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Beyond the western omelette, Nombe does brunch like a samurai.

Ready to go the  distance beyond the traditional 2 over easy with hash browns? Willing to wow your palate with a shot of Asian comfort food that’s just a hop, skip and a jump from your crib in the Mish? Do you have issues with an icy Sapporo or warm sake for breakfast instead of coffee? Want to be dining alongside of the Missions hipster crowd: culture vultures always in search of the next cool thing? Looking for a brunch experience that promises to delight your senses (and your wallet)  look no further than Nombe, the Japanese comfort food Mecca on Mission Street.

Chef Nicolaus Balla creates magic, featuring the Japanese breakfast above. This is a feast consisting of broiled black cod, steamed Koshihikari rice with wild nori seaweed, miso soup, house made pickles, onsen tomago (slow cooked egg), a salad with ume dressing, and sliced fruit. The accompaniments change weekly pending on seasonal availability but it has been quite a crowd pleaser so far. The brunch menu also features ramen with a pint of Sapporo for 13.00, grilled wagyu bavette steak and eggs, donburi dishes (rice bowls), an insane plate of French toast (with almond syrup, creme fraiche, shaved chocolate and berries), salads, their famous wings and even sashimi. The bloody mary is divine, but there are also  – unique non alcoholic beverages such as matcha and milk iced tea.

So if you’ve decided that one more western omelette will send you to the  rubber room, or you and your sweetie would like to wake up to something a bit more  sublime, run, do not walk to Nombe, and be a part of the alternative brunch coalition.

Address
2491 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415.681.7150
Hours: Sun – Thu: 6:00pm-11:00pm/Fri, Sat: 6:00pm-2:00am
(Fri & Sat 11:00pm-2:00am Late night menu only)
Sat, Sun (Brunch): 11:00am-2:00pm
Tue: CLOSED

About

Nombe (pronounced “nom – bay”) refers to someone who likes to drink heartily. They are bringing Japan’s most popular eating and drinking establishments, IZAKAYA, to the heart of Mission.

They offer Northern California’s seasonal, sustainable, and locally sourced tapas food along with over 75 brands of premium sake, organic Shochu cocktails, as well as eight Japanese and local beers on tap.

They offer our late night menu as well as Japanese Street Food on weekends from 11 – 2 AM  to satisfy the hungry soul of the hip Mission crowd. They also offer weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11 – 2 PM.  Enjoy fresh baked muffins, pastries and breads, or indulge in the great Japanese Breakfast. Along with some Equator Coffee and a Blood Orange Mimosa, their brunch is guaranteed to jumpstart your day after a long night of drinking at Nombe!

Tonight: O’Reillys, San Francisco 3.17.10

It’s noon on St. Patrick’s Day, you are getting a myriad of emails from your friends, many who are leaving the office not to return until the next day:

“Duuuude…..meet you at the Irish Bank at 4, it’s going to be EPIC! [lol!!!]“

You conjure up a quick visual: a Marina-infused emporium of the Financial District’s Phi Kappa Sigma set, spilled pints, and speakers blaring U2, a  line that goes for miles just to get a drink. Irish whiskey in a plastic cup. Girls squealing OH MY GOD!!!!!  You have a chat with yourself, your Irish ancestors, and your conscience, and wonder why you can’t turn back the clock to a more heartfelt St. Patrick’s Day when you were growing up:  With set dancing and jigs, Irish tenors in the back ground, corned beef and cabbage, little kids running around screaming bloody murder and flogging each other senseless, Jameson’s Irish coffees and Guinness all around, and everyone belting out off key tunes. Great uncles talking about WW2 stuff. A green cake with a leprechaun on it, shamrocks on the front door. Your grandfather in a Glen Plaid Pendleton with a green carnation singing Danny Boy. You ask yourself if you can really brave this Irish Bank business as you hang your head in nostalgia recalling family St. Patrick’s day celebrations of yore, and then PING! Another email hits your In Box.

Okay, let’s look at this new social opportunity:

“Hey, gal, let’s do St. Patrick’s Day a little differently: Proud sons of Sligo, and SF’s own, The Hooks, joined by Colm O’ Riain at O’Reilly’s in North Beach promises to be a Celtic Caelie of the highest order. Let’s go!”

Going, going, gone. SOLD! To the girl who was on the fence about going out into the nefarious and commercial world of St. Patrick’s Day in San Francisco.

The Deets:

The Hooks play at 8 pm in what promises to be the ultimate date night blitz of rock, punk, and Irish Trad. See Colm O’Riain at 430pm (meet you there!) and have a nice pint of Guinness while listening to  haunting traditional fiddle. Admission is free before 5 pm and $10 after 5 pm. There will be traditional set dancing and music, and O’Reilly’s is blocking off the street, so it promises to be more of a Caelie than a booze fest (although for those who desire that, there is a well appointed bar and restaurant). The O’Reilly family puts on the famed SF Oyster fest and had a lovely after party following the Pogues show last Oct. and are indeed a class act. Thank you O’Reilly’s for offering us an alternative!

Bring your sweetie to a barn burner with The Hooks. Great at parties, pre-events or even your wedding (they dominated Operation Aisle Style Alterna-Bridal Fashion Event) – and have a hot date with The Hooks.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona dár gcairde agus teaghlach!

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About

The Hooks New Album - ‘Everything Is Golden’

The Hooks new album ‘Everything Is Golden’ is a maelstrom of sound. Low-fi gritty garage band punk blends modern rock with with a dash of traditional Irish folk sensibilities.

‘Everything is Golden’ mashes up influences from many countries: Ireland’s famous sense of black humor and literary exploits, America’s rock n’ roll roots to Russia’s Bolshevik trad.

‘The Commuter’ is an anthem for the working class hero who knows all too well the drudgery of heading every day to a cubicle forming a cycle of banality that never ends for the wage slave. ‘So May Questions’ has been described as ‘a song Tarantino would use in a bank heist scene.’

‘Everything Is Golden’s’ folky cadence starts off in Moscow and moves and ends up on a rollicking joy ride straight to hell.

Album release is slated for May 2010.

WEB:
www.thehooksmusic.com
www.myspace.com/thehooks
http://thehooks.fanbridge.com

BLOG:
http://twitter.com/THEHOOKS
www.facebook.com Search: The Hooks
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheHooks
http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=64578&
http://thehooks.bandcamp.com/