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I'll put in a plug for some friends of friends. Check out Backhaus if you're ever around San Mateo. Gourmet bread and pastries and whatnot. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is one of their financial backers / advisers [1].

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/kenjilopezalt/status/104862447412...

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Or Wursthall in San Mateo, which is his restaurant. The food is excellent.

Kenji is no longer an owner at Wursthall.

Yeah, see Kenji's comment on /r/seriouseats [0]:

> I am not an owner any longer! I gave my shares to my former Sous chef Erik who still lives in the area. My involvement at Wursthall is only a friendly one, not a business one at this point.

However, in the same thread Kenji also says the following [1]:

> it’s still my recipes (and one of Stella’s!) there, as well as quite a few Serious Eats-inspired techniques.

[0] https://reddit.com/r/seriouseats/comments/oszuh0/made_it_to_...

[1] https://reddit.com/r/seriouseats/comments/oszuh0/made_it_to_...

I went to Wursthall twice and found it to be mediocre. Backhaus is indeed excellent, and in a completely different league.

Yes, mediocre and derivative.

"Derivative"? It's called "Wursthall".

I’m not particularly picky or discerning at all when it comes to restaurants, but I also found Wursthall to be mediocre. I didn’t try the sausages, so maybe that was my mistake.

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