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Right
in the heart of Haight District there are plenty of bars and restaurants, most
of which cater to tourists, and few of them are the kind of place you want to
take your first date. That all
changed once Magnolia opened on the corner of Haight and Masonic. Magnolia Gastropub raises the bar on
quality food in the Haight district, and hopefully other restaurants will
follow their lead, Magnolia’s beer on the other hand could use some work.
Magnolia
is one of the best places to eat in Haight. The food selection at is very
comforting and tasty, nothing crazy or super hip like lots of the places
in San Francisco. They serve good
down home cooking, with a few interesting specials available. The pork chops
and mash potatoes served with well-pureed apple chutney, which is a nice
traditional dish, but which can easily be overcooked or served poorly. The pork
chop was cooked perfectly, some people insist on over cooking pork and chicken,
but recent studies have shown that cooking your chicken or pork a little more
rare (not bloody) is safe, and keeps it moist and tender. The mash potatoes perfectly moist and
pureed perfectly and complimented the pork chop and apple chutney perfectly,
which is more like or a chunky apple sauce with the fancy name of chutney.
The beer on the other hand, they may
need some give some more time and thought too. Since they had only been
open a few month (maybe weeks) at the time when I went I will give them a small
break, but their beer was mediocre at best. At least three different
in house brewed beers were very disappointing. The flavor and depth of the
beers (Stout, Pale Ale, and a Rice beer) was just not there. They were all very
flat we missing a solid hoppy flavor. The rice beer, which I had resorted
to after being disappointed by my first two beers, was not as horrible and had
a sake flavor to it.
This is another example of a gastro-pub or microbrewery that moved to fast. They found a great location on the corner on a busy corner, and have the ability to draw in droves of tourist visiting the historic Haight District and locals. But they took no time to perfect any of their beers and it really takes away from the whole dining experience. They have the skill, they have the equipment, and they have the desire to be a great brewery, but they need to slow it down and take a moment to focus on one thing at a time.
This is another example of a gastro-pub or microbrewery that moved to fast. They found a great location on the corner on a busy corner, and have the ability to draw in droves of tourist visiting the historic Haight District and locals. But they took no time to perfect any of their beers and it really takes away from the whole dining experience. They have the skill, they have the equipment, and they have the desire to be a great brewery, but they need to slow it down and take a moment to focus on one thing at a time.
Appreciate
the length and energy it takes to perfect a good beer recipe and you can then
brew a beer that will draw the locals as well as the tourist. Magnolia is
always brewing up new beers and trying new foods on the menu according to their
website, and they plan on expanding their beers and hopefully selling their
bottled beer locally. Until Magnolia has done that, I don't think they have the
quality to expanding anywhere.
Grade:
Food- A-
Beer- C-
Magnolia Gastropub
1398 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117
11:00AM-12:00AM Mon-Thur
11:00AM-1:00 Fri
10:00AM-1:00AM Sat
10:00AM-!0:00PM Sun
Weekend Brunch: Sat-Sun !0:00AM- 2:30PM
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