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Is unsigned really too much to ask?

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You must has! Now.

"They were traumatized, but we wanted them to be traumatized," said guidance counselor Lori Tauber. "That's how they get the message."

Where do they find these people?

Dear Intrawebs,

Go see this. Seriously.

Let me rephrase, You WILL go see this. Don't make me use the blink tag.

Orson Restaurant via SF Eater

A friend and I ended up having dinner at Orson, Elizabeth Faulkner's
new restaurant, this evening. She's the owner of Citizen Cake. They
just opened today and we ended up getting the first dish out of the
kitchen, and she came out of the kitchen to tell us personally.

The restaurant is neat space, old industrial space on 4th Street, with
some of the industrial features left. There's a large circular bar,
there is also a lounge upstairs, with some additional dining area.
They have two kitchens, the main one downstairs then a pastry kitchen
upstairs.

We had a bunch of different small plates, soup shots (cauliflower,
mushroom), a parmaggio pudding, assorted cheese plate, the tri-tip
with potato foam from the charcuterie selection, butterfish brule,
duck fat french fries with bernaise sauce, and a violet ravoili with
lavendar ice cream for desert. The food definitely has a touch of the
whole molecular gastronomy shtick. I'm not sure I bought all the
dishes but it was an interesting experience.

The parmaggio pudding was served with roasted red pepper and, i'm not
making this up, chocolate pop rocks. The pudding + red peppers was
fantastic, the pop rocks were interesting. I'm not sure if pudding +
pop rocks was interesting or insane. The tri-tip was fantastic as was
the soup. The fries were tasty but needed something, which was the
aoli we found half-way though the dish. The violet ravioli had a
similar texture and taste as mochi or maybe sweet bean paste and was
stuffed with sweetened mash potatoes. There was also orange salt on
the plate.

Elisabeth actually came over and talked with us about the food and
what we though several times, like really talked for several minutes,
not just a hi how are you. She told us all about their plans for some
pizzas in the future and we chatted a lot about the chocolate
poprocks. Very cool, however the service was awful and has many kinks
to still work out. The bar was very understaffed for the number of customers and they couldn't even run my credit card at the end
of the meal. The servers aren't familiar
with the dishes yet, and this is the kind of food that needs a little
explanation. Also, they don't have the wine list or cocktails together
yet.

Still, it was alot of fun. I'd suggest trying to slip in and have a
chance to try out the place while Elizabeth is still poking her head
into the dining room and talking to customers about dishes. Just be
forewarned, that the service and the dishes are still being tweaked a
bit.

They were very upfront about being new and we didm't expect everything would go smoothly, but we had a very good time. I'm definitely going to head back in a couple of months after they've had a chance to finish their shakedown cruise.

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