on-line by around 11:30.

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Boulettes Larder
Ferry Slip, San Francisco, CA 94111

[Robert Lauriston]

Some of the Tenderloin Vietnamese places: Saigon Sandwich, Hai Ky Mi Ga, Hoang Dat, Mong Thu, Ngoc Mai, Pho Tan Hoa

[hyperbowler]

Lots of good places, but all these places are open on the weekends. I'm looking to blast through all the places that I otherwise would not be able to get to because they're only open M-F.

[pauliface]

Swan Oyster Depot is daytime only, monday through saturday.

[Robert Lauriston]

Smoke in Berkeley.