Crepes on cole: a great place to meet firends

Crepes on Cole
100 Carl Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415 664 1800

This crepery has the rare distinction of offering good food, well served with generous portions for reasonable prices. It is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and its menu caters to a wide variety of tastes. The menu boasts fifteen savory crepes served with house potatoes and mixed greens. You can build your own crepe choosing from 23 items to add to the basic crepe @ $6.75. Each additional item costs 75 cents. A favorite at this clean and very busy restaurant is the chicken pesto crepe with provolone cheese, onions, marinated chicken, pesto, tomatoes and mushroom’s. There is a nice selection of omelets also served with house potatoes and a bagel or toast You can also design your own omelet from the same list of additions you can put in a crepe. There are six varieties of egg dishes including San Francisco Benedict (poached eggs on sautéed spinach and English Muffins topped with Hollandaise Sauce) or a smoked tofu scramble for the vegetarians among us. Customers can select six varieties of pancakes or French toast and three combinations of granola with seasonal fruit. There are plenty of side orders, soups and sandwiches. The dessert crepes are immense, enough for two people to share. A favorite is the Banana-Chocolate Crepe with banana, semi-sweet chocolate topped with whipped cream and the Raspberry blintz, too scrumptious for words, both for $6.25.

Crepes on Cole also offer several kinds of salads, each meal in itself. Their beverages include a variety of juices, coffees, wine and beer.

The restaurant is open until 11 pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends. The owner will let you sit there for hours playing scrabble, chatting with friends or using your laptop. This is not a fancy place, nor a romantic hideaway. The food is fine, the staff is welcoming and ambience as comfortable as sitting at your own kitchen table. If you are into a gourmet experience, you can do much better; but if you want a good meal and a leisurely visit with friends over a coffee or a glass of wine, this is your place.