Wayfare Tavern

Shame on you, Tyler Florence! Your new San Franciscan venture is a place of "no".

In anticipation of the hyped new opening of a celebrity chef's restaurant, I studied the menu online to prepare myself on what to order. But when we dined, there was:

no bone marrow

no escargot

no pineapple upside down cake

no sticky toffee pudding

Anyway, we chose alternative selections from the menu and hoped for the best. The popovers were quite good. Light and flaky on the outside with the soft eggy center.

We had the steak tartare and the deviled eggs. both were subpar, especially the steak tartare which had the oddest texture. After a couple bites, my gag reflex kicked in. It was either the fat ratio or the way the steak was cut up, whatever it was, it was awful.

The curried jidori deviled eggs were not impressive. The flavors were strange and I've never imagined having curry, pickled carrots, and olive oil all together. It was simply off-putting.

Then we waited for the berkshire pork hash and the fried chicken. After a 40 minute wait...NO entrees. The floor manager noticed our abysmal wait and was pleasant about the snafu. He offered us desserts on the house later. The entrees came and the fried chicken was nothing special, the pork hash was rather tasty but drowning in oil.

For desserts, I was highly anticipating the pineapple upside down cake and the sticky toffee pudding, but to my dismay as mentioned earlier, they were taken off the menu. So we went with the summer berry shortcake and the chocolate cream pie. The presentation was nice but the desserts were unsatisfying.

Wayfare Tavern, it was plain and simple - no good.