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Copper and olive undertones color the single-room, high-ceilinged space. Pillars sporting amber-hued sconces break up diners' otherwise unobstructed view of the long mahogany bar, where 20- and 30-somethings...
citysearch.com - expert review - 07/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Eaten here a couple of times over the last few weeks. Atmosphere is very mellow and the food was fantastic. Takes a little while but once it came, it was definitely worth the wait. I strongly suggest…
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Mac n' Cheese and Fried Chicken. Gumbo, watermelon, sweet tea, and Jambalaya. Bring on the fat pants!!!! So we dined late on a Monday night after they accommodated late reservations for 9:30. (By the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have to confess, I have not dined here, unless consuming the olives from my multiple martinis counts...we'll go with a yes, then. To supplant my review in advance, here's my husband's, "The food…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
tassssty food. fresh and original decor. i love it.
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Horrible service, ok food... I went here last night to celebrate my husband's birthday. Our reservation was at 7:30 and we got there around 7:10. The host said it would be "just a few minutes."…
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have a strange and somewhat unexplainable love of soul. To be fair, I am a human garbage can, and will eat just about anything you put in front of me (except goat cheese. I really really really hate…
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I had been dying to try Farmer Brown on a friend's recommendation, but kept getting foiled by booked up reservations every time we wanted to meet with friends for food. We finally went…
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
FRIED CHICKEN......is finger lickin good! And I'm constantly looking for good fried chicken. I went to Farmerbrown late night one night and the fried chicken was offered as a late night special and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When a friend recommended Farmer Brown, I was initially turned off because I was thinking, ooh yay this sounds like a "soul food" restaurant for yuppies. But I was pleasantly surprised, enough to…
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
trendy, chic, stylish soul food? are you kidding me? one should be hesitant to eat here after seeing those words in the same sentence. coming from the south, i'm always weary of trying southern food…
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I went to eat here before a show, and I gotta say that I was not impressed at all. We sat at the bar and figured that since there were still a few seats still avaliable around the bar and two…
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When my friend told me to meet her at the corner of Urine and Feces (aka Mason and Market) to go to a place called FarmerBrown, I had no idea what to expect. I had never even heard of the place, which…
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Farmerbrown, I have to give you an A-OK on the update, because, well, you were, again, mediocre. Could I use more commas?
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I was really looking forward to checking out Farmerbrown since I heard good things about this place by was completely disappointed and even pissed. First of all, the host was really unfriendly. Never…
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the sweet potato gnocchi with pulled pork was out of this world... and the strawberry jalapeno margarita was pretty awesome too.
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here 3 times, overall their excellent attentive service and atmosphere remained consistent which is a huge major plus in my book. The first time I went, I was just following friends. I…
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this restaurant. It's perfect to take out of town guests who want to go somewhere chic and happening but totally unpretentious. They have awesome hip hop and soul djs, the male barstaff are…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The food was ok-I had the fried chicken at Powell's that was FAR superior than the one I had here: the chicken here was dry-for the most part, small, and completely not worth it for $16.50. The…
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great ambiance, good music, great service, food was cool=good time. Location sucks, but it was worth because there was soooo much eye candy around!
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the first time I reviewed this place I forgot to say that they play great music. Lots of underground and old school hip hop, fitting to it's "soul" theme.
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had just recently been lamenting the lack of options when it comes to fried chicken in this city. And then I ate here. And it was good. My mom's from Louisiana, and I went to school in New Orleans,…
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My dad is from San Antonio, and I've had my share of Southern cooking growing up. I can't remember the last time I've had southern food this good even back in the old days. Their menu also has a cajun…
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The four stars are for the restaurant overall, not the food. I'm a southern girl, and though the dishes seem to be the same ones I could get down south, they are definitely not as delicious.
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Copper patina metal panels trimmed with hammered copper strips and wood with huge bold pictures fill this establishment. The joint was charged up with jazzy high bass and treble sounds. For starters,…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great food.....great atmosphere and music. It was pretty pricey for Soul Food though.
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted the catfish, but I didn't like any of sides. The waitress would not allow me to substitute the sides listed for the fried chicken, so I had the decision of picking which half of my dinner I…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I think I can recommend Farmer Brown more for the experience than the food. Great concept, and the space is really cool. The menus are cool. Service was great, drinks & appetizers were memorable - try…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After you make it to the place and get in the door, you can forget you're on the edge of the Central Market Street crazy-palooza parade. The tables are spaced out fairly well ... I definitely prefer…
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Farmerbrown, Farmerbrown He's a clown, that Farmerbrown
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for drinks after dinner. Apparently they serve southern food which is supposed to be the bomb! But since I was just full the first thought on my mind was drinks! The decor is sweet. Lots of…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good food, reasonably priced. There were a few details that were not so great. For example, my trout still had all the pin bones in it, but it was smothered with corn, so it was hard to pick out the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The reason for the four stars here is the fact that it is a semi-swanky spot in a sea of relative crap in the TL. I met my date here since he was staying at the Met conveniently located above us...;)…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Picture this: You're walking down Market towards Mason Street. Surrounding you are degenerate low lives, junkies, gang bangers, and a random shopper who strayed too far from Union Square. The closed…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I finally had dinner at Farmerbrown, farm-fresh soul food -- located at the intersection of Market, Turk and Mason Streets. Very close to First Step (T-shirts by local artists, sneaker art, anime…
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Farmerbrown is a diamond in the rough streets of the TL. I work in the neighborhood thus previously avoided this place as I want nothing more than to get the hell OUT after work. However, I was…
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yummmmmy. I have the pleasure of working in this exotic neighborhood, and pass Farmerbrown often, always wondering what was inside (they're closed during lunch hours during the work week, I think.)…
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I enjoyed the restaurant but the location really does take away from it. I'm torn between 3.5 and 4 stars because of its location. Now the good part is if you drive there is a lot next door and its…
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
*** Stars is damn good in my book.. so don't rag on me. Why only three stars when my dinner companions both rated the place four? Three words: Location Location Location. It doesn't matter that this…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So, my girlfriend took me here for my birthday yesterday, and it was pretty awesome. We've been talking about getting some good ol' Souther Soul Food for a while, and we finally found the time to get…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Food was good, I had the trout my little girl had fried chicken, that I also ate. They treated my 8 year old like a princess.
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Met up with some of the Yelp crew here on a Saturday night. Located in a truly scary part of the Tenderloin (the unholy intersection of Market, Turk and Mason Streets) FarmerBrown looked like a bunker…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sadly, I no longer eat fried chicken, but if I did, you better believe this would be where I would order it. Instead I consumed cornbread, crab and artichoke dip, shrimp cakes and macaroni and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the cocktails and atmosphere here. The complimentary corn muffins and honey butter is awesome! The food is a bit pricey, but I still like coming here especially during happy hour specials.
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Interesting, pleasant, industrial space. I liked that they had some very good, affordable wine choices. Attentive, pleasant service. Foodwise, however, Famerbrown tries to supplant necessary steps…
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This food does not do soul or creole justice. I ordered the "famous" fried chicken meal and my partner ordered the gumbo. The chicken was bland, it was only fried, didn't discern any seasoning and at…
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Seating was a breeze at 6pm. The space is nice and warm: love the dark wood. I ended up liking my boyfriend's gumbo better than my catfish. He did add sausage to his gumbo. Ripoff. It was half a…
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's a fun place and I'm glad to they took a risk opening in rough part of town. However, the food is mediocre to sub-par! I have had great service the two times I've been there. It's a nice…
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i went to farmerbrown tonight for a birthday party and was, for the most part, unimpressed. (depressed? LOL) [the party was great, though, although the restaurant was a smidge too loud for good…
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Was super easy to get a reservation here on a Tuesday night at 7 on opentable. Headed down there and the neighborhood (Tenderloin) was a bit sketchy, but if you ignored the "Hey Baby"& "Looking Good,"…
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
finally, a place to grab a drink before a warfield show... right in time for the closing of the warfield. alas. $3 beer happy hour.. that's pretty sweet. they have some cocktails that people seem to…
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place will always have a special place in my little humble heart b/c well, when I was first dating my lovely lovely man...we had a superb romantic night here...if anyone knows us, we love our R&B…
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We go maybe once every two weeks or so. Love it, open late and super reasonable. The Arnold Palmer is homemade and AWESOME, try it with a shot of Tito"s vodka.
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Farmer Brown happens to be one of the best soul food restaurants I have ever eaten at....the Drinks will knock your socks o they are soooo good!.....the service is Awsome and the atmosphere can not be…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Farmerbrown! Their Pulled Pork Sandwich is mmm mmm GOOD!
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is divine! Your wonderful experience begins from the moment you walk thru the doors and see the beautifully decorated space. The ambiance is warm, but extremely chic. Phenomenal artwork,…
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I gave Mama Marie a list of restaurants that included Jeanty at Jacks, Town Hall, and FarmerBrown to choose for Mother's Day dinner. I was secretly hoping she'd pick here, and yay! she did. We…
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The ambiance is excellent and I was happy with the service and what the menu had to offer. However none of the food executed properly. The summer salad was fine but it was just corn, tomato, cucumber…
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good food and great ambiance (once you get inside)...I love the pulled pork sandwich, the gumbo and the little cornbreads they give you before your meal....the service is a little slow, but one of the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cute, but crowded. The service was great. We were seated quickly, on a Friday without a reservation. Which was good, because I brought my mom & a friend from out of town.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their mac & cheese and pies are the bomb!!!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went here with a group of friends. Even though we didn't have a reservation, they still seated us in a reasonable amount of time, which was cool. But that's where the good ended. I think we waited…
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My girlfriends and I came here for dinner and we got great service and food. For drinks, we tried the Sidecar and the Blackberry Margarita. Man, those drinks are strong. Happy hour prices brought…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Farmer Browns......... The Good:
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was very pregnant the first time I came here and we came on time for our reservation. My 2 girlfriends, one who was also very pregnant was waiting for the stupid hostess to acknowledge us. And this…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
hmmm... i have mixed feelings about farmer brown. the food was definitely lovely and tasty (the jalapeo corn muffins - deelish! fried okra? yummers! fried chicken- crunchety lickin' good, greens and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Farmer Brown is to soul food, as Chevy's is to Mexican food,. The only difference is, they chose to put Farmer Brown in a low income predominately black neighborhood, then raise the prices to a level…
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have to agree with a lot of people, not quite the most ideal area, but I think it's worth it to go! My boyfriend and I are always looking for new places to eat and I had heard about this place from…
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A friend from college was visiting from out-of-town and I can just tell you, this girl loves to eat. When she arrived on Sunday, we ate four times in four hours. Yes, we're that good, or should I…
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mmmmm. I just came back from Farmerbrown and it was deeee-liteful.
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever I have friends over from out of town, this is the place I take them to. It never fails to make a good impression, despite the rather lackluster location. From a wine list that is both tasty…
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I made it here for the first time tonight, and my experience was great! Food was good, and I decided to make my first foray into farmerbrown with the fried chicken. It's pretty good, and for the…
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There are some positives and negatives about the place. The positive is that they have some very good drinks and the atmosphere is really nice and the workers are very nice.
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great soul food (fried chicken, grits) in a post-industrial modern setting in the middle of the Tenderloin. Definitely not in the best area of town. The bar looks like some sort of industrial metal.…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This is a bar that "just happens to serve food", and it shows. The bar, the decor, the music, the vibe are all cool, but the menu and the food are lacking. I can see why the hipster set dig this…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Would you risk you life for soulfood? It's in the heart of the tenderloin, but then again, the police station is around the corner, so I guess if you yell loud enough you'll have a fighting chance. I…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
felt compelled to write a post after all this trash talk about the hood. mason at market? NOT the loin. at least not the shady sketchy part. nut up people. a kindly homeless dude found me a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mmm... soul food as a trendy, overpriced commodity. That aside, the food was good, the decor was sleek, and the business supports local, black farmers. Why not?
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this place. The menu is simple and the desserts are great! It's boarding the hood, so...be alert but, it's cool once you are inside.
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The 4 stars are all for the drink from the bar. I have never ate there before therefore i have no idea of the food experience. My friend who ate there said it's a bit pricy for the food but the drinks…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The atmosphere and bread pudding is good and thaaat's about it. We went here for my fiance's birthday party, and my food and my brother's food came out LUKEWARM. I got friend chicken at a soul food…
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yes ma'am, this is my FAVORITE southern food cookin' place in SF. I'd have to say the best place for soul food would be in some cut in Oakland but this comes quite close. I remember I went here on a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
they make a FIERCE hot buttered rum.
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If I go back again and have another great experience, this place will get a fifth star. The food was great. I had the fried chicken (mmm, crispy but not dry), mac 'n' cheese (spicy, very nice) and it…
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Drinks: The bartender forgot one of our drinks and didn't charge for it. - Nice
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food was good but not worth going out of your way for. Another soul food spot and only 4 other Black people in sight (including the staff). I was expecting to see some cuties...not that night! It…
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm really fond of this place. The drinks are good, food tastes from good to great depending on the dish but always with high quality ingredients, the staff is very competent and usually quite prompt…
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted to love this place. I really did.... Bad, bad, bad
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down the best catfish I have ever eaten. Do you like catfish?...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The sexiest, clever, sustainable, and yummy restaurant I know of in SF. Quite frankly we need more places like these in all communities. It's very noble to support (the extinct) black…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
why havent i reviewed this place yet? spent my birthday here but all i remember is that drink w/ the cayenne salted rim.
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Ehh...All style, no substance. I did not want to say this to my friends at the table who raved about the food. But I sat there, eating too salty fried chicken, mac-n-cheese that tasted like it came…
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
As a Louisiana native, I wanted to like this place as soon as I heard about it. If you're craving good 'ole Southern comfort food in SF, your options are severely limited. The bar was bustling on a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I had really high expectations for Farmerbrown because I heard so many great things about the food. But I thought it was just okay. The corn bread muffins were really yummy and so were the sweet…
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you are a lucky little vegan who gets to go to NYC on a regular basis like myself, you know there is a city out there where one can eat and eat and eat for a week and still not manage to hit all of…
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
One of the worst dining experiences I've ever had in SF. The food was so lacking we had to go elsewhere afterwards to fill up after spending $250 (3 ppl). So sad.. the drinks however were mixed very…
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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