52 AMERICANWAY
JULY 1 2007
C E L E B R A T E D W E E K E N D
oldwhen Iwas in college.Hewas veryabu-
sive,andhewouldsay, “Water’snot foryou!”
Wewould say, “What’s the special tonight?”
“Everything is special!What are you, nuts?
Why you think we call it special? But not
for you! These people order better than
you!”Hewas theequivalentof theCarnegie
Deliwaiters, exceptChinese. “What areyou
talkin’ about?Get out!”
What canyoudooutdoors?
You can do anything outdoors. If you sail,
you have a bay. If you ride bikes, you can
rent bikes and go over the bridge. If you
need to buy a bike, there’s City Cycle and
Bicycle Odyssey. The bike paths in Marin
are huge. You can ride Golden Gate Park.
Walking around the city is great. There’s
hiking inMarin, atMount Tamalpais State
Park. You have to be careful at the beaches
because there isusuallyabig,heavycurrent,
and thewater is really cold.
What’s the famous Haight-Ashbury district
like thesedays?
TheHaight is aweird combination of kind
of old head shops and kind of new cloth-
ing stores. But it’s more for young people.
There’sagreat clothingstorecalledVillains.
There’s a store calledGiantRobot that sells
Japanese toys.There’sTrue,which isagreat
store that sells almost what youwould call
urban wear. There’s another great book-
store, theBooksmithonHaight.
What about Castro?
Castro has one of the greatest old movie
theaters left in the city, the Castro The-
atre, where they do a lot of retrospectives.
It’s just a gorgeous old theater. Here’s an
example: They’ll do silent movies with the
accompaniment,with the score, aguyplay-
ing the organ. As the big theaters die off, to
go and see amovie there, especially an old
movie, is reallyamazing.
Wheredoyou like togo for dinner?
The Slanted Door is a great restaurant in
the Embarcadero. There are a lot of small
restaurants down in the Embarcadero.
The Ferry Building is full of restaurants,
shops, and bookstores, and if you want,
you can take the ferry over toMarin from
there. Mojito is aMexican restaurant. The
SlantedDoor is one of the best restaurants
in the city; it’s hard to get in. Make your
reservation early. They have an automatic
reservation service, so you can’t even pull
face there. Kind of Vietnamese, pan-Asian.
Theydoa lotof combinationsof a lotofdif-
ferent food. I’ll give you some small restau-
rants: PJ’s Oysterbed in the Sunset, which
is a really fun neighborhood restaurant in
oneof theold, classicneighborhoods inSan
Francisco. There’s also E’Angelo’s Restau-
rant,whichwe love just because it’s agreat,
small Italian restaurant. Oh, God, there’s a
lot of Italian.
Tell me about Rubicon, the restaurant in
whichyouhavean interest.
Sweet, small restaurant. We’ve always had
great chefs and a great wine list. It has an
upstairs and downstairs because it was a
bank. It actually had three floors. It’s just
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ChopHouse
Palm Springs, CA
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760.320.4500
PalmDesert, CA
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760.779.9888
2.
Donovan’s Steak&ChopHouse
SanDiego/La Jolla, CA
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877.698.6666
Phoenix, AZ
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602.955.3666
3.
Bob’s Steak& ChopHouse
Dallas, TX
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214.528.9446
Plano, TX
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972.608.2627
San Francisco, CA
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415.273.3085
4.
Ringside SteakHouse
Portland, OR – Downtown
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503.223.1513
Portland, OR – Glendoveer
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503.255.0750
5.
Mo’s... A Place for Steaks
Milwaukee,WI
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414.272.0720
Indianapolis, IN
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317.624.0720
6.
Charley’s SteakHouse
Orlando, FL
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407.851.7130
International Drive, FL
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407.363.0228
Kissimmee, FL
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407.396.6055
Tampa, FL
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813.353.9706
6.
Spencer’s For Steaks &Chops
Salt Lake City, UT
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801.238.4748
Spokane,WA
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509-744-2372
San Jose, CA
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408.437.2170
7.
Jackson’s Steakhouse
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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954.522.4450
8.
NewYork Prime
Atlanta, GA
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404.846.0644
Myrtle Beach, SC
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843.448.8081
9.
PoloGrill
Tulsa, OK
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918.744.4280
10.
Bohanan’s Prime Steaks & Seafood
SanAntonio, TX
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210.472.2600
