anotha rainy day sandwich

 kitchenette, illinois & 20th, san francisco

Kitchenette SF is this great little lunch stop in the Dog Patch serving out of the back of the American Industrial Center Warehouse. Based on fresh, organic and local ingredients, their lunch menu's change on a daily basis.

If I happen to not bring lunch to work and have $10 in my wallet, this place is my favorite lunch spot. And today this was the case, I had not made lunch and I happened to have enough money for a $10 lunch.

My co-worker and I both decided on the beef and pork polpette, aka, meatball sandwich and at the end, we both wanted to relive the experience of devouring it. Tender and juicy meatballs were coated in an amatriciana sauce (tomato, pancetta, chile flakes) and sprinkled with pecorino cheese. Quit delish, Kitchenette just never seems to disappoint!

meatball sub

mr. pickle's, 20th & south van ness, san francisco

I had such success with trying new menu items recently at Mr. Pickle's that I thought I'd keep it up. this sandwich as came recommended to me by my roommate, so I was pretty excited to try it out. but it ended up not being as amazing as the Dog House had been, perhaps it was because I ate this sandwich just after finding out about the disappearance of Mr. Pickle. the meatballs were the small, grayish kind, and I didn't really like the texture... kinda... rubbery? also, the cheese on this was supposedly provolone (UPDATE: my mistake, it was actually pepper jack), but I could have sworn it tasted an awful lot like ricotta. anyway, it wasn't a bad sandwich, but there are other sandwiches I'd definitely order over this one.