Sunday Brunch, San Mateo?

[The Ranger]

Long ago, and very much in the hidden annals of time, Aahz posted about a couple chefs that ran a brunch in San Mateo or Foster City that was consistently awesome.

Checking Gooja didn't net any minnows but I am still holding out hope. Is this business still a viable-and-going-concern? If so, what is the address? My 50th is fast-approaching and SWMBO is willing to toss me this bone.

The Ranger

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <da9442ed-d5dc-4156...@googlegroups.com>,

Perhaps you're thinking of Piccadilly? Last visit was sometime in the
last six months:

http://www.piccadillycatering.com/cajun.html

However, it's not exactly a fancy place. As always, the Cliff House is
the best brunch place. If you want spendy, Navio is your bet (Ritz Half
Moon Bay) -- way more variety but not as good quality. Bay 231 is pretty
good, but have not actually been there for Sunday brunch, just Xmas.
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[spamtrap1888]

He's alive!

The Ranger is alive!

[evergene]

Well, yeah, but he's almost 50.

[The Ranger]

On Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:25:19 PM UTC-7, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> In article <da9442ed-d5dc-4156...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> The Ranger <cuhul...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >Long ago, and very much in the hidden annals of time, Aahz posted about
>
> >a couple chefs that ran a brunch in San Mateo or Foster City that was
>
> >consistently awesome.
>
> >
>
> >Checking Gooja didn't net any minnows but I am still holding out
>
> >hope. Is this business still a viable-and-going-concern? If so, what is
>
> >the address? My 50th is fast-approaching and SWMBO is willing to toss
>
> >me this bone.
>
> Perhaps you're thinking of Piccadilly? Last visit was sometime in the
> last six months:
>
> http://www.piccadillycatering.com/cajun.html

That's them! Thank you. I wasn't spelling their name correctly.

> However, it's not exactly a fancy place. As always, the Cliff House is
> the best brunch place. If you want spendy, Navio is your bet (Ritz Half
> Moon Bay) -- way more variety but not as good quality. Bay 231 is pretty
> good, but have not actually been there for Sunday brunch, just Xmas.

We're treating several members of the Clan Ranger so too expensive would be one of the considerations. I don't think Piccadilly Catering's lack of extra silverware work into SWMBO's criteria.

I'd forgotten about the Cliff House. You and Ciccio have posted about it a lot but it's often well-past my destination places. I think She has also decided that Navio is a tad too expensive, given our guest list, but I'll ask.

Thanks again, Aahz!

The Ranger

[The Ranger]

On Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:53:33 PM UTC-7, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Sep 2, 7:26 pm, The Ranger <cuhulain...@gmail.com> wrote:

[snip my request]

> He's alive!
>
> The Ranger is alive!

Yes; it's a sordid tale of teenangst joie de vivre, computer virii, and hard drives going tits up. I'm working on getting my usenet server back up so I don't have to use Gooja Groups as a posting source.

It's good to see ba.food is still the quality source of timely information it's always been!

[The Ranger]

On Monday, September 3, 2012 12:48:11 AM UTC-7, evergene wrote:
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
[snip mega Gooja returns]

> > The Ranger is alive!
> >
> Well, yeah, but he's almost 50.
>

Thank you Evergene! It's been a ride. I've taken to Dylan Thomas' poem as my mantra. Plus, Spawn and Daughter-unit Beta are now fighting over who will have final say over my future "home" they'll be relegating me. It's entertainment at its best, as the fought-over spectator.

[Al Eisner]

Good to see you've maintained a sense of humor. (About ba.food, that is.)
By the way, assuming the Sunday in question hasn't passed: Picadilly is
fairly small -- reserve.
--

Al Eisner
San Mateo Co., CA

[Tim May]

On 2012-09-03 05:25:18 +0000, Aahz Maruch said:

> In article <da9442ed-d5dc-4156...@googlegroups.com>,
> The Ranger <cuhul...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> However, it's not exactly a fancy place. As always, the Cliff House is
> the best brunch place. If you want spendy, Navio is your bet (Ritz Half
> Moon Bay) -- way more variety but not as good quality. Bay 231 is pretty
> good, but have not actually been there for Sunday brunch, just Xmas.

Gahd, Aahz, I wish I had your money to spend like there's no tomorrow.

On the other hand, there almost always is a tomorrow. And I expect to
live in it. Which is why I don't spend like a drunken sailor the way
Aahz does, by his reports.

(Had I reported that I was between jobs, unemployed, etc., it would be
years before I venture back into that place in Half Moon Bay, some
fancy hotel, that he reported on not very long after being unemployed.
Maybe it's the power of Python, maybe it's some kind of
transgender/polyamory/queer/pervert thing.)

Yeah, I realize Aahz can spend as he wishes. Let's remember this as he
is starving, before my taxes are raised yt again, and again, and again
to pay for dirt people, breeders, and Turd World Mutants. Oh, and
native-born mutants and dirts.

--
Tim May

[pfraser]

Tim May wrote:

> Gahd, Aahz, I wish I had your money to spend like there's no tomorrow.
>
> On the other hand, there almost always is a tomorrow. And I expect to
> live in it. Which is why I don't spend like a drunken sailor the way
> Aahz does, by his reports.

I'm confused here.
The way you speak in this group (and I see no reason to disbelieve you)
you could easily afford to spend like a drunken sailor on a daily basis,
and still end up with more money than you could know what to do with
when you died.

[Tim May]

Habit. That's the main reason.

I still consider a $10 lunch to be on the pricey side. I'll do it if
I'm with friends, or it's something like barbecue. But not for just
basic re-fueling. (Which most lunches are.)

Sevcondly, time. I find most expensive places are sit-down places, and
this takes time. In most cases the time taken exceeds the cost of the
food....often by a large factor. I usually prefer to be "In-N-Out," so
to speak.

Thirdly, there really is some economic uncertainty. If current trends
continue, my marginal tax rate is set to go to some very high numbers.
I think I gave an estimate a few weeks ago.

(But if not, in a nutshell: marginally, 39% for income and dividends,
plus 3% Obamacare surtax, plus 10% California, plus 3% special
California surtax, plus other sneaky surcharges and surtaxes which are
not yet fully-expained = a likely 56% marginal tax rate. And, of
course, much of this was already taxed as corporate profits at high
marginal rates before being disbursed to me.)

Several of the high-rollers around here have interspersed their talk of
decadent weekends spent at the Ritz-Carlton, a one example, with talk
of being "currently unemployed."

Amazing.

--
Tim May

[Steve Pope]

An intelligent person travels and spends money when inbetween jobs.

In 2008, my income was the lowest it had been since I was in grad
school, due to the recession and no available work. So,
I went to Europe twice.

I have since made up for it, placing back into savings the
money I borrowed from myself in 2008. Took a couple years,
but not a big deal.

Steve

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <alpine.LRH.2.00.1...@iris03.slac.stanford.edu>,

Al Eisner <eis...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>Good to see you've maintained a sense of humor. (About ba.food, that is.)
>By the way, assuming the Sunday in question hasn't passed: Picadilly is
>fairly small -- reserve.

Good point, I tend to forget about that because they no longer take
reservations for small groups (I think the minimum is five people).