La Boulange (Polk and Green) put its own little French spin on the upcoming Superbowl with a special menu item! They made one long sub (ham, chicken, or veggie) out of their baguettes, which comes with house-seasoned potato chips and Dame Blanche (white cream puffs with whip cream filling). Yum. Make your order ahead of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘La Boulange’
La Boulange Goes Long For the Superbowl
Posted in Restaurants, tagged La Boulange, Restaurants, Superbowl, Superbowl Sunday on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Boulange Staff Offer Tips to Haiti Sunday
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Doctors Without Borders, Green, Haiti, La Boulange, Polk on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
San Franciscans, and Americans, are generous folk. There’s been plenty of charitable giving and events for the people of Haiti all over the city — really too much to list. But I learned that La Boulange (2310 Polk St. at Green) is doing something special locally for earthquake relief, something that will mean more if [...]
Punkin Pie à la Français
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Food, La Boulange, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkins, Restaurants, Thanksgiving on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love my local bakeries and boutiques. So much. So much I started a blog about them. But the charm of small businesses does not equate professional photography. So excuse my beloved La Boulange for novice photo skills — and while you’re at it, excuse my own. This pumpkin and crème fraîche tart photo may [...]
Pastries: Phyllis’s Top Housing Priority
Posted in Restaurants, Tid Bits, tagged Food, Green, La Boulange, Pastries, Pigeon, Polk, Twitter on September 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As it turns out, I’m not the only one being wooed into the Polk Street La Boulange (2310 Polk St. at Green) by that scintillating curio of pastries. A pigeon named Phyllis made herself at home last week in the spacious loft-style windows above the bakery’s entry, and refused to be shooed. Phyllis became such [...]
Croissant Bread Pudding Conquers
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Breakfast, Croissant Bread Pudding, Food, Green, La Boulange, Pastries, Polk on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the out-for-breakfast battle of sweet v. savory, eggs of any sort tend to triumph over pancakes or french toast when I’m ordering. But on those days few and far between when God forbid I must eat alone, I have been known to consume a pastry or two. It’s no help that La Boulange’s seductive [...]
