playground

What a busy Saturday! I felt like such a social butterfly, I haven't bar hopped in a while...

Ate my pork chop leftovers then went out to the gym for a short 40 minutes of cardio (bike and elliptical). Ran back in for a speedy shower and quick change, and it was off to the Pork Store Cafe for a fundraiser for the leukemia and lymphoma society. I guess the place is actually more a breakfast cafe in the day, but it had a large full bar and was hopping at night as a hookah bar. (maybe a good place to go for a hangover bfast??) Had a gooood Fat Tire, then detoxed with water....

and then it was on to the next joint...

We were off to the Playground for some Korean snacks and drinks. It its technically a karaoke bar, but with only three private rooms, it was more a neon-lit bar/restaurant that happens to have a few karaoke rooms upstairs. We had steamed mandoo (dumplings), playground jjiang (noodles with black bean sauce), bulgogi, and spicy deep friend chicken along with cheese corn and banchan. The chicken was the unanimous favorite of the table, with super crunchy battered chicken wings/drumsticks tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce- like Korean buffalo wings! It was washed down with strawberry and yogurt soju (not together). On to afterparty poker antics, and it was a late night for all. Too bad I was DD...

Playground
1705 Buchanan St
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 929-1471