Hu Snacks

Thank you, JetBlue.Thank you for introducing me to Hu, a brand I likely wouldn't have discovered on my own, but now regularly crave and seek out.  Hu makes a variety of chocolate products: milk or dark chocolate bars, baking gems, and chocolate covered things (hunks).  The products are all gluten-free, keto, paleo, etc.  All organic, fair trade when possible.  No refined sugars. Vegan besides the milk chocolates.Bag of Hu!I've only had one of their...

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Dominique Ansel Workshop

One of my first visits to New York, I visited Domnique Ansel Kitchen on my last day, not to try the oh-so-famous cronut, but rather, the DKA.  I was going through a kouign amann discovery phase at the time, and *needed* to try that famous version.  I enjoyed it, and the rest of the lineup looked great, but it never made it back to the top of my list during subsequent trips to NY.Then, I spent 5 weeks in New York in the summer of 2023, and even with that...

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Balboa Cafe

Balboa Cafe is relatively well known in San Francisco, although I'll admit I was only vaguely aware of it until recently.  "Since 1913, Balboa Cafe has served as one of San Francisco's oldest restaurant where it all started as a working-man’s saloon. Now it’s a cherished neighborhood establishment where people from all corners of the Bay Area and beyond come for community and our beloved classics, like the Balboa Burger on a baguette, the Wednesday Chicken...

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The Club, SFO

Update Review, January 2025 VisitThis was my second visit to The Club, my previous was in August right after they opened (see below).  My feelings on the place are largely the same: nice space (although the tables are very close together), annoying wait list (and wait to get on the wait list, and then wait to get in once you get called back, etc), mediocre food.  At least the elevator was finally working, and I did check out some of the amenity spaces this...

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