The Inner Richmond is a hotbed of ethnic eateries. Locals never get tired of a lively spot: Clement Street Bar and Grill: 708 Clement Street;(415)386-2200. Acolytes love the mood, food, 'tude! My dining companion, Zontar, and I slid into a booth. He caught some of the street action & I...
...I met Harold, who has been the harried owner/manager for 24 years and does the Novato-SF daily commuter grind. Wildly popular dish? Roasted fresh Alaskan Halibut with fresh mango basil from April through December. (19).You will get no midget portions here in this consistently great restaurant with its friendly waitstaff.
The grill is not the holy grail of haute cuisine, so I'd stick with the daily specials: fresh wild salmon (18);dungeness crab cakes(11);rainbow trout(16);petrale sole(18); steaks & burgers(8-25);vegetarian meatloaf (15);fresh oysters (13).
I would recommend EVERYTHING on the menu. Here are some of my faves from the inventive seasonal menu:
Lemon dill chicken salad with mixed greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, broccoli, fresh dill and lemon zest (9). A real San Francisco treat!
Garlic-parsley fettuccine with grilled chicken breast, veggies garlic, roma tomatoes, broccoli, olive oil and fresh mozzarella cheese (16).
Meyer lemon linguine - fresh sea scallops, prawns, tomatoes, sweet corn, sugar peas, sweet red bell peppers, fresh basil, fresh mozzarella cheese. (18)
All entrees are served with homemade soup or mixed green salad.
Check the chalk board for the fab desserts that will rock your socks off: banana cream chantilly is a staff hit and are delicious . (5-6).
This is no globe-trotting wine list. Try the Rabbit Ridge Chardonnay (6.50) or Beringer Cabernet (7.00).
Woody Allen: I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
ZODIACARONI: A SAN FRANCISCO CREEPY TREAT? Is that your distraction for Saturday Night? Yep! The Zodiac killer was ugly, beastly. David Fincher, Director and James Vanderbilt, Screenwriter put the truth on the screen. At the Bridge Theater later in the evening I met Robert Graysmith, former political cartoonist/author of ZODIAC(1986) who spoke briefly before the film:
I had the chance to watch David Fincher, Director, first word of script, day one and you won't believe work that's gone into it through all these trying years. Fincher actually became a detective and tracked down virtually every witness, every lawman, every supect: a lot of work! He told me the film is cousin to All the President's Men.
Melanie, ex-wife, called it a dream-like experience, thanked Graysmith for the dress he bought her for the Hollywood premier. "It's worth all the time I've spent with this man." (Applause/Laughter).
First question from audience? Are YOU the Zodiac killer? He confessed that as political cartoonist for the SF Chronicle during the Zodiac bloodbath, he may have been an obsessive but was/is innocent!
The film evokes nostalgia for the the late 60's! Where were you on July 4, 1969 when a couple was shot to death in their car? The film opens with the distinctive voice of Donovan and his Hurdy-Gurdy Man:
How can people be so heartless?
How can people be so cruel?
E-A-S-Y!
The film is quintessential ethnographic cinema: we see the cops, investigative reports, the SF Chronicle obsessives. There is an extreme attention to the details and the basic fact: incompetence of police in solving crime/capturing the beast! If you don't like investigative police work, the middle of this 155-minute film can be a slog!
There are funny bits however: Avery wearing the "I am not Avery Button" (and toting a .38 revolver in his breastpocket). Also, does it surprise anyone that the zodiac killer stole books from the military library (so titles could not be traced).
Remember: Sometimes "the truest wild beasts live in the most popular places. (Gracian)
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