SFist: Submit to Cafe Gratitude No. 2 5, Or Else

doublegin

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:40:40 -0800

I know going in that they're going to ask some dopey question and that I'll have to awkwardly pronounce the menu items, and so I just grit my teeth and go along. Honestly, I'd rather put up with a hippie waiter than any fast food worker. Also, I do recommend visiting the bathroom at CG, they have the strongest hand dryer ever! Like sticking your hands in front of a jet engine! Fun!

jarjar

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:26:16 -0800

dantethescrub wrote: "Cafe Gratitude's owners are big ol' SCIENTOLOGISTS!!!!" I thought they were into Landmark and not Scientology, but I could be wrong.

666

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:21:54 -0800

I Am Far Too Expensive For Anyone Who Lives On Or Near Mission Street...I Am Gentrifying...I Am So Self-Indulgent I Probably Have No Clue What That Even Means.

Ciaran

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:48 -0800

Eating at CG reminded me why we cook food.

Brock Keeling

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:30:53 -0800

Yo Soy Carne

manys

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:29:22 -0800

I am continuing my own personal training in abundance by eating carnitas for lunch.

Brock Keeling

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:28:51 -0800

I Am Sam

Generic

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:27:34 -0800

I Am, I Said

Brock Keeling

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:12:16 -0800

what do they call their low-cal/low-carb dishes? eh? eh?

christineb

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:10:22 -0800

The only time I went there (Berkeley one) is when I had the I Am Still Not Full. I also resented that our chocolate "cake" was, in fact, a chocolate bar.

hcal

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:50:10 -0800

They are also opening up another one in Healdsburg pretty soon. Fancy that.

Brock Keeling

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:30:44 -0800

their food is quite remarkable, i must say. but, like philz coffee, they could take a lesson in server/patron distance.

what

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:23:52 -0800

Same experience as evany's review, and the commenters above. Solution? My wife (much more okay with crazy hippies) picks up the food to go. I order "the pizza thing or some salad or something". Never have to set foot in the place. So: find an intermediary.

icbalaam

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:13:27 -0800

I Am Stabby, when I have to sit with strangers due to communal dining ridiculousness.

dantethescrub

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:12:40 -0800

Cafe Gratitude's owners are big ol' SCIENTOLOGISTS!!!! (according to a coworker's roommate who worked there) Maybe that explains some of the attitude / righteousness / obnoxiousness ?? Yeeeesh.

Cement Brunette

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:31:50 -0800

I am bitter. I am also fat. and I am waiting in line for the bathroom with Brock. I hate hippies and how happy they are.

kapshure

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:14:51 -0800

me refuses to drink the kool-aid at CG!

pancakebreakfast

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:24:24 -0800

Going to this restaurant is an exercise in seeing how much hippie bullshit I can tolerate for the sake of some tasty, if overpriced, food. Though I guess I should make one correction: this would be the 3rd, not 2nd, Cafe Gratitude in the city. They are currently at 9th Ave near Irving in the Inner Sunset and at 20th and Harrision in the Mission. And that's not even counting the one in Berkeley.

Generic

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:47:20 -0800

Ah. The organic blow. Excellent choice, sir.

hollyMmm

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:47:11 -0800

Atlas Cafe = better, and only one block up (from CG #1).

brokenlogin

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:45:58 -0800

Yeeeah, having just restored the apartment of a couple that works there.. Gosh..cleanliness..issues..o god..gonna boot!

Brock Keeling

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:45:07 -0800

I want the I Am Selfish.

Generic

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:20 -0800

I'm guessing Brock had the I AM SASSY*. *real menu item.