Lan's #12: Royal Oak

Royal Oak
2201 Polk Street
(between Bonita St & Vallejo St)
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 928-2303

After dinner (where our alcohol tab surpassed what we actually ate) at Luella (don't miss the oxtail gnocchi, skip the mac n cheese), we stopped in at Royal Oak for a post-dinner drink. I had a 10-mile run scheduled for Saturday morning so opted for a glass of wine. Beer would have been a better idea. This is a cozy lounge, none of the modern, minimal furnishings of the swanky downtown lounges. These were more like tables and couches you'd find at grandma's house.

We got a big round table...Drew showed up, and then a bunch of characters from Austin Powers showed up. It was Austin Powers' bachelor party. I'm assuming his fiance must have put the kabosh on something truly fun. Goldmember was a little scary.

Not a bad spot for being right in the middle of Russian Hill. The 10 miles was postponed to Sunday. I have until the end of April to do 40 pushups. Yikes.