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<h1><a href="http://www.blueplatesf.com">The Blue Plate</a></h1>
(415)282-6777<br>
        <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=3218+mission+st.&csz=San+Francisco%2C+CA&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=">3218 Mission St.<br>
        (bet. 29th &amp; Valencia)<br>
        San Francisco, CA</a><br>
        (Outer Mission district)
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    Price: $-$$$$<br>
    Rating: 8 (<font size="-1"><a href="ratingkey.shtml">Rating & price key</a></font>)<br>
    Last visit: 01/26/06
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        Fun, trendy california cuisine served up in a nice atmosphere with
        good service sums up our one dinner visit to this popular joint.
        Located in an old house, the restaurant is necessarily split up into
        several separate rooms.  In front is a bar and banquette, which due to
        the noise level I'm glad we were not seated at, and up a half-level
        and behind the open part of the kitchen is a quieter room, where we
        ate.
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        The menu is very cal-cuisine, with a focus on fresh local ingredients
        and subtle twists to the standards.  I started with a delicious beef
        carpaccio ($10), served with cornmeal fried oysters, celery leaves and
        horseraddish butter, while Sarah had the grilled hearts of romaine 
        salad ($9) with smoked bacon, golden delicious apples, pt. reyes blue 
        cheese and carmelized onions.  Both were very good, and I particularly
        enjoyed my carpaccio.
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        We decided on a nice half bottle of 2003 Roger Perrin Chateauneuf du 
        pape ($25, $50 for a full-sized bottle), which went well with our 
        food, and wasn't too hard on the
        wallet, at least in half-bottle format!  Our server was friendly and
        attentive, especially at first, but got a little more difficult to
        find as the meal wore on and the restaurant filled up.
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        Our main courses, Sarah's a fish, mine their blue plate meatloaf ($14)
        were both very good.  The loaf was served on fluffy mashed potatoes 
        with a side of blue lake beans, and all were well-cooked, and 
        great-tasting.  Although we were pretty full by this point, we
        couldn't pass up a sorbet when the dessert menu arrived, although at
        this point I'm afraid I cannot remember what it was, only that it was
        tasty!
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        Our total came to $125.16 including tax, but not tip.  Certainly not
        an inexpensive meal by any means, but a very good one.  We both
        enjoyed the ambience of the place - hip, but not overly so, and pretty
        well funkified.  I'd cheerfully return.
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