Bar Tartine's Fabulous New Sandwich Shop

Clearly the people at Tartine (Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson) know what they're doing. The buttery confections at San Francisco's Guerrero and 18th streets keep hungry visitors waiting in long lines all morning. Now the pastry chef and master baker have opened up a lunchtime locale inside their Valencia St. restaurant Bar Tartine. If you're like me, the many attractive offerings will send you spiraling into a crisis of what to order. Multiple visits will be necessary. See here the $15 Danish-inspired smorrebord, or open-faced sandwiches, topped with hen of the woods mushrooms and kale (L), smoked salmon, horseradish cream, and dill (C), and beef tartare and quail egg (R). Other sandwiches arrive like flatbread pizzas on crispy potato bread. Unusual drink options include fig leaf kefir and fermented sodas. Call me a heretic but I love this place even more than Tartine.

Bar Tartine Sandwich Shop: 561 Valencia St., San Francisco, 94110
Open: Wednesday through Sunday, 11am - 3pm