Mr Bagel Cafe, located at 1423 E.14th St. is a cute place, with about 20 seats that served delicious homemade bagels with just about anything on them, as well as dozens of specialty bagel sandwiches. The also serve several different types of Vietnamese Bánh mì sandwiches. In the mood for Read more »
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Week 18- Los Perricos (again)
So apparently there are at least three Los Perricos in San Leandro, and this is the review from the next one on this quest. Located at 1389 East 14th St., they serve the same menu as far as this casual reviewer can tell, and it is the standard fare you’ve Read more »
Week 17-Thai Satay
Thai Satay, at 1376 E. 14th St. (www.thaisataysanleandro.com), is another small looking restaurant on our way down East 14th, but this one, is significantly larger than it looks on the outside. The restaurant was fully decorated with all sorts of little Thai tchotchkies that filled up the mostly empty restaurant. The Read more »
Week 16- Tequila Grill
Now I’ve been to the Tequila bar twice, once when I was first staring this food blog—so long ago—and once just recently. Both experiences were definitely positive, but for different reasons. I’ll talk about the first one first, and get to the actual review of the food last. A new Read more »
Week 15–Buffet Fortuna
This blogger is stuffed! Two all I can eat places in a row! This place, Buffet Fortuna, has two locations, one in Oakland, and one on 1330 Washington Ave in SL. Once again their entrance is not on East 14th, but they do have a large presence on the street, Read more »
Week 14- Sizzler
So I’ve been a bit late on my weekly blog, partly due to vacation time, and work being more busy, but also partly because I’ve been dreading this stop on the long trek down East 14th. While Sizzler’s address is technically not on East 14th (201 Davis Street to Read more »
Week 13: “HelloMama”-Boston
Started writing this while on vacation, but was having such a great time, that I didn’t get to finish till just now. Enjoy! As promised, I am breaking up my very awesome vacation in Boston, to keep this food blog going. Vacation is great BTW. It’s been over a year Read more »
Vacation!
The blog may be on hold for a few weeks while in vacation. I just may do a few posts from Boston and one from London, we’ll see how this vacation plays out. Some of the leading contenders for a blog post are the lobster shack we went to yesterday Read more »
Week 12: Roccab’s Café and Deli
We’ve come now to the natural border in San Leandro, the Estudillo Creek, that runs from Lake Chabot to the Bay. We are about to leave the land of Ignacio Peralta, the former Mexican land owner, who raised cattle and grains on the northside of the creek, and into the José Read more »
Week 11: D’Gonzalez Carnicería
This week I have a guest blogger! My wife always contributes by going to each of the previous 10 restaurants with me, and she wants to share her experience from D’Gonzalez Carnicería at 796 E 14th St. Give her recipe below a try! It was delicious! Hi there, Michael asked me to Read more »