walzwerk and why i haven't posted

i've figured it out. i haven't posted because a) i don't have a secure wifi connection at home and b) i don't have wifi in my bed (which is apparently where i used to do most of my blogging). since i'm out and about most of the day, i haven't had the time. hopefully, that will all change this summer when i move into SF from Berkeley (finally!). I'm hoping life will be a lot easier.

In the meantime, i HAVE to tell you about my new favorite restaurant. It's called Walzwerk, and bills itself as San Francisco's premiere East German Restaurant. Not just German. East German. The people who work there are German. The food is German. The beer is German. And it's all laid back and appropriately spare. Though with some great kitschy touches from the soviet era. It's a laidback place for a nice night out with good beer and brats...and only a couple of hipsters.

What's more, it's literally in the middle of nowhere. no shops, no other restaurants, no office buildings. It sits in the middle of some dingy townhouses on South Van Ness - right near the Freeway. Which I guess is pretty appropriate for a restaurant whose logo is a smokestack.

AND i got to practice my german (or the pieces that i remember from my class in geneva years ago - "IST HIER PLATZ BEZETST?" (hey - they didn't teach us how to SPELL in german).