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11/03/095:04 pm

The Big Eat 2010: We Need You!

Restaurants come and go, chefs change (and signature dishes suffer the consequence) and bartenders move around like musical bar stools, but The Big Eat SF—100 Things to Eat & Drink Before You Die—must go on! We're ramping up for our February food issue upon when the reconsidered and revitalized Big Eat 2010 will be released.

But before we do, we've decided to open the flood gates with a call for your suggestions, which are invaluable when it comes to this kind of opinionated eating. Check out the comments from last year's post to get some inspiration.

So starting now, for the month of November, we'll be accepting your suggestions in the comment box below. Think the roast chicken at Zuni is overrated? Love the tacos at El Cachanilla? Drink way too many of the Bloody Marys at Foreign Cinema? Tell us what dishes and drinks to get rid of and what to replace them with. Please take into consideration that the Big Eat is made up of things that you'll (almost) always find on these restaurants' menus. We're looking for the iconic, whether or not it's from a dive or a four-star restaurant.

Finally, we know some of you that have made the Big Eat into a bit of an obsession, posting your trials and tribulations on Facebook, hosting dinner parties around it and generally overeating on our behalf. Please let us know if you're one of them. We'd love to interview you to possibly be featured in the Feburary issue. Email me at sara@7x7mag.com and let's talk!

By Sara Deseran
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For those who are interested in the Big Eat, we've got a dinner party/social group that worked through the list last year, and will meet again for this year's new list. Feel free to join our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49208552197 and come to the parties!
pot stickers from u-lee!
Your post is good.
1)Liberty Ducks Duck Flautas from Mexico DF (Financial District/Embarcadero) 2) Biscuit and Gravy from Boogaloos (Mission) 3) Seared Scallops from Delancey Restaurant (South Beach) 4) Tostadas de Tinga from Colibri (Financial District/Embarcadero) 5) Spaghetti Neri from E Tutto Qua (North Beach) 6) Oven Baked Macaroni & Cheese and Broccoli from Luna Park (Mission) 7) Grilled Salmon with mixed greens and ramen salad from Noodle Theory (Marina) 8) Pesto Delight Pizza from Serrano's (Mission)
Best Creme Brulee ever... San Rafael Civic Centers on Sunday... http://www.eggcreamheat.com Just found this last week...
Pisco Sour at Nopa, Sopaipillas at Nopa, Carnitas at Nopalito, Toro Nigiri and Aji at Oyajis, Mexican Breakfast at Los Jarritos
Top 5 Burgers in the city: 1) Joe's Cable Car (on Silver) 2) Darla's (9th and Irving) 3) Street (Cow Hollow/Russian Hill) 4) Big Mouth Burgers (Mission) 5) Harry's Bar (Kobe beef Mondays - Fillmore district)
oh! the prized pearl burger (bacon/bleu cheese) @ pearl's deluxe burgers 708 post street • "come heavy" artisan pizzetta by Giovanni @ club deluxe, haight street (truffle oil, caviar, cream cheese, arugula, lox)
butterfish(walu/escolar) @ tsunami sf • old fashioned @ alembic • secret breakfast ice cream flavor @ humphrey slocombe • crawfish po'boy @ YATS • lychee sangria @ B Star • spaghetti & meatballs @ emmy's spaghetti shack • ANY coffee @ philz • the plant burger @ The Plant • tapioca crumble (dessert) @ UMAMI • bloody marys @ phoenix bar • buffalo wings @ kezar pub.
lobster mac and cheese at fleur de lys is the most phenomenal take on the classic comfort dish. even when it comes with a mouth-watering steak, the mac and cheese is able to hold it's own as a dish worthy of the big eats.