A few weeks ago, one of my buddies showed me a video of a restaurant called HRD Coffee Shop that was featured on The Food Network’s ‘Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives’. Commonly, I do not watch this channel anymore due to having little interest in many of their shows now. However, one show I still enjoy is ‘Diner, Drive-ins, and Dives’. In reality, Guy Fieri is a local celebrity in my county and I always look forward to his Bay Area recommendations. If you want to see the video before continuing, here it is:
As for the location, the restaurant is located a few blocks from the San Francisco Giant’s AT&T Park. Consequently, due to the proximity the Coffee Shop is very much filled with Giant fans. It was very nice to see especially since I am from the Bay and root for all Bay Area teams. Consequently, if you are a Dodger fan just be aware you will be going on enemy grounds.
When entering the shop, you are able to see their menu in huge print at their register. This makes it easy for individuals who have no clue what to order yet, but still have to wait in line.
From the looks of the interior, the coffee shop isn’t very big. Inside there are plenty of stools and about four to six tables for groups in the back of the restaurant. Even though this may be a complaint to some, eaters need to remember this coffee shop isn’t your typical sit and lounge type of restaurant. Instead it is just an order, sit-down, eat, then-go-kind-of-place. Generally, it is a Diner Dash type of environment, if I had to make a comparison.
For my girlfriend’s dish, she ordered their Spicy Kimchi Pork Tacos. Originally it comes with pineapples, but she decided to not include them. Overall, she really enjoyed them. I had some too and was surprised how big they were. They gave three tacos and made sure they were packed with kimchi and meat. Definitely a good bang for your buck.
As for my dish, I ordered their Spicy Pork Kimchee Burrito. Basically, this was the same dish as the tacos, but the only difference was the rice. Personally, I enjoyed this more due to the addition of having rice with my kimchi. I feel kimchi and rice is always the love making combo you need so it was great to have it in this burrito. The pork was also very good. Similarly, to the tacos they included a lot of it. Therefore, you get a very packed burrito. If I had to make a recommendation, this would be my top one for first-time customers.
Before finishing this post, I want to shine the spot light on their hot sauce. Basically, I just want to make sure eaters try this if they are a hot sauce fan. These are homemade and actually spicy. Commonly, homemade hot sauces never do it for me. This place, however, actually stayed true to the word “hot” and gave a great kick. I was downing this sauce like Tapatio. As a result, give this sauce a try if you decide to come out here.
In conclusion, try this place out if you love Korean food, burritos, or breakfast. This place will definitely meet one or all of your needs.
Later Days…
Mon-Fri 8:30 am – 3 pm
Sat 9 am – 2 pm
521 3rd St
Ste A
San Francisco, CA 94107
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